Jewish philosophy as a guide to life : Rosenzweig, Buber, Levinas, Wittgenstein
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Jewish philosophy as a guide to life : Rosenzweig, Buber, Levinas, Wittgenstein
（The Helen and Martin Schwartz lectures in Jewish studies）
Indiana University Press, c2008
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The Library of the Faculty of Education, Kyoto University
cloth : alk. paper133.9||P 98200006766233
Note
Chapter 1 and 4 are later versions of the lectures titled Jewish philosophy as a way of life, held on Dec. 1st-2nd, 1991 at Indiana University
Bibliographical references in "Notes" (p. [108]-121)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Distinguished philosopher Hilary Putnam, who is also a practicing Jew, questions the thought of three major Jewish philosophers of the 20th century-Franz Rosenzweig, Martin Buber, and Emmanuel Levinas-to help him reconcile the philosophical and religious sides of his life. An additional presence in the book is Ludwig Wittgenstein, who, although not a practicing Jew, thought about religion in ways that Putnam juxtaposes to the views of Rosenzweig, Buber, and Levinas. Putnam explains the leading ideas of each of these great thinkers, bringing out what, in his opinion, constitutes the decisive intellectual and spiritual contributions of each of them. Although the religion discussed is Judaism, the depth and originality of these philosophers, as incisively interpreted by Putnam, make their thought nothing less than a guide to life.
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
Introduction (Autobiographical)
1. Rosenzweig and Wittgenstein
2. Rosenzweig on Revelation and Romance
3. What I and Thou Is Really Saying
4. Levinas on What Is Demanded of Us
Afterword
Notes
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