The Mind of God and the Works of Man - Hardcover

Craig, Edward

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198249330 ISBN 13: 9780198249337

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1987

Synopsis

Seeking to discover the connection between philosophy as studied in universities and those general views of man and reality which are 'philosophy' to the educated layman, Edward Craig offers a view of philosophy and its history since the early seventeenth century. He presents this period as concerned primarily with just two visions of the essential nature of man. One portrays human beings as made in the image of God, required to resemble Him as far as lies in our power; the other sees us as autonomous creators of our own environment and values. The author shows (with particular reference to Hume and Hegel) how textual detail which previous commentators have found opaque becomes transparent when viewed against such a background. The general conceptions which philosophical thought embodies can equally well be embodied in other media, especially literary. The author illustrates this point with German and English examples and thereby draws together disciplines often felt to be far apart. He also reveals striking similarities between Anglo-American and certain twentieth-century continental lines of thought. Readership: philosophers and historians of ideas, particularly those interested in Hume or Hegel; theologians.

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"Craig's thesis...is a genuinely important one, and he backs it with insightful readings of relevant philosphical and literary texts. His book is written in an engaging style and will be accessible to the sophisticated general reader."--Religious Studies Review "Craig's thesis...is a genuinely important one, and he backs it with insightful readings of relevant philosphical and literary texts. His book is written in an engaging style and will be accessible to the sophisticated general reader."--Religious Studies Review "Craig's thesis...is a genuinely important one, and he backs it with insightful readings of relevant philosphical and literary texts. His book is written in an engaging style and will be accessible to the sophisticated general reader."--Religious Studies Review "Craig's thesis...is a genuinely important one, and he backs it with insightful readings of relevant philosphical and literary texts. His book is written in an engaging style and will be accessible to the sophisticated general reader."--Religious Studies Review

About the Author:

Edward Craig is Reader in Modern Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, where he has taught, and been a member of Churchill College, since 1966. He has held visiting professorships at Hamburg, Heidelberg, and Melbourne. He is the author of Knowledge and the State of Nature (Clarendon Press, 1990). He was the editor of the journal Ratio from 1988 to 1992, and is now Chief Editor of the ten-volume Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, to be published in 1998. In 1993 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0198249330
• ISBN 13: 9780198249337
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 362