| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 114 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture
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Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword to the English Translation by Creston Davis -- Preface -- Plato -- Aristotle -- Augustine -- Bruno -- Descartes -- Pascal -- Leibniz -- Kant -- Fichte -- Hegel -- Schelling -- Schopenhauer -- Kierkegaard -- Marx -- Nietzcsche -- Husserl -- Wittgenstein -- Sartre -- Foucault -- Notes -- Index. |
| Summary |
Peter Sloterdijk turns his keen eye to the history of western thought, conducting colorful readings of the lives and ideas of the world's most influential intellectuals. Featuring nineteen vignettes rich in personal characterizations and theoretical analysis, Sloterdijk's companionable volume casts the development of philosophical thinking not as a buildup of compelling books and arguments but as a lifelong, intimate struggle with intellectual and spiritual movements, filled with as many pitfalls and derailments as transcendent breakthroughs. Sloterdijk delves into the work and tim. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Philosophers -- Biography.
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Philosophers -- Biography. |
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Philosophy -- Introductions.
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Philosophy. |
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Introductions.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Philosophische Temperamente. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012070900
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sloterdijk, Peter. Philosophical Temperaments : From Plato to Foucault. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2013 9780231153737 |
| ISBN |
9780231527408 (electronic book) |
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0231527403 (electronic book) |
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9780231153720 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0231153724 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780231153737 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0231153732 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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