The Embers and the Stars: A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Moral Sense of Nature

The Embers and the Stars: A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Moral Sense of Nature by Kohak, Erazim. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780226450223.

The quest of this volume is one of recalling what we have thus hidden from ourselves. Its a philosophers book, deeply indebted to the cultural heritage of three millennia of Western thought. Its also a book of philosophy, tho in a sense far older than the current acceptation of that term. Prolegomenon Theoria Physis The gift of the night The gift of the word The gift of the moral law Humanitas A humans place in nature Of humans & persons A philosophy of personalism Skepsis The shadow of doubt The spell of the demon The vertigo of history Credo Natures god & mine Being, time & eternity The days of our years Postscriptum Notes Bibliography Index of Names Index of Topics