Lions (The German List)
by Hans Blumenberg
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For distinguished philosopher Hans Blumenberg, lions were a life-long obsession. Lions, translated by Kári Driscoll, collects thirty-two of Blumenberg's philosophical vignettes to reveal that the figure of the lion unites two of his other great preoccupations: metaphors and anecdotes as non-philosophical forms of knowledge. Each of these short texts, sparkling with erudition and humor, is devoted to a peculiar leonine presence--or, in many cases, absence--in literature, art, philosophy, show more religion, and politics. From Ecclesiastes to the New Testament Apocrypha, Dürer to Henri Rousseau, Aesop and La Fontaine to Rilke and Thomas Mann, the extraordinary breadth of Blumenberg's knowledge and intellectual curiosity is on full display. Lions has much to offer readers, both those already familiar with Blumenberg's oeuvre and newcomers looking for an introduction to the thought of one of Germany's most important postwar philosophers. show lessTags
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JuliaMaria Der "Löwe" zeigt sich Bumenberg im Roman "Blumenberg" : Löwen haben den Philosophen Blumenberg ganz offensichtlich sehr fasziniert.
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"As is so often the case, it is the perfectionists who, having known the disappointment of not living up to their own demands, produce the most compelling formulae of resignation as the human variant of perfection. It is their suffering that lends these formulae credibility: the passion of asking too much of oneself."
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Hans Blumenberg (1920-96) was one of Germany's most important postwar philosophers. Among his works available in English are: The Legitimacy of the Modern Age (1985), Work on Myth (1986), The Genesis of the Copernican World (1989), and Shipwreck with Spectator (1996).
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- Philosophy, Nonfiction, Art & Design, General Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism, Religion & Spirituality
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- 193 — Philosophy and Psychology Modern western philosophy Philosophy of Germany and Austria
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- P301.5 .M48 .B58 — Language and Literature Philology. Linguistics Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar Style. Composition. Rhetoric
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