On the Eternal in Man

On the Eternal in Man

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Scheler, Max
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Max Scheler (1874-1928) decisively influenced German philosophy in the period after the First World War, a time of upheaval and new beginnings. Without him, the problems of German philosophy today, and its attempts to solve them would be quite inconceivable. What was new in his philosophy was that he used phenomenology to investigate spiritual realities.

The subject of On the Eternal in Man is the divine and its reality, the originality and non-derivation of religious experience. Scheler shows the characteristic quality of that which is religious. It is a particular essence that cannot be reduced to anything else. It is a sphere that belongs essentially to humankind; without it we would not be human. If genuine fulfillment is denied it, substitutes come into being. This religious sphere is the most essential, decisive one. It determines man''s basic attitude towards reality and in a sense the color, extent and position of all the other human domains in life. It forms the basis for various views about life and thought.

Scheler was emphatically an intuitive philosopher. In Scheler''s work the break between being as the almighty but blind rage and value as the knowing but powerless spirit-has become complete, and makes of each human a split being. Personal experiences may be reflected here. The development of Scheler''s work as a whole was highly dependent on his personal experiences. It is this that gives Scheler''s work its liveliness and its validity.

EAN 9781351501842
ISBN 1351501844
Binding Ebook
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication date July 12, 2017
Pages 498
Language English
Country United Kingdom
Authors Scheler, Max