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Thomas M.S.J. King - Jung's Four and Some Philosophers: A Paradigm for Philosophy - 9780268032517 - V9780268032517
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Jung's Four and Some Philosophers: A Paradigm for Philosophy

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Description for Jung's Four and Some Philosophers: A Paradigm for Philosophy Paperback. A demonstration of how Jung's quest for wholeness through the "four" faculties he saw in every psyche can be seen in the growth of the ideas of 12 key philosophers. The author examines and compares the 12 philosophers and gives an explanation of the development of their thought. Num Pages: 394 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 517.

Thomas M. King, S.J. uses Jungian/Myers-Briggs typology to understand the different starting points of twelve philosophers, then uses Jungian patterns of “integration” to show similarities in their development.

Jung’s Four and Some Philosophers provides a context in which to understand the widely differing claims of philosophers. The “four” in the title refers to the four faculties that Jung sees occurring in pairs in every psyche: thinking and its opposite, feeling; sensation and its opposite, intuition. One of these four will dominate (among philosophers it will characterize what they find self-evident), while the dominant’s opposite is repressed into the mysterious unconscious. Thus, a thinker will repress one’s feelings. To achieve wholeness, the philosopher must pass beyond what is known to seek the missing faculty and integrate it with the faculties of consciousness. King demonstrates this with highly documented studies of twelve philosophers: Plato, Locke, Sartre, Augustine, Descartes, Spinoza, Rousseau, Kant, Kierkegaard, Whitehead, Hume, and Teilhard, and a final reflection that considers the philosophic and religious quest.

Product Details

Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268032517
SKU
V9780268032517
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About Thomas M.S.J. King
Thomas M. King, S.J. (d.2009) was Professor of Theology at Georgetown University and author of several books, including Enchantments: Religion and the Power of the Word (1989) and Merton: Mystic at the Center of America (1992).

Reviews for Jung's Four and Some Philosophers: A Paradigm for Philosophy
“This is a remarkably rich book. I only wish that while studying philosophy in graduate school and in the years that followed I had the guidance and sophisticated learning that Professor King provides. With his assistance my understanding would have been much deeper and more comprehensive.” —Ewert Cousins, Fordham University, General Editor of World Spirituality: An Encyclopedic History of the Religious Quest “In bringing Jung’s typology to bear on the work of some of the most influential philosophers in the Western tradition, Professor King has accomplished a mighty task. In his own words, he demonstrates how philosophy ‘includes the soul of the philosopher’ and how it ‘involves the quest of the soul for salvation.’ To show how the religious impulse and the philosophical search for truth are interwoven in the lives of these men, as he does here so insightfully, is a prodigious accomplishment. Students of both philosophy and the psychology of Jung should be illuminated by this book.” —Cornelia Dimmitt, Jungian analyst “King has the interesting idea of applying Jung’s typology to the study of some philosophers. . . . He shows Locke to be so predominantly a Sensation type that he found difficulty in seeing any relation between discrete particulars, or allowing general ideas into his philosophical scheme. This is a fruitful and novel exploration of the ways philosophers think.” —Anthony Storr, FRCPPsych., Oxford, author of C. G. Jung. editor of The Essential Jung.

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