The weight of finitude : on the philosophical question of God / by Ludwig Heyde ; translated by Alexander Harmsen and William Desmond ; foreword by William Desmond. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heyde, Ludwig, 1941-2000.

Series:

SUNY series in Hegelian studies

SUNY series in Hegelian studies The weight of finitude

Standardized Title:

Gewicht van de eindigheid. English

Language:

Dutch

English

Subjects (All):

God.

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

God--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 177 p. )

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Ludwig Heyde's examination of the weight of finitude and its relation to God is translated here for the first time in English. Though philosophers may question if there still is room for God in philosophy after Nietzsche's pronouncement that "God is dead," Heyde suggests that a full acceptance of the finitude of existence can lead to the affirmation of God. He criticizes conceptions that have unconsciously dominated our thinking since the Enlightenment. In relation to the philosophical tradition - Thomas Aquinas, Anselm, Descartes, Kant, and primarily Hegel, among others - certain "experiences" are developed which thought can undergo when it goes to its limits and asks after the ground of all that is. At the same time, Heyde investigates how well the affirmation of God stands up against various intellectual and existential challenges such as Kant's critique, the experience of evil and suffering, and the thought of Heidegger and Nietzsche."--Jacket.

Contents:

Foreword / William Desmond

1. The Absence of the Essential. 1.1. An Essenceless World. 1.2. The Protest of Faith. 1.3. The "Retrieval" of the Essential. The Struggle of the Enlightenment. 1.4. A One-Dimensional World and a Distant God

2. Ways of Thinking toward God. 2.1. Faith and Thought. 2.2. Enigmatic Contingency. 2.3. The Actuality of Thought. 2.4. The Experience of Limits and Openness

3. An Abyss for Thought. 3.1. The Limits of Thought. 3.2. The Scope of the Critique. 3.3. Kant's Way: The Absoluteness of the Ought. 3.4. The Limits of the Limits

4. Auschwitz: The End of an Illusion? 4.1. The Mystery of Evil. 4.2. The Mystery of Freedom. 4.3. The Rose and the Cross

5. Human Finitude and the Presence of God. 5.1. Finitude as Boundary. 5.2. The Mystery of God's Presence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-171) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-4384-0664-9

0-585-30047-X