Farewell to matters of principle : philosophical studies / Odo Marquard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marquard, Odo.

Series:

Odeon.

Odeon

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, German.

Philosophy, Modern--18th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A series of translated essays covering German philosophy, literary theory and modern intellectual history, by the person considered to be the heir to Gadamar, Habermas and Blumenberg. The topics include the nature of myth and attempts to account for it and the questions of hermaneutics.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Farewell to Matters of Principle (Another Autobiographical Introduction); 2. Competence in Compensating for Incompetence? (On the Competence and Incompetence of Philosophy); 3. Indicted and Unburdened Man in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy; 4. The End of Fate? (Some Observations on the Inevitability of Things Over Which We Have No Power of Disposition); 5. In Praise of Polytheism (On Monomythical and Polymythical Thinking); 6. The Question, To What Question Is Hermeneutics the Answer?; Name Index; Subject Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-280-44970-5

0-19-536403-1

OCLC:

252557716