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Essays in Philosophy: Ancient (Hardcover)
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One of a pair of books selected from Stanley Rosen's career as a
philosopher, scholar, and teacher over the last half of a century.
They represent both the vast range of his learning in the most
important philosophers of the tradition and the daring and
penetration of his exploration of the fundamental philosophical
questions. Yet the essays are written with an accessibility that is
an expression of Rosen's thesis that our ordinary experience and
speech provides the only stable ground for understanding and
evaluating extraordinary thought and experiences. Rosen proposes
that only a qualified Platonism in which the preservation of the
link between the good and the rational on the everyday level was
preserved on the philosophical level, can do justice to our
experience of ourselves. The notions of form and intuition play a
central role in his proposal to preserve the spontaneity of the
soul and the heterogeneity of its objects. The essays were
originally written for a variety of purposes: there are panoramic
reviews of his philosophical intentions, intricate analyses of
fundamental problems, challenging interpretations of classical
texts, reviews of other authors, and informal commentaries on the
state of philosophy in our time. Taken together these essays
provide a key to the some of the most decisive questions in
philosophy and a valuable explication of some the central themes of
Rosen's work. The essays were selected from articles, chapters, and
unpublished lectures that were composed over the last five decades.
They are distributed into two volumes by their focus upon ancient
and modern themes, a convenient division that is not meant to imply
a doctrinal chasm. On the contrary, it is one of Rosen's arguments
that those who wish to preserve ancient wisdom are best served by
the demonstration of the both parties address the same essential
human nature, however much the practical and theoretical demands
differ from epoch to epoch.
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Imprint: |
St. Augustine's Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2013 |
First published: |
April 2013 |
Authors: |
Stanley Rosen
• Martin Black
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Dimensions: |
241 x 162 x 34mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
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Pages: |
464 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-58731-226-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
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Philosophy >
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LSN: |
1-58731-226-3 |
Barcode: |
9781587312267 |
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