The Christianization of Pyrrhonism

Scepticism and Faith in Pascal, Kierkegaard, and Shestov

von J. R. Maia Neto

180 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

1. Before the Christianization of Pyrrhonism: Jansenism faces Sceptical Fideism.- 1.1. The Pelagian and the Manichean Threats.- 1.2. Michel de Montaigne.- 1.3. Pierre Charron.- 1.4. Saint-Cyran versus Garasse on Charron.- 1.5. François De La Mothe Le Vayer.- 2. Pascal's Christianization of Pyrrhonism.- 2.1. Conversation with Sacy about Epictetus and Montaigne.- 2.2. Undoing Ataraxia.- 2.3. Undoing Intellectual Integrity.- 3. Kierkegaard's Christianization of Pyrrhonism.- 3.1. In Search of Genuine Sceptics: The Period before Authorship.- 3.2. Abraham and the Sceptics: The Preface to Fear and Trembling.- 3.3. The Christians and the Sceptics: The Works by Johannes Climacus.- 3.4. Pascal and Kierkegaard.- 4. After the Christianization of Pyrrhonism: Shestov's Irrationalism.- 4.1. Shestov's Neo-Kantianism.- 4.2. Scepticism, Belief, and the Doctrine of the Fall.- 4.3. Shestov on Pascal.- 4.4. Shestov on Kierkegaard.- Conclusion.

• Reihe: International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées
• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Religion und Glaube Religion, allgemein
• ISBN: 9780792333814
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.07.1995
• Größe: 241 x 160 mm
• Verlag: Springer