Bridging the Abyss: Essays on the Scientific and Cultural Foundations of Western Civilization

Prof. Shai Dothan PhD

doi:10.5771/9783495988534

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Edition: 1/2026
Copyright Year: 2026
ISBN-Print: 978-3-495-98852-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-495-98853-4
Publisher: Karl Alber, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 231
Product Type: Monograph

Preface No access Pages 1 - 12
Introduction No access Pages 13 - 14
1. 1. Bridging the Abyss No access
2. 2. Assume Demons Exist No access
3. 3. Nobels Oblige No access
4. 4. The Tragedy of Numbers No access
5. 5. The Technology of Speech No access
6. 6. The Things One Cannot Talk About No access
7. 7. Observing and Knowing Through the Eyes of Semiotics No access
8. 8. You Don’t Say! No access
9. 9. There Is No Choice No access
10. 10. Am I Missing Something? No access
11. 11. What’s Your Point? No access
12. 12. The Many Faces of Truth No access
13. 13. Why I Still Read Freud at Night No access
14. 14. A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing No access
15. 15. On Ideas and Ideologies No access
16. 16. Homo Hypocritus No access
17. 17. The Power of Dialogue No access
18. 18. Trumped-Up Trickle-Down No access
1. 19. Why We Need Democracy No access
2. 20. Germania as a Phoenix No access
3. 21. Reliving Stalingrad No access
4. 22. Nature v. Nurture No access
5. 23. Fall Back, Spring Forward No access
6. 24. How Does History Look Like? No access
7. 25. The Determinants of History No access
8. 26. Why Progress? No access
9. 27. The Trial of Modernity No access
10. 28. The Sad Route to Modernity No access
11. 29. Roman and Modern Virtue No access
12. 30. The Exiles of Civilization No access
13. 31. The Breeding Grounds of Revolution No access
14. 32. Why Education is Important No access
15. 33. A Balanced Education No access
16. 34. Progress No access
17. 35. Saving Billy Madison No access
18. 36. Reality, Properly So Called No access
19. 37. Expressing the Inexpressible No access
20. 38. The Beauty of Decay No access
21. 39. Checks and Balances No access
22. 40. Being Good and Acting Well No access
23. 41. A Woman’s Take on the Art of Loving No access
24. 42. Great Masters – Great Failures No access
25. 43. It is Not Only the Size that Matters No access
26. 44. A Dimension Not Only of Time and Space but of Mind No access
27. 45. God Damn It! No access
1. 46. Go Down Like a Lion No access
2. 47. Building Castles in the Sky No access
3. 48. Sapere Aude No access
4. 49. Why People Need Tradition No access
5. 50. The Good Life No access
6. 51. Money, Reputation, and Doing what is Right No access
7. 52. As Far as Light Excelleth Darkness No access
8. 53. The Show Must Go On No access
9. 54. Never Give Up No access
10. 55. Use Your Time No access
11. 56. The Benefit of Doing Nothing No access
12. 57. Irrationality and Compassion No access
13. 58. The Things that are Up to You No access
14. 59. The Flow No access
15. 60. Learning New Things No access
16. 61. Deciding Alone No access
17. 62. How to Think About Life No access
18. 63. Working Hard and Thinking Hard No access
19. 64. The Letters of a Lonely Man No access