The quest for wholeness

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The quest for wholeness

Carl G. Vaught

(SUNY series in systematic philosophy)

State University of New York Press, c1982

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

"This book has been written for the artist, for the theologian, and for the philosopher, each of whom must be concerned with the question, "What does it mean to be human?" But at a deeper level, it is written for any reader who knows what it means to be fragmented, and who is willing to undertake a quest for wholeness in experiential and reflective terms." — from the Preface The Quest for Wholeness is a philosophic odyssey into humankind's feelings of fragmentation, and the search for unity born of those feelings. It blends the concreteness of art and religion with the discipline of philosophy to illuminate those places in experience and reflection where fragmentation is encountered and the meaning of wholeness is first discovered. Carl Vaught discusses the problems of fragmentation and unity, beginning with the aesthetic concreteness represented by the quest in Herman Melville's Moby Dick; moving through the religious dimension represented by the biblical stories of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and Moses; passing on to the reflective discourse in Plato's Euthyphro; and ending in a confrontation with Hegel that unites the concrete particularity of religious and communal life with the dialectic of Socrates' normative reasoning. This book is written with the conviction that the professional philosopher should not address a merely professional audience, but the larger world as well, and that in the end he must come to terms with himself and with the most pressing questions that confront the human spirit.

目次

Preface Introduction: Fragmentation, Wholeness, and Concrete Reflection 1. Fragmentation and the Quest for Fulfillment Origins The Power of Negativity Dispersion and Unity Power and self-annihilation Mystery and self-acceptance Salvation and self-discovery 2. Revelation, Individuation, and the Recovery of Origins The Radical Reversal of Tribalism Abraham's journey The sacrifice of Isaac Abraham's children Moses and the Burning Bush The Name of God Reflective interpretation Concrete embodiment 3. The Conflict between Religion and Philosophy The Family, the City, and the Task of Philosophy Initial Definitions of Piety The Linguistic Conflict between Theology and Philosophy The Quest for Completeness and the Emergence of Identity-in-Difference 4. Art, Religion, and the Absolute Standpoint The Conquest of External Opposition The Artisitc and Religious Resistance to the Philosophical Quest for Completeness Openness, Otherness, and Systematic Reflection Notes Index

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