Mystery of Being Vol 1 : Reflection & Mystery Volume 1

Gabriel Marcel

ISBN 10: 189031885X / ISBN 13: 9781890318857

Published by St. Augustine's Press Jan 2001, 2001

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Neuware - The Mystery of Being contains the most systematic exposition of the philosophical thought of Gabriel Marcel, a convert to Catholicism and the most distinguished twentieth-century exponent of Christian existentialism. Its two volumes are the Gifford lectures which Marcel delivered in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1949 and 1950. Marcel's work fundamentally challenges most of the major positions of the atheistic existentialists (Sartre, Beauvoir, Camus), especially their belief in an absurd, meaningless, godless universe.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mystery of Being Vol 1 : Reflection & Mystery Volume 1
• Publisher: St. Augustine's Press Jan 2001
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 189031885X
• ISBN 13: 9781890318857
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 226W x 163H x 16D millimeters 226 millimeters width by 163 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 386 grams

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Synopsis

The Mystery of Being contains the most systematic exposition of the philosophical thought of Gabriel Marcel, a convert to Catholicism and the most distinguished twentieth-century exponent of Christian existentialism. Its two volumes are the Gifford lectures which Marcel delivered in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1949 and 1950. Marcel's work fundamentally challenges most of the major positions of the atheistic existentialists (Sartre, Beauvoir, Camus), especially their belief in an absurd, meaningless, godless universe.
These volumes deal with almost all of the major themes of Marcel's thought: the nature of philosophy, our broken world, man's deep ontological need for being, i.e., for permanent eternal values, our incarnate bodily existence, primary and secondary reflection, participation, being in situation, the identity of the human self, intersubjectivity, mystery and problem, faith, hope, and the reality of God, and immortality.

About the Author

Gabriel Marcel was the premier Christian existentialist in mid-century Europe. He is the author of many books, including, from St. Augustine's Press, Homo Viator, Man against Mass Society, The Mystery of Being (in two volumes), and Thou Shall Not Die.