The Courage to Be; Second Edition

by Paul Tillich; With an introduction by Peter J. Gomes

• ISBN13: 9780300084719
• ISBN10: 0300084714
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-07-11
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

In this classic and deeply insightful book, one of the world's most eminent philosophers describes the dilemma of modern man and points a way to the conquest of the problem of anxiety. This edition includes a new introduction by Peter J. Gomes that reflects on the impact of this book in the years since it was written.

Author Biography

Paul Tillich (1886-1965), world-renowned philosopher and theologian, taught in several German universities until he was dismissed in 1933 because of his opposition to the Nazi regime. In America he was affiliated with the Union Theological Seminary, Harvard University, and the University of Chicago

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Second Edition	xi
Being and Courage	1	(31)
Courage and Fortitude: From Plato to Thomas Aquinas	2	(7)
Courage and Wisdom: The Stoics	9	(9)
Courage and Self-affirmation: Spinoza	18	(6)
Courage and Life: Nietzsche	24	(8)
Being, Nonbeing, and Anxiety	32	(32)
An Ontology of Anxiety	32	(8)
The meaning of nonbeing	32	(4)
The interdependence of fear and anxiety	36	(4)
Types of Anxiety	40	(17)
The three types of anxiety and the nature of man	40	(2)
The anxiety of fate and death	42	(4)
The anxiety of emptiness and meaninglessness	46	(5)
The anxiety of guilt and condemnation	51	(3)
The meaning of despair	54	(3)
Periods of Anxiety	57	(7)
Pathological Anxiety, Vitality, and Courage	64	(22)
The Nature of Pathological Anxiety	64	(6)
Anxiety, Religion, and Medicine	70	(8)
Vitality and Courage	78	(8)
Courage and Participation (The Courage to Be as a Part)	86	(27)
Being, Individualization, and Participation	86	(4)
Collectivist and Semicollectivist Manifestations of the Courage to Be as a Part	90	(6)
Neocollectivist Manifestations of the Courage to Be as a Part	96	(7)
The Courage to Be as a Part in Democratic Conformism	103	(10)
Courage and Individualization (The Courage to Be as Oneself)	113	(42)
The Rise of Modern Individualism and the Courage to Be as Oneself	113	(3)
The Romantic and Naturalistic Forms of the Courage to Be as Oneself	116	(7)
Existentialist Forms of the Courage to Be as Oneself	123	(16)
The existential attitude and Existentialism	123	(3)
The existentialist point of view	126	(5)
The loss of the existentialist point of view	131	(4)
Existentialism as revolt	135	(4)
Existentialism Today and the Courage of Despair	139	(1)
Courage and despair	139	(3)
The courage of despair in contemporary art and literature	142	(6)
The courage of despair in contemporary philosophy	148	(2)
The courage of despair in the noncreative Existentialist attitude	150	(1)
The limits of the courage to be as oneself	151	(4)
Courage and Transcendence (The Courage to Accept Acceptance)	155	(36)
The Power of Being as Source of the Courage to Be	156	(22)
The mystical experience and the courage to be	156	(4)
The divine-human encounter and the courage to be	160	(3)
Guilt and the courage to accept acceptance	163	(4)
Fate and the courage to accept acceptance	167	(4)
Absolute faith and the courage to be	171	(7)
The Courage to Be as the Key to Being-itself	178	(13)
Nonbeing opening up being	178	(4)
Theism transcended	182	(4)
The God above God and the courage to be	186	(5)
Index	191