| Description |
vii, 119 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Raymond Fred West memorial lectures on immortality, human conduct, and human destiny, 1963 |
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Raymond F. West memorial lectures on immortality, human conduct, and human destiny ; 1963.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
To think of man in human terms -- Do we live what we are? -- Self-knowledge is part of our being -- Implications of being human -- Self as a problem -- Care for man -- Logic of being human -- Some definitions of man -- What do we seek to know? -- Eclipse of humanity -- What is being human? -- Preciousness -- Uniqueness -- Opportunity -- Nonfinality -- Process and events -- Solitude and solidarity -- Reciprocity -- Sanctity -- Dimension of meaning -- Essence of being human -- Being and meaning -- Being and living -- Who is man's meaning? -- Meaning in quest of man -- Meaning beyond the mystery -- Transcendent meaning -- Manipulation and appreciation -- Disavowed of transcendence -- Existence and expediency -- Sense of the ineffable -- Prescence -- Pathos -- How to live -- To be is to obey -- Continuity -- Precariousness of being human -- Being-challenged-in-the-world -- Requiredness -- Indebtedness -- Experience of being asked -- I am commanded-therefore I am -- Embarrassment -- Celebration. |
| Summary |
The following study comprises in expanded form the Raymond Fred West Memorial Lectures at Stanford University, delivered in May 1963. Many important aspects of the problem of man have not been discussed in this volume, while others have been dealt with too briefly. But the volume will serve as a prolegomena to a more comprehensive study in which I have been engaged for some time--from preface. |
| Subject |
Philosophical anthropology.
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Philosophical anthropology. (OCoLC)fst01060766
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Mensbeeld.
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Jodendom.
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Philosophical anthropology.
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Philosophy.
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Man -- Philosophy.
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| Genre/Form |
Philosophical anthropology -- Addresses, essays, lectures.
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| ISBN |
9780804702669 |
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0804702667 |
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0804702659 |
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9780804702652 |
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