Being And Some Philosophers
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Being and Some Philosophers
Author | : Étienne Gilson |
Publsiher | : PIMS |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1952 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 088844415X |
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The study of being was one of the main preoccupations of Etienne Gilson's scholarly and intellectual life. Being and Some Philosophers is at once a testament to the persistence of those concerns and an important landmark in the history of the question of being. The book charts the ways in which being is translated across history, from unity in Plato and substance in Aristotle to essence in Avicenna and the act of existence in Aquinas. It examines the vicissitudes of essence and existence in Suarez and Christian Wolff, in Hegel and Kierkegaard, in order to uncover the metaphysical and existential foundations of modern thought. And yet Being and Some Philosophers remains not so much an historical investigation (although it could only have been written by a scholar steeped in the history of philosophy) but, in the words of its author, "a philosophical book, and a dogmatically philosophical one at that." Its passionate vigour has proven, over many years, at once fresh and provocative. Indeed, the appendix to this revised edition contains critiques of the book by two Thomists as well as Gilson's replies to their objections.
Being and Some Philosophers
Author | : Etienne Gilson |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Ontology |
ISBN | : OCLC:614908151 |
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Encounter with Nothingness
Author | : Helmut Kuhn |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2019-04-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780429619335 |
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This book, first published in 1951, discusses the fundamental concepts which have crystallized around the fatal ‘crisis’. It proceeds by critically examining the theories which, from Kierkegaard to Heidegger, Sartre and their associates, have placed Existentialism in the focus of philosophical thought.
Philosophy and The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy
Author | : N. Joll |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2016-04-30 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780230392656 |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy provides an excellent way of looking at some intriguing issues in philosophy, from vegetarianism and Artificial Intelligence to God, space and time. This is an entertaining yet thought provoking volume for students, philosophers and fans of The Hitchhiker's series.
Midlife
Author | : Kieran Setiya |
Publsiher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2017-09-22 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781400888474 |
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Philosophical wisdom and practical advice for overcoming the problems of middle age How can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead, with possibilities foreclosed, and with nostalgia for lost youth? How can you accept the failings of the past, the sense of futility in the tasks that consume the present, and the prospect of death that blights the future? In this self-help book with a difference, Kieran Setiya confronts the inevitable challenges of adulthood and middle age, showing how philosophy can help you thrive. You will learn why missing out might be a good thing, how options are overrated, and when you should be glad you made a mistake. You will be introduced to philosophical consolations for mortality. And you will learn what it would mean to live in the present, how it could solve your midlife crisis, and why meditation helps. Ranging from Aristotle, Schopenhauer, and John Stuart Mill to Virginia Woolf and Simone de Beauvoir, as well as drawing on Setiya’s own experience, Midlife combines imaginative ideas, surprising insights, and practical advice. Writing with wisdom and wit, Setiya makes a wry but passionate case for philosophy as a guide to life.
Idleness
Author | : Brian O'Connor |
Publsiher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2020-04-07 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780691204505 |
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"For millennia, idleness and laziness have been regarded as vices. We're all expected to work to survive and get ahead, and devoting energy to anything but labor and self-improvement can seem like a luxury or a moral failure. Far from questioning this conventional wisdom, modern philosophers have worked hard to develop new reasons to denigrate idleness. In Idleness, the first book to challenge modern philosophy's portrayal of inactivity, Brian O'Connor argues that the case against an indifference to work and effort is flawed--and that idle aimlessness may instead allow for the highest form of freedom. Idleness explores how some of the most influential modern philosophers drew a direct connection between making the most of our humanity and avoiding laziness. Idleness was dismissed as contrary to the need people have to become autonomous and make whole, integrated beings of themselves (Kant); to be useful (Kant and Hegel); to accept communal norms (Hegel); to contribute to the social good by working (Marx); and to avoid boredom (Schopenhauer and de Beauvoir). O'Connor throws doubt on all these arguments, presenting a sympathetic vision of the inactive and unserious that draws on more productive ideas about idleness, from ancient Greece through Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, Schiller and Marcuse's thoughts about the importance of play, and recent critiques of the cult of work. A thought-provoking reconsideration of productivity for the twenty-first century, Idleness shows that, from now on, no theory of what it means to have a free mind can exclude idleness from the conversation."--Provided by publisher
The Unity of Philosophical Experience
Author | : Etienne Gilson |
Publsiher | : Ignatius Press |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 089870748X |
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"Lectures ... given at Harvard University in the first half of the academic year 1936-37"--Foreword.
The Philosophy of Existence
Author | : Gabriel Marcel |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 1948 |
Genre | : Existentialism |
ISBN | : UCAL:B4372403 |
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