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The Asking Mystery: A Philosophical Inquiry

By (author) Michael Gelven

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How do we ask the great questions? What does it mean to ask so profoundly? What does it mean for us to ask at all? Michael Gelven confronts these questions as he explores humans as self-reflecting thinkers. He recognizes two central phenomena as fundamental: the recognition of our own possibility lying within our existence and the realization of our suspension between total ignorance and complete knowledge. Using concrete analyses, Gelven investigates the questions we ask that may seem initially unanswerable but are ultimately confronted through our own self-realization. Asking becomes fundamental when we shift from relying on projected schemes, such as clocks and calendars that enable answers to ordinary questions about time, to an ongoing, nonschematic reflection on our own existence. Not only are Platonic, Kantian, Nietzschean, and Heideggerian analyses considered, but so are David’s psalms, Auden’s poetry, and Shakespeare’s plays. Gelven asserts that fundamental asking is essential to our being: we must ask greatly first, for the great explains the lesser; the small does not account for the large.

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Normally shipped | Available from overseas. Usually dispatched in 14 days
Publisher | Pennsylvania State University Press
Published date | 15 Apr 2001
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 176
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 313g
ISBN | 978-0-2710-1986-4
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BISAC | philosophy / criticism


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