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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity Press of America, Incorporated
ISBN-100761830065
ISBN-139780761830061
eBay Product ID (ePID)43748255
Product Key Features
Book TitleIntroduction to the Love of Wisdom : an Essential and Existential Approach to Philosophy
Number of Pages380 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
TopicGeneral
IllustratorYes
GenrePhilosophy
AuthorJames A. Harold
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight17 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-109751
ReviewsThere is always a need for a good textbook which can be used in an introductory course in philosophy, and Professor James Harold's 'An Introduction to the Love of Wisdom' succeeds in meeting that need in many significant ways., There is always a need for a good textbook which can be used in an introductory course in philosophy, and Professor James Harold's 'An Introduction to the Love of Wisdom' succeeds in meeting that need in many significant ways.>>>>, "There is always a need for a good textbook which can be used in an introductory course in philosophy, and Professor James Harold's 'An Introduction to the Love of Wisdom' succeeds in meeting that need in many significant ways." --D.Q. McInerny, Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, Lincoln, Nebraska, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly " There is always a need for a good textbook which can be used in an introductory course in philosophy, and Professor James Harold's 'An Introduction to the Love of Wisdom' succeeds in meeting that need in many significant ways. " --D.Q. McInerny, Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, Lincoln, Nebraska, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly
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Table Of ContentChapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Philosophy and Our Everyday Life Chapter 4 Basics of Being Chapter 5 The Human Person Chapter 6 Empirical and Philosophical Methodologies Chapter 7 God-The Supreme Being? Chapter 8 Value as the Basis for the Moral Law Chapter 9 Morality and Person Chapter 10 Appearances, Illusions, and Realities Chapter 11 Fullness of Human Life Chapter 12 A Philosophy of Conversion Chapter 13 How to Write a Philosophy Paper Chapter 14 Dictionary of Terms Chapter 15 Index
SynopsisThe purpose of this engaging book is twofold: to explain and justify the primary objects and methods of the discipline of philosophy, and to show how philosophy is relevant to a person's life and happiness. Both purposes are implied in the idea of wisdom in its theoretical and existential dimensions. Philosophy is the 'love of wisdom,' and wisdom involves coming into a right relation to the world of beauty, goodness, and truth., The purpose of this engaging book is twofold: to explain and justify the primary objects and methods of the discipline of philosophy, and to show how philosophy is relevant to a person's life and happiness., The purpose of this engaging book is twofold: to explain and justify the primary objects and methods of the discipline of philosophy, and to show how philosophy is relevant to a person's life and happiness. Both purposes are implied in the idea of wisdom in its theoretical and existential dimensions. Philosophy is the 'love of wisdom, ' and wisdom involves coming into a right relation to the world of beauty, goodness, and truth