Cities of WordsHarvard University Press, 2004 M05 24 - 480 pages Since Socrates and his circle first tried to frame the Just City in words, discussion of a perfect communal life--a life of justice, reflection, and mutual respect--has had to come to terms with the distance between that idea and reality. Measuring this distance step by practical step is the philosophical project that Stanley Cavell has pursued on his exploratory path. Situated at the intersection of two of his longstanding interests--Emersonian philosophy and the Hollywood comedy of remarriage--Cavell's new work marks a significant advance in this project. The book--which presents a course of lectures Cavell presented several times toward the end of his teaching career at Harvard--links masterpieces of moral philosophy and classic Hollywood comedies to fashion a new way of looking at our lives and learning to live with ourselves. |
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... claim the authority of a founder of modern European philosophy , implies that America is unable to inherit and claim philosophy for itself , hence remains haunted by it . ( 3 ) If we Amer- icans are to claim philosophy for ourselves ...
... claim that this is a private appeal to faith , Emerson suggests writing " Whim " for all to see . One might feel that this shows Emerson's distrust or chagrin in response to so many ready mouthfuls of faith . But then consider that it ...
... claim to desirability like any other fundamental empirical claim , where " fundamental " means roughly that the claim requires no particular information or expertise to understand and confirm it . Does the following difference seem to ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
John Stuart Mill 82 6 Gaslight | 102 |
Themes of Moral Perfectionism in Platos Republic | 445 |
Copyright | |
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Cities of Words: Pedagogical Letters on a Register of the Moral Life Stanley Cavell Limited preview - 2005 |
Cities of Words: Pedagogical Letters on a Register of the Moral Life Stanley Cavell Limited preview - 2005 |