Certainty Thing Indefinite Approximation by Wilkinson Geoffrey (21 results)

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Certainty, that thing of indefinite approximation: a quest through lives and literatures. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New. In English.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Fine copy. No additions.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.

Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Certainty is not what it used to be. Our ancestors had the certainty of their gods, myths and rituals, then of one God, his purposes and the orderliness of all that he had created. The Enlightenment promised a world freed from the lore of the past by the power of human reason; the industrial age, a world endlessly made better by the force of Progress. Few such absolute certainties survive in the twenty-first century and yet, it seems, we cannot resist the urge to cling on to the old ones, or to fabricate new ones. Why is this so Certainty, that thing of indefinite approximation pieces together answers from an original and sometimes startling mix of sources, ranging from religious and philosophical texts to memoir, fiction and popular science. While acknowledging the truth of Jean-Paul Sartre's observation that many of us prefer to be 'massive and impenetrable' because we fear uncertainty, the essay concludes by suggesting that we would live better with ourselves, and with each other, if we could learn to tolerate John Keats's notion of 'being in uncertainties'.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Certainty is not what it used to be. Our ancestors had the certainty of their gods, myths and rituals, then of one God, his purposes and the orderliness of all that he had created. The Enlightenment promised a world freed from the lore of the past by the power of human reason; the industrial age a world endlessly made better by the unstoppable force of Progress. Few such absolute certainties survive in the twenty-first century and yet, it seems, we cannot resist the urge to cling on to the old ones, or to fabricate new ones.Why is this so Certainty, that thing of indefinite approximation pieces together answers from an original and sometimes startling mix of sources - ranging from religious and philosophical texts to memoir, fiction and popular science. We would live better with ourselves and with each other, it concludes, if more of us could learn to tolerate 'being in uncertainties'.…

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. &Uumlber den AutorGeoffrey Wilkinson is an independent essayist and sometime translator of Japanese poetry, with no academic or other affiliations. He lives in Wales. His most recent book is Regaining to Know Aright: Natural Knowledg.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Certainty, that thing of indefinite approximation | a quest through lives and literatures | Geoffrey Wilkinson | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2024 | Geoffrey M. Wilkinson | EAN 9781916062238 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Certainty, That Thing of Indefinite Approximation | Geoffrey Wilkinson | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2012 | New Generation Publishing | EAN 9780755214792 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. …