Felix Ravaisson's seminal philosophical essay, Of Habit, was first published in French in 1838. It traces the origins and development of habit and proposes the principle of habit as the foundation of human nature. This metaphysics of habit steers a path between materialism and idealism in one of the best and most sophisticated treatments of the topic. Ravaisson's work was pivotal in the development of European thought and has had a significant influence on such key thinkers such as Proust, Bergson, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Derrida, and Deleuze.
This edition makes this...
Felix Ravaisson's seminal philosophical essay, Of Habit, was first published in French in 1838. It traces the origins and development of hab...
For Aristotle, excellence is not an act but a habit, and Hume regards habit as the great guide of life . However, for Proust habit is problematic: if habit is a second nature, it prevents us from knowing our first.
What is habit? Do habits turn us into machines or free us to do more creative things? Should religious faith be habitual? Does habit help or hinder the practice of philosophy? Why do Luther, Spinoza, Kant, Kierkegaard and Bergson all criticise habit? If habit is both a blessing and a curse, how can we live well in our habits?
In this thought-provoking book Clare Carlisle...
For Aristotle, excellence is not an act but a habit, and Hume regards habit as the great guide of life . However, for Proust habit is problematic: ...
For Aristotle, excellence is not an act but a habit, and Hume regards habit as 'the great guide of life'. However, for Proust habit is problematic: 'if habit is a second nature, it prevents us from knowing our first.'
What is habit? Do habits turn us into machines or free us to do more creative things? Should religious faith be habitual? Does habit help or hinder the practice of philosophy? Why do Luther, Spinoza, Kant, Kierkegaard and Bergson all criticise habit? If habit is both a blessing and a curse, how can we live well in our habits?
In this thought-provoking book Clare...
For Aristotle, excellence is not an act but a habit, and Hume regards habit as 'the great guide of life'. However, for Proust habit is problematic:...
"Kierkegaard ist einer der überragenden philosophischen Schriftsteller. Sein literarischer Rang wird in einem Atemzug mit Plato, Augustinus, Voltaire und Nietzsche genannt. Sören Kierkegaard dachte immer existentiell, nie nur mit dem 'Hirn', sondern immer mit dem Herzen."
"Kierkegaard ist einer der überragenden philosophischen Schriftsteller. Sein literarischer Rang wird in einem Atemzug mit Plato, Augustinus, Voltaire...
