The Czech philosopher Jan Patocka (1907-1977), who studied with
Husserl and Heidegger, is widely recognized as the most influential
thinker to come from postwar Eastern Europe. Refusing to join the
Communist party after World War II, he was banned from academia and
publication for the rest of his life, except for a brief time
following the liberalizations of the Prague spring of 1968. Joining
Vaclav Havel and Jiri Hajek as a spokesman for the Chart 77
human-rights declaration of 1977, Patocka was harassed by
authorities, arrested, and finally died of a heart attack during
prolonged interrogation.
"Plato and Europe," arguably Patocka's most important book,
consists of a series of lectures delivered in the homes of friends
after his last banishment from the academy just three years before
his death. Here, he presents his most mature ideas about the
history of Western philosophy, arguing that the idea of the care of
the soul is fundamental to the philosophical tradition beginning
with the Greeks. Explaining how the care of the soul is elaborated
as the problem of how human beings may make their world one of
truth and justice, Patocka develops this thesis through a treatment
of Plato, Democritus, and Aristotle, showing how considerations
about the soul are of central importance in their writings. He
demonstrates in vivid fashion how this idea forms the spiritual
heritage of Europe.
General
| Imprint: |
Stanford University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Cultural Memory in the Present |
| Release date: |
February 2002 |
| Authors: |
Jan Patocka
|
| Translators: |
Petr Lom
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth
|
| Pages: |
252 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8047-3800-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-8047-3800-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780804738002 |
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