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Changing the subject : philosophy from Socrates to Adorno /

Ask a question and it is reasonable to expect an answer or a confession of ignorance. But a philosopher may defy expectations. Confronted by a standard question arising from a normal way of viewing the world, a philosopher may reply that the question is misguided, that to continue asking it is, at t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Geuss, Raymond
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: London : Harvard University Press, 2017
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: A game of chess in times of plague
  • Socrates
  • Plato
  • Lucretius
  • Augustine
  • Montaigne
  • Hobbes
  • Hegel
  • Nietzsche
  • Lukacs
  • Heidegger
  • Wittgenstein
  • Adorno
  • Conclusion: The end and the future.