Follow to get new release updates and improved recommendations. Online shopping from a great selection at Kindle Store Store. The result should meet the widespread demand for an accurate and authoritative edition of Descartes' philosophical writings in clear and readable modern English. 'I realized it was necessary to demolish everything and start again right from the foundations, if I wanted to establish anything in the sciences that was stable and likely to last.' Touching on literature, music, art, and theology, John Cottingham illustrates how, far from being redundant in contemporary times, the soul attunes us to the importance of meaning and value, and experience and growth.
All the works included in that edition are translated here, together with a number of additional texts crucial for an understanding of Cartesian philosophy, including important material from Descartes' scientific writings. Why do we exist?
They are intended to replace the only reasonably comprehensive selection of his works in English, by Haldane and Ross, first published in 1911. In Search of the Soul: A Philosophical Essay, ( Something went wrong. Unable to add item to List. They are intended to replace the only reasonably comprehensive selection of his works in English, by Haldane and Ross, first published in 1911. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. , Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. In Search of the Soul: A Philosophical Essay - Kindle edition by Cottingham, John. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. £12.99. Touching on many important debates in contemporary philosophy and theology, but accessible to general readers, The Spiritual Dimension covers a range of central topics in the philosophy of religion, including scientific cosmology and the problem of evil; ethical theory and the objectivity of goodness; psychoanalytic thought, self-discovery and virtue; the multi-layered nature of religious discourse; and the relation between faith and evidence.
John Cottingham examines Descartes's remarkable attempt to construct a new basis for scientific understanding, his famous first principle, 'I am thinking, therefore I exist,' and his notorious and often misunderstood account of the relation between mind and body. What’s the point of it all? Looking at the soul's many dimensions - historical, moral, psychological, and spiritual - Cottingham makes a case for how it exerts a powerful pull on all of us. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Looking at the soul’s many dimensions—historical, moral, psychological, and spiritual—Cottingham makes a case for how it exerts a powerful pull on all of us.
The Spiritual Dimension: Religion, Philosophy and Human Value. How to Believe Something went wrong. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Cambridge University Press; Reprint Edition (15 Sept. 2005). 15 You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. It shows how a religious worldview is best understood not as an isolated set of doctrines, but as intimately related to spiritual praxis and to the search for self-understanding and moral growth.
In clear, readable, modern English, with a full text and running references to the standard Franco-Latin edition of Descartes, this book is planned as the definitive one-volume reader for all English-speaking students of Descartes. In Search of the Soul is a testimony to how the soul remains a profoundly significant aspect of human flourishing. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. ), The Philosophical Writings of Descartes: Volume 1, ( Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.
1: v. 1, '… beautifully written and beautifully produced …' The Tablet. 14 From Socrates and Augustine to Darwin and Freud, In Search of the Soul takes readers on a concise, accessible journey into the origins of the soul in Western philosophy and culture, and examines how the idea has developed throughout history to the present.
These are some of the questions that all thinking people ask at some point in their lives.John Cottingham explores the whys and wherefores that lead people to become believers.Contents1.The starting point 2.Why want to believe in the first place?3.The human quest4.Reaching for the unknown 5.The still small voice6.Intimations of the sacred 7.Evil and waste8. Prime members enjoy fast & free shipping, unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Prime Video and many more exclusive benefits.
This item cannot be shipped to your selected delivery location. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. These two volumes provide a translation of the philosophical works of Descartes, based on the best available Latin and French texts. We pride ourselves on facing the brute reality of the natural world, which scientific truth has ‘disenchanted’ – but wrongly. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in.
What do we mean when we talk about finding our soul, how do we know we have one, and does it hold any relevance in today’s scientifically and technologically dominated society? Soul Searching John Cottingham is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Reading, Professor of Philosophy of Religion at Roehampton University, and an Honorary Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. Philosophy of Religion: Towards A More Humane Approach (Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society), In Search of the Soul: A Philosophical Essay, The World as Will and Representation, Vol. It is a film about the way conventional society detests anything and anybody unfamiliar - but also a film about the hopes and limits of love. Yet if the problems begin with Descartes, so too may some of the solutions.
Set in Munich during the 1970s, Fear Eats the Soul melds the conventions of melodrama with a radical sensibility in order to present a portrait of racism and everyday hypocrisy in post-war Germany. The question 'What is the meaning of life?' Ren� DescartesRevered as the 'father of modern philosophy', Descartes is one of the most influential philosophers of all time, but his ideas are also highly controversial and have been subjected to intense criticism by present-day philosophers. These two 1985 volumes provide a translation of the philosophical works of Descartes, based on the best available Latin and French texts. 54 Cottingham also provides an updated introduction, together with a substantially revised bibliography, taking into account recent literature and developments in Descartes studies. Try again.
Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy: With Selections from the Objections and Replies (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy), ( Based on the new and much acclaimed two-volume Cambridge edition of The Philosophical Writings of Descartes by Cottingham, Stoothoff and Murdoch, this anthology of essential texts contains the most important and widely studied of those writings, including the Discourse and Meditations and substantial extracts from the Regulae, Optics, Principles, Objectives and Replies, Comments on a Broadsheet, and Passions of the Soul. There's a problem loading this menu at the moment. Hardcover. He also reflects on the mysterious and universal longing for transcendence that is an indelible part of our human makeup. It presents the complete text of Descartes's central metaphysical masterpiece, the Meditations, in clear, readable modern English, and it offers the reader additional material in a thematic abridgement of the Objections and Replies, providing a deeper understanding of how Descartes developed and clarified his arguments in response to critics. Only 10 left in stock (more on the way). Is there a God?
He also tackles fascinating and lesser-known aspects of Descartes's philosophy, including his views on language, human and animal nature, the role of the emotions in the good life, and the place of God in science and ethics. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.
A better understanding of the soul might help all of us better understand what it is to be human.Cottingham delves into the evolution of our thoughts about the soul through landmark works—including those of Aristotle, Plato, and Descartes. He considers the nature of consciousness and subjective experience, and discusses the psychoanalytic view that large parts of the human psyche are hidden from direct conscious awareness. 4 Choose from over 13,000 locations across the UK, Prime members get unlimited deliveries at no additional cost, Dispatch to this address when you check out. The Spiritual Dimension offers a new model for philosophy of religion. Her analysis pulls back the thin curtain that separated his work from his tumultuous life. Laura Cottingham celebrates Fassbinder's achievement, placing Fear Eats the Soul in relation to his extraordinarily prolific career in theatre, film and television.
1-Click ordering is not available for this item. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. The Spiritual Dimension offers a new model for the philosophy of religion, bringing together emotional and intellectual aspects of our human experience, and embracing practical as well as theoretical concerns.
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