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Retrieving Aristotle in an age of crisis [[electronic resource] /] / David Roochnik
| Retrieving Aristotle in an age of crisis [[electronic resource] /] / David Roochnik |
| Autore | Roochnik David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
| Disciplina | 185 |
| Collana | SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy |
| Soggetto topico | Life |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4384-4520-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Retrieving Aristotle in an Age of Crisis""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""A Note to the Reader""; ""Prologue""; ""Introduction: Why Aristotle Matters.""; ""Chapter One: The Stars Are Eternal.""; ""I.1: There Are Only Three Dimensions.""; ""I.2: Threeness Determines Wholeness.""; ""I.3: There Are Four Elements.""; ""I.4: Elements Naturally Move to Their Natural Place.""; ""I.5: The Circle Is Perfect.""; ""I.6: The Body Moving in Circular Orbit Is Eternal.""; ""I.7: History Is More or Less Bunk.""; ""I.8: Religion Bears Witness to the Truth.""; ""Chapter Two: Nature Is Purpose.""
""II.1: Teleology Is Good Science.""""II.2: Intelligent Design Isn�t All Stupid.""; ""II.3: Some Beings Are Natural; Others Are Not.""; ""II.4: Form Is Nature More than Matter.""; ""II.5: Form Is More Divine than Matter.""; ""II.6: Nature Is Hierarchical.""; ""II.7: To Understand Nature, Study Its Best Examples.""; ""II.8: The Finite Is Better than the Infinite.""; ""II.9: Good Science Appreciates Things as They Are.""; ""Chapter Three: Being Is Good.""; ""III.1: Metaphysics Is Onto-Theology.""; ""III.2: There Are Substances Out There.""; ""III.3: We Know a Substance When We See One."" ""III.4: God Is Alive and Good.""""III.5: To Stand Firmly on the Side of Life.""; ""Chapter Four: Truth Is Easy.""; ""IV.1: If the Eye Were an Animal, Vision Would Be Its Soul.""; ""IV.2: The World Is Nourishing.""; ""IV.3: Perceiving Is Like Eating.""; ""IV.4: We Are Wrong More Often than Not.""; ""IV.5: Thinking Is Like Perceiving (Which Is Like Eating).""; ""IV.6: We Can Say What We Think.""; ""IV.7: We “Truth� the World.""; ""Chapter Five: The Theoretical Life Is Divine.""; ""V.1: Life Is Meaningful.""; ""V.2: Happiness Is Objective.""; ""V.3: Good Life Comes from Good Habits."" ""Epilogue""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
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Roochnik David
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| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Retrieving Aristotle in an age of crisis [[electronic resource] /] / David Roochnik
| Retrieving Aristotle in an age of crisis [[electronic resource] /] / David Roochnik |
| Autore | Roochnik David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
| Disciplina | 185 |
| Collana | SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy |
| Soggetto topico | Life |
| ISBN | 1-4384-4520-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Retrieving Aristotle in an Age of Crisis""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""A Note to the Reader""; ""Prologue""; ""Introduction: Why Aristotle Matters.""; ""Chapter One: The Stars Are Eternal.""; ""I.1: There Are Only Three Dimensions.""; ""I.2: Threeness Determines Wholeness.""; ""I.3: There Are Four Elements.""; ""I.4: Elements Naturally Move to Their Natural Place.""; ""I.5: The Circle Is Perfect.""; ""I.6: The Body Moving in Circular Orbit Is Eternal.""; ""I.7: History Is More or Less Bunk.""; ""I.8: Religion Bears Witness to the Truth.""; ""Chapter Two: Nature Is Purpose.""
""II.1: Teleology Is Good Science.""""II.2: Intelligent Design Isn�t All Stupid.""; ""II.3: Some Beings Are Natural; Others Are Not.""; ""II.4: Form Is Nature More than Matter.""; ""II.5: Form Is More Divine than Matter.""; ""II.6: Nature Is Hierarchical.""; ""II.7: To Understand Nature, Study Its Best Examples.""; ""II.8: The Finite Is Better than the Infinite.""; ""II.9: Good Science Appreciates Things as They Are.""; ""Chapter Three: Being Is Good.""; ""III.1: Metaphysics Is Onto-Theology.""; ""III.2: There Are Substances Out There.""; ""III.3: We Know a Substance When We See One."" ""III.4: God Is Alive and Good.""""III.5: To Stand Firmly on the Side of Life.""; ""Chapter Four: Truth Is Easy.""; ""IV.1: If the Eye Were an Animal, Vision Would Be Its Soul.""; ""IV.2: The World Is Nourishing.""; ""IV.3: Perceiving Is Like Eating.""; ""IV.4: We Are Wrong More Often than Not.""; ""IV.5: Thinking Is Like Perceiving (Which Is Like Eating).""; ""IV.6: We Can Say What We Think.""; ""IV.7: We “Truth� the World.""; ""Chapter Five: The Theoretical Life Is Divine.""; ""V.1: Life Is Meaningful.""; ""V.2: Happiness Is Objective.""; ""V.3: Good Life Comes from Good Habits."" ""Epilogue""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779658303321 |
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Roochnik David
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| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Retrieving Aristotle in an age of crisis / / David Roochnik
| Retrieving Aristotle in an age of crisis / / David Roochnik |
| Autore | Roochnik David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
| Disciplina | 185 |
| Collana | SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy |
| Soggetto topico | Life |
| ISBN | 1-4384-4520-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Retrieving Aristotle in an Age of Crisis""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""A Note to the Reader""; ""Prologue""; ""Introduction: Why Aristotle Matters.""; ""Chapter One: The Stars Are Eternal.""; ""I.1: There Are Only Three Dimensions.""; ""I.2: Threeness Determines Wholeness.""; ""I.3: There Are Four Elements.""; ""I.4: Elements Naturally Move to Their Natural Place.""; ""I.5: The Circle Is Perfect.""; ""I.6: The Body Moving in Circular Orbit Is Eternal.""; ""I.7: History Is More or Less Bunk.""; ""I.8: Religion Bears Witness to the Truth.""; ""Chapter Two: Nature Is Purpose.""
""II.1: Teleology Is Good Science.""""II.2: Intelligent Design Isn�t All Stupid.""; ""II.3: Some Beings Are Natural; Others Are Not.""; ""II.4: Form Is Nature More than Matter.""; ""II.5: Form Is More Divine than Matter.""; ""II.6: Nature Is Hierarchical.""; ""II.7: To Understand Nature, Study Its Best Examples.""; ""II.8: The Finite Is Better than the Infinite.""; ""II.9: Good Science Appreciates Things as They Are.""; ""Chapter Three: Being Is Good.""; ""III.1: Metaphysics Is Onto-Theology.""; ""III.2: There Are Substances Out There.""; ""III.3: We Know a Substance When We See One."" ""III.4: God Is Alive and Good.""""III.5: To Stand Firmly on the Side of Life.""; ""Chapter Four: Truth Is Easy.""; ""IV.1: If the Eye Were an Animal, Vision Would Be Its Soul.""; ""IV.2: The World Is Nourishing.""; ""IV.3: Perceiving Is Like Eating.""; ""IV.4: We Are Wrong More Often than Not.""; ""IV.5: Thinking Is Like Perceiving (Which Is Like Eating).""; ""IV.6: We Can Say What We Think.""; ""IV.7: We “Truth� the World.""; ""Chapter Five: The Theoretical Life Is Divine.""; ""V.1: Life Is Meaningful.""; ""V.2: Happiness Is Objective.""; ""V.3: Good Life Comes from Good Habits."" ""Epilogue""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811209503321 |
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Roochnik David
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| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Thinking philosophically : an invitation to join the great debates / / David Roochnik
| Thinking philosophically : an invitation to join the great debates / / David Roochnik |
| Autore | Roochnik David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Disciplina | 100 |
| Soggetto topico |
Thought and thinking
Philosophy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-119-06697-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460589903321 |
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Roochnik David
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| Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Thinking philosophically : an invitation to join the great debates / / David Roochnik
| Thinking philosophically : an invitation to join the great debates / / David Roochnik |
| Autore | Roochnik David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Disciplina | 100 |
| Collana | New York Academy of Sciences |
| Soggetto topico |
Philosophy
Thought and thinking |
| ISBN |
1-119-06699-9
1-119-06697-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- Prologue -- Chapter 1 An Introduction to Philosophy -- What Makes Philosophers Tick? -- Five Questions -- Reading Great Books -- An Introduction to Socrates -- Note -- Chapter 2 Alone or With Others? -- The Question -- Rousseau's Answer -- The State of Nature -- Society -- Aristotle's Answer -- Community Is Natural -- Teleology -- By Nature Political -- Animals with Logos -- By Nature Unequal -- Resolving the Dispute: Social-Political or Solitary? -- Notes -- Chapter 3 What Should We Do? -- The Question -- Mill's Answer -- What Is Happiness? -- Utilitarianism Is Crude -- Utilitarianism Is Selfish -- Utilitarianism Becomes Moral Fanaticism -- Utilitarians Are Frigid -- Utilitarianism Is Expedient -- Utilitarianism Is Unjust -- Utilitarianism Is Fantasy -- Kant's Answer -- The Good Will -- Consequences and Morality -- Duty -- Universality -- Egalitarianism -- Ordinary Moral Intuitions -- The Dear Self -- Resolving the Dispute: Consequences or Duty? -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Whom Should We Emulate? (1) -- The Question -- Aristotle's Answer -- Happiness and Excellence -- Precision in Ethics -- Character -- Aristotle on Climate Change -- Nietzsche's Answer -- Resolving the Dispute: Virtue or Power? -- Notes -- Chapter 5 Whom Should We Emulate? (2) -- The Question -- Confucius's Answer -- Filial Piety -- Ritual -- Leadership -- Teleology -- What if the Father Is a Bad Guy? -- Lao-Tzu's Answer -- Anti-Teleology -- Water -- Paradox -- Non-Action (Wu Wei) -- Resolving the Dispute: Superior Man or Child? -- Notes -- Chapter 6 What Do You Know? -- The Question -- Descartes's Answer -- Descartes's Education -- The Cogito -- The Existence of God -- Masters and Possessors of Nature -- Hume's Answer -- Ideas from Impressions -- Principles of Association -- Skeptical Doubts.
Skeptical Solution of Skeptical Doubts -- Hume on Global Warming -- Resolving the Dispute: Rationalism or Empiricism? -- Notes -- Chapter 7 Being in Time -- The Question -- Saint Augustine's Answer -- Time and the Eternal -- The Cry of the Present -- The Subjective Reality of Time -- Reason to Pray -- The Nature of Sin -- Digression 1: Pythagoras -- Digression 2: Platonic Forms -- Nietzsche (on Heraclitus) on Time -- Becoming -- Play -- Resolving the Dispute: Being or Becoming? -- Notes -- Epilogue -- Works Cited -- 1 An Introduction to Philosophy -- 2 Alone or With Others? -- 3 What Should We Do? -- 4 Whom Should We Emulate? (1) -- 5 Whom Should We Emulate? (2) -- 6 What Do You Know? -- 7 Being in Time -- Index -- EULA. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797906303321 |
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Roochnik David
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| Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Thinking philosophically : an invitation to join the great debates / / David Roochnik
| Thinking philosophically : an invitation to join the great debates / / David Roochnik |
| Autore | Roochnik David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Disciplina | 100 |
| Collana | New York Academy of Sciences |
| Soggetto topico |
Philosophy
Thought and thinking |
| ISBN |
1-119-06699-9
1-119-06697-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- Prologue -- Chapter 1 An Introduction to Philosophy -- What Makes Philosophers Tick? -- Five Questions -- Reading Great Books -- An Introduction to Socrates -- Note -- Chapter 2 Alone or With Others? -- The Question -- Rousseau's Answer -- The State of Nature -- Society -- Aristotle's Answer -- Community Is Natural -- Teleology -- By Nature Political -- Animals with Logos -- By Nature Unequal -- Resolving the Dispute: Social-Political or Solitary? -- Notes -- Chapter 3 What Should We Do? -- The Question -- Mill's Answer -- What Is Happiness? -- Utilitarianism Is Crude -- Utilitarianism Is Selfish -- Utilitarianism Becomes Moral Fanaticism -- Utilitarians Are Frigid -- Utilitarianism Is Expedient -- Utilitarianism Is Unjust -- Utilitarianism Is Fantasy -- Kant's Answer -- The Good Will -- Consequences and Morality -- Duty -- Universality -- Egalitarianism -- Ordinary Moral Intuitions -- The Dear Self -- Resolving the Dispute: Consequences or Duty? -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Whom Should We Emulate? (1) -- The Question -- Aristotle's Answer -- Happiness and Excellence -- Precision in Ethics -- Character -- Aristotle on Climate Change -- Nietzsche's Answer -- Resolving the Dispute: Virtue or Power? -- Notes -- Chapter 5 Whom Should We Emulate? (2) -- The Question -- Confucius's Answer -- Filial Piety -- Ritual -- Leadership -- Teleology -- What if the Father Is a Bad Guy? -- Lao-Tzu's Answer -- Anti-Teleology -- Water -- Paradox -- Non-Action (Wu Wei) -- Resolving the Dispute: Superior Man or Child? -- Notes -- Chapter 6 What Do You Know? -- The Question -- Descartes's Answer -- Descartes's Education -- The Cogito -- The Existence of God -- Masters and Possessors of Nature -- Hume's Answer -- Ideas from Impressions -- Principles of Association -- Skeptical Doubts.
Skeptical Solution of Skeptical Doubts -- Hume on Global Warming -- Resolving the Dispute: Rationalism or Empiricism? -- Notes -- Chapter 7 Being in Time -- The Question -- Saint Augustine's Answer -- Time and the Eternal -- The Cry of the Present -- The Subjective Reality of Time -- Reason to Pray -- The Nature of Sin -- Digression 1: Pythagoras -- Digression 2: Platonic Forms -- Nietzsche (on Heraclitus) on Time -- Becoming -- Play -- Resolving the Dispute: Being or Becoming? -- Notes -- Epilogue -- Works Cited -- 1 An Introduction to Philosophy -- 2 Alone or With Others? -- 3 What Should We Do? -- 4 Whom Should We Emulate? (1) -- 5 Whom Should We Emulate? (2) -- 6 What Do You Know? -- 7 Being in Time -- Index -- EULA. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813118703321 |
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Roochnik David
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| Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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