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" Metaphysical horror / "
Leszek Kołakowski.
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BL
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711365
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b533554
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Kołakowski, Leszek.
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Metaphysical horror /\ Leszek Kołakowski.
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Rev. ed. // edited by Agnieszka Kołakowska.
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2001.
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vi, 128 p. ;; 19 cm.
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0226450554 (pbk. : alk paper)
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: 0226450562 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0226742679 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9780226450551 (pbk. : alk paper)
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: 9780226450568 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780226742670 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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| Contents
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Philosophy and Philosophers -- Philosophy's Self-Martyrdom ... -- ... And its Self-Derision -- On Jaspers (1) -- Philosophy's Survival -- On What Is Real -- Cartesian Dreams: Recycling the Cogito (1) -- Alibi: The Curse of Time -- The Absolute (1) -- The Absolute (2) -- Divine Persons and Unpersons: Is God Good? (Cruor Dei) -- Damascius and Two Kinds of Nothingness -- Divine Nothingness in Christianity -- On All Possible Languages (1) -- Recycling the Cogito (2) -- On Husserl -- On Merleau-Ponty -- The Ego as a Quasi-Absolute -- De-Cartesianization -- On Spinoza -- On Jaspers (2) -- Leibniz and All Possible Worlds -- On Creation, Divine and Human -- The Alter-Ego -- On All Possible Languages (2) -- Reading the World.
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For over a century philosophers have argued that philosophy is impossible or useless, or both. Although the basic agenda dates back to the days of Socrates, there is still disagreement about the nature of truth, reality, knowledge, good and God. This may make little practical difference to our lives, but it leaves us with a feeling of radical uncertainty described by Kolakowski as 'metaphysical horror'. Is there any way out of this cul-de-sac? This trenchant analysis confronts these dilemmas head on. Philosophy may not provide definitive answers to the fundamental questions, yet the quest itself transforms our lives. It may undermine most of our certainties, yet it still leaves room for our spiritual yearnings and religious beliefs. Kolakowski has forged a dazzling demonstration of philosophy in action. It is up to readers to take up the challenge of his arguments.
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Absolute, The.
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Metaphysics.
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Philosophy.
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B4691.K5863M47 2001
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Kołakowska, Agnieszka.
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