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Stately Homes in America From Colonial Times to the Present Day (Hardcover): Herbert David Croly, Harry William Desmond Stately Homes in America From Colonial Times to the Present Day (Hardcover)
Herbert David Croly, Harry William Desmond
R1,144 Discovery Miles 11 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Gift of Beauty and the Passion of Being (Hardcover): William Desmond The Gift of Beauty and the Passion of Being (Hardcover)
William Desmond
R1,538 R1,268 Discovery Miles 12 680 Save R270 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Philosopher-Kings of Antiquity (Hardcover, New): William Desmond Philosopher-Kings of Antiquity (Hardcover, New)
William Desmond
R4,927 Discovery Miles 49 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

One of the most celebrated of Plato's ideas was that if human society was ever to function successfully then philosophers would need to become kings, or kings philosophers. In a perfect state, therefore, philosophic wisdom should be wedded to political power.In antiquity, who were or aspired to be philosopher-kings? What was their understanding of wisdom and the limits of knowledge? What influence have they had on periods beyond antiquity? This volume focuses on Plato and his contemporaries; Alexander the Great and his Hellenistic successors; Marcus Aurelius and the 'good emperors'; Moses, Solomon and early Hebrew leaders; and Julian the Apostate, the last of the pagans. In conclusion it looks at the re-emergence of the Platonic ideal in important moments of European history, such as the Enlightenment. The theme of the philosopher-king is significant for Greco-Roman antiquity as a whole, and this work is unique in detailing the development of an idea through major periods of Greek and Roman history, and beyond.>

The Greek Praise of Poverty - Origins of Ancient Cynicism (Hardcover, annotated edition): William Desmond The Greek Praise of Poverty - Origins of Ancient Cynicism (Hardcover, annotated edition)
William Desmond
R2,589 Discovery Miles 25 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

William Desmond, taking issue with common popular and scholarly views of the ancient Greek Cynics, contends that early Cynics like Antisthenes and Diogenes were not cultural outcasts or marginal voices in classical culture; rather, the Cynic movement through the fourth century B.C. had deep and significant roots in what Desmond calls "the Greek praise of poverty." Desmond demonstrates that classical views of wealth were complex and allowed for the admiration of poverty and the virtues it could inspire. He explains Cynicism's rise in popularity in the ancient world by exploring the set of attitudes that collectively formed the Greek praise of poverty. Desmond argues that in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C., economic, political, military, and philosophical thought contained explicit criticisms of wealth and praise of poverty. From an economic and political point of view, the poor majority at Athens and elsewhere were natural democrats who distrusted great concentrations of wealth as potentially oligarchical or tyrannical. In contemporary literature, the poor are those who do most of the necessary work and are honest, self-sufficient, and temperate. The rich, on the other hand, are idle, arrogant, and unjust. These perspectives were reinforced by the Greek experience of war and the belief that poverty fostered the virtues of courage, strength, and endurance. Finally, from an early date, Greek philosophers associated wisdom with the transcendence of sense experience and of conventional values such as wealth and honor. The Cynics, Desmond asserts, assimilated all of these ideas in creating their distinctive and radical brand of asceticism. Desmond's work is a compelling reevaluation of ancient Cynicism and its classical environment, one that makes an important contribution to scholarship of the classical and early Hellenistic periods.

The Incarnation of the Poetic Word - Theological Essays on Poetry & Philosophy - Philosophical Essays on Poetry & Theology... The Incarnation of the Poetic Word - Theological Essays on Poetry & Philosophy - Philosophical Essays on Poetry & Theology (Hardcover)
Michael Martin; Foreword by William Desmond; Afterword by Therese Schroeder-Sheker
R758 Discovery Miles 7 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Educating for Democracy - Paideia in an Age of Uncertainty (Paperback): Alan M. Olson, David M. Steiner, Irina S. Tuuli Educating for Democracy - Paideia in an Age of Uncertainty (Paperback)
Alan M. Olson, David M. Steiner, Irina S. Tuuli; Contributions by Mona Abousenna, Alexander Ageev, …
R1,484 Discovery Miles 14 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The central conflicts of the world today are closely related to cultural, traditional, and religious differences between nations. As we move to a globalized world, these differences often become magnified, entrenched, and the cause of bloody conflict. Growing out of a conference of distinguished scholars from the MiddleEast, Europe, and the United States, this volume is a singular contribution to mutual understanding and cooperative efforts on behalf of peace. The term paideia, drawn from Greek philosophy, has to do with responsible education for citizenship as a necessary precondition for effective democracy. The problems discussed here are crucial, but not simple. How can we find shared ethical principles on which to build international consensus? How can religious tolerance make inroads in societies accustomed to restrictive fundamentalism? What might bring about de-dogmatization of education in the Middle East as a necessary condition for free and rational inquiry and the broader vistas required by democracy? All of these issues highlight the underlying question, "What is education really for?" Finally, the volume confronts the promises and perils of economic globalization. Noting that one third of the world's population lives in abject poverty, business has become a battlefield where ethics and trust are clearly at stake.

Educating for Democracy - Paideia in an Age of Uncertainty (Hardcover, New): Alan M. Olson, David M. Steiner, Irina S. Tuuli Educating for Democracy - Paideia in an Age of Uncertainty (Hardcover, New)
Alan M. Olson, David M. Steiner, Irina S. Tuuli; Contributions by Mona Abousenna, Alexander Ageev, …
R3,432 Discovery Miles 34 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The central conflicts of the world today are closely related to cultural, traditional, and religious differences between nations. As we move to a globalized world, these differences often become magnified, entrenched, and the cause of bloody conflict. Growing out of a conference of distinguished scholars from the MiddleEast, Europe, and the United States, this volume is a singular contribution to mutual understanding and cooperative efforts on behalf of peace. The term paideia, drawn from Greek philosophy, has to do with responsible education for citizenship as a necessary precondition for effective democracy. The problems discussed here are crucial, but not simple. How can we find shared ethical principles on which to build international consensus? How can religious tolerance make inroads in societies accustomed to restrictive fundamentalism? What might bring about de-dogmatization of education in the Middle East as a necessary condition for free and rational inquiry and the broader vistas required by democracy? All of these issues highlight the underlying question, 'What is education really for?' Finally, the volume confronts the promises and perils of economic globalization. Noting that one third of the world's population lives in abject poverty, business has become a battlefield where ethics and trust are clearly at stake.

Desire, Dialectic, and Otherness (Hardcover): William Desmond Desire, Dialectic, and Otherness (Hardcover)
William Desmond
R1,295 R1,080 Discovery Miles 10 800 Save R215 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Companions in the Between (Hardcover): Renee Koehler-Ryan Companions in the Between (Hardcover)
Renee Koehler-Ryan; Foreword by William Desmond
R1,109 R932 Discovery Miles 9 320 Save R177 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Philosophy and Religion in German Idealism (Hardcover, 2004 ed.): William Desmond, Ernst-Otto Onnasch, Paul Cruysberghs Philosophy and Religion in German Idealism (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)
William Desmond, Ernst-Otto Onnasch, Paul Cruysberghs
R2,996 Discovery Miles 29 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book contains the selected proceedings of a conference on Religion in German Idealism which took place in Nij- gen (Netherlands) in January 2000. The conference was - ganized by the Centre of German Idealism, which co-or- nates the research on classical German philosophy in the Netherlands and in Belgium. Generous support of the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has made this conference possible. A few months after the conference Ludwig died, and this circumstance unexpectedly delayed efforts to bring the proceedings of the conference to p- lished form. We are now happy to present those proce- ings, dedicated to the memory of the founding father of the Centre. It was a great joy to work with Ludwig; it was an even greater joy to be reckoned amongst his friends. It was part of Ludwig's distinctive charisma that he was able to combine friendship together with collaboration in philo- phical and scholarly work. William Desmond Ernst-Otto Onnasch Paul Cruysberghs ix INTRODUCTION WILLIAM DESMOND, ERNST-OTTO ONNASCHand PAUL CRUYSBERGHS 1 The studies in this book testify to the intimate relation of philosophy and religion in German idealism, a relation not also devoid of tensions, and indeed conflicts. Idealism gave expression to a certain affirmation of the autonomy of p- losophical reason, but this autonomy was one that tried to take into account the importance of religion. Sometimes the results of this claim to autonomy moved towards criticism of religion.

Wonder Strikes - Approaching Aesthetics and Literature with William Desmond (Paperback): Steven E. Knepper Wonder Strikes - Approaching Aesthetics and Literature with William Desmond (Paperback)
Steven E. Knepper; Foreword by William Desmond
R764 Discovery Miles 7 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Wonder Strikes - Approaching Aesthetics and Literature with William Desmond (Hardcover): Steven E. Knepper Wonder Strikes - Approaching Aesthetics and Literature with William Desmond (Hardcover)
Steven E. Knepper; Foreword by William Desmond
R1,967 Discovery Miles 19 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Weighted Inequalities Involving P-quasiconcave Operators (Hardcover): William Desmond Evans, Amiran Gogatishvili, Bohumir Opic Weighted Inequalities Involving P-quasiconcave Operators (Hardcover)
William Desmond Evans, Amiran Gogatishvili, Bohumir Opic
R2,590 Discovery Miles 25 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Some problems in mathematical analysis (e.g., in theory of function spaces, in approximation theory or in interpolation theory) lead to the investigation of weighted inequalities on certain classes of quasiconcave functions on the interval I=(a,b) R. In this book we analyse the class Q (I) of -quasiconcave functions in a complete generality in order to establish results needed for a comprehensive study of weighted inequalities on the class Q (I). We illustrate our results on weighted inequalities of Hardy type, on weighted inequalities of Hardy type involving supremum, and on reverse forms of these inequalities.

Cynics (Paperback): William Desmond Cynics (Paperback)
William Desmond
R1,288 Discovery Miles 12 880 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Far from being pessimistic or nihilistic, as modern uses of the term "cynic" suggest, the ancient Cynics were astonishingly optimistic regarding human nature. They believed that if one simplified one's life--giving up all unnecessary possessions, desires, and ideas--and lived in the moment as much as possible, one could regain one's natural goodness and happiness. It was a life exemplified most famously by the eccentric Diogenes, nicknamed "the Dog," and his followers, called dog-philosophers, "kunikoi, "or Cynics. Rebellious, self-willed, and ornery but also witty and imaginative, these dog-philosophers are some of the most colorful personalities from antiquity. This engaging introduction to Cynicism considers both the fragmentary ancient evidence on the Cynics and the historical interpretations that have shaped the philosophy over the course of eight centuries--from Diogenes himself to Nietzsche and beyond. Approaching Cynicism from a variety of thematic perspectives as well--their critique of convention, praise of natural simplicity, advocacy of self-sufficiency, defiance of Fortune, and freedom--William Desmond offers a fascinating survey of a school of thought that has had a tremendous influence throughout history and is of continuing interest today.
"Copub: Acumen Publishing Limited"

Being and the Between (Paperback, New): William Desmond Being and the Between (Paperback, New)
William Desmond
R886 Discovery Miles 8 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

As Plato told us long ago, the human being is neither a god nor a beast, but someone in between. Philosophy too is in between. How do we philosophize in between? What is the being of the between? This book answers the question in the most comprehensive terms possible. It offers an original understanding of metaphysical thinking and the fundamental senses of being, namely, the univocal, equivocal, dialectical, and metaxological senses.

Desire, Dialectic, and Otherness - An Essay on Origins (2nd Edition) (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): William Desmond Desire, Dialectic, and Otherness - An Essay on Origins (2nd Edition) (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
William Desmond
R854 Discovery Miles 8 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An Essay on Origins Second Edition. This book is a philosophical effort to deal with the problem of otherness, particularly as it has been bequeathed to contemporary thought by the legacy of German idealism, whose most challenging, influential thinker was Hegel.

Cynics (Hardcover): William Desmond Cynics (Hardcover)
William Desmond
R4,769 Discovery Miles 47 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Far from being pessimistic or nihilistic, as modern uses of the term "cynic" suggest, the ancient Cynics were astonishingly optimistic regarding human nature. They believed that if one simplified one's life--giving up all unnecessary possessions, desires, and ideas--and lived in the moment as much as possible, one could regain one's natural goodness and happiness. It was a life exemplified most famously by the eccentric Diogenes, nicknamed "the Dog," and his followers, called dog-philosophers, "kunikoi, "or Cynics. Rebellious, self-willed, and ornery but also witty and imaginative, these dog-philosophers are some of the most colorful personalities from antiquity. This engaging introduction to Cynicism considers both the fragmentary ancient evidence on the Cynics and the historical interpretations that have shaped the philosophy over the course of eight centuries--from Diogenes himself to Nietzsche and beyond. Approaching Cynicism from a variety of thematic perspectives as well--their critique of convention, praise of natural simplicity, advocacy of self-sufficiency, defiance of Fortune, and freedom--William Desmond offers a fascinating survey of a school of thought that has had a tremendous influence throughout history and is of continuing interest today.
"Copub: Acumen Publishing Limited"

Hegel's God - A Counterfeit Double? (Hardcover, New Ed): William Desmond Hegel's God - A Counterfeit Double? (Hardcover, New Ed)
William Desmond
R4,930 Discovery Miles 49 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Hegel is widely regarded as one of the major thinkers of the modern era, if not the entire tradition of philosophy. Hegel, like many philosophers, took seriously traditional philosophical perplexities about God, but unlike many modern philosophers he claimed to take the specific characteristic of Christianity into account in his philosophizing. This book presents a new examination, interpretation and critical engagement with Hegel's philosophy of religion, and with his concept of God in particular. William Desmond explores the distinctive stresses of Hegel's approach to God, the influence it has exerted, and the fundamental problems that his approach exhibits.

Philosophy and Its Others - Ways of Being and Mind (Paperback, New): William Desmond Philosophy and Its Others - Ways of Being and Mind (Paperback, New)
William Desmond
R836 Discovery Miles 8 360 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Philosophy and Religion in German Idealism (Paperback, 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2004): William Desmond, Ernst-Otto... Philosophy and Religion in German Idealism (Paperback, 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2004)
William Desmond, Ernst-Otto Onnasch, Paul Cruysberghs
R2,855 Discovery Miles 28 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book contains the selected proceedings of a conference on Religion in German Idealism which took place in Nij- gen (Netherlands) in January 2000. The conference was - ganized by the Centre of German Idealism, which co-or- nates the research on classical German philosophy in the Netherlands and in Belgium. Generous support of the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has made this conference possible. A few months after the conference Ludwig died, and this circumstance unexpectedly delayed efforts to bring the proceedings of the conference to p- lished form. We are now happy to present those proce- ings, dedicated to the memory of the founding father of the Centre. It was a great joy to work with Ludwig; it was an even greater joy to be reckoned amongst his friends. It was part of Ludwig's distinctive charisma that he was able to combine friendship together with collaboration in philo- phical and scholarly work. William Desmond Ernst-Otto Onnasch Paul Cruysberghs ix INTRODUCTION WILLIAM DESMOND, ERNST-OTTO ONNASCHand PAUL CRUYSBERGHS 1 The studies in this book testify to the intimate relation of philosophy and religion in German idealism, a relation not also devoid of tensions, and indeed conflicts. Idealism gave expression to a certain affirmation of the autonomy of p- losophical reason, but this autonomy was one that tried to take into account the importance of religion. Sometimes the results of this claim to autonomy moved towards criticism of religion.

Godsends - From Default Atheism to the Surprise of Revelation (Hardcover): William Desmond Godsends - From Default Atheism to the Surprise of Revelation (Hardcover)
William Desmond
R2,637 R1,444 Discovery Miles 14 440 Save R1,193 (45%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Godsends is William Desmond's newest addition to his masterwork on the borderlines between philosophy and theology. For many years, William Desmond has been patiently constructing a philosophical project-replete with its own terminology, idiom, grammar, dialectic, and its metaxological transformation-in an attempt to reopen certain boundaries: between metaphysics and phenomenology, between philosophy of religion and philosophical theology, between the apocalyptic and the speculative, and between religious passion and systematic reasoning. In Godsends, Desmond's newest addition to his ambitious masterwork, he presents an original reflection on what he calls the "companioning" of philosophy and religion. Throughout the book, he follows an itinerary that has something of an Augustinian likeness: from the exterior to the interior, from the inferior to the superior. The stations along the way include a grappling with the default atheism prevalent in contemporary intellectual culture; an exploration of the middle space, the metaxu between the finite and the infinite; a dwelling with solitudes as thresholds between selving and the sacred; a meditation on idiot wisdom and transcendence in an East-West perspective; an exploration of the different stresses in the mysticisms of Aurobindo and the Arnhem Mystical Sermons; a dream monologue of autonomy, a suite of Kantian and post-Kantian variations on the story of the prodigal son; a meditation on the beatitudes as exceeding virtue, in light of Aquinas's understanding; and culminating in an exploration of Godsends as telling us something significant about the surprise of revelation in word, idea, and story. Godsends is written for thoughtful persons and scholars perplexed about the place of religion in our time and hopeful for some illuminating companionship from relevant philosophers. It will also interest students of philosophy and religion, especially philosophical theology and philosophical metaphysics.

Hegel's God - A Counterfeit Double? (Paperback, New Ed): William Desmond Hegel's God - A Counterfeit Double? (Paperback, New Ed)
William Desmond
R1,368 Discovery Miles 13 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Hegel is widely regarded as one of the major thinkers of the modern era, if not the entire tradition of philosophy. Hegel, like many philosophers, took seriously traditional philosophical perplexities about God, but unlike many modern philosophers he claimed to take the specific characteristic of Christianity into account in his philosophizing. This book presents a new examination, interpretation and critical engagement with Hegel's philosophy of religion, and with his concept of God in particular. William Desmond explores the distinctive stresses of Hegel's approach to God, the influence it has exerted, and the fundamental problems that his approach exhibits.

Is There a Sabbath for Thought? - Between Religion and Philosophy (Paperback): William Desmond Is There a Sabbath for Thought? - Between Religion and Philosophy (Paperback)
William Desmond
R1,084 Discovery Miles 10 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Seeking to renew an ancient companionship between the philosophical and the religious, this book's meditative chapters dwell on certain elemental experiences or happenings that keep the soul alive to the enigma of the divine. William Desmond engages the philosophical work of Pascal, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Shestov, and Soloviev, among others, and pursues with a philosophical mindfulness what is most intimate in us, yet most universal: sleep, poverty, imagination, courage and witness, reverence, hatred and love, peace and war. Being religious has to do with that intimate universal, beyond arbitrary subjectivism and reductionist objectivism. In this book, he attempts to look at religion with a fresh and open mind, asking how philosophy might itself stand up to some of the questions posed to it by religion, not just how religion might stand up to the questions posed to it by philosophy. Desmond tries to pursue a new and different policy, one faithful to the light of this dialogue.

The Voiding of Being - The Doing and Undoing of Metaphysics in Modernity (Hardcover): William Desmond The Voiding of Being - The Doing and Undoing of Metaphysics in Modernity (Hardcover)
William Desmond
R1,942 R1,635 Discovery Miles 16 350 Save R307 (16%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In contemporary philosophy the status, indeed the very viability of metaphysics is a much contested issue. The reflections offered here ex plore diverse aspects of this contested status and offer a defense of meta physics. In other works, perhaps most fully in Being and the Between, William Desmond has tried to develop what he calls a metaxological metaphysics in response to different skeptical, if not hostile approach es to metaphysics quite common in our time. The Voiding of Being com plements the systematic dimensions of this metaxological metaphys ics outlined in Being and the Between. It presents a set of studies which amplify important themes in the unfolding of modern metaphysics, in relation to major earlier and contemporary thinkers, while adding nu ance to what is involved in the more systematic articulation of a metax ological metaphysics. There is what the author calls a voiding of being in modernity, expressed in diverse developments of thought. "The Voiding of Being," might seems to conjure up negative associations but the aim of the thoughts gathered here is not at all negative. While attempting to understand the voiding of being in modern thought, our appreciation of the promise of metaphysical thinking can also be renewed and indeed extended-extended beyond skepticism and hostility to metaphysics. Desmond engages many interlocutors along the way, from the long tra dition, such as Heraclitus, Aquinas and Hegel, as well as more contem porary thinkers like Heidegger and Marion. As the book's subtitle sug gests, it is concerned with the continued doing of metaphysics and not only the contemporary undoing of it.

Stately Homes in America From Colonial Times to the Present Day (Paperback): Herbert David Croly, Harry William Desmond Stately Homes in America From Colonial Times to the Present Day (Paperback)
Herbert David Croly, Harry William Desmond
R888 Discovery Miles 8 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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