Author: James William BarlowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pessimism
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The Ultimatum of Pessimism
Author: James William BarlowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pessimism
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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The Ultimatum of Pessimism, an Ethical Study
Author: James William BarlowPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330590720
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Excerpt from The Ultimatum of Pessimism, an Ethical Study 1. The question concerning the Worth of Life - Is Life Worthy, or Worthless, or worse than Worthless? - occupies in Ethics a position in some respects similar to that of the Personality of God in scientific Theology. This latter science is not, indeed, altogether abolished when, instead of the expression 'Divine Person,' we substitute such forms as 'Integral of Creation,' or 'Stream of Tendency;' but the structures raised upon such different bases bear small resemblance to each other, and Theology really becomes an equivocal term. Similarly in Ethics, we may lay down the proposition that Life is worse than worthless, and we can build on this postulate a science of morals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The pessimism of James Thomson (B. V.) in relation to his times
Author: Kenneth Hugh ByronPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3111656039
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The Ultimatum of Pessimism
Author: James William BarlowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pessimism
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Overcoming Matthew Arnold
Author: James Walter CaufieldPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317084497
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Opening the way for a reexamination of Matthew Arnold's unique contributions to ethical criticism, James Walter Caufield emphasizes the central role of philosophical pessimism in Arnold's master tropes of "culture" and "conduct." Caufield uses Arnold's ethics as a lens through which to view key literary and cultural movements of the past 150 years, demonstrating that Arnoldian conduct is grounded in a Victorian ethic of "renouncement," a form of altruism that wholly informs both Arnold's poetry and prose and sets him apart from the many nineteenth-century public moralists. Arnold's thought is situated within a cultural and philosophical context that shows the continuing relevance of "renouncement" to much contemporary ethical reflection, from the political kenosis of Giorgio Agamben and the pensiero debole of Gianni Vattimo, to the ethical criticism of Wayne C. Booth and Martha Nussbaum. In refocusing attention on Arnold's place within the broad history of critical and social thought, Caufield returns the poet and critic to his proper place as a founding father of modern cultural criticism.
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Author: The Church Quarterly Review
Author: Church Quarterly Review
Author: The Ultimatum of Pessimism
Author: James William BarlowPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781358315756
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Mind
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
A quarterly review of philosophy.