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William C. Hackett's English translation of Jean Wahl's Existence humaine et transcendence (1944) brings back to life an all-but-forgotten book that provocatively explores the philosophical concept of transcendence. Based on what Emmanuel Levinas called "Wahl's famous lecture&quo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wahl, Jean Andre, 1888-1974 (Author)
Other Authors: Hanson, Jeffrey (Editor, Translator), Hackett, William C. (Editor, Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Transcendence (Philosophy)
Ontology.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Existentialism.
PHILOSOPHY > Metaphysics.
ontology (metaphysics)
Ontologie.
Transcendance (Philosophie)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover ; HUMAN EXISTENCE AND TRANSCENDENCE; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Foreword; Introduction: Jean Wahl, A Human Existence and Transcendence(s); HUMAN EXISTENCE AND TRANSCENDENCE; Preface; On Existence; On the Idea of Transcendence; Subjectivity and Transcendence; On the Idea of Being; On the Absolute; On Space and Time; On Descartes; Poetry and Metaphysics; Magic and Romanticism: Notes on Novalis and Blake; Novalis and the Principle of Contradiction; From "Wahl's Famous Lecture" (Meeting of the Societe française de philosophie, December 4, 1937).
  • Introductory Note and Dramatis Personae of December 4, 1937Discussion; Letters; Appendix 1. Selected List of Philosophers, Artists, and Poets in Wahl's Text; Appendix 2. Books by Jean Wahl in English.

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