The Socratic individual : philosophy, faith, and freedom in a democratic age /
This book explores the recovery of Socratic philosophy in 19th century political thought of G.W.F. Hegel, Soren Kierkegaard, John Stuart Mill and Friedrich Nietzsche. For Kierkegaard, the Socratic indivdual in modern times is the person of faith, for Mill, the idiosyncratic public intellectual and f...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2020]
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| Summary: | This book explores the recovery of Socratic philosophy in 19th century political thought of G.W.F. Hegel, Soren Kierkegaard, John Stuart Mill and Friedrich Nietzsche. For Kierkegaard, the Socratic indivdual in modern times is the person of faith, for Mill, the idiosyncratic public intellectual and for Nietzsche, the Dionysian artist. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 141 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-134) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781793603777 1793603774 |