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Reason's grief : an essay on tragedy and value / George W. Harris.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.Description: x, 300 p. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9781107407244
- 128 HAR
Contents:
Summary: George Harris interprets W.B. Yeats' statement that we truly begin to live only when we view life as a tragedy as a call for a tragic approach to ethics. He contends that we should move away from religious interpretations of tragedy and the human condition, and instead acknowledge that humanity will only exist for a short time in history before vanishing.
An aesthetic prelude; 1. The problem of tragedy; 2. The dubious ubiquity of reason; 3. Nihilism; 4. Pessimism; 5. Monism: an epitaph; 6. Moralism and the inconstancy of value; 7. Moralism and the impurity of value; 8. Best life pluralism and reason's regret; 9. Tragic pluralism and reason's grief; 10. Postscript on the future: the idea of progress and the avoidance of despair.
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Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai | ENGLISH-REFERENCE BOOKS | நான்காம் தளம் / Fourth floor | 128 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 316915 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An aesthetic prelude; 1. The problem of tragedy; 2. The dubious ubiquity of reason; 3. Nihilism; 4. Pessimism; 5. Monism: an epitaph; 6. Moralism and the inconstancy of value; 7. Moralism and the impurity of value; 8. Best life pluralism and reason's regret; 9. Tragic pluralism and reason's grief; 10. Postscript on the future: the idea of progress and the avoidance of despair.
George Harris interprets W.B. Yeats' statement that we truly begin to live only when we view life as a tragedy as a call for a tragic approach to ethics. He contends that we should move away from religious interpretations of tragedy and the human condition, and instead acknowledge that humanity will only exist for a short time in history before vanishing.