1st Edition
God, Education, and Modern Metaphysics The Logic of "Know Thyself"
By Nigel Tubbs
Copyright 2017
212 Pages
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Routledge
210 Pages
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Routledge
210 Pages
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Routledge
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The Western tradition has long held the view that while it is possible to know that God exists, it nevertheless remains impossible to know what God is. The ineffability of the monotheistic God extends to each of the Abrahamic faiths. In this volume, Tubbs considers Aristotle’s logic of mastery and questions the assumptions upon which God’s ineffability rests. Part I explores the tensions... Read more
1. Introduction Part 1 Know Thyself: Ancient Metaphysics 2. Socrates to Augustine 3. Aquinas and Maimonides 4. Avicenna to Ibn Arabi 5. Cusanus to Pascal 6. Descartes to Hegel Intermezzo Part 2 Know Thyself: Modern Metaphysics 7. The Logic of Tears 8. The Dreadful Religious Teacher 9. The Educational Concept of Monotheism
Biography
Nigel Tubbs is Professor of Philosophical and Educational Thought at the University of Winchester, UK.
