Beschreibung:
This book contains twelve engaging philosophical lectures given by Alexandru Dragomir, most of them given during Romania's Communist regime. The lectures deal with a diverse range of topics, such as the function of the question, self-deception, banalities with a metaphysical dimension, and how the world we live in has been shaped by the intellect. Among the thinkers discussed in these lectures are Anaxagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, and Nietzsche.
Part 1.- 1. Question and answer.- 2. Means of self-deception.- 3. Utter metaphysical banalities.- 4. On the nation.- 5. What is happening to us?.- 6. Four short lectures.- Part 2.- 7. Socrates: philosophy confronts the city.- 8. Comments on the Philebus.- 9. The world we live in.