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Glimpse of light : new meditations on first philosophy /
I firmly believed there was a world outside of our own minds ... But all around me were challenges. ... How could we be so sure there were such things existing apart from us? Philosopher Benedict Chilwell faces a crisis of confidence and hopes to resolve it in a self-imposed exile, far away in the n...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, UK :
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | I firmly believed there was a world outside of our own minds ... But all around me were challenges. ... How could we be so sure there were such things existing apart from us? Philosopher Benedict Chilwell faces a crisis of confidence and hopes to resolve it in a self-imposed exile, far away in the north of Norway. From his cabin, he begins his meditations, pondering the mysteries of philosophy in the dark Arctic winter. Pride, a whale, love and lust, the Huldra, God and a chain of causes all interrupt Benedict's solitude. Could they prove his salvation? In six days approaching the return of the light, Benedict discovers a basis for certainty and tries his best to convince his hosts. Through doubts, questions and reasoning, Chilwell inadvertently follows in Descartes' footsteps. Will he be killed by the cold too; or will the warmth of Plato's sun save him in time? |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781474279505 1474279503 9781474279499 147427949X |