Human existence and transcendence / Jean Wahl ; translated and edited by William C. Hackett, with Jeffrey Hanson ; foreword by Kevin Hart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wahl, Jean André, 1888-1974, author.

Series:

Thresholds in philosophy and theology

Standardized Title:

Existence humaine et transcendence. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Transcendence (Philosophy).

Ontology.

Physical Description:

lx, 151 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

English language edition.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2016]

Contents:

Human Existence and Transcendence

Preface 3

On Existence 19

On the Idea of Transcendence 25

Subjectivity and Transcendence 29

On the Idea of Being 33

On the Absolute 43

On Space and Time 50

On Descartes 59

Poetry and Metaphysics 62

Magic and Romanticism: Notes on Novalis and Blake 79

Novalis and the Principle of Contradiction 88

From "Wahl's Famous Lecture" (Meeting of the Société française de philosophic, December 4, 1937) 93

Introductory Note and Dramatis Personae of December 4, 1937 / William C. Hackett Hackett, William C. 93

Discussion 98

Letters: Translated / Jeffrey Hanson Hanson, Jeffrey 118.

Notes:

Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Wahl, Jean André, 1888-1974, author. Human existence and transcendence.

ISBN:

9780268101060

026810106X

OCLC:

966899349