Three essays: Leonardo, Descartes, Max Weber /
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| Author / Creator: | Jaspers, Karl, 1883-1969 |
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| Edition: | [1st ed.]. |
| Imprint: | New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, [1964] |
| Description: | vii, 274 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5340440 |
Table of Contents:
- [1.] Leonardo as philosopher: The character of his thinking
- The content of his thinking (metaphysics)
- The life of the painter as a cognitive form of being
- Characterization of Leonardo
- [2.] Descartes and philosophy: The fundamental operation: How it was effected ; Critique of this certainty ; The encompassing
- The method: Method as a theme ; The application of the method
- The character of the Cartesian philosophy as a whole: Reason and authority ; The loss of being ; The new dogmatism ; Descartes's personality ; The historical influence of Descartes
- [3.] Max Weber as politician, scientist, philosopher: The politician: The struggle against the system ; Max Weber and the German collapse ; Sound political judgment in concrete situations ; Lack of political influence ; The lost opportunity ; The enduring import of Max Weber's political thinking ; Max Weber's general political approach
- The scientist: Examples of Weber's insights ; The universal historian ; The method (possibility, comparison, ideal type) ; The distinctions ; The science of sociology ; Nonknowledge in knowledge
- The philosopher: His implicit philosophical positions
- Max Weber as a man: Faith and truth ; Failure.