From one of the leading existentialists of our times, an insightful study of two titans of Western philosophy, one pre-Christian and one Christian. Edited by Hannah Arendt; Index. Translated by Ralph Manheim.
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Karl Jaspers (1883-1969), a founder of existentialism, studied law and medicine at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, and received his M.D. in 1909. He taught psychiatry and philosophy at the University of Heidelberg, and philosophy at the University of Basel in Switzerland. His books include Psychology of World Views, and Philosophy.
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The Best Introduction Yet to Plato and Augustine,
By Edward Garea "Edward Garea" (Branchville, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Plato and Augustine: From The Great Philosophers, Volume I (Paperback)
Karl Jaspers was one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century. What is less known is that he was one of the best teachers of the subject. (If you doubt me, just read his letters to Hannah Arendt.) This book was taken from two chapters of his seminal "The Great Philosophers." Jaspers has the unique ability to melt down the sometimes difficult thought of these to giants of philosophy into an easy to understand narrative covering the essence of their thought. Jaspers knows how to use an economy of words as not to confuse or bore the reader, unlike many other academic introductions, which ramble on and on.As I said earlier in my review of Jaspers's introduction to Kant, only a great mind such as Jaspers could condense and present other great minds in such a way as not only to make them easily understood, but to also hook the reader on the intellectual joys of philosophy, and by extension, thinking. Hey, the book is cheap, it's short, it will be hard to put down once you begin reading,and you will find yourself referring to it many times in the future. The best buy for your money.
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The enormous amount of philological and philosophical investigation devoted to Plato has produced agreement on matters of external fact, but not on the questions fundamental to an understanding of this philosopher. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ecclesiastical thinking, pseudo knowledge, revealed faith Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Catholic Church, God Himself, Middle Ages, City of God New!
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The enormous amount of philological and philosophical investigation devoted to Plato has produced agreement on matters of external fact, but not on the questions fundamental to an understanding of this philosopher. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ecclesiastical thinking, pseudo knowledge, revealed faith Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Catholic Church, God Himself, Middle Ages, City of God New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Protagoras and Meno by Plato in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Great Philosophers Volume 4: Descartes, Pascal, Lessing, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Marx, Weber, Einstein (Jaspers, Karl//Great Philosophers) by Karl Jaspers in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Plato "Protagoras" and "Meno" (Agora Editions) by Plato in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Symposium and Phaedrus (Dover Thrift Editions) by Plato on page 4, and page 43
- Basic Writings by Augustine in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- The Philosopher's Autobiography: A Qualitative Study by Shlomit C. Schuster on page 109, and Back Matter
- Beyond the Modern University: Toward a Constructive Postmodern University by Marcus Peter Ford on page 51
- Freedom, Vol. 1: Freedom in the Making of Western Culture by Orlando Patterson in Back Matter
- Time (Problems of Philosophy) by Philip Turetzky in Back Matter
- Time (Problems of Philosophy) by Phillip Turetzky in Back Matter
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