Juan Carlos Flores

Reexamining Love of Wisdom (eBook, ePUB)

Philosophical Desire from Socrates to Nietzsche

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What is philosophy? Why does it matter? How have philosophy and its relation to religion and science changed from the ancient to the medieval and modern periods and beyond? What are the central philosophical ideas, from Socrates to Nietzsche? Reexamining Love of Wisdom addresses these questions. It offers a new perspective by organizing the material under the theme of philosophical desire and shows the timeless importance of philosophy understood as the love of wisdom. Flores provides an historical introduction to philosophy suitable for college students that is a resource for more advanced students or scholars interested in the history and nature of philosophy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498237635
• Artikelnr.: 55270688

Autorenporträt

Juan Carlos Flores is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Detroit Mercy. He is the author of Henry of Ghent: Metaphysics and the Trinity (2006) and coauthor of Historical Dictionary of Medieval Philosophy and Theology (2007) and has written various scholarly articles.