The joy of philosophy
thinking thin versus the passionate life
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Author
Publication
1999 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
67,250 words, Guess
Page Count
269 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL387787M
- ISBN-100195067592
- OCLC Control Number40354761
- OCLC Control Numberjoyphilosophythi00solo
- Library of Congress Control Number98050825
and 2 more
- Goodreads975654
- LibraryThing641817
Classifications
- DDC100
- LCCB72 .S654 1999
Description
"The Joy of Philosophy is a return to some of the perennial questions of philosophy - questions about the meaning of life; about death and tragedy; about the respective roles of rationality and passion in the good life; about love, compassion, and revenge; about honesty, deception, and betrayal; and about who we are and how we think about who we are."--BOOK JACKET. "Robert C. Solomon offers both a critique of contemporary philosophy and an invitation to engage in philosophy in a different way. Although super-professionalization and a near exclusive emphasis on the thinnest of philosophical formulations have robbed the enduring questions of their visceral power. Solomon attempts to save philosophy from itself and its self-imposed diet of thin arguments and logical analysis to recover the richness and complexity of life in thought."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
Life is rich, fat with possibilities and passions.
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