Emerson's EthicsUniversity of Missouri Press, 1999 - 182 страница |
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... historical circumstances . Instead I have focused on his ideas themselves and on the intellectual context in which they achieved definition and depth . 1 Beginnings E merson's interest in ethics bore literary fruit 6 Emerson's Ethics.
... historical circumstances . Instead I have focused on his ideas themselves and on the intellectual context in which they achieved definition and depth . 1 Beginnings E merson's interest in ethics bore literary fruit 6 Emerson's Ethics.
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... defined subject of rational inquiry : his was the first intellect " qualified to institute and methodize the science of morality " and thus to give it a distinct place " in the circle of human knowledge " ( EP 98 , 104 ) . Emerson ...
... defined subject of rational inquiry : his was the first intellect " qualified to institute and methodize the science of morality " and thus to give it a distinct place " in the circle of human knowledge " ( EP 98 , 104 ) . Emerson ...
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... defined substantively, in terms of the order of being, but rather procedurally, in terms of the standards by which we construct orders in science and life. For Plato, to be rational we have to be right about the order of things. For ...
... defined substantively, in terms of the order of being, but rather procedurally, in terms of the standards by which we construct orders in science and life. For Plato, to be rational we have to be right about the order of things. For ...
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... definition specific , limited , and in any case often disappointing ) and consequently not humanly determinable.27 Emerson considers virtue to have been as controversial a concept in the history of ethics as happiness ( EP 119-20 ) ...
... definition specific , limited , and in any case often disappointing ) and consequently not humanly determinable.27 Emerson considers virtue to have been as controversial a concept in the history of ethics as happiness ( EP 119-20 ) ...
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SelfRealization | 57 |
Others | 90 |
Everyday Life | 115 |
Nature | 132 |
Literature | 147 |
Works Cited | 167 |
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absolute achieve action aesthetic Aristotle beauty become benevolence called categorical imperative Cavell claims Coleridge command concept concern confronted consciousness culture Divinity School Address duty Emerson says Emerson's ethics Emersonian essay everyday evil experience expression fact freedom friendship genius Gesammelte Schriften Goethe Goethe's Greek harmony Hegel human Hume ideal ideas individual inherent insight insists intellectual Joel Porte Johann Wolfgang Goethe Kant Kant's Kantian knowledge Kritik der reinen language literature live M. H. Abrams means metaethical Metaphysik der Sitten mind modern moral law moral sense moral sentiment moral thought nature Nicomachean Ethics normative ethics object obvious one's perception perfect person Plato Plotinus practical reason principle pure Ralph Waldo Emerson rational reality reinen Vernunft reverence self-culture self-realization Socrates soul spirit Stanley Cavell Stoics striving symbol theoretical reason things thinker thinking transcendent true truth ultimate understanding Unitarian Unitarian Conscience universal virtue Werke words
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