Three Questions We Never Stop Asking - Couverture rigide

Kellogg, Michael K.

 
9781616141868: Three Questions We Never Stop Asking
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1616141867 ISBN 13 : 9781616141868
Editeur : Prometheus Books, 2010

Synopsis

This excellent introduction to the essential issues that have preoccupied philosophers throughout the centuries provides fresh and engaging portraits of the greatest thinkers on three perennial questions: What can I know? What may I hope? What ought I to do? The author summarizes the thoughts of Plato and Wittgenstein on the possibility of philosophical knowledge; Kant and Nietzsche on the existence of God; Aristotle and Heidegger on human virtue. The first member of the pair is a builder, the second a destroyer. One explores the promise of a theory, the other the consequences of its ruin. These juxtaposed pairs are not self-contained, however. All six thinkers are engaged in a dialogue with one another on issues that touch our lives directly and profoundly. The author has arranged them in an order that unveils an ever-deepening understanding of the moral, spiritual and intellectual space in which our lives unfold.

For anyone wishing to discover, or rediscover, philosophy in its original meaning—"the love of wisdom"—this engaging, clearly written, and accessible volume is an excellent place to start.

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À propos de l?auteur

Michael Kellogg (Washington, DC), educated at Stanford and Oxford in philosophy and at Harvard Law School, is a founding and managing partner at Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C.

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Éditeur
Prometheus Books
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1616141867
ISBN 13 
9781616141868
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
282
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