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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451165103321

Autore

Marquard Odo

Titolo

Farewell to matters of principle [[electronic resource] ] : philosophical studies / / Odo Marquard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1989

ISBN

1-280-44970-5

0-19-536403-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 p.)

Collana

Odeon

Disciplina

100

Soggetti

Philosophy, German

Philosophy, Modern - 18th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Farewell to Matters of Principle (Another Autobiographical Introduction); 2. Competence in Compensating for Incompetence? (On the Competence and Incompetence of Philosophy); 3. Indicted and Unburdened Man in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy; 4. The End of Fate? (Some Observations on the Inevitability of Things Over Which We Have No Power of Disposition); 5. In Praise of Polytheism (On Monomythical and Polymythical Thinking); 6. The Question, To What Question Is Hermeneutics the Answer?; Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

A series of translated essays covering German philosophy, literary theory and modern intellectual history, by the person considered to be the heir to Gadamar, Habermas and Blumenberg. The topics include the nature of myth and attempts to account for it and the questions of hermaneutics.