Hans Jonas ; edited and with an introduction by Lawrence Vogel.
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Evanston, Ill. :
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Northwestern University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1996.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xi, 218 pages ;
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23 cm.
SERIES
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Northwestern University studies in phenomenology and existential philosophy
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-215) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Editor's Introduction: Hans Jonas' Exodus: from German Existentialism to Post-Holocaust Theology -- Prologue: Philosophy at the End of the Century: Retrospect and Prospect -- pt. 1. The Need of Reason: Grounding an Imperative of Responsibility in the Phenomenon of Life. 1. Evolution and Freedom: On the Continuity Among Life-Forms. 2. Tool, Image, and Grave: On What Is Beyond the Animal in Man. 3. The Burden and Blessing of Mortality. 4. Toward an Ontological Grounding of an Ethics for the Future -- pt. 2. A Luxury of Reason: Theological Speculations After Auschwitz. 5. Immortality and the Modern Temper. 6. The Concept of God after Auschwitz: A Jewish Voice. 7. Is Faith Still Possible?: Memories of Rudolf Bultmann and Reflections on the Philosophical Aspects of His Work. 8. Matter, Mind, and Creation: Cosmological Evidence and Cosmogonic Speculation.