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Wretched Aristotle
Using the Past to Rescue the Future
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2009
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About eighty-five years ago, philosophers and literary intellectuals as diverse as Edmund Husserl, George Santayana, and Paul ValZry, aware of the declining influence of Christianity, spoke of 'the crisis of Western civilization.' In Wretched Aristotle: Using the Past to Rescue the Future, Jude P. Dougherty offers an intriguing reexamination of this crisis in contemporary times. Situating his argument in the context of ongoing debate concerning the nature of the public philosophy that underpins ideas of freedom, Dougherty identifies the essential features of Western culture through a series of interrelated essays. Each essay reinforces the idea that modernity cannot be understood apart from its break with classical antiquity. Wretched Aristotle offers a refreshing historical approach to this issue that will make it appealing to those interested in the mutual influence of science and culture and the role of religion in culture.
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Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-4006-2
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-4008-6
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
236
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 8
Chapter One: Wretched Aristotle No access
Chapter Two: Tom Wolfe’s Epictetus No access
Chapter Three: Aristotle in North America No access
Chapter Four: Ora et Labora: Benedict’s Legacy No access
Chapter Five: Ancients and Moderns on the Subject of Property No access
Chapter Six: The Ontology of the Artifact No access
Chapter Seven: The Failure of Positivism and the Enduring Legacy of Comte No access
Chapter Eight: Judicial Decision within the Rule of Law No access
Chapter Nine: Modern Interpretations of Religion: The Legacy of Hume and Kant No access
Chapter Ten: Santayana on the Role of Religion in Society No access
Chapter Eleven: Indestructible Islam No access
Chapter Twelve: Science and the Shaping of Modernity: The Reciprocal Influence of Science and Culture No access
Chapter Thirteen: The Use and Abuse of Analogy and Metaphor in Scientific Explanation No access
Chapter Fourteen: Morality with and without God No access
Chapter Fifteen: Responsibility: Recognition and Limits No access
Chapter Sixteen: National Identity No access
Chapter Seventeen: The Fragility of Democracy No access
Chapter Eighteen: The Socialist Mind No access
Chapter Nineteen: The Natural Basis of the Theological Virtue of Hope No access
