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:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Subtitle on spine: Philosophical anthropology

Place of Publication:

Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

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:

Intro

Contents

Editor's Preface: On the Task of Becoming Human

Author's Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: The Love of Wisdom

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

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

4. Imagination

5. Analogical Thinking as a Tool for Understanding

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

7. LOVE: An Example of "a Way's" Lighting the Path

8. Balance and Integration

Postscript

INDEX.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-8262-7193-6

OCLC:

647875406