Marcel Conche

Philosophizing ad Infinitum (eBook, ePUB)

Infinite Nature, Infinite Philosophy
Übersetzer: Ledoux, Laurent; Bonne, Herman G.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: State University of New York Press
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781438451909
• Artikelnr.: 60501690

Autorenporträt

Marcel Conche is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the Sorbonne in Paris. Laurent Ledoux is President of the Belgian Ministry of Transports and Mobility. Herman G. Bonne is Chief Financial Officer for a private company in Belgium.