Ascent to the Absolute: Metaphysical Papers and Lectures

ISBN-13: 9780367194024 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 264 str.

John Niemeyer Findlay

Opis

Originally published in 1970. This book is a collection of lectures and papers given by Professor Findlay in the 1960s. The theme is an argument for a metaphysical Absolute, in the sense of post-Hegelian Idealism. The book discusses the possibility for a Necessary Being and presents a case for mysticism.

Spis treści

Preface 1. The Notion of an Absolute 2. The Absolute and Philosophical Problems 3. The Absolute and Rational Eschatology 4. The Teaching of Meaning 5. Some Reflections on Necessary Existence 6. Freedom and Value 7. Metaphysics and Affinity 8. Hegel’s Use of Teleology 9. The Diremptive Tendencies of Western Philosophy 10. The Logic of Mysticism 11. Essential Probabilities 12. The Logic of Ultimates 13. The Systematic Unity of Value 14. Intentional Inexistence 15. Towards a Neo-neo-Platonism

O autorze

J. N. Findlay