Human being / by Thomas D. Langan ; edited by Antonio Calcagno.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Langan, Thomas.

Contributor:

Calcagno, Antonio, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophical anthropology.

Physical Description:

xvi, 196 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, [2009]

Summary:

"Langan draws on a lifetime of study to offer a new understanding of the central question of our existence, turning to phenomenology and philosophical anthropology to help us better understand who we are as individuals and communities and what makes us act the way we do"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Introduction: The Love of Wisdom 1

2 Time and Worlds: Shades of Marburg, Freiburg, and the "Left Bank" 22

3 Dynamic Freedom and the Finite Structure of Human Existence as Character 51

4 Imagination 69

5 Analogical Thinking as a Tool for Understanding 112

6 Why Are We So Weird and What Can We Do about It? 132

7 Love: An Example of "a Way's" Lighting the Path 150

8 Balance and Integration 166.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780826218438

0826218431

OCLC:

276228931