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Essays in the History of Ideas

By Lovejoy, Arthur O

Essays in the History of Ideas Philosophy

Essays in the History of Ideas

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In the first essay of this collection, Lovejoy reflects on the nature, methods, and difficulties of the historiography of ideas. He maps out recurring phenomena in the history of ideas, which the essays illustrate. One phenomenon is the presence and influence of the same presuppositions or other operative "ideas" in very diverse provinces of thought and in different periods. Another is the role of semantic transitions and confusions, of shifts and of ambiguities in the meanings of terms, in the history of thought and taste. A third phenomenon is the internal tensions or waverings in the mind of almost every individual writer--sometimes discernible even in a single writing or on a single page--arising from conflicting ideas or incongruous propensities of feeling or taste to which the writer is susceptible. These essays do not contribute to metaphysical and epistemological questions; they are primarily historical.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
382
Release Date:
2019-12-01
Publication Date:
2019-10-01
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1421432374
ISBN13:
9781421432373
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Weight:
619 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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