On the Happiness of the Philosophic Life

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On the Happiness of the Philosophic Life
Author : Heinrich Meier
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Language : English
Release Date : 01 April 2016
ISBN : 9780226074030
Pages : 363 pages
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On the Happiness of the Philosophic Life by Heinrich Meier Book PDF Summary

Contents -- Preface -- Preface to the American Edition -- Note on Citations -- Translator's Note and Acknowledgments -- First Book -- I. The Philosopher among Nonphilosophers -- II. Faith -- III. Nature -- IV. Beisichselbstsein -- V. Politics -- VI. Love -- VII. Self-Knowledge -- Second Book -- Rousseau and the Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar -- Name Index

On the Happiness of the Philosophic Life

Contents -- Preface -- Preface to the American Edition -- Note on Citations -- Translator's Note and Acknowledgments -- First Book -- I. The Philosopher among Nonphilosophers -- II. Faith -- III. Nature -- IV. Beisichselbstsein -- V. Politics -- VI. Love -- VII. Self-Knowledge -- Second Book -- Rousseau

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