Natality and finitude
by O'Byrne, Anne E., (Anne Elizabeth)
fromStudies in Continental thought
Natality and finitude
by O'Byrne, Anne E., (Anne Elizabeth)
fromStudies in Continental thought
The author focuses on birth as a way to make sense of being alive. Building on the work of Heidegger, Dilthey, Arendt, she discusses how the world becomes ours and how meaning emerges from our relations to generations past and to come. Themes such as creation, time, inheritance,…
Natality and finitude
by O'Byrne, Anne E., (Anne Elizabeth)
fromStudies in Continental thought
Reorienting our approach to fundamental questions about human existence.
"The book is a historical investigation of the problem of infinity in Greek ontology and physics - more specifically, the problem of the infinite size of the world and of its eternal existence, the problem of the infinity of worlds, of infinite divisibility of matter, of infinit…
"In a new interpretation of Parmenides' philosophical poem On Nature, Vishwa Adluri considers Parmenides as a thinker of mortal singularity, a thinker who is concerned with the fate of irreducibly unique individuals. Adluri argues that the tripartite division of Parmenides' poem…
In a new interpretation of Parmenides' philosophical poem On Nature, Vishwa Adluri considers Parmenides as a thinker of mortal singularity, a thinker who is concerned with the fate of irreducibly unique individuals. Adluri argues that the tripartite division of Parmenides' poem …