{"product_id":"philosophical-temperaments-from-plato-to-foucault-9780231153737","title":"Philosophical Temperaments: From Plato to Foucault","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeter Sloterdijk turns his keen eye to the history of western thought, conducting colorful readings of the lives and ideas of the world's most influential intellectuals. Featuring nineteen vignettes rich in personal characterizations and theoretical analysis, Sloterdijk's companionable volume casts the development of philosophical thinking not as a buildup of compelling books and arguments but as a lifelong, intimate struggle with intellectual and spiritual movements, filled with as many pitfalls and derailments as transcendent breakthroughs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSloterdijk delves into the work and times of Aristotle, Augustine, Bruno, Descartes, Foucault, Fichte, Hegel, Husserl, Kant, Kierkegaard, Leibniz, Marx, Nietzsche, Pascal, Plato, Sartre, Schelling, Schopenhauer, and Wittgenstein. He provocatively juxtaposes Plato against shamanism and Marx against Gnosticism, revealing both the vital external influences shaping these intellectuals' thought and the excitement and wonder generated by the application of their thinking in the real world. The philosophical \"temperament\" as conceived by Sloterdijk represents the uniquely creative encounter between the mind and a diverse array of cultures. It marks these philosophers' singular achievements and the special dynamic at play in philosophy as a whole. Creston Davis's introduction details Sloterdijk's own temperament, surveying the celebrated thinker's intellectual context, rhetorical style, and philosophical persona.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Sloterdijk is professor of aesthetics and philosophy at the Institute of Design in Karlsruhe and teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. His numerous works include \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Philosophy: Wisdom as a Practice\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eRage and Time: A Psychopolitical Investigation\u003c\/i\u003e; and the best-selling \u003ci\u003eCritique of Cynical Reason\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas Dunlap is also the translator of Wolfgang Benz's \u003ci\u003eA Concise History of the Third Reich\u003c\/i\u003e and Michael Stolleis's \u003ci\u003eA History of Public Law in Germany, 1914-1945\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCreston Davis is professor of philosophy at the Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities in Skopje, Macedonia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491636220178,"sku":"9780231153737","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_34f1477e-acaf-4418-8f6b-11882a99077a.jpg?v=1730545476","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/philosophical-temperaments-from-plato-to-foucault-9780231153737","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}