The Perfection of Freedom: Schiller, Schelling, and Hegel Between The Ancients and the Moderns (Veritas Series: Number Eight)

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Synopsis
The Perfection of Freedom seeks to respond to the impoverished conventional notion of freedom through a recovery of an understanding rich with possibilities yet all but forgotten in contemporary thought. This understanding, developed in different but complementary ways in the German thinkers Schiller, Schelling, and Hegel, connects freedom, not exclusively with power and possibility, but rather most fundamentally with completion, wholeness, and actuality. What is unique here is specifically the interpretation of freedom in terms of form, whether it be aesthetic form (Schiller), organic form (Schelling), or social form (Hegel).

Although this book presents serious criticisms of the three philosophers, it shows that they open up new avenues for reflection on the notion of freedom; avenues that promise to overcome many of the dichotomies that continue to haunt contemporary thought--for example, between freedom and order, freedom and nature, and self and other. The Perfection of Freedom offers not only a significantly new interpretation of Schiller, Schelling, and Hegel, it also proposes a modernity more organically rooted in the ancient and classical Christian worlds.

Copyright:
2012

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
439 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781620321829
Publisher:
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
D. C. Schindler
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts, Philosophy, Politics and Government
Submitted By:
Daproim Africa
Proofread By:
Daproim Africa
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