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The Retreat of Reason brings back to philosophy the ambition of offering a broad vision of the human condition. One of the main original aims of philosophy was to give people guidance about how to live their lives. Ingmar Persson resumes this practical project, which has been largely neglected in contemporary philosophy, but his conclusions are very different from those of the ancient Greeks. They typically argued that a life led in accordance with reason, a rational life, would also be the happiest or most fulfilling. By exploring the irrationality of our attitudes to time, identity, and responsibility, Persson shows that the aim of living rationally conflicts not only with the aim of leading the most fulfilling life, but also with the moral aim of promoting the maximization and just distribution of fulfillment for all. The Retreat of Reason challenges some of our most fundamental ideas about ourselves.
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- Author/s Persson, Ingmar
- ISBN13 9780199276905
- ISBN10 0199276900
- Pages 494
- Published 2005
The retreat of reason: a dilemma in the philosophy of life
- Author Ingmar Persson
- Publisher OXFORD U.P.
- ISBN 9780199276905
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