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The Quest for Wholeness SUNY Series in Systematic Philosophy
author
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Vaught, Carl G.
publisher
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State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin
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0873955943
print isbn13
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9780873955942
ebook isbn13
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9780585092645
language
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English
subject
Whole and parts (Philosophy) , Religion--Philosophy.
publication date
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1982
lcc
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BD396.V38 1982eb
ddc
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191
subject
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Whole and parts (Philosophy) , Religion--Philosophy.
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The Quest For Wholeness
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SUNY Series in Systematic Philosophy Robert C. Neville, Editor
Whether systematic philosophies are intended as true pictures of the world, as hypotheses, as the dialectic of history, or as heuristic devices for relating rationally to a multitude of things, they each constitute articulated ways by which experience can be ordered, and as such they are contributions to culture. One does not have to choose between Plato and Aristotle to appreciate that Western civilization is enriched by the Platonic as well as Aristotelian ways of seeing things.
The term "systematic philosophy" can be applied to any philosophical enterprise that functions with a perspective from which everything can be addressed. Sometimes this takes the form of an attempt to spell out the basic features of things in a system. Other times it means the examination of a limited subject from the many angles of a context formed by a systematic perspective. In either case systematic philosophy takes explicit or implicit responsibility for the assessment of its unifying perspective and for what is seen from it. The styles of philosophy according to which systematic philosophy can be practiced are as diverse as the achievements of the great philosophers in history, and doubtless new styles are needed for our time.
Yet systematic philosophy has not been a popular approach during this century of philosophical professionalism. It is the purpose of this series to stimulate and publish new systematic works employing the techniques and advances in philosophical reflection made during this century. The series is committed to no philosophical school or doctrine, nor to any limited style of systematic thinking. Whether the systematic achievements of previous centuries can be equalled in the twentieth depends on the emergence of forms of systematic philosophy appropriate to our times. The current resurgence of interest in the project deserves the cultivation it may receive from the SUNY Series in Systematic Philosophy.
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The Quest For Wholeness
Carl G. Vaught Chairman, Department of Philosophy The Pennsylvania State University
State University of New York Press
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Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1982 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Vaught, Carl G., 1939 The quest for wholeness. (SUNY series in systematic philosophy) Includes index. 1. Whole and parts (Philosophy) 2. Religion Philosophy. I. Title. II. Series. BS396.V3819181-18365 ISBN 0-87395-593-5AACR2 ISBN 0-87395-594-3 (pbk.)
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For Janie
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Contents
Preface
ix
Introduction: Fragmentation, Wholeness, and Concrete Reflection
1
1 Fragmentation and the Quest for Fulfillment
15
Origins
17
The Power of Negativity
26
Dispersion and Unity
36
Power and serf-annihilation
36
Mystery and self-acceptance
39
Salvation and self-discovery
42
2 Revelation, Individuation, and the Recovery of Origins
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