From Phenomenology to Existentialism
The Philosophy of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Volume 2
Biographical note
Dov Schwartz was Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Bar Ilan University (2003-2006) and head of the departments of Philosophy (1999-2002) and Music (2007-2011). Currently he is the head of the Interdisciplinary Unit in Bar Ilan University. He is also the chair of the Natali and Isidor Friedman Cathedra for the Teaching of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's Philosophy.
Readership
All those who interested in intellectual history, modern philosophy, Neo-Kantianism, modern Jewish thought, and rabbinical thought.
Table of contents
Preface
Chapter One Reason and its Limitations
Chapter Two The Concept of Revelation in And from There You Shall Seek
Chapter Three Consciousness of the Deity (1): Mercy and Justice
Chapter Four Consciousness of the Deity (2): Tzimtzum
Chapter Five Consciousness of the Deity (3): Cognition
Chapter Six The Conscious Mechanism of Conjunction (1): Intellect and Matter
Chapter Seven The Conscious Mechanism of Conjunction (2): Prophecy and Tradition
Chapter Eight The Negation of Metaphysics: “Kol Dodi Dofek” and the Zionist Homilies
Chapter Nine Finitude and Suffering: Out of the Whirlwind
Chapter Ten Between Subject and Object: Essays on Family Relationships
Chapter Eleven Dialogue and Faith: The Lonely Man of Faith
Epilogue
Bibliography
Chapter One Reason and its Limitations
Chapter Two The Concept of Revelation in And from There You Shall Seek
Chapter Three Consciousness of the Deity (1): Mercy and Justice
Chapter Four Consciousness of the Deity (2): Tzimtzum
Chapter Five Consciousness of the Deity (3): Cognition
Chapter Six The Conscious Mechanism of Conjunction (1): Intellect and Matter
Chapter Seven The Conscious Mechanism of Conjunction (2): Prophecy and Tradition
Chapter Eight The Negation of Metaphysics: “Kol Dodi Dofek” and the Zionist Homilies
Chapter Nine Finitude and Suffering: Out of the Whirlwind
Chapter Ten Between Subject and Object: Essays on Family Relationships
Chapter Eleven Dialogue and Faith: The Lonely Man of Faith
Epilogue
Bibliography
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