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Author Conche, Marcel.

Title Philosophizing ad infinitum : infinite nature, infinite philosophy / Marcel Conche ; translated by Laurent Ledoux and Herman G. Bonne ; foreword by J. Baird Callicott.

Publication Info. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 196 pages.)
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Series SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics
SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-165) and index.
Contents Flashback -- Presence of the Infinite: Plato and Science in Opposition to the Infinite -- With and Without Aristotle -- With and Without Chrysippus -- With and Without Epicurus -- With and Without Montaigne -- A Moment with Omar Khayyam -- Concerning Nietzsche -- My Path with and Without Bergson -- With Pascal and Without Him -- With the "Old Sage" and Without Him
Summary "In Philosophizing ad Infinitum, one of his most remarkable and daring books, Conche articulates a unique and powerful understanding of nature, inclusive of humanity, as infinite in time and space - ever self-renewing, eternal, and beyond complete understanding or control. In today's world the notion of infinity is at the core of the crisis humanity faces understanding nature. For the last two hundred years economies have been running at full speed, fueled by the implicit belief that natural resources are infinite; however, it is clear that they are not and that humanity needs to radically rethink the foundations of environmental and economic systems. Conche seeks to begin this rethinkinf, inllustrating along the way insightful and sometimes unorthodox ideas about Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Montaigne, Nietzsche, Bergson, and others.
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Subject Conche, Marcel.
Conche, Marcel.
Philosophy, French.
Philosophy, French.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title Philosopher à l'infini. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013061117
Other Form: Original 9781438451893 143845189X 9781438451886 1438451881 (DLC) 2013027105 (OCoLC)859252848
ISBN 9781438451909 (electronic book)
1438451903 (electronic book)
9781438451893 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
143845189X (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
9781438451886 (paperback)
1438451881 (paperback)
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