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Title

To live is to think : the thought of twentieth-century German philosopher Constantin Brunner / Hans Goetz ; translated by Graham Harrison.

Author

Goetz, Hans.

Publication

Middletown, N.J. : Caslon Co., 1995.

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Description

ix, 171 pages : facsimiles; 23 cm

Summary

• Constantin Brunner (1862-1937) was a philosopher of considerable originality and importance to whom all too little attention has been paid until quite recently.
• This book presents an outline of Brunner's life and personality, then proceeds to relate his philosophy to that of Plato, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Husserl, and Heidegger. There follows an analysis of Brunner's theory of knowledge, the framework of a complete philosophic system which, in many of Brunner's ideas, shows a similarity to that of his contemporary F. H. Bradley, often regarded as one of the greatest English philosophers.
• The themes in Brunner's work that Dr. Goetz pursues include: the synthesis of feeling, knowing, and willing; the question of objective knowledge; the relationship between life and thought; the proper understanding of "egoism"; and the ultimate goal of philosophy. Devotees of Husserl and existentialists of various types may be surprised to discover just how far Brunner anticipated the major thinkers in the field of phenomenology.

Uniform Title

Liv er tænkning. English

Alternative Title

Liv er tænkning.

Subject

Brunner, Constantin, 1862-1937

Note

• Originally presented as the author's thesis (master's)--University of Copenhagen.
• Translation of: Liv er tænkning : hovedlinier i Constantin Brunners filosofi og erkendelsesteori.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / Errol E. Harris -- 1. The Three Faculties of Human Thought. The Practical Understanding. Spirit (Spiritual Thought). The Analogue of Spirit (Superstitious Thought) -- 2. Imaginatio, Ratio, and Intuitio in the Philosophy of Spinoza. Imaginatio. Ratio. Intuitio -- 3. The Spiritual Elite and the Multitude. The Distinction. Concept and Existence: Plato's Doctrine of Ideas -- 4. Anticipations of the "Doctrine of the Spiritual. Elite and the Multitude" -- 5. To Think Is to Live. Science. Love, Marriage, Man and Woman. State and Society -- 6. An Appraisal: Brunner's Place in Twentieth-Century German Philosophy. Brunner and Heidegger. Brunner and Schopenhauer. Brunner and Husserl. To Live Is to Think: Active Philosophy.

ISBN

0391039466

LCCN

95038915

OCLC

• 33166381
• ocm33166381

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Columbia University Libraries