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035 $a(OCoLC)936341101
050 4 $aBC199.D8$bA47 2015
100 1 $aAmato, Joseph Anthony,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe book of twos :$bthe power of contrasts, polarities, and contradictions /$cJoseph A. Amato ; [foreword by Dana Yost].
246 3 $aBook of 2s
264 1 $aGranite Falls, Minnesota :$bEllis Press,$c[2015]
300 $a318 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
520 $a"In fascinating detail, Amato explores how the concept of twos--contrasts, comparisons, polarities, dualities and contradictions--has been fundamental to human thought from infant development to national identities. In Amato's telling, two becomes, literally, who we are. His wide-ranging mind ranges across history, religion, art, philosophy, war, politics, and language. The book devotes significant space to essential figures who've considered those topics at length: Montaigne, William James and Isaiah Berlin. Here, too, are Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, Dostoevsky, and Freud."--Publisher's website.
505 0 $aIntroduction: Of twos I sing -- Surfaces and depths, the plenum and plethora of things -- Then, and then again -- Ontological divisions -- Language, metaphor, and meaning -- Self and other -- Politics and judging twos -- Montaigne's contradictory man -- The selves of William James -- God : and ones and twos -- The contradicting god of history, and the paradoxical lord of hope -- Conclusion: Minding and mending our twos.
650 0 $aDuality (Logic)
650 0 $aComparison (Philosophy)
650 0 $aOpposition, Theory of.
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650 7 $aOpposition, Theory of.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01046608
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