The book of dead philosophers
In this collection of brief lives--and deaths--of nearly two hundred of the world's greatest thinkers, noted philosopher Simon Critchley creates a register of mortality that is tragic, amusing, absurd, and exemplary. From the self-mocking haikus of Zen masters on their deathbeds to the last words of Christian saints and modern-day sages, this irresistible book contains much to inspire both amusement and reflection.--From publisher description.
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- Full title :The book of dead philosophers / Simon Critchley.
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In this collection of brief lives--and deaths--of nearly two hundred of the world's greatest thinkers, noted philosopher Simon Critchley creates a register of mortality that is tragic, amusing, absurd, and exemplary. From the self-mocking haikus of Zen masters on their deathbeds to the last words of Christian saints and modern-day sages, this irresistible book contains much to inspire both amusement and reflection.--From publisher description.
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- Publication Date:2009, ©2008.
- Edition:1st Vintage books ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Vintage Books
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009, ©2008.
Notes
Originally published: London : Granta, 2008.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxxviii, 265 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780307390431, 0307390438
- oclc:ocn226357651
- LC Classification:B72
- Dewey Decimal:B
Table of Contents
Pre-Socratics, physiologists, sages and sophists -- Platonists, Cyrenaics, Aristotelians and cynics-- Sceptics, stoics and Epicureans -- Classical Chinese philosophers -- Romans (serious and ridiculous) and Neoplatonists -- The deaths of Christian saints -- Medieval philosophers: Christian, Islamic and Judaic -- Philosophy in the Latin Middle Ages -- Renaissance, reformation and scientific revolution -- Rationalists (material and immaterial), empiricists and religious dissenters -- Philosophes, materialists and sentimentalists -- Many Germans and some non-Germans -- The masters of suspicion and some unsuspicious Americans -- The long twentieth century I: philosophy in wartime -- The long twentieth century II: analytics, continentals, a few moribunds and a near-death experience.
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