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Tao and trinity : notes on self-reference and the unity of opposites in philosophy
- Title
- Tao and trinity : notes on self-reference and the unity of opposites in philosophy / Scott Austin.
- Author
- Austin, Scott, 1953-
- Publication
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 130 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Tao and Trinity treats the Trinity as a philosophical notion coming to birth in Heraclitus, Parmenides, and Plato. All three attempt to treat the idea of an absolute source or unity of all things, and are driven in the direction of a first principle which is an instance of itself, an identity and a contradiction at once. The Trinity later on in Aquinas is also such a principle, one characteristically Western, with consequences for art and metaphor, image and symbol, comedy, tragedy, and religion. The consideration of Aquinas forces a rewriting of the history of Western philosophy from Parmenides to Heidegger, Whitehead, and Derrida. The Tao is an Eastern version of such a principle - less dependent on dialectic, reason, logic, hierarchy, and more on nature, mysticism, and transcendence."--Back cover.
- Series Statement
- Palgrave Pivot
- Uniform Title
- Palgrave pivot.
- Alternative Title
- Notes on self-reference and the unity of opposites in philosophy
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The being of illusion -- The Greeks and Greek issues -- Plato and followers -- Aquinas -- Being and appearance.
- Call Number
- JFD 15-224
- ISBN
- 9781137501585
- 1137501588
- 9781137498144 (canceled/invalid)
- 1137498145 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781137498120 (canceled/invalid)
- 1137498129 (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 898752912
- Author
- Austin, Scott, 1953- author.
- Title
- Tao and trinity : notes on self-reference and the unity of opposites in philosophy / Scott Austin.
- Publisher
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Palgrave PivotPalgrave pivot.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- ebook version 9781137498120
- Research Call Number
- JFD 15-224