Three Questions We Never Stop Asking

By: Michael K. Kellogg

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Hardcover | 13 September 2010 | Edition Number 1

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This excellent introduction to the essential issues that have preoccupied philosophers throughout the centuries provides fresh and engaging portraits of the greatest thinkers on three perennial questions: What can I know? What may I hope? What ought I to do? The author summarizes the thoughts of Plato and Wittgenstein on the possibility of philosophical knowledge; Kant and Nietzsche on the existence of God; Aristotle and Heidegger on human virtue. The first member of the pair is a builder, the second a destroyer. One explores the promise of a theory, the other the consequences of its ruin. These juxtaposed pairs are not self-contained, however. All six thinkers are engaged in a dialogue with one another on issues that touch our lives directly and profoundly. The author has arranged them in an order that unveils an ever-deepening understanding of the moral, spiritual and intellectual space in which our lives unfold.

For anyone wishing to discover, or rediscover, philosophy in its original meaning-"the love of wisdom"-this engaging, clearly written, and accessible volume is an excellent place to start.

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Non-Fiction Philosophy Popular Philosophy History of Western Philosophy Sociology & Anthropology Sociology

Preface	p. 9
Acknowledgments	p. 17
What Can I Know?	p. 19
Plato and the Task of Philosophy	p. 23
Wittgenstein and the End of Philosophy	p. 57
What May I Hope?	p. 99
Kant and the Leap of Faith	p. 103
Nietzsche and the Death of God	p. 135
What Ought I To Do	p. 165?
Aristotle and Public Virtue	p. 169
Heidegger and Authenticity	p. 203
Epilogue	p. 237
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 245
Notes	p. 251
Index	p. 273
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