"The strong point of Liberation Philosophy: From the Buddha to Omar Khayyam is its integrative approach, bringing into dialogue Western and Eastern thought and bearing witness to the exceptional insights of its author, a global mind and traveler between the worlds. It is an orig…
"The strong point of Liberation Philosophy: From the Buddha to Omar Khayyam is its integrative approach, bringing into dialogue Western and Eastern thought and bearing witness to the exceptional insights of its author, a global mind and traveler between the worlds. It is an orig…
This book examines the relationship between freedom and true knowledge, which is a central part of the hotly debated issue of human freedom. Is truth necessary for the attainment of freedom ? Does a free life require a clear understanding of reality ? And if so, to what extent ?…
"This book examines the relationship between freedom and true knowledge, which is a central part of the hotly debated issue of human freedom. Is truth necessary for the attainment of freedom? Does a free life require a clear understanding of reality? And if so, to what extent? T…
Positive freedom: past, present, and future
Positive freedom: past, present, and future
POSITIVE FREEDOM: past, present, and future
Positive freedom: past, present, and future
Freedom is widely regarded as a basic social and political value that is deeply connected to the ideals of democracy, equality, liberation, and social recognition. Many insist that freedom must include conditions that go beyond simple "negative" liberty understood as the absence…
Positive freedom: past, present, and future
Positive freedom: past, present, and future
Freedom is widely regarded as a basic social and political value that is deeply connected to the ideals of democracy, equality, liberation, and social recognition. Many insist that freedom must include conditions that go beyond simple "negative" liberty understood as the absence…
"In this ambitious book, which he considers the most important of his career, Otfried Höffe provides a sophisticated defense of the principle of freedom and the project of modernity. The role of the idea of freedom as central to modernity is assessed in a number of dimensions: n…
Abstract: "In this ambitious book, which he considers the most important of his career, Otfried Höffe provides a sophisticated defense of the principle of freedom and the project of modernity. The role of the idea of freedom as central to modernity is assessed in a number of dim…
"In this ambitious book, which he considers the most important of his career, Otfried Höffe provides a sophisticated defense of the principle of freedom and the project of modernity. The role of the idea of freedom as central to modernity is assessed in a number of dimensions: n…
In this ambitious book, philosopher Otfried Höffe provides a sophisticated account of the principle of freedom and its role in the project of modernity. Höffe addresses a set of complex questions concerning the possibility of political justice and equity in the modern world, the…
"For several years, the doctrine of the "Categories of Freedom," which Kant delivers in a highly condensed fashion in his "Critique of Practical Reason," has been drawing the attention of the scholars more and more. The present volume is the first to gather contributions which t…