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The second truth : a brief introduction and spiritual journey that is philosophy
- Title
- The second truth : a brief introduction and spiritual journey that is philosophy / James P. Danaher.
- Author
- Danaher, James P.
- Publication
- St. Paul, MN : Paragon House, 2014.
- Supplementary Content
- Cover image
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 14-3285 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xv, 154 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- ""Contrasts the conceptual understanding we inherit from our culture and language community (first truth) with the more sophisticated understanding we gain through personal experience, searching, and philosophical questioning (second truth). Socrates and Jesus are described as persons who are exemplary in application of their second truths"--
- Subjects
- Contents
- What is truth? -- The two truths -- Socrates, Descartes, and the two truths -- Jesus and the spiritual journey -- The seocnd truth of the other -- Our dialogic pursuit of the second truth -- Determinism, the hermeneutic circle, and authenticity -- Conservatives, liberals, and a security beyond our own understanding -- Reading scared scriptures through the two truths -- Truth, meaning, and hermeneutics in the 21st century.
- Call Number
- JFD 14-3285
- ISBN
- 9781557789129 (paperback)
- 1557789126 (paperback)
- LCCN
- 2013045157
- OCLC
- 866857555
- Author
- Danaher, James P.
- Title
- The second truth : a brief introduction and spiritual journey that is philosophy / James P. Danaher.
- Publisher
- St. Paul, MN : Paragon House, 2014.
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
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- Research Call Number
- JFD 14-3285