The Philosophers.World Collection
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A gentle introduction to the thought of the great philosophers…
Includes the following works:
What is transcendental deduction? What is the difference between analytic and synthetic judgement?
This guide allows you to immerse yourself calmly in the reading of this fascinating but highly complex work.
How does Spirit move, in Hegel's account, from one figure to the next? What is absolute knowledge?
Let us discover together this masterpiece by Hegel, which has left its mark on the history of philosophy.
Why does Heidegger reject the direction Husserl gives to phenomenology? What other task does he assign to it? What does he mean by existential analysis, Dasein, care?
Here are some answers to these questions...
What exactly does Kierkegaard's distinction between the three stages of existence — aesthetic, ethical, and religious — refer to?
Let us set off together to discover the works of one of the fathers of existentialism...
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How does Kant carry out the transcendental deduction of the categories?
Why does Hegel present truth in the form of a system and a science?
In what respects does Heidegger oppose Husserl?
Why is Kierkegaard regarded as one of the founders of existentialism?
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This is precisely what the Philosophers.World collection aims to offer: to make the reading of major philosophical works more approachable by providing explanatory keys — summarising the principal masterpieces of philosophy in a simple, clear, and accessible manner, and offering readers an initial overview.
After that, it is up to the reader — now better equipped — to delve into the original work itself, and to appreciate its full complexity and depth.
The title A Close Reading perfectly captures the approach taken here. This is not a commentary offering a general, overarching view of an author's thought, but a reading that follows the thread of the work, paragraph by paragraph, getting straight to the point in order to draw out its very essence.
All that remains is to wish you an enjoyable read…