{"product_id":"the-theoretic-life-a-classical-ideal-and-its-modern-fate-reflections-on-the-liberal-arts-hardcover","title":"The Theoretic Life - A Classical Ideal and Its Modern Fate: Reflections on the Liberal Arts - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexander S. Rosenthal-Pubul\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this work, Alexander Rosenthal Pubul presents a broad examination of the ancient philosophical question: \"What is the good life?\", while addressing how the liberal arts can help us to answer this question. Greek philosophy distinguished between the \"noble\" (what is good in itself), from the merely \"useful\" (good for something else). From thence follows the distinction between the \u003ci\u003eliberal arts \u003c\/i\u003ewhich pursue such noble goods and the \u003ci\u003emechanical arts\u003c\/i\u003e which are only instrumental. For Aristotle, the most noble and excellent good is wisdom itself. Hence the theoretic life devoted to the love of wisdom for its own sake -philosophy - is the highest and the most excellent.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis work theorizes the origins of modernity in a rebellion against this Greek conception resulting in a complete inversion of the classical hierarchy. Sir. Francis Bacon reconceiving the purpose of knowledge as \u003ci\u003epower, \u003c\/i\u003e enthroned \u003ci\u003etechnology\u003c\/i\u003e over philosophy and the liberal arts. The unfolding of the modern Baconian revolution progressively sidelines the liberal arts, as practical economic and technical utility become the standard of value. In assessing this problem, the book engages in a capacious journey across disciplines like philosophy, history, art, politics, and science. It is also a veritable tour across the Western intellectual tradition including Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Seneca, Thomas Aquinas, Bacon, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Nietzsche, Dewey, Berdyaev, Einstein, and Heidegger. It pleads the urgent need to preserve the humanizing cultural ideals of the ancient classics against the modern tyranny of utility and the dangers of a new barbarism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this work, Alexander Rosenthal Pubul presents a broad examination of the ancient philosophical question: \"What is the good life?\", while addressing how the liberal arts can help us to answer this question. Greek philosophy distinguished between the \"noble\" (what is good in itself), from the merely \"useful\" (good for something else). From thence follows the distinction between the \u003ci\u003eliberal arts \u003c\/i\u003ewhich pursue such noble goods and the \u003ci\u003emechanical arts\u003c\/i\u003e which are only instrumental. For Aristotle, the most noble and excellent good is wisdom itself. Hence the theoretic life devoted to the love of wisdom for its own sake -philosophy - is the highest and the most excellent.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis work theorizes the origins of modernity in a rebellion against this Greek conception resulting in a complete inversion of the classical hierarchy. Sir. Francis Bacon reconceiving the purpose of knowledge as \u003ci\u003epower, \u003c\/i\u003e enthroned \u003ci\u003etechnology\u003c\/i\u003e over philosophy and theliberal arts. The unfolding of the modern Baconian revolution progressively sidelines the liberal arts, as practical economic and technical utility become the standard of value. In assessing this problem, the book engages in a capacious journey across disciplines like philosophy, history, art, politics, and science. It is also a veritable tour across the Western intellectual tradition including Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Seneca, Thomas Aquinas, Bacon, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Nietzsche, Dewey, Berdyaev, Einstein, and Heidegger. It pleads the urgent need to preserve the humanizing cultural ideals of the ancient classics against the modern tyranny of utility and the dangers of a new barbarism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Rosenthal Pubul PhD \u003c\/b\u003ePresently a Lecturer from his home in Spain for Johns Hopkins University (Center for Advanced Governmental Studies) where he formerly served as Assistant Director, and currently teaches in political thought. Dr. Rosenthal received his bachelor's degree in philosophy from Princeton University in 1994 and his PhD in Philosophy from the Katholieke Universisteit Leuven in 2005. His research interests include philosophy and European intellectual history. Among his publications is his book \u003cem\u003eCrown Under Law \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e(2008)\u003c\/em\u003e which deals with the intellectual origins of modern constitutionalism. He has taught at a number of colleges and universities including Loyola College (Maryland), and Catholic University of America (CUA), the University of Glasgow (Scotland). He is the co-founder and director of the Petrarch Institute, which focuses on the classical humanities tradition\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 165\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46079044616389,"sku":"9783030022808","price":49.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/Vp9jEmfxCE9783030022808.webp?v=1776842072","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-theoretic-life-a-classical-ideal-and-its-modern-fate-reflections-on-the-liberal-arts-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}