An edition of The book of twos (2015)

The book of twos

the power of contrasts, polarities, and contradictions

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An edition of The book of twos (2015)

The book of twos

the power of contrasts, polarities, and contradictions

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  • 1 Want to read

"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.

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Ellis Press
Language
English
Pages
318

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Subjects

Duality (Logic), Comparison (Philosophy), Theory of Opposition
Edition Availability
Cover of: The book of twos
The book of twos: the power of contrasts, polarities, and contradictions
2015, Ellis Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction: 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Granite Falls, Minnesota
Other Titles
Book of 2s

Classifications

Library of Congress
BC199.D8 A47 2015, MLCM 2022/44666 (B)

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Pagination
318 pages
Number of pages
318

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL33128367M
Internet Archive
bookoftwospowero0000amat
ISBN 10
0944024661
ISBN 13
9780944024669
OCLC/WorldCat
936341101

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