| The Weight of Finitude: On the Philosophical Question of God Contributor(s): Heyde, Ludwig (Author), Harmsen, Alexander (Translator), Desmond, William (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0791442659 ISBN-13: 9780791442654 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1999 Annotation: Heyde (metaphysics and epistemology, Catholic U. Nijmegen) meditates on the nature of the search for God as philosophic inquiry. Touching upon the responses of Kant, Hegel, Heidegger, Nietzsche, and other continental philosophers to the nature of man's relationship to the finite, he explores the philosophical drawing of limits and engages the possibility of the infinite. It is in the philosopher's engagement with transcendence (in a somewhat Hegelian sense) that a meaningful discussion of God can take place. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Religious - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General |
| Dewey: 211 |
| LCCN: 99017957 |
| Series: Suny Hegelian Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6.24" W x 9.27" (0.80 lbs) 177 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Ludwig Heyde's award winning examination of the weight of finitude and its relation to God is translated here for the first time in English. Though philosophers may question if there still is room for God in philosophy after Nietzsche's pronouncement that "God is dead," Heyde suggests that a full acceptance of the finitude of existence can lead to the affirmation of God. He criticizes conceptions that have unconsciously dominated our thinking since the Enlightenment. In relation to the philosophical tradition--Thomas Aquinas, Anselm, Descartes, Kant, and primarily Hegel, among others--certain "experiences" are developed which thought can undergo when it goes to its limits and asks after the ground of all that is. At the same time, Heyde investigates how well the affirmation of God stands up against various intellectual and existential challenges such as Kant's critique, the experience of evil and suffering, and the thought of Heidegger and Nietzsche. |
