An original and insightful account of nature and our place in it from
one of France's preeminent historians of philosophy. One of France's
preeminent historians of philosophy, Marcel Conche has written and
translated more than thirty-five books and is recognized for his
groundbreaking and authoritative work in Greek philosophy, as well as
on Montaigne. In Philosophizing ad Infinitum, one of his most
remarkable and daring books, Conche articulates a unique and powerful
understanding of nature, inclusive of humanity, as infinite in time
and space-ever self-renewing, eternal, and beyond complete
understanding or control. In today's world the notion of infinity is
at the core of the crisis humanity faces understanding nature. For the
last two hundred years economies have been running at full speed,
fueled by the implicit belief that natural resources are infinite;
however, it is clear that they are not and that humanity needs to
radically rethink the foundations of environmental and economic
systems. Conche seeks to begin this rethinking, illustrating along the
way insightful and sometimes unorthodox ideas about Plato, Aristotle,
Epicurus, Montaigne, Nietzsche, Bergson, and others.
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Infinite Nature, Infinite Philosophy
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ISBN
9781438451909
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
State University of New York Press (SUNY Press)
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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