Nature and Man

Häftad, Engelska, 1983

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This self-contained treatise, originally published in 1947 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, examines fundamental features of nature in order to lay the groundwork for providing a solution to the major problems of ethics. The guiding thread of this examination is the idea of freedom. The acknowledgement that this universal freedom, which illustrates the integration of man and his problems in the rest of nature, demonstrates how nature provides a place for man, the being who is at once natural and responsible.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1983-10-20
Mått136 x 210 x 18 mm
Vikt413 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor310
FörlagUniversity Press of America
ISBN9780819135902

This is a very wise book. Though Weiss is writing about human nature, he is ever the metaphysician who can bring the broadest of categories to bear on topics such as necessity and freedom, habit, emotion, motivation, spontaneity, pain and self-expression. He leaves no view unexamined, is not afraid to criticize accepted solutions, and is always suggestive. First published a generation ago, this book has weathered well the intervening years. It is amazing how little the contemporary idiom of discourse has changed. Part is due to the timeless character of the questions asked and part to Weiss's time-transcending vision. -- Jude P. Dougherty, Catholic University of America Nature and Man is the book in which Paul Weiss transformed Whitehead's speculative cosmology into a genuine metaphysical revolution. Its careful distinction between the 'inner' and 'outer' is the key to 20th century pluralism. -- Robert Neville, SUNY, Stony Brook Nature and Man is the book in which Paul Weiss transformed Whitehead's speculative cosmology into a genuine metaphysical revolution. Its careful distinction between the 'inner' and 'outer' is the key to 20th century pluralism. -- Robert Neville, SUNY, Stony Brook This is a very wise book. Though Weiss is writing about human nature, he is ever the metaphysician who can bring the broadest of categories to bear on topics such as necessity and freedom, habit, emotion, motivation, spontaneity, pain and self-expression. He leaves no view unexamined, is not afraid to criticize accepted solutions, and is always suggestive. First published a generation ago, this book has weathered well the intervening years. It is amazing how little the contemporary idiom of discourse has changed. Part is due to the timeless character of the questions asked and part to Weiss's time-transcending vision. -- Jude P. Dougherty, Catholic University of America