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A Brief History of the Paradox : Philosophy and the Labyrinths of the Mind.

Roy Sorensen offers the first narrative history of paradoxes, a fascinating and eye-opening account that extends from the ancient Greeks, through the Middle Ages, the Enlightenment, and into the twentieth century. When Augustine asked what God was doing before He made the world, he was told: "&...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sorensen, Roy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2005.
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Sumario:Roy Sorensen offers the first narrative history of paradoxes, a fascinating and eye-opening account that extends from the ancient Greeks, through the Middle Ages, the Enlightenment, and into the twentieth century. When Augustine asked what God was doing before He made the world, he was told: ""Preparing hell for people who ask questions like that."" A Brief History of the Paradox takes a close look at ""questions like that"" and the philosophers who have asked them, beginning with the folk riddles that inspired Anaximander to erect the first metaphysical system and ending with such thinkers as.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (413 pages)
ISBN:9780199728572
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