The Great Philosopher

Author : Jonathan T. Pennington
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493427581

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Jesus the Great Philosopher by Jonathan T. Pennington Pdf

Many of us tend to live as though Jesus represents the "spiritual part" of our lives. We don't clearly see how he relates to the rest of our experiences, desires, and habits. How can Jesus, the Bible, and Christianity become more than a compartmentalized part of our lives? Highly regarded New Testament scholar and popular teacher Jonathan Pennington argues that we need to recover the lost biblical image of Jesus as the one true philosopher who teaches us how to experience the fullness of our humanity in the kingdom of God. Jesus teaches us what is good, right, and beautiful and offers answers to life's big questions: what it means to be human, how to be happy, how to order our emotions, and how we should conduct our relationships. This book brings Jesus and Christianity into dialogue with the ancient philosophers who asked the same big questions about finding meaningful happiness. It helps us rediscover biblical Christianity as a whole-life philosophy, one that addresses our greatest human questions and helps us live meaningful and flourishing lives.

Author : Jonathan T. Pennington
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1587434652

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Jesus the Great Philosopher by Jonathan T. Pennington Pdf

Many of us tend to live as though Jesus represents the "spiritual part" of our lives. We don't clearly see how he relates to the rest of our experiences, desires, and habits. How can Jesus, the Bible, and Christianity become more than a compartmentalized part of our lives? Highly regarded New Testament scholar and popular teacher Jonathan Pennington argues that we need to recover the lost biblical image of Jesus as the one true philosopher who teaches us how to experience the fullness of our humanity in the kingdom of God. Jesus teaches us what is good, right, and beautiful and offers answers to life's big questions: what it means to be human, how to be happy, how to order our emotions, and how we should conduct our relationships. This book brings Jesus and Christianity into dialogue with the ancient philosophers who asked the same big questions about finding meaningful happiness. It helps us rediscover biblical Christianity as a whole-life philosophy, one that addresses our greatest human questions and helps us live meaningful and flourishing lives.

Author : Mary Gow
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766031195

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The Great Philosopher by Mary Gow Pdf

Follows the life and teachings of the philosopher Plato, one of the world's greatest thinkers, who in his writings taught us to question what we think we know.

Author : Peter Kreeft
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781642291827

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The Greatest Philosopher Who Ever Lived by Peter Kreeft Pdf

In 2019, Peter Kreeft published Socrates'' Children, a four-volume series on the hundred greatest philosophers of all time, spanning from ancient Greece to contemporary Germany. But he made a terrible mistake: he somehow left out women, and with this, he overlooked the greatest mind of them all. He forgot her—a mysterious housewife from a desert village—because he had forgotten what "philosophy" means. "Philosophy is not the cultivation of cleverness," Kreeft explains, "or the sophistications of scholarship, or the analysis of analysis, or the refutation of refutations, or the deconstruction of deconstructions." No, "philosophy is a romance, a love affair—the love of wisdom." This book is a one-of-a-kind study on Mary of Nazareth, the mother of Jesus. If Jesus Christ is wisdom incarnate, and if Mary loved Him more than anyone else ever did, then it holds that Mary is the greatest philosopher, the greatest wisdom-lover. With precision and humor, Kreeft not only unpacks the thought and spirit of Mary as we know her through Scripture and Church doctrine, but offers a heartfelt crash course in the basics of philosophy—methodology, epistemology, logic, metaphysics, cosmology, ethics, politics, aesthetics, and more—all through the lens of the Mother of God. Fans of Kreeft will find here another fine example of his characteristic freshness, creativity, depth, and readability. But above all, those who are curious about the mother of Jesus, whether they are new to Christian faith or simply hoping to discover it anew, will likely find themselves swept up in the tide of Mary''s wise love for God.

Author : Stephen Leach,James Tartaglia
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781315385921

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The Meaning of Life and the Great Philosophers by Stephen Leach,James Tartaglia Pdf

The Meaning of Life and the Great Philosophers reveals how great philosophers of the past sought to answer the question of the meaning of life. This edited collection includes thirty-five chapters which each focus on a major philosophical figure, from Confucius to Rorty, and that imaginatively engage with the topic from their perspective. This volume also contains a Postscript on the historical origins and original significance of the phrase ‘the meaning of life’. Written by leading experts in the field, such as A.C. Grayling, Thaddeus Metz and John Cottingham, this unique and engaging book explores the relevance of the history of philosophy to contemporary debates. It will prove essential reading for students and scholars studying the history of philosophy, philosophy of religion, ethics, metaphysics or comparative philosophy.

Author : Stephen Hetherington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Philosophers
ISBN : 1138936154

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What Makes a Philosopher Great? by Stephen Hetherington Pdf

This book is inspired by a single powerful question. What is it to be great as a philosopher? No single grand answer is presumed to be possible; instead, rewardingly close studies of philosophical greatness are developed. This is a scholarly yet accessible volume, blending metaphilosophy with the long history of philosophy and traversing centuries and continents. The result is a series of case studies by accomplished scholars, each chapter trying to understand and convey a particular philosopher's greatness: Lloyd P. Gerson on Plato, Karyn Lai on Zhuangzi, David Bronstein on Aristotle, Jonardon Ganeri on Buddhaghosa, Jeffrey Hause on Aquinas, Gary Hatfield on Descartes, Karen Detlefsen on du Châtelet, Don Garrett on Hume, Allen Wood on Kant (as a moral philosopher), Nicholas F. Stang on Kant (as a metaphysician), Ken Gemes on Nietzsche, Cheryl Misak on Peirce, and David Macarthur on Wittgenstein. This also serves a larger philosophical purpose. Might we gain increased clarity about what philosophy is in the first place? After all, in practice we individuate philosophy partly through its greatest practitioners' greatest contributions. The book does not discuss every philosopher who has been regarded as great. The point is not to offer a definitive list of The Great Philosophers, but, rather, to learn something about what great philosophy is and might be, from illuminated examples of past greatness -- Provided by publisher.

Author : Andrew Shaffer
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062036612

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Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love by Andrew Shaffer Pdf

Few people have failed at love as spectacularly as the great philosophers. Although we admire their wisdom, history is littered with the romantic failures of the most sensible men and women of every age, including: Friedrich Nietzsche: "Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent." (Rejected by everyone he proposed to, even when he kept asking and asking.) Jean-Paul Sartre: "There are of course ugly women, but I prefer those who are pretty." (Adopted his mistress as his daughter.) Louis Althusser: "The trouble is there are bodies and, worse still, sexual organs." (Accidentally strangled his wife to death.) And dozens of other great thinkers whose words we revere—but whose romantic decisions we should avoid at all costs. Includes an excerpt from Andrew Shaffer's new book Literary Rogues.

Author : Peter J. King
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004-09-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1417797657

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One Hundred Philosophers by Peter J. King Pdf

Presents profiles of one hundred philosophers, from ancient times to the present day.

Author : Kenneth Mcleish
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781780221533

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The Great Philosophers: Aristotle by Kenneth Mcleish Pdf

'Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all' Aristotle 'Knowing yourself is the mark of all wisdom' 'You will never do anything in this world without courage' Aristotle was one of the greatest philosophers that has ever lived. Taught by Plato, he was the first genuine scientist in history, a true pioneer of both science and philosophy. Widely credited as the inventor of the field of formal logic, his ideas have remained relevant throughout the world down through the centuries. Whilst little is known about his life, he tutored Alexander the Great and established a library in the Lyceum. The poet Dante called him 'the master of those who know'. Kenneth Mcleish's short work is the perfect introduction to one of the most influential philosophers and scientists of all time.

Author : Bryan Magee
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0192854178

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Talking Philosophy by Bryan Magee Pdf

Based on a highly successful BBC television series, this book presents fifteen dialogues between author and broadcaster Bryan Magee and some of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. Isaiah Berlin considers the fundamental question, "What is philosophy?," A. J. Ayer reviews logical positivism, and Iris Murdoch talks about the relation between philosophy and literature. Moral philosophy, political philosophy, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of science are all treated in depth by the thinkers who have shaped these fields--including Noam Chomsky, W. V. O. Quine, and Herbert Marcuse. Written in an informal, conversational style, even the most difficult philosophical ideas are made accessible to the general reader.

Author : Andrew Hodges
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781780221700

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The Great Philosophers: Turing by Andrew Hodges Pdf

Alan Turing's 1936 paper On Computable Numbers, introducing the Turing machine, was a landmark of twentieth-century thought. It settled a deep problem in the foundations of mathematics, and provided the principle of the post-war electronic computer. It also supplied a new approach to the philosophy of the mind. Influenced by his crucial codebreaking work in the Second World War, and by practical pioneering of the first electronic computers, Turing argued that all the operations of the mind could be performed by computers. His thesis, made famous by the wit and drama of the Turing Test, is the cornerstone of modern Artificial Intelligence. Here Andrew Hodges gives a fresh and critical analysis of Turing's developing thought, relating it to his extraordinary life, and also to the more recent ideas of Roger Penrose.

Author : Will Durant
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780486850801

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The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant Pdf

Pulitzer Prize–winning author Will Durant chronicles the lives and ideas of several key philosophical thinkers throughout history in this informative yet eminently readable text. An essential read for anyone fascinated by the development of Western philosophy.

Author : William S. Sahakian,Mabel Lewis Sahakian
Publisher : Barnes & Noble Publishing
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1566192714

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Ideas of the Great Philosophers by William S. Sahakian,Mabel Lewis Sahakian Pdf

If you never understood why Plato's philosophy of Ideal Forms is called Realism, Ideas of the Great Philosophers makes ideal reading. This compact book provides a veritable brief history of philosophy, offering precise descriptions of the major branches of philosophical thought and exploring the contributions of great thinkers to the various fields of philosophic inquiry. -- Amazon.

Author : Jeffrey Reid
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781770487697

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Great Philosophers by Jeffrey Reid Pdf

Great Philosophers tells the story of Western philosophy through the thought of its main protagonists, the great philosophers. The narrative begins with the Presocratic philosophers Heraclitus and Parmenides and ends in recent times, as each philosopher wrestles with the problems and solutions of his or her predecessors. Along the way, Jeffrey Reid provides an engaging introduction to many of the principal ideas of luminaries such as Plato, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche and Sartre. Great Philosophers not only provides an ideal introduction to philosophical thought, but also an original understanding of the discipline of philosophy itself. The book aims not only to recount an important tradition, but also to reveal something about how it has affected who we are.

Author : Bryan Magee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophers
ISBN : OCLC:1341892442

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The Great Philosophers by Bryan Magee Pdf