Plato's Battle Between the Gods and the Giants and Its Continuing Relevance in the Speculative Philosophy of History

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-71334-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 399, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 521 g

Reihe: Value Inquiry Book Series / Cognitive Science

This book discusses two general theories of human consciousness. The methodology, interdisciplinary and “history of ideas”-oriented, concentrates on two opposing theories, one humanistic and the other scientific. Leibniz's optimistic claim in the seventeenth century that this world was the best of all possible worlds is posed against nineteenth century Schopenhauer who argued pessimistically that it was the worst and that it was best not to survive. Against this background the book compares the current danger of a civil war in the United States of America as patterned along the same lines that engulfed the former Yugoslavia, thus demonstrating the insidious roots of that evil and its destructive engulfment and power. Ultimately, it questions whether these same dynamic forces are leading today's world to annihilation as countries threaten each other with nuclear arms and the age of pessimism has become entrenched.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mijuskovic, Ben

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Ben Lazare Mijuskovic, Ph.D., is a retired Professor of Philosophy (CSU) and Psychotherapist. He has published numerous books and articles on theories of consciousness in relation to human loneliness, including Consciousness and Loneliness: Theoria and Praxis (Brill, 2019), Metaphysical Dualism, Subjective Idealism and Existential Loneliness (2022), The Philosophical Roots of Loneliness and Intimacy: Political Narcissism and the Problem of Evil (2022) and Theories of Consciousness and the Problem of Evil in the History of Ideas(2023).