The Joy of Philosophy - Thinking Thin versus the Passionate Life (Paperback)

In this work, Robert Solomon tries to put the fun back in philosophy, recapturing the heart-felt confusion and excitement that originally brings us all into philosophy. It is not a critique of comtemporary philosophy so much as it is an attempt to engage in philosophy in a different kind of way, beginning with a re-evaluation of Socrates and the nature of philosophy and defending the passionate life in contrast to the calm life of thoughtful contemplation so often held up as an ideal by traditional philosophers. In short, it is an attempt to recapture the kind of philosophy that Nietzsche celebrated as a "joyful wisdom". The author tries to break down the walls between academic philosophy and its lost audience, between thin logic and thick rhetoric, between philosophical reason and philosophical passion, between 'analytic' and 'continental' philosophy, between philosophy and life.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2003
First published:	March 2003
Authors:	Robert C. Solomon (Quincy Lee Centennial Professor of Philosophy and a Member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers)
Dimensions:	234 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	284
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-516540-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-516540-3
Barcode:	9780195165401

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