LEADER 03027nam 2200433 450 001 9910154626903321 005 20200413184216.0 010 $a0-8132-2895-6 035 $a(CKB)4340000000018625 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4751196 035 $a(OCoLC)1016795860 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse54222 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000018625 100 $a20161122h20162016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aSupper at Emmaus $egreat themes in western culture and intellectual history /$fGlenn W. Olsen 210 1$aWashington, District of Columbia :$cCatholic University Of America Press,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (352 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a0-8132-2894-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a"Supper at Emmaus" traces important intellectual topics from the ancient world to the modern period. Generally, as in its treatment of the question of whether the long-standing contrast between cyclical and linear views of history is helpful, it introduces eminent thinkers who have considered the question. One focus of the author is the appearance and reappearance across the centuries of patterns used to organize temporal and cultural experience. After an opening essay on transcendental truth and cultural relativism, Glenn Olsen traces a distinction, common in historical writings during the past two centuries, between an alleged ancient, classical "cyclic" view of time and history, used to describe the claimed repetitiveness of and similarities between historical events, and a contrasting Jewish-Christian linear view, sometimes described as providential in that it moves through a series of unique events to some end intended by God. In the latter, history is "about something," such as the education of the human race or the redemption of humankind. In each of the remaining essays, "Supper at Emmaus" attempts to draw out the limitations of what the current consensus on this topic has become, including, for example, the current understanding of religious tolerance, humanism, natural law, and teleology. Some of the essays, such as those on the debate about Augustine's understanding of marriage or the concluding essay on the baroque city of Lecce, are published for the first time. Others are based on previously published contributions to the scholarly literature, although these chapters often conclude with a postscript that engages current scholarly debate on the subject. --Book Sleeve description. 606 $aHistory$xPhilosophy 606 $aPhilosophy of history 615 0$aHistory$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aPhilosophy of history. 676 $a901 700 $aOlsen$b Glenn W$g(Glenn Warren),$f1938-$01113234 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154626903321 996 $aSupper at Emmaus$92984132 997 $aUNINA