Political Philosophy Cross-Examined

Perennial Challenges to the Philosophic Life: Essays in Honor of Heinrich Meier
2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-29962-8
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 224 mm, Gewicht: 3894 g

Reihe: Recovering Political Philosophy

Political societies frequently regard philosophers as potential threats to morality and religion, and those who speak for politics often demand a defense of philosophy. This book will address philosophy as a mode of existence put into question.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pangle, T.

Lomax, J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Sophistry as a Way of Life; Robert C. Bartlett 2. Aristotle on Theory and Practice; Christopher Bruell 3. Aristotle's Politics Book 7 on the Best Way of Life; Thomas L. Pangle 4. Inexhaustible Riches: Mining the Bible; J. Harvey Lomax 5. On the Philosophic Character of Tacitus' Imperial Political History and Science; James Nichols 6. Maimonides on Knowledge of Good and Evil: The Guide of the Perplexed I.2; Ronna Burger 7. Machiavelli in the Prince: His Way of Life in Question; Nathan Tarcov 8. Of Human Ends in Bacon's Essayes; Ralph Lerner 9. Hobbes's Natural Theology; Devin Stauffer 10. Rousseau's Happiness in Freedom; Hasso Hofmann 11. Heidegger on Nietzsche on Nihilism; Robert B. Pippin 12. How Benardete Read the Last Stage of Socrates' Philosophic Education; Laurence Lampert

Über Autor(innen)

Robert C. Bartlett, Boston College, USA
Christopher Bruell, Boston College, USA
Ronna Burger, Tulane University, USA
Hasso Hofmann, Humboldt University, Germany
Laurence Lampert, Indiana University, USA
Ralph Lerner, University Of Chicago, USA
J. Harvey Lomax, University Of Memphis, USA
James H. Nichols, Claremont Mckenna College, USA
Thomas L. Pangle, University Of Texas, USA
Robert B. Pippin, University Of Chicago, USA
Devin Stauffer, University Of Texas, USA
Nathan Tarcov, University Of Chicago, USA