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Informationen zum Autor PAUL CRITTENDEN is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney, Australia. He writes mainly on topics in Greek and medieval philosophy and European Philosophy from Nietzsche to Sartre. He is the author of Learning to be Moral (1990), Changing Orders (2008), and Sartre in Search of an Ethics (2009). Klappentext This powerful exploration of an important topic in philosophy of mind from ancient to contemporary philosophy presents an original argument against the current direction of debate and examines a wide range of philosophers from both continental and analytic traditions. Zusammenfassung This powerful exploration of an important topic in philosophy of mind from ancient to contemporary philosophy presents an original argument against the current direction of debate and examines a wide range of philosophers from both continental and analytic traditions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Affection in Triune Consciousness Ricoeur in Search of a Philosophy of the 'Heart' Cognition and Volition, or Reason and Will Faculties or Powers of the Mind Affectivity and Values: Two Modern Views Reason and Desire from Socrates to the Stoics Augustine: 'Love transformed into Will' Thomas Aquinas: The Primacy of Intellectual Love The Unravelling of Triune Consciousness Bibliography Notes Index
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PAUL CRITTENDEN is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney, Australia. He writes mainly on topics in Greek and medieval philosophy and European Philosophy from Nietzsche to Sartre. He is the author of Learning to be Moral (1990), Changing Orders (2008), and Sartre in Search of an Ethics (2009).
