The Phenomenon of Life: Toward a Philosophical Biology by Jonas, Hans

The Phenomenon of Life: Toward a Philosophical Biology (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780810117495)

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The Phenomenon of Life: Toward a Philosophical Biology by Jonas, Hans

The Phenomenon of Life: Toward a Philosophical Biology

$34.95
The Phenomenon of Life: Toward a Philosophical Biology by Jonas, Hans

The Phenomenon of Life: Toward a Philosophical Biology

$34.95
Format: Paperback
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A classic of phenomenology and existentialism, The Phenomenon of Life sets forth a systematic and comprehensive philosophy-an existential interpretation of biological facts laid out in support of his claim that the mind is prefigured throughout organic existence. Hans Jonas shows how life-forms present themselves on an ascending scale of perception and freedom of action, a scale reaching its apex in a human being's capacity for thought and morally responsible behavior.

Author: Hans Jonas
ISBN-10: 0810117495
ISBN-13: 9780810117495
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/28/2001
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2001 pg. 5
By Hans Jonas
By Hans Jonas
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HANS JONAS (1903-1993) was a German Jew, pupil of Heidegger and Bultmann, lifelong friend and colleague of Hannah Arendt at the New School for Social Research, and one of the most prominent thinkers of his generation. The range of his topics never obscures their unifying thread: that our mortality is at the root of our moral responsibility to safeguard humanity's future. Mortality and Morality both consummates and demonstrates the basic thrust of Jonas's thought: the inseparability of ethics and metaphysics, the reality of values at the center of being.

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