Self, Other, and the Weight of Desire

It is a brave philosophical statement which, in its very existential stance, merits our attention--independently of any possible agreements or disagreements.” (Alenka Zupančič, Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts, European Graduate School) This is a book about the moral-existential nature of, and t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Toivakainen, Niklas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Other Side of ‘the Hard Problem of Consciousness’
  • 3. The Excess of Descartes’ First Principle of Philosophy
  • 4. The Truth of Desire is Spoken Between Naked Souls: Reading Plato’s Gorgias
  • 5. The Weight of Desire
  • 6.Conclusion