Four Cultures of the WestHarvard University Press, 2009 M06 30 - 272 pages The workings of Western intelligence in our day--whether in politics or the arts, in the humanities or the church--are as troubling as they are mysterious, leading to the questions: Where are we going? What in the world were we thinking? By exploring the history of four "cultures" so deeply embedded in Western history that we rarely see their instrumental role in politics, religion, education, and the arts, this timely book provides a broad framework for addressing these questions in a fresh way. |
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... Aristotle the philosophers and scientists; (3) the cul- ture of Homer and Isocrates, of Virgil and Cicero, the culture of poets and dramatists, of orators and statesmen; and finally, (4) the culture of Phidias, Polycletus, Praxiteles ...
... Aristotle the philosophers and scientists; (3) the cul- ture of Homer and Isocrates, of Virgil and Cicero, the culture of poets and dramatists, of orators and statesmen; and finally, (4) the culture of Phidias, Polycletus, Praxiteles ...
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... . For Luther reason (Aristotle) was a whore that repelled him—he staked his claim on Scripture alone. For Kierkegaard there was no escaping the Either/Or. This is the culture that must speak out. It is 6 introduction.
... . For Luther reason (Aristotle) was a whore that repelled him—he staked his claim on Scripture alone. For Kierkegaard there was no escaping the Either/Or. This is the culture that must speak out. It is 6 introduction.
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... Aristotle, the culture of a certain style of learning, is the aspect of Athens with which many people today are familiar, at least on a superficial level. No historical survey in al- most any discipline can omit mention of these two ...
... Aristotle, the culture of a certain style of learning, is the aspect of Athens with which many people today are familiar, at least on a superficial level. No historical survey in al- most any discipline can omit mention of these two ...
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... Aristotle (for the most part) and the Bible. Aristotle was appreciated not only for his works on logic, ethics, and metaphysics but also for those on animals, the heavenly bodies, and other natural phenom- ena—on “natural philosophy ...
... Aristotle (for the most part) and the Bible. Aristotle was appreciated not only for his works on logic, ethics, and metaphysics but also for those on animals, the heavenly bodies, and other natural phenom- ena—on “natural philosophy ...
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... Aristotle that the pursuit was carried forward into almost every branch of knowl- edge, with massive codification of ... Aristotle's works on logic, which were studied and appropriated long before the rest of the corpus became available ...
... Aristotle that the pursuit was carried forward into almost every branch of knowl- edge, with massive codification of ... Aristotle's works on logic, which were studied and appropriated long before the rest of the corpus became available ...
Contents
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culture one Prophecy and Reform | 37 |
culture two The Academy and the Professions | 77 |
culture three Poetry Rhetoric and the Common Good | 127 |
culture four Art and Performance | 179 |
epilogue The Book of Our Experience | 235 |
Notes | 241 |
Further Reading | 249 |
Acknowledgments | 255 |
Index | 257 |
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