Philosophical finesse : studies in the art of rational persuasion
1989, First Edition. Oxford, New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in a very good, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #416786
ISBN: 019824455X
Physical description; 401 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-393) and index. Contents; Machine derived contents note: Philosophical reasoning: The disposition to Geometrize; Classical models of rationality: Plato, Aristotle and Cicero; On taking the Phaedo seriously; Job versus his comforters: Rival paradigms of "Wisdom"; Pascal's reasons of the heart; Hume and the education of Pamphilus; Nietzsche's philosophical hammer; Philosophical finesse; notes. Subjects; Pascal, Blaise 1623-1662. Hume, David 1711-1776. Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm 1844-1900. Bible. Job Criticism, interpretation, etc. Reasoning. Philosophy, Ancient. Rational argument.
Price: €45.00