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Published on: 2015-02-15
Released on: 2016-03-15
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In this brilliant study, Thomas Pfau argues that the loss of foundational concepts in classical and medieval Aristotelian philosophy caused a fateful separation between reason and will in European thought. Pfau traces the evolution and eventual deterioration of key concepts of human agency—will, person, judgment, action—from antiquity through Scholasticism and on to eighteenth-century moral theory and its critical revision in the works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Featuring extended critical discussions of Aristotle, Gnosticism, Augustine, Aquinas, Ockham, Hobbes, Shaftesbury, Mandeville, Hutcheson, Hume, Adam Smith, and Coleridge, this study contends that the humanistic concepts these writers seek to elucidate acquire meaning and significance only inasmuch as we are prepared positively to engage (rather than historicize) their previous usages. Beginning with the rise of theological (and, eventually, secular) voluntarism, modern thought appears increasingly reluctant and, in time, unable to engage the deep history of its own underlying conceptions, thus leaving our understanding of the nature and function of humanistic inquiry increasingly frayed and incoherent. One consequence of this shift is to leave the moral self-expression of intellectual elites and ordinary citizens alike stunted, which in turn has fueled the widespread notion that moral and ethical concerns are but a special branch of inquiry largely determined by opinion rather than dialogical reasoning, judgment, and practice. A clear sign of this regression is the present crisis in the study of the humanities, whose role is overwhelmingly conceived (and negatively appraised) in terms of scientific theories, methods, and objectives. The ultimate casualty of this reductionism has been the very idea of personhood and the disappearance of an adequate ethical language. Minding the Modern is not merely a chapter in the history of ideas; it is a thorough phenomenological and metaphysical study of the roots of today's predicaments. The fertilized egg is not a human life Pharyngula I have an identical twin brother. I like to use this fact to point out just how insulting it is to suggest a fertilized ovum is a person. Is only one of us ... Culture of Papua New Guinea - history people clothing ... Culture of Papua New Guinea - history people clothing traditions women beliefs food customs family No-Sa The Social Studies Curriculum: Purposes Problems and ... This updated third edition contains new chapters on important issuesincluding race gender sexuality and multiculturalismaffecting social studies education. Minding The Campus The University of Oregon suspended a tenured professor for wearing blackface at an off-campus Halloween party and now is considering additional punishment. tandfonline.com/action/cookieAbsent We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Day Poems : Walt Whitman: Song of Myself To link to this poem put the URL below into your page: a href="daypoems.net/poems/1900.html"Song of Myself by Walt Whitman/a Plain for Printing Culture of South Africa - history people clothing ... History and Ethnic Relations Emergence of the Nation. South Africa has early human fossils at Sterkfontein and other sites. The first modern inhabitants ... Jesus Myth - The Case Against Historical Christ The crucifixion scenes in Matthew and Mark do not openly indicate that they are based on other scriptures but the details of the scenes are nevertheless drawn ... Home Inter.net Welcome to Inter.net Canada. We are here to serve you better than ever. Updates will appear here regularly. Tell us what you think by emailing us at: feedback ... Doctoral Programme National Institute of Advanced Studies The NIAS Doctoral programme was initiated in 1999 in collaboration with Manipal University (then Manipal Academy of Higher Education) with the aim of developing ...
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