Of Reality: The Purposes of Philosophy

by Gianni Vattimo (Author), Gianni Vattimo (Author), Robert T. Valgenti (Author)

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A defense of the critical faculties that keep us from settling for the status quo. Drawing on Nietzsche and Heidegger, Vattimo develops a philosophy to combat the newest enemy of freedom and democracy: complacency toward reality. Resistance to reality becomes our best hope for countering the ongoing indifference to our fate.

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A defense of the critical faculties that keep us from settling for the status quo. Drawing on Nietzsche and Heidegger, Vattimo develops a philosophy to combat the newest enemy of freedom and democracy: complacency toward reality. Resistance to reality becomes our best hope for countering the ongoing indifference to our fate.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 248
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 14 Nov 2017
ISBN 10: 0231166974
ISBN 13: 9780231166973

Of Reality: The Purposes of Philosophy

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