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Concepts and Categories - Philosophical Essays, Second Edition
Berlin, Isaiah; Hardy, Henry; Williams, Bernard; Macintyre, Alasdair
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Description for Concepts and Categories - Philosophical Essays, Second Edition
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Dimension: 212 x 141. Weight in Grams: 388.
"The goal of philosophy is always the same, to assist men to understand themselves and thus to operate in the open, not wildly in the dark."--Isaiah Berlin This volume of Isaiah Berlin's essays presents the sweep of his contributions to philosophy from his early participation in the debates surrounding logical positivism to his later work, which more evidently reflects his life-long interest in political theory, the history of ideas, and the philosophy of history. Here Berlin describes his view of the nature of philosophy, and of its main task: to uncover the various models and presuppositions--the concepts and categories--that men bring to their existence and that help form that existence. Throughout, his writing is informed by his intense consciousness of the plurality of values, the nature of historical understanding, and of the fragility of human freedom in the face of rigid dogma. This new edition adds a number of previously uncollected pieces that throw further light on Berlin's central philosophical concerns, and a revealing exchange of letters with the editor and Bernard Williams about the genesis of the book.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Language
English
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691157498
SKU
V9780691157498
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About Berlin, Isaiah; Hardy, Henry; Williams, Bernard; Macintyre, Alasdair
Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) was one of the leading intellectual historians of the twentieth century and the founding president of Wolfson College, University of Oxford. His many books include The Hedgehog and the Fox, The Crooked Timber of Humanity, The Roots of Romanticism, and Against the Current (all Princeton). Henry Hardy, a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, is one of Isaiah Berlin's literary trustees. He has edited several other volumes by Berlin, and is currently preparing Berlin's letters and remaining unpublished writings for publication.
Reviews for Concepts and Categories - Philosophical Essays, Second Edition
"Being a man of the liveliest and most ingenious intellect, [Berlin] must wish that reason could do more to transform the human condition radically and quickly; being a man of common sense he knows it cannot."
Edward Crankshaw, The Observer "He left the moral quality of his voice behind him, in the long tumbling paragraphs and the clauses within clauses of his best essays, and it is to these that we can turn when we need to remind ourselves what intellectual life can be: joyful, free of illusion, and vitally alive."
Michael Ignatieff, The New York Review of Books
Edward Crankshaw, The Observer "He left the moral quality of his voice behind him, in the long tumbling paragraphs and the clauses within clauses of his best essays, and it is to these that we can turn when we need to remind ourselves what intellectual life can be: joyful, free of illusion, and vitally alive."
Michael Ignatieff, The New York Review of Books