William C. Hackett's English translation of Jean Wahl's Existence humaine et transcendence (1944) brings back to life an all-but-forgotten book that provocatively explores the philosophical concept of transcendence. Based on what Emmanuel Levinas called "Wahl's famous lecture" from 1937, Existence...
The word philosophy comes from the Greek philo(love) and sophia (wisdom) and so is literally defined as “the love of wisdom”. More broadly understood, it is the study of the most basic and profound matters of human existence. Philosophical schools frequently develop in response to some perc...
Morgenstern describes philosophy as "the art of digging beneath the surface" to discover essential truths about human existence, and she says that people trained in this academic discipline are equipped to "expand their minds beyond the obvious" and become "thought leaders." Philosophy majors tend ...
1.It aims to discuss Kertesz Imre’s reflections of the massacre in the past and the human existence at the present, to outline his existential philosophy, in an attempt to obtain illuminations about ourselves, our existence and our society.论文旨在通过对凯尔泰斯作品的解读,透析作家对大屠杀现象的...
Philosophyis a field of science that investigates reality and human existence, as inI am currently studying philosophy in college. The wordphilosophyis also used to mean a specific doctrine based on such investigation, as inI wrote my term paper on the philosophy of Plato. ...
Lovers of Philosophy similarly serves as a point of entry for all those who need reminding that philosophical giants are flawed and complex human beings, just like the rest of us. An accessible and exciting history Ward delivers on his ambitions. Filled with insight and more than a little exci...
... The possibility of solving the riddle is what brings us to the crux of the matter, the source of so much confusion and discord. The answer can be found only in the history of life and human existence. Our present, paltry knowledge of the human condition is not something that sprang...
“The doctrine that the world is made up of objects whose existence is independent of human consciousness turns out to be in conflict with quantum mechanics and with facts established by experiment.” —Bernard d’Espagnat,a top theoretical physicist. ...
“The doctrine that the world is made up of objects whose existence is independent of human consciousness turns out to be in conflict with quantum mechanics and with facts established by experiment.” ―Bernard d’Espagnat D’espagnat believed that science failed to understand “the nature of bein...
It aims to discuss Kertesz Imre’s reflections of the massacre in the past and the human existence at the present, to outline his existential philosophy, in an attempt to obtain illuminations about ourselves, our existence and our society. 论文旨在通过对凯尔泰斯作品的解读,透析作家对大屠杀现象的...