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Death and the Disinterested Spectator : An Inquiry Into the Nature of Philosophy
author
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Hartle, Ann.
publisher
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State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin
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0887062849
print isbn13
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9780887062841
ebook isbn13
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9780585090603
language
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English
subject
Philosophy, Death, Plato.--Phaedo, Augustine,--Saint, Bishop of Hippo.--Confessiones, Descartes, Ren,--1596-1650.--Discours de la mthode, Immortality (Philosophy) , Science--Methodology.
publication date
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1986
lcc
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B72.H335 1986eb
ddc
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101
subject
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Philosophy, Death, Plato.--Phaedo, Augustine,--Saint, Bishop of Hippo.--Confessiones, Descartes, Ren,--1596-1650.--Discours de la mthode, Immortality (Philosophy) , Science--Methodology.
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Death and the Disinterested Spectator
An Inquiry Into the Nature of Philosophy
Ann Hartle
State University of New York Press
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Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1986 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
Hartle, Ann. Death and the disinterested spectator.
Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Philosophy. 2. Death. 3. Plato. Phaedo. 4. Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. Confessions. 5. Descartes, Rene, 15961650. Discours de la mthode. 6. Immortality (Philosophy) 7. ScienceMethodology. I. Title. B72.H335 1986 101 86-14447 ISBN 0-88706-285-7 ISBN 0-88706-284-9 (pbk.)
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Contents
Preface
1
Introduction
5
Chapter I: Socrates: Penelope and the Bee
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The Phaedo as Apology; Comedy, Tragedy, Philosophy; Actor or Spectator; Hubris and Irony; Truth and Deception: A. Socrates, B. Phaedo, C. Plato; Transition: From Philosophical Courage to Christian Hope
Chapter II: Augustine: The Look of Pity
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Confession and Apology; Laughter, Tears, Trembling and Wonder; Actor or Spectator; Pride and Humility; Truth and Self-Deception; Transition: From Christian Hope to Modern Certitude
Chapter III: Descartes: Occupation and Pre-occupation
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The Discourse as Apology; Laughter, Tears, Trembling, and Wonder; Actor or Spectator; Pride and Humility; Truth and Certitude; Transition and Return
Chapter IV: Conclusion: Death and the Disinterested Spectator
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Compassion and Distance; Wonder and Death; The Strange and the Familiar; The Fable of Certitude; Philosophy and the Divine: From Disinterested Spectator to Compassionate Actor; Cartesian Presumption, Socratic Victory; Idle Talk and Endless Toil; Weaving the Shroud
Notes
221
Works Consulted
253
Index
259
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For Bob
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Le soleil ni la mort ne se peuvent regarder fixement. La Rochefoucauld
And pray to God to have mercy upon us And I pray that I may forget These matters that with myself I too much discuss Too much explain Because I do not hope to turn again Let these words answer For what is done, not to be done again May the judgment not be too heavy upon us T.S.Eliot, Ash Wednesday
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Preface
Each semester for several years I taught a course entitled "Philosophy of Man" at St. Francis College. Its purpose was to examine the question about the nature of man, i.e., the question about the manner of human being. Among the works we studied were Plato's Phaedo, Augustine's Confessions, and Descartes's Discourse on Method because these works discuss such issues as the relation between soul and body and the immortality of the soul.
My reading of these works led me to see that the question about the nature of man cannot be separated from the question about the nature of philosophy, that activity which claims to be the highest, that way of life which claims to be best for a man. I also began to see
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