From pyramids to Selva: Western thought in search of identity
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The book is a collection of works by the author of different years, including previously not published, devoted to the search for a man of the West of a metaphysical support for reliable orientation in earthly wanderings, unpredictable, like life itself. The author begins the story of the Odyssey of the Western Spirit from the era of the Scientific and Philosophical Revolution of the 17th century with its Cartesian rationality symbolized by the “pyramids”. The philosophy of life arising from the crisis of rationalism, trying to turn the Western consciousness from the “pyramidal” mind to the “tropical forest” of life, are considered in the second section of the book. Finally, in the third section on the 20th century, a clash of attempts to renew Cartesian rationalism with existential-personality thought is investigated. The book generally says how Western thought is trying to overcome the limitations of its rationalism. Heroic rationalists, romantics, philosophers of life, existentialists, writers -thoughts of an essay and diary genre - these are those who form the main contingent of the personalities of this book.
For all those interested in philosophical thought in its cultural and historical context
For all those interested in philosophical thought in its cultural and historical context
Author:
Author:Vizgin Vladimir Pavlovich
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Politics & Social Science
- Category:Phylosophy
- Category:Reference books
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Series:
Series: Humanitas
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-98712-094-1
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