Suchergebnisse

Wiele rzeczy zakładamy, przejmujemy od innych, przyjmujemy za oczywiste - nie wiedza̧c o tym. Właśnie z tego powodu trafiaja̧ nas czasem słowa kogoś innego. Trafiaja̧ nas - bo już wczesniej wiedzieliśmy coś o tym, o czym jest mowa, choć nie zdawaliśmy sobie z tego sprawy ...

The book addresses contemporary developments in European identity politics as part of a larger historical trajectory of a common European identity based on the idea of 'solidarity'. The authors explain the special sense in which Europeans perceive their obligations to their less fortunate compatriots, to the new East European members, and to the world at large. An understanding of this notion of 'solidarity' is critical to understanding the specific European commitment to social justice and equality. The specificity of this term helps to distinguish between what the Germans call "social state" from the Anglo-Saxon, and particularly American, political and social system focused on capitalism and economic liberalism. This collection is the result of the work of an extremely distinguished group of scholars and politicians, invited by the previous President of the European Union, Romano Prodi, to reflect on some of the most important subjects affecting the future of Europe

Inhalt: Nihilism -- Time flows, the child plays -- Good and evil, joy and pain -- Reason, which hurts -- The time is at hand -- The death of God -- The flame of eternity -- Eternal love -- Our insatiable desire for more future: on the eternal return of the same

The Flame of Eternity provides a reexamination and new interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy and the central role that the concepts of eternity and time, as he understood them, played in it. According to Krzysztof Michalski, Nietzsche's reflections on human life are inextricably linked to time, which in turn cannot be conceived of without eternity. Eternity is a measure of time, but also, Michalski argues, something Nietzsche viewed, first and foremost, as a physiological concept having to do with the body. The body ages and decays, involving us in a confrontation with our eventual death. I