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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from ...Show synopsisThis historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ... beginning (initium) of the future life. "It is not yet done and finished, but it is in progress; it is not the goal but the way. Everything does not glow and shine, but everything is being swept." The power of initiative at work in this development of life is re-enforced by the distinct consciousness of opposition to the traditional forms in which the divine truth of Christianity seems to be distorted and obscured by human additions. There are two foes to combat: Romish arrogance and justification by works, and Greek speculation and subjectivity. The contest with the Romish influence is consciously the more important, yet the opposition to Hellenism is in reality not much less prominent. In Luther's opinion, Hellenism had flooded Christianity with foreign systems of thought, chiefly the Aristotelian and Neo-Platonic, and, in consequence, not only distorted it in detail, but transformed it as a whole too much into a mere theory or view of the world. Speculation, he thought, had here taken the place of religion; human reason had settled the principal facts to suit itself, now one way, now another: and the matter of chief concern is in danger of becoming a mere subject of sport, when allegorical interpretation is allowed to make anything of anything. This interpreting, with its various meanings, roused to bitter antagonism the simple sense for truth of Luther's German nature; with irresistible force, he opposed to it the simple facts, the plain literal sense. It is the recourse to history which would here fain exclude all philosophical speculation; and it is the acceptance of the fundamentally ethical character of Christianity which would exclude all intellectualism. Accordingly, the characteristic peculiarity of Christianity appears to be worked ou...Hide synopsis
The Problem of Human Life: As Viewed by the Great Thinkers from Plato to the Present Time (Large Print Edition) – Hardcover
(2011)
by Rudolf Eucken, Williston S Hough (Translator), W R Boyce Gibson (Translator)
Kessinger Publishing
Large type / large print.
ISBN: 116991523X
ISBN-13: 9781169915237
The Problem of Human Life: As Viewed by the Great Thinkers from Plato to the Present Time – Trade paperback
(2010)
by Rudolf Eucken, Williston S Hough (Translator), W R Boyce Gibson (Translator)
The Problem of Human Life as Viewed by the Great Thinkers from Plato to the Present Time – Trade paperback
(2010)
by Rudolf Eucken, Williston Samuel Hough
The Problem of Human Life as Viewed by the Great Thinkers from Plato to the Present Time – Trade paperback
(2010)
by Rudolf Eucken, William Ralph Boyce Gibson, Williston Samuel Hough
Title: The Problem of Human Life: as Viewed By the Great Thinkers From Plato to the Present Time Author:Rudolf Eucken ISBN-13:9781177665469 ISBN:1177665468
Title: The Problem of Human Life: as Viewed By the Great Thinkers From Plato to the Present Time Author:Rudolf Eucken ISBN-13:9781177665469 ISBN:1177665468
Description:New. This item is printed on demand. This is a reproduction of...New. This item is printed on demand. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or wer.
Description:New. 223 pages. Reprinted from 1909 edition. New 2013 edition...New. 223 pages. Reprinted from 1909 edition. New 2013 edition in PAPERBACK is SEWN PERFECT BOUND, much more durable than a standard paperback. This is a quality reprint of an old book of historical value. If the original book was printed in multiple volumes than this reprint is of only a single volume. This is an exact/strict reproduction of text, no changes has been made in respect to the original text. A lot of effort has been made to check and improve each page/scan manually for its quality of text and illustrations (if any, are in b/w). Folded illustrations, if any, are not included in the book. This is not a retyped or an ocr'd book. Index, contents, etc, if any in the original book, are included. This item is printed on demand using good quality natural shade paper. The title of the book, on the cover, is in gold lettering.
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