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9780826218438

Human Being

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  • ISBN13:

    9780826218438

  • ISBN10:

    0826218431

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-04-30
  • Publisher: Univ of Missouri Pr
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Summary

Langan argues that we must struggle toward a unity of discourse respectful of genuine experiences of varying civilizations if we are to live peacefully on one planet. Drawing upon the thought of Heidegger and Voegelin, among others, he studies the role of explicit traditions in transmitting truths and distinguishes four genera of tradition-artistic, revelational, associational, and scientific-philosophical. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface: On the Task of Becoming Humanp. ix
Author's Prefacep. xiii
Acknowledgmentsp. xvii
Introduction: The Love of Wisdomp. 1
Time and Worlds: Shades of Marburg, Freiburg, and the "Left Bank"p. 22
Dynamic Freedom and the Finite Structure of Human Existence as Characterp. 51
Imaginationp. 69
Analogical Thinking as a Tool for Understandingp. 112
Why Are We So Weird and What Can We Do about It?p. 132
Love: An Example of "a Way's" Lighting the Pathp. 150
Balance and Integrationp. 166
Postscriptp. 183
Indexp. 185
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