Conditions Handsome and Unhandsome: The Constitution of Emersonian Perfectionism: The Carus Lectures, 1988University of Chicago Press, Jan 11, 2018 - 163 pages In these three lectures, Cavell situates Emerson at an intersection of three crossroads: a place where both philosophy and literature pass; where the two traditions of English and German philosophy shun one another; where the cultures of America and Europe unsettle one another. "Cavell's 'readings' of Wittgenstein and Heidegger and Emerson and other thinkers surely deepen our understanding of them, but they do much more: they offer a vision of what life can be and what culture can mean. . . . These profound lectures are a wonderful place to make [Cavell's] acquaintance."—Hilary Putnam |
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... CONVERSATION OF JUSTICE Rawls and the Drama of Consent 101 Epilogue 127 Appendix A : Hope against Hope 129 Appendix B : A Cover Letter 139 Bibliography 143 PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The numbered chapters to follow , more Contents.
... CONVERSATION OF JUSTICE Rawls and the Drama of Consent 101 Epilogue 127 Appendix A : Hope against Hope 129 Appendix B : A Cover Letter 139 Bibliography 143 PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The numbered chapters to follow , more Contents.
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... talking about week to week is quite accurately conveyed in the proceedings ... Justice — which was to play a decisive part in shaping the course - takes ... conversations with Steven Affeldt . When I had drafts of the first two lectures ...
... talking about week to week is quite accurately conveyed in the proceedings ... Justice — which was to play a decisive part in shaping the course - takes ... conversations with Steven Affeldt . When I had drafts of the first two lectures ...
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... Justice . By the time the time came , not just the demands of the vision and the de- tails of the book were formidable , but the intensity and vastness of the discussion surrounding the book seemed to have occupied ter- ritory there was ...
... Justice . By the time the time came , not just the demands of the vision and the de- tails of the book were formidable , but the intensity and vastness of the discussion surrounding the book seemed to have occupied ter- ritory there was ...
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... justice that wishes to favor , that is to say , to empower , of life over another ( that is to say , where each way ... conversation eventual citizens must have in arriving at principled judgments about the justice or fairness of the ...
... justice that wishes to favor , that is to say , to empower , of life over another ( that is to say , where each way ... conversation eventual citizens must have in arriving at principled judgments about the justice or fairness of the ...
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... conversation of justice comes to an end in a state of reflective equilibrium . To prove that at any time within the circumstances of justice ( see A Theory of Jus- tice , section 22 ) there is an optimal resolution to this conversation ...
... conversation of justice comes to an end in a state of reflective equilibrium . To prove that at any time within the circumstances of justice ( see A Theory of Jus- tice , section 22 ) there is an optimal resolution to this conversation ...
Contents
Staying the Course | 1 |
Emersonian Representations in Heidegger and Nietzsche | 33 |
Scenes of Instruction in Wittgenstein and in Kripke | 64 |
Rawls and the Drama of Consent | 101 |
Epilogue | 127 |
Hope against Hope | 129 |
A Cover Letter | 139 |
Bibliography | 143 |
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