Homo Mysticus Three Lectures

Homo Mysticus presents three renowned lectures delivered by Wolfgang Struve from 1974 to 1984, translated into English in this volume. Philosophical and mystical experiences are finally given expression in this remarkable collection.

List of contents

Translator's Introduction

World and Reality
Reflections on an Elementary Distinction in Philosophy

Mysticism East and West and the Problem of Absolute Transcendence
On the Nonconformity of the Real

Select Bibliography of Publications by Wolfgang Struve

References

About the author

Wolfgang Struve was born in Hamburg in 1917. He studied philosophy, physics, and mathematics in Freiburg, Germany, and in Zürich, Switzerland, and wrote his doctoral dissertation under Martin Heidegger in 1943. He taught in Freiburg from 1948 until his retirement in 1981. He passed away in December 2011.

George Wald was born in Los Angeles. He studied anthropology and philosophy in Los Angeles and philosophy, English, and ancient Greek in Freiburg, Germany. He wrote his doctoral dissertation under Wolfgang Struve in 1987. He currently teaches English at a middle school in Los Angeles.

Summary

Homo Mysticus presents three renowned lectures delivered by Wolfgang Struve from 1974 to 1984, translated into English in this volume. Philosophical and mystical experiences are finally given expression in this remarkable collection.

Product details

• Authors: Wolfgang Struve, Struve Wolfgang, George Wald, Wald George
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2014
• EAN: 9780761863229
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6322-9
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Methodology, Ethics & moral philosophy, Modern philosophy: since c 1800, Philosophy of religion, Philosophy: logic