Inventing Socrates: The Religion of the Good Life (and Why We Had to Have It) by

Description: Inventing Socrates by Dr Miles Hollingworth Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Inventing Socrates is a book about the consequences of knowledge and the coming of age. It is written in knowledges Western setting, making allegorical as well as literal use of the event known as the birth of philosophy – an event that began in ancient Greece in the 6th-century B.C., when a handful of thinkers first looked at the natural world through the critical eyes of fledgling science.Very little of concrete fact is known about this first philosophy and its protagonists. Only scant fragments of their writings have survived; and these are nearly always poetical and esoteric, some no more than a single line. They are freighted with meanings that might take one in two different directions at once; and this ambidexterity between ancient and modern has always been their beguiling feature. Altogether these thinkers are known as the Presocratics, because they pioneered the rational methods that Socrates would take to the question of the good life. If Socrates stands today as an icon of Western self-esteem, these pioneers are said to show the emergence of that poise from the fug of myth and religion. Apparently they prove the evolution of Western intelligence and the value of living today – in the secular maturity of its latest, greatest hour. But what if their continuing readability and tactility were actually to become the demonstration against that?This is not just, then, a book about the foundations of Western thought. It is a book about all that we invest in the ideas of ancient and modern. Left to right is the Western way of learning and growing, but, as Miles Hollingworth shows, the truths of the human condition are subterranean corridors running psychologically and eternally. Author Biography Miles Hollingworth is Professor in the Patristic Institute, the Augustinianum, Rome, Italy. He is the author of The Pilgrim City (2010), which was shortlisted for the Royal Historical Societys Gladstone History Book Prize, and Saint Augustine of Hippo: An Intellectual Biography (2013), both published by Bloomsbury. His writing has won awards from the Society of Authors and the Royal Society of Literature. Details ISBN 1623563038 ISBN-13 9781623563035 Title Inventing Socrates Author Dr Miles Hollingworth Format Hardcover Year 2015 Pages 176 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc GE_Item_ID:95085255; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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