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A Parliament of Souls - Limits and Renewals 2 (Hardcover)
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A Parliament of Souls - Limits and Renewals 2 (Hardcover)
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Limits and Renewals is a trilogy based on the Stanton Lectures in
the Philosophy of Religion delivered at the University of Cambridge
in 1986-8. In this, the second volume, Professor Clark attempts to
restate a traditional philosophy of mind, drawing upon
philosophical and poetic resources that are often neglected in
modern and post-modern thought, and emphasizing the moral and
political implications of differing `philosophies of mind and
value'. He presents a study of the soul as it has traditionally
been conceived and as it can be understood through imaginative
attention to our changing moods, beliefs, and fears. He argues that
without that traditional concept we have little reason to believe
that liberal values (rational thought and individual autonomy) are
either possible or desirable. Particular topics discussed include
the political context of identity claims, the uses of
introspection, free will, `the beast within' as alien monster or
necessary angel, the possibility of knowledge and the dangers of
curiosity, the fear of death, the philoprogenitive gene, the
political roots of the distinction between facts and values, and
the body-mind problem. Notable features of the book are the
author's citation of writers other than the conventionally
philosophical (Augustine, Hopkins, Stapledon, and Weil), and the
emphasis that he gives to traditions other than the
self-consciously secular.
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