Ebook: Political Philosophy Cross-Examined: Perennial Challenges to the Philosophic Life
Author: Thomas L. Pangle J. Harvey Lomax
- Genre: Other Social Sciences // Politics
- Tags: Political Philosophy Politics Social Sciences History Theory Science Government Aesthetics Epistemology Ethics Surveys Logic Metaphysics Humanities New Used Rental Textbooks Specialty Boutique
- Series: Recovering Political Philosophy
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Language: English
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Political societies frequently regard philosophers as potential threats to morality and religion and even subject these thinkers to the gravest inquisitions and indictments. Socrates was executed for disbelieving in the gods of Athens, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was charged with capital crimes for his anti-Christian teachings, Galileo Galilei was found "vehemently suspect" of heresy, compelled to recant, and sentenced to incarceration for life. The contributors to Political Philosophy Cross-Examined aspire to reopen the case for the philosophic way of life while fully appreciating the harsh attacks advanced by its most fervent detractors. In an age where extremist movements, existentialism, and postmodernist thought challenge the authority of reason, the book is a seminal contribution to current literature on philosophy, politics, history, classics, and religion alike. Political Philosophy Cross-Examined is a festchrift in honor of Professor Heinrich Meier of the Siemens Foundation, the University of Chicago, and the University of Munich.
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