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Truth and Irony: Philosophical Meditations on Erasmus
Terence J Martin
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Description for Truth and Irony: Philosophical Meditations on Erasmus
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 825.
Tapping into selected works of Erasmus of Rotterdam, this book offers a series of philosophical meditations designed to retrieve and deploy a distinctively Erasmian manner of thinking—one that is capacious in its perception, agile in its judgments, and unsettling in its irony. In purpose, it takes a philosophical route, addressing perennial questions of self-knowledge—what we can know and how best to communicate what we take to be true, what we ought to do or how we should live, and what we might hope for or what would offer us fulfilment. In method, however, this work taps into the various strategies ... Read more
Tapping into selected works of Erasmus of Rotterdam, this book offers a series of philosophical meditations designed to retrieve and deploy a distinctively Erasmian manner of thinking—one that is capacious in its perception, agile in its judgments, and unsettling in its irony. In purpose, it takes a philosophical route, addressing perennial questions of self-knowledge—what we can know and how best to communicate what we take to be true, what we ought to do or how we should live, and what we might hope for or what would offer us fulfilment. In method, however, this work taps into the various strategies ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813228099
SKU
V9780813228099
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About Terence J Martin
Terence J. Martin is professor of religion at St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN, USA.
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