On the Eternal in Man

ISBN-13: 9781138529243 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 498 str.

Max Scheler

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Max Scheler (1874-1928) decisively influenced German philosophy in the period after the First World War, a time of upheaval and new beginnings

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Introduction to the Transaction Edition
Foreword by August Brunner
Translator's note
Preface to first German edition
Preface to second German edition
REPENTANCE AND REBIRTH
THE NATURE OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE :MoRAL PRECONDITIONS OF PHILOSOPHICAL KNOWLEDGE
1. The autonomy of philosophy
2. The philosophical attitude (the idea of the philosopher)
3 Analysis of the moral upsurge
A. The moral upsurge as a personal act of 'the whole man'
B. Starting-point and elements of the moral upsurge
4 Philosophy's object and cognitive attitude
PROBLEMS OF RELIGION
The renewal of religion
1. Religion and Philosophy
Existing views typified
The types of partial and total identity
Dualistic views
The system of conformity
2. The Essential Phenomenology of Religion
Branches of study
The Divine
Basic character of the divine
The attributes of God in natural religion
Growth and decline of the natural knowledge of God
Attributes of the divine mind
The religious act
The immanent aspects of the religious act
Religious acts are a law unto themselves
The religious act in its internal and external, individual and social aspects
No man can avoid the religious act
Some recent basic theories of natural religion
On the Eternal in Man
3 Why no New Religion?
The idea of a personal God conflicts with the expectation of a new religion
The prospects of a 'new religion', seen in the light of the sociohistorical distribution of cognitive aptitudes
CHRISTIAN LovE AND THE TwENTIETH CENTURY: An Address
1. Humanitarianism and the Christian commandment of love
2. The Christian idea of community
3 The present relevance of the Christian idea of community
THE RECONSTRUCTION OF EuROPEAN CuLTURE: An Address
1. The political framework and moral conditions of cultural reconstruction in Europe
2. The formative powers available for the spiritual renewal of Europe
Editorial Notice, by Frau Maria Scheler
Bibliography of Scheler's published works
Annotations, by Frau Scheler
A Note on the Author, by I. M. Bochenski
Index of Names

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Max Scheler