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Hunter, Graeme

 
9781442628359: Pascal the Philosopher: An Introduction
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ISBN 10: 1442628359 ISBN 13: 9781442628359
Casa editrice: Univ of Toronto Pr, 2014

Sinossi

Blaise Pascal has always been appreciated as a literary giant and a religious guide, but has received only grudging recognition as a philosopher: philosophers have mistaken Pascal’s harsh criticism of their discipline as a rejection of it.  But according to Graeme Hunter, Pascal’s critics have simply failed to grasp his lean, but powerful conception of philosophy. This accessibly written book provides the first introduction to Pascal’s philosophy as an organic whole.

Hunter argues that Pascal’s aim is not merely to humble philosophy, but to save it from a kind of failure to which it is prone. He lays out Pascal’s development of a more promising and fruitful path for philosophical inquiry, one that responded to the scientific, religious, and political upheaval of his time. Finally, Hunter illuminates Pascal’s significance for contemporary readers, allowing him to emerge as the rare philosopher who is spiritual, literary, and rigorous all at once – both a brilliant controversialist and a thinker of substance.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Graeme Hunter is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Ottawa.

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Editore
Univ of Toronto Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2014
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1442628359
ISBN 13 
9781442628359
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
270
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
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ISBN 10:  1442641428 ISBN 13:  9781442641426
Casa editrice: Univ of Toronto Pr, 2013
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