Umfang:
xiv, 243 Seiten.
ISBN:
978-0-300-25596-6
Inhalt:
A new and expansive collection of essays from one of the world's best+'known popular philosophers
Inhalt:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Happiness? -- ONE. Happy Like God -- TWO. Beyond the Sea -- THREE. How to Make It in the Afterlife -- FOUR. The Gospel According to Me -- FIVE. Abandon (Nearly) All Hope -- I Believe -- SIX. Why I Love Mormonism -- SEVEN. The Freedom of Faith-A Christmas Sermon -- EIGHT. The Rigor of Love -- NINE. Coin of Praise -- TEN. Soccer Fandom as a Model for Living -- What Are Philosophers For? -- ELEVEN. What Is a Philosopher? -- TWELVE. When Socrates Met Phaedrus: Eros in Philosophy -- THIRTEEN. Cynicism We Can Believe In -- FOURTEEN. To Weld, Perchance to Dream -- FIFTEEN. Brexistentialism -- The Tragedy of Violence -- SIXTEEN. Euro Blind -- SEVENTEEN. Let Be-An Answer to Hamlet's Question -- EIGHTEEN. The Cycle of Revenge -- NINETEEN. Theater of Violence -- Athens in Pieces -- TWENTY. The Art of Memory -- TWENTY-ONE. The Stench of the Academy -- TWENTY-TWO. In Aristotle's Garden -- TWENTY-THREE. The Tragedy of Democracy -- TWENTY-FOUR. What Really Happened at Eleusis? -- TWENTY-FIVE. We Know Socrates's Fate. What's Ours? -- TWENTY-SIX. The Happiest Man I Ever Met -- TWENTY-SEVEN. An Offering to the Soccer Gods -- Others -- TWENTY-EIGHT. There Is No Theory of Everything -- TWENTY-NINE. The Dangers of Certainty: A Lesson from Auschwitz -- THIRTY. Nothing Remains: David Bowie's Vision of Love -- THIRTY-ONE. PBS -- Philip K. Dick, Garage Philosopher -- THIRTY-TWO. Meditations on a Radiant Fish -- THIRTY-THREE. Future Gnostic -- THIRTY-FOUR. Adventures in the Dream Factory -- Covid Coda -- THIRTY-FIVE. Our Fear, Our Trembling, Our Strength -- Index
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Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-300-25835-6
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Philosophie
Mehr zum Autor:
Critchley, Simon 1960-
