
- 151 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
A scholar embarks on a journey into the philosophical issues that concern him most in this profound and deeply personal essay collection. It is late in the evening and a philosopher wants to get words on paper. No grand project or treatise, just an attempt to get some things off his chest. Certain phrases become touchstones for his thoughts: the nature of man, the art of living, God and religion, Jews and anti-Semitism, crime and punishment, arts and science, language and literature, history and the state, education, and thinking itself. Believing that hesitancy in judgment is the true mark of the thinker, Dagobert D. Runes interrogates each of these themes as he wrestles with the question: If you hesitate in your judgments, how can you arrive at certainty? The result is a touching document of a philosopher who investigates many areas of man's endeavors, and who seeks to characterize what he judges to be the pure, true nature of these realms.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Thinking
- 2. The Nature of Man
- 3. The Art of Living
- 4. God and Religion
- 5. Jews and Anti-Semitism
- 6. Crime and Punishment
- 7. Education
- 8. Arts and Science
- 9. Language and Literature
- 10. History and the State
- About the Author
- Copyright Page