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Ever since Martin Heidegger initiated the destruction of the Western philosophical tradition, we have heard that philosophy has come to an end; that metaphysics has exhausted all of its possibilities; that the history of philosophy terminates in nihilism; that we require "another beginning," a return to the tradition of first philosophy, and a renewal of the question of being. For Heidegger, thinking in a postmetaphysical epoch therefore begins with thinking about being, with the consequence that our views about ethics or politics must first depend upon the meaning of being. Primal Philosophy: Rousseau and the Seduction of Happiness calls all of this into question.0This book presents the first account of Rousseau's thought on the rootedness of philosophy in the question of happiness, while it simultaneously positions this account at the forefront of a larger effort to combat the nihilistic consequences of Heidegger's decision to found the future of thinking on a radical return to the question of being

This book attempts to bring greater theoretical clarity to the often murky topic of custom by showing that custom must be analysed into two more logically basic concepts: convention and habit. Customs are conventional habits and habitual conventions. Once we have a clearer understanding of custom we can better grasp the many roles that custom plays in a legal system.

chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Four interpretations of desireless action -- chapter 2 Desireless action in the Yogasu¯tra -- chapter 3 The desire for Moks.a -- chapter 4 Unselfish desires -- chapter 5 Desireless action in the Manusmr. ti -- chapter 6 Desireless action in the Nya¯yasu¯tra and Brahmasiddhi -- chapter 7 A defense of desireless action.

AbstractIn recent decades, there has been a renewed attention to the emotions amongst scientists of different disciplines: psychology, psychiatry, neurobiology, cognitive science, computer science, sociology, economics, and many others. There are many research centers and scientific journals devoted to affective states already existing. However, studies of emotion have a very long history - especially in philosophy (anthropology, ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, and rhetoric). Philosophers first raised many important questions about emotions and their contribution to the discovery of the nature of emotions is very important. The aim of the article is the reconstruction of the views on emotions of particular thinkers in history of philosophy.

This volume shows the broad value and interest of a flourishing approach to philosophical inquiry: neopragmatism. This language-first approach rejects metaphysical questions about the existence or nature of problematic entities or properties, instead focusing our attention on our practices of using the relevant words.