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Meaning in History
Karl Löwith
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Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HRA; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
Modern man sees with one eye of faith and one eye of reason. Consequently, his view of history is confused. For centuries, the history of the Western world has been viewed from the Christian or classical standpoint--from a deep faith in the Kingdom of God or a belief in recurrent and eternal life-cycles. The modern mind, however, is neither Christian nor pagan--and its interpretations of history are Christian in derivation and anti-Christian in result. To develop this theory, Karl L with--beginning with the more accessible philosophies of history in the nineteenth and eighteenth centuries and working back to the Bible--analyzes ... Read more
Modern man sees with one eye of faith and one eye of reason. Consequently, his view of history is confused. For centuries, the history of the Western world has been viewed from the Christian or classical standpoint--from a deep faith in the Kingdom of God or a belief in recurrent and eternal life-cycles. The modern mind, however, is neither Christian nor pagan--and its interpretations of history are Christian in derivation and anti-Christian in result. To develop this theory, Karl L with--beginning with the more accessible philosophies of history in the nineteenth and eighteenth centuries and working back to the Bible--analyzes ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
266
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1957
Series
Phoenix Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226495552
SKU
V9780226495552
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About Karl Löwith
Karl L with (1897-1973) was professor of philosophy at Heidelberg University, Germany.
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