Reasons Inquisition: On Doubtful Ground is an exploration in the
literature of political philosophy before and after Alfarabi and
ranging from Thucydides to Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin. These
studies, most of them previously unpublished, open inquiries into
theory and practice, reason and revelation, and the relation
between thinkers ancient and modern. Readers may be surprised to
see the Platonist Alfarabi presented as a critic of Plato’s
theory in the name of practice, while Alfarabi and Hobbes are shown
to have a common interest in a theory commensurate with action.
Strauss, Voegelin and Lucien Febvre all explore the problem of
reason and revelation in relation to the limits of human knowledge.
An ambitious study of Shakespeare’s Macbeth explores the
ambiguity of both nature and knowledge in relation to male and
female, good and evil, present and future. The contrast between
ancients and moderns is explicit in questions of the modern aspects
of Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus and of Rousseau’s reversal of
Plato. Kierkegaard and Heidegger bring radical modernity into focus
against a Platonic background in the closing essay. These diverse
essays attempt to follow the thinkers and themes explored in
turning a critical gaze upon reason itself.
General
| Imprint: |
Lexington Books-Fortress Academic
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| Authors: |
Christopher A. Colmo
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
272 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-66692-195-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-66692-195-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781666921953 |
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