Philosophical Temperaments · From Plato to Foucault

Philosophical Temperaments · From Plato to Foucault
Authors
Sloterdijk, Peter & Davis, Creston & Dunlap, Thomas
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Tags
phi000000 , philosophy , general , phi027000 , philosophy , philosophy , movements , deconstruction
ISBN
9780231527408
Date
2009-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.92 MB
Lang
en
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New perspective on nineteen great philosophers—as well as the practice of philosophy itself.

Peter Sloterdijk turns his keen eye to the history of western thought, conducting colorful readings of the lives and ideas of the world’s most influential intellectuals. Featuring nineteen vignettes rich in personal characterizations and theoretical analysis, Sloterdijk’s companionable volume casts the development of philosophical thinking not as a buildup of compelling books and arguments but as a lifelong, intimate struggle with intellectual and spiritual movements, filled with as many pitfalls and derailments as transcendent breakthroughs. Sloterdijk delves into the work and times of Aristotle, Augustine, Bruno, Descartes, Foucault, Fichte, Hegel, Husserl, Kant, Kierkegaard, Leibniz, Marx, Nietzsche, Pascal, Plato, Sartre, Schelling, Schopenhauer, and Wittgenstein. He provocatively juxtaposes Plato against shamanism and Marx against Gnosticism, revealing both the vital external influences shaping these intellectuals’ thought and the excitement and wonder generated by the application of their thinking in the real world. The philosophical “temperament” as conceived by Sloterdijk represents the uniquely creative encounter between the mind and a diverse array of cultures. It marks these philosophers’ singular achievements and the special dynamic at play in philosophy as a whole. Creston Davis’s introduction details Sloterdijk’s own temperament, surveying the celebrated thinker’s intellectual context, rhetorical style, and philosophical persona.

Peter Sloterdijk retrata algunos temperamentos filosóficos desde la Antigüedad hasta el siglo XX y abre un nuevo acceso a los grandes maestros de la filosofía.

«El título de la presente colección alude a la conocida sentencia de Fichte de que la filosofía que uno elige depende del tipo de persona que se es. Con ello quería decir que las almas serviles se deciden por un sistema naturalista que justifica su servilismo, mientras que las personas de mentalidad orgullosa se aferran a un sistema de libertad. Esta observación sigue siendo ahora tan verdadera como siempre. Espero haber mostrado con los breves estudios aquí reunidos que la escala de los temperamentos filosóficos va mucho más allá de la oposición entre tipos cobardes y orgullosos. Es tan extensa como el alma iluminada por el logos, cuyos límites, afirmaba Heráclito, resultan imposibles de alcanzar, por mucho que se la recorra.» Peter Sloterdijk