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Jewish Philosophy as a Guide to Life: Rosenzweig, Buber, Levinas, Wittgenstein

By Hilary Putnam

Book information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
0253351332, 978-0-253-35133-3, 9780253009647, 0253009642
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
609 kB (623370 bytes)
Series
Helen and Martin Schwartz lectures in Jewish Studies
Pages
136\136
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
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Description

Distinguished philosopher Hilary Putnam, who is also a practicing Jew, questions the thought of three major Jewish philosophers of the 20th century―Franz Rosenzweig, Martin Buber, and Emmanuel Levinas―to help him reconcile the philosophical and religious sides of his life. An additional presence in the book is Ludwig Wittgenstein, who, although not a practicing Jew, thought about religion in ways that Putnam juxtaposes to the views of Rosenzweig, Buber, and Levinas. Putnam explains the leading ideas of each of these great thinkers, bringing out what, in his opinion, constitutes the decisive intellectual and spiritual contributions of each of them. Although the religion discussed is Judaism, the depth and originality of these philosophers, as incisively interpreted by Putnam, make their thought nothing less than a guide to life.

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