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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822962103321

Autore

Langan Thomas

Titolo

Human being [[electronic resource] /] / by Thomas D. Langan ; edited by Antonio Calcagno

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, Mo., : University of Missouri Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8262-7193-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CalcagnoAntonio <1969->

Disciplina

128

Soggetti

Philosophical anthropology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Editor's Preface: On the Task of Becoming Human -- Author's Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: The Love of Wisdom -- 2. Time and Worlds: Shades of Marburg, Freiburg, and the "Left Bank" -- 3. Dynamic Freedom and the Finite Structure of Human Existence as Character -- 4. Imagination -- 5. Analogical Thinking as a Tool for Understanding -- 6. Why Are We So Weird and What Can We Do about It? -- 7. LOVE: An Example of "a Way's" Lighting the Path -- 8. Balance and Integration -- Postscript -- INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

"Langan draws on a lifetime of study to offer a new understanding of the central question of our existence, turning to phenomenology and philosophical anthropology to help us better understand who we are as individuals and communities and what makes us act the way we do"--Provided by publisher.