The Origin of Philosophy |
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| Author:
| Gasset, Jose Ortega
Talbot, Toby |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-06896-6 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2000 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $25.99 |
Book Description:
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This concise, elegant essay on the roots and historical justification of philosophy marks a decisive step in posing the problem of what philosophy is. With consummate clarity and the charisma that distinguished him as a lecturer, José Ortega y Gasset re-creates ''that moment when Parmenides began talking about something exceptionally strange, ......
This concise, elegant essay on the roots and historical justification of philosophy marks a decisive step in posing the problem of what philosophy is. With consummate clarity and the charisma that distinguished him as a lecturer, José Ortega y Gasset re-creates ''that moment when Parmenides began talking about something exceptionally strange, ......