From Ecclesiastes to Simone Weil

Varieties of Philosophical Spirituality

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

Av Ernest Rubinstein

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From Ecclesiastes to Simone Weil: Varieties of Philosophical Spirituality reads major philosophers from the Western philosophical canon and beyond for the spirituality implicit in their metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, and logic. Its aim is to revive for the modern reader the spiritual import of philosophy as an area of inquiry and study. Spirituality is understood as a lived orientation towards the sacred. The sacred is characterized as the source of all being and human wellbeing. Philosophy is presented as an avenue of approach to the sacred alternative to the western religious traditions. Philosophers treated include Plato, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Emerson, William James, Bertrand Russell, and Simone Weil.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-04-15
Mått154 x 224 x 22 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor308
FörlagAssociated University Presses
ISBN9781611477269

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ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceChapter 1. Introduction: Philosophy as ReligionChapter 2. EcclesiastesChapter 3. PlatoChapter 4. Lucretius and Marcus AureliusChapter 5. DescartesChapter 6. SpinozaChapter 7. KantChapter 8. NovalisChapter 9. Hegel: Phenomenology of SpiritChapter 10. KierkegaardChapter 11. EmersonChapter 12. William JamesChapter 13. Bertrand RussellChapter 14. Simone WeilChapter 15. Conclusion: Philosophical Sensibility as Philosophical SpiritualityBibliographyAbout the Author

With a novel take on 14 philosophers, Rubinstein reintroduces a historical conception of philosophy as wrestling with the spiritual and thus becoming therapy, at least for the philosophers themselves. Recognizing that philosophy has, over the centuries, fractured into many quarreling silos of thought, this book attempts to find the common source of spirituality that philosophy has always had at its core. By defining spiritualityin terms of 'a non-exclusive humanism,' Rubinstein is able to broaden the concept to include ontological or epistemological transcendence. This allows for inclusion of Bertrand Russell’s aesthetics, as well as the almost existential musings of the tacitly earthly Ecclesiastes. . . .Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.