Athens and Jerusalem

For more than two thousand years, philosophers and theologians have wrestled with the irreconcilable opposition between Greek rationality (Athens) and biblical revelation (Jerusalem).

About the author

Lev Shestov (1866-1938) elaborated a radical critique of rationalist knowledge and ethics from the point of view of individual human existence. Best known for his groundbreaking comparative studies of Tolstoy and Nietzsche, and of Dostoevsky and Nietzsche, Shestov defined his conception as the "philosophy of tragedy," which opposed Greek speculative philosophy and biblical revelation.

Summary

For more than two thousand years, philosophers and theologians have wrestled with the irreconcilable opposition between Greek rationality (Athens) and biblical revelation (Jerusalem).

Product details

• Authors: Lev Shestov, Lev/ Fotiade Shestov
• Assisted by: Ramona Fotiade (Editor), Bernard Martin (Translation)
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• EAN: 9780821422205
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-2220-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day