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In After Life, Eugene Thacker clears the ground for a new philosophy of life by recovering the twists and turns in its philosophical history. Beginning with Aristotle's originary formulation of a philosophy of life, Thacker examines the influence of Artistotle's ideas in medieva…
Life is one of our most basic concepts, yet when examined directly it proves remarkably contradictory and elusive, encompassing both the broadest and the most specific phenomena. We can see this uncertainty about life in our habit of approaching it as something at once scientifi…
"What could Wittgenstein's body of texts contribute to the rapidly growing literature on life's meaning? This book not only examines Wittgenstein's scattered remarks about value and 'sense of life' but also argues that his philosophy and his 'way of seeing' has far reaching impl…
This book draws upon the work of Georg Simmel to explore the limits, tensions and dynamism of social life through a close analysis of the works produced in the final years of his life and reveals what they might still offer some 100 years later. Focusing on the relationships bet…
Ce livre étudie l'acclimatation, à Rome, du débat hellénistique sur les genres de vie et plus spécifiquement la conception de l'otium développée par Sénèque. Quel est le rôle du philosophe dans la cité ? Comment celui que l'on appellerait aujourd'hui " l'intellectuel " remplit-i…
Ce livre étudie l'acclimatation, à Rome, du débat hellénistique sur les genres de vie et plus spécifiquement la conception de l'otium développée par Sénèque. Quel est le rôle du philosophe dans la cité ? Comment celui que l'on appellerait aujourd'hui « l'intellectuel » remplit-i…
Shelley and the apprehension of life
by Wilson, Ross
fromCambridge studies in Romanticism
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Introduction -- From action and contemplation to stress and relaxation -- The action bias and the human condition -- Science and humanities -- Work and leisure -- Public and private -- A life of meaning in a market world -- Conclusion: the university and the world "This book is…
"This book is about the tension and potential balance between the active and contemplative lives--between the "vita activa" and the "vita contemplativa"--Ideals that have been debated since antiquity. The message of this book is that deep human needs call forth both possibilitie…
