Reason's Inquisition

On Doubtful Ground

By: Christopher A. Colmo

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Hardcover | 29 August 2023

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272 Pages

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Reasons Inquisition: On Doubtful Ground is an exploration in the literature of political philosophy before and after Alfarabi and ranging from Thucydides to Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin. These studies, most of them previously unpublished, open inquiries into theory and practice, reason and revelation, and the relation between thinkers ancient and modern. Readers may be surprised to see the Platonist Alfarabi presented as a critic of Platoâs theory in the name of practice, while Alfarabi and Hobbes are shown to have a common interest in a theory commensurate with action. Strauss, Voegelin and Lucien Febvre all explore the problem of reason and revelation in relation to the limits of human knowledge. An ambitious study of Shakespeareâs Macbeth explores the ambiguity of both nature and knowledge in relation to male and female, good and evil, present and future. The contrast between ancients and moderns is explicit in questions of the modern aspects of Marloweâs Doctor Faustus and of Rousseauâs reversal of Plato. Kierkegaard and Heidegger bring radical modernity into focus against a Platonic background in the closing essay. These diverse essays attempt to follow the thinkers and themes explored in turning a critical gaze upon reason itself.

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"Bringing together years of reflection in a rich volume, Christopher Colmo exemplifies how perceptive and learned readers can draw on thinkers from vastly different historical periods and intellectual traditions to revisit timeless philosophical questions. The reader of this volume will gain valuable insights by following this transhistorical dialogue between eminent thinkers masterfully curated by Christopher Colmo." -- Rasoul Namazi, Duke Kunshan University

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