Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Recovering Reason
Timothy . Ed(S): Burns
€ 194.49
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Recovering Reason
hardcover. Editor(s): Burns, Timothy. Num Pages: 502 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 32. Weight in Grams: 880.
Recovering Reason: Essays in Honor of Thomas L. Pangle is a collection of essays composed by students and friends of Thomas L. Pangle to honor his seminal work and outstanding guidance in the study of political philosophy. The contributors write in awareness that a loss of confidence in reason similar to the one we are witnessing today— when the desirability and possibility of guiding our lives by the enduring, normative truths that reason attempts to discover —had occurred at the time of Socrates, who realized that the existence of genuine limits to what is knowable by reason opened up the ... Read more
Recovering Reason: Essays in Honor of Thomas L. Pangle is a collection of essays composed by students and friends of Thomas L. Pangle to honor his seminal work and outstanding guidance in the study of political philosophy. The contributors write in awareness that a loss of confidence in reason similar to the one we are witnessing today— when the desirability and possibility of guiding our lives by the enduring, normative truths that reason attempts to discover —had occurred at the time of Socrates, who realized that the existence of genuine limits to what is knowable by reason opened up the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
502
Condition
New
Number of Pages
502
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739146316
SKU
V9780739146316
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Timothy . Ed(S): Burns
Timothy Burns is an associate professor of government at Skidmore College.
Reviews for Recovering Reason
The best way to honor a great scholar is with more great scholarship. Over the last few decades, Thomas Pangle has been one of the most illuminating and prolific commentators on the history of political philosophy. As a teacher, he has educated several generations of wonderfully talented students. The discipline of political philosophy has been hugely enriched both by Pangle's ... Read more