Who is man? Abraham J. Heschel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972.

Contributor:

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Raymond Fred West memorial lectures at Stanford University ; 1963.

Raymond Fred West memorial lectures on immortality, human conduct, and human destiny, 1963

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophical anthropology.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

x pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 119 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 1965.

Contents:

I. To think of man in human terms; Do we live what we are?; Self-knowledge is part of our being; The implications of being human; The self as a problem; Care for man; The logic of being human

II. Some definitions of man; What do we seek to know?; The eclipse of humanity; What is being human?

III. Preciousness; Uniqueness; Opportunity; Nonfinality; Process and events; Solitude and solidarity; Reciprocity; Sanctity

IV. The dimension of meaning; The essence of being human; Being and meaning; Being and living; Who is man's meaning?; Meaning in quest of man; Meaning beyond the mystery; Transcendent meaning

V. Manipulation and appreciation; Disavowal of transcendence; Existence and expediency; The sense of the ineffable; Presence; Pathos

VI. How to live; To be is to obey; Continuity; The precariousness of being human; Being-challenged-in-the-world; Requiredness; Indebtedness; The experience of being asked; I am commanded-therefore I am; Embarrassment; Celebration.

Notes:

"The following study comprises in expanded form the Raymond Fred West Memorial Lectures at Stanford University, delivered in May 1963."--Preface.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Potok Collection copy has previous autograph blacked out on front free endpaper.

OCLC:

301902