How Long to Read On Germans & Other Greeks

How Long Does it Take to Read On Germans & Other Greeks?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 14 minutes to read On Germans & Other Greeks by Dennis J. Schmidt

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

On Germans and Other Greeks Tragedy and Ethical Life Dennis J. Schmidt What Greek tragedy and German philosophy reveal about the meaning of art for ethical life. "Schmidt's investigation of tragedy is a highly significant, powerful work, one with far-reaching consequences. It bears on our understanding of the role of the arts and of philosophical thinking in our culture." --Rodolphe Gasché In this illuminating work, Dennis J. Schmidt examines tragedy as one of the highest forms of human expression for both the ancients and the moderns. While uncovering the specifically Greek nature of tragedy as an exploration of how to live an ethical life, Schmidt's elegant and penetrating readings of Greek texts show that it was the beauty of Greek tragic art that led Kant and other German thinkers to appreciate the relationship between tragedy and ethics. The Germans, however, gave this relationship a distinctly German interpretation. Through the Greeks, the Germans reflected on the enigmas of ethical life and asked innovative questions about how to live an ethical life outside of the typical assumptions and restrictions of traditional Western metaphysics. Schmidt's engagements with Schelling, Hegel, Hölderlin, Nietzsche, and Heidegger show how German philosophical appropriations of Greek tragedy conceived of ethics as moving beyond the struggle between good and evil toward the discovery of community truths. Enlisting a wide range of literary and philosophical texts, some translated into English for the first time, Schmidt reveals that contemporary notions of tragedy, art, ethics, and truth are intimately linked to the Greeks. Dennis J. Schmidt is Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University. He is author of The Ubiquity of the Finite and translator of Ernst Bloch's Natural Law and Human Dignity. Studies in Continental Thought--John Sallis, general editor May 2001 432 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4, bibl., index cloth 0-253-33868-9 $49.95 L / £38.00 paper 0-253-21443-2 $24.95 s / £18.95

How long is On Germans & Other Greeks?

On Germans & Other Greeks by Dennis J. Schmidt is 366 pages long, and a total of 93,696 words.

This makes it 124% the length of the average book. It also has 115% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read On Germans & Other Greeks Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 32 minutes to read On Germans & Other Greeks aloud.

What Reading Level is On Germans & Other Greeks?

On Germans & Other Greeks is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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