the tragic sense of life miguel de unamuno

Immortality and resurrection-Development of idea of immortality in Judaic and Hellenic religions-Paul and the dogma of the resurrection-Athanasius-Sacrament of the Eucharist-Lutheranism-Modernism-The Catholic ethic-Scholasticism-The Catholic solution V Thirst of being-Cult of immortality-Plato's glorious risk- Materialism-Paul's discourse to the Athenians-Intolerance of the intellectuals-Craving for fame-Struggle for survival IV Tragedy of Paradise-Disease an element of progress-Necessity of knowing in order to live-Instinct of preservation and instinct of perpetuation-The sensible world and the ideal world-Practical starting-point of all philosophy-Knowledge an end in itself?-The man Descartes-The longing not to die III Philosophy and the concrete man-The man Kant, the man Butler, and the man Spinoza-Unity and continuity of the person-Man an end not a means-Intellectual necessities and necessities of the heart and the will-Tragic sense of life in men and in peoples II This book will appeal to a wide range of academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of education, literature and philosophy.RELIGION, THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE BEYOND AND THE APOCATASTASISĭON QUIXOTE IN THE CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN TRAGI-COMEDY

An original and thought provoking work, Education and the Limits of Reason offers a fresh perspective on classic texts by Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Nabokov, and encourages readers to reconsider conventional views of teaching and learning. Perhaps most importantly, literature can prompt us to ask searching questions of ourselves it can unsettle and disturb, and in so doing can make an important contribution to our educational formation. Novels, plays and short stories can take us into the workings of a rational or irrational mind and show how the inner world of cognitive activity is shaped by external events. Drawing on the work of Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Nabokov, the authors demonstrate that literature can allow us to see how reason is understood and expressed, contested and compromised - by distinctive individuals, under particular circumstances, in complex and varied relations with others. Education and the Limits of Reason extends this critical conversation, arguing that in seeking to investigate the meaning and significance of reason in human lives, sources other than non-fiction educational or philosophical texts can be helpful.

In recent decades, a growing body of educational scholarship has called into question deeply embedded assumptions about the nature, value and consequences of reason.

The tragic sense of life miguel de unamuno