Ernest Rubinstein

From Ecclesiastes to Simone Weil (eBook, ePUB)

Varieties of Philosophical Spirituality

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From Ecclesiastes to Simone Weil: Varieties of Philosophical Spirituality reads major philosophers from the Western philosophical canon and beyond for the spirituality implicit in their metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, and logic. Its aim is to revive for the modern reader the spiritual import of philosophy as an area of inquiry and study. Spirituality is understood as a lived orientation towards the sacred. The sacred is characterized as the source of all being and human wellbeing. Philosophy is presented as an avenue of approach to the sacred alternative to the western religious traditions. Philosophers treated include Plato, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Emerson, William James, Bertrand Russell, and Simone Weil.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781611477252
• Artikelnr.: 41505263

Autorenporträt

Ernest Rubinstein is adjunct assistant professor of humanities at the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies and associate librarian emeritus at Drew University.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction: Philosophy as Religion
Chapter 2. Ecclesiastes
Chapter 3. Plato
Chapter 4. Lucretius and Marcus Aurelius
Chapter 5. Descartes
Chapter 6. Spinoza
Chapter 7. Kant
Chapter 8. Novalis
Chapter 9. Hegel: Phenomenology of Spirit
Chapter 10. Kierkegaard
Chapter 11. Emerson
Chapter 12. William James
Chapter 13. Bertrand Russell
Chapter 14. Simone Weil
Chapter 15. Conclusion: Philosophical Sensibility as Philosophical
Spirituality
Bibliography
About the Author