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The Human Place in the Cosmos
Max Scheler
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Description for The Human Place in the Cosmos
Paperback. A translation of Scheler's "The Human Place in the Cosmos". It addresses two main questions: What is the human being? And what is the place of the human being in the universe? It also covers various levels of being: inorganic reality, organic reality (including plant life and psychological life), and the way up to practical intelligence. Translator(s): Frings, Manfred S. Series Editor(s): Steinbock, Anthony J. Series: Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 170.
Upon Scheler's death in 1928, Martin Heidegger remarked that he was the most important force in philosophy at the time. Jose Ortegay Gasset called Scheler 'the first man of the philosophical paradise.' ""The Human Place in the Cosmos"", the last of his works Scheler completed, is a pivotal piece in the development of his writing as a whole, marking a peculiar shift in his approach and thought. He had been asked to provide an initial sketch of his much larger works on philosophical anthropology and metaphysics - works he was not able to complete because of his early demise.Frings' new ... Read more
Upon Scheler's death in 1928, Martin Heidegger remarked that he was the most important force in philosophy at the time. Jose Ortegay Gasset called Scheler 'the first man of the philosophical paradise.' ""The Human Place in the Cosmos"", the last of his works Scheler completed, is a pivotal piece in the development of his writing as a whole, marking a peculiar shift in his approach and thought. He had been asked to provide an initial sketch of his much larger works on philosophical anthropology and metaphysics - works he was not able to complete because of his early demise.Frings' new ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810125292
SKU
V9780810125292
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About Max Scheler
Max Scheler (1874-1928) taught at the Universities of Jena, Munich, and Cologne. Manfred S. Frings is a professor of philosophy emeritus at DePaul University. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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