LEADER 00000cam a2200517La 4500 001 ocm47010827 003 OCoLC 005 20160527040919.2 006 m o d 007 cr cn||||||||| 008 010202s1999 nyu ob s001 0 eng d 019 533289402 020 0585340692|q(electronic bk.) 020 9780585340692|q(electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)47010827|z(OCoLC)533289402 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dOCL|dOCLCQ|dYDXCP|dOCLCQ|dTUU|dOCLCQ |dTNF|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dNHA|dNLGGC|dOCLCQ 049 RIDW 050 4 BJ1031|b.R67 1999eb 072 7 PHI|x005000|2bisacsh 082 04 171|221 090 BJ1031|b.R67 1999eb 100 1 Ross, Stephen David. 245 14 The gift of kinds :|bthe good in abundance : an ethic of the Earth /|cStephen David Ross. 260 Albany, N.Y. :|bState University of New York Press, |c©1999. 300 1 online resource (xvii, 323 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-301) and index. 505 0 General preface to the project: Gifts of the good -- The fourth of several volumes devoted to the good -- Human, natural worlds filled with gifts -- Nature the general economy of the good, earth's abundance -- Resisting authority and totality -- Plato's idea of the good beyond measure -- Unlimiting every limit, interrupting authority -- Gifts and giving -- Exposure interruption, calling for responsiveness, responsibility -- Cherishment exposure to the good everywhere in generosity -- Sacrifice impossibility of fulfillment -- Plenishment crossing cherishment and sacrifice -- Inexhaustible exposure to the good -- Socrates' suggestion that the good grants authority to knowledge and truth -- Anaximander and injustice in all things, demanding restitution -- The good as ideality -- Volumes projected in this project -- Began with art in response to Nietzsche's interruption of authority in name of art -- Continue within possibility that Western philosophic tradition has always given precedence to truth and being, neutralizing the good -- This volume addresses kinds of the earth as ecstatic revelations of life and being, resistant to neutrality -- Introduction: The Abundance of Kinds -- Spinoza and abundance of kinds -- God and nature expressed in infinite numbers of infinite kinds -- Nature composed of infinite individuals, each expressed through infinite kinds -- Conatus, desire -- Love of God, Dei amor, beatitudo, blessedness -- Kind -- Tyranny of kinds: using other kinds in any way whatever -- Interruption: essentialism and identity politics. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Ethics. 650 0 Philosophy of nature. 650 0 Categories (Philosophy)|xMoral and ethical aspects. 655 4 Electronic books. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aRoss, Stephen David.|tGift of kinds. |dAlbany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1999 |z0791442535|w(DLC) 99017962|w(OCoLC)40714916 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=44025|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 948 |d20160615|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID