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Striving For Right: A Return to Traditional Philosophy
The state of philosophy has shifted. No longer are polemics or treatises published by philosophers. When exactly has the last work of philosophy been published? Daniel Lehewych not only seeks to revive the polemic and treatise in philosophy but attempts to do so in light of the very tradition by which students of philosophy are accustomed to understanding. That of the philosophical treatise: something which Lehewych deems to be a dead-art of sorts. Daniel Lehewych, in this polemical and aphoristic treatise, touches upon topics ranging from morality and its history, to the state of modern aesthetics, all the way to human psychology and the state of modern philosophy. In doing so, he calls for all of us to take upon the ultimate foundation of philosophy: the will to truth. The fundamental ethic driving this work is to take upon as much of the truth as one can stand while still retaining their humanity. In Striving for Right, Lehewych traces where the modern state of morality derived from as far back as Plato. He deems this modern state to be one of crisis. Such a conception of how morality is currently asserting itself in the world is nothing new, but Lehewych sees it as nothing new historically as well. We are always in crisis, Leheywch claims, and it is only through crisis that progress eventuates. There has been a reversal in the state of the art world, according to Lehewych. Artists were once of the metaphysical in their disposition, but as a result of modernity have ventured towards the incomprehensible. This is not a retention of the metaphysical, but rather a rejection of the real through the unreal. The difference here is that the metaphysical connotated meaning, whereby the unreal seeks to establish a state of meaninglessness. Accompanied by this, the metaphysical has sprung up in the world of art criticism, and in turn, we see that art critics are like the traditional religious types: attempting to find the extraordinary, in the less-than-ordinary and/or non-existent. Finally, after several aphoristic sections where Lehewych explicates psychological and interpersonal observations and axioms, he undertakes a critique of the modern state of philosophy. In its academic form, Lehewych claims, philosophy has hindered the possibility of the production of new philosophy; instead, he claims, philosophers are far too busy writing books about philosophy rather than producing philosophy themselves. Lehewych does not see the situation for philosophers as gloomy though: he is of the opinion that technology will revolutionize the utility of philosophers in society, as, technological advancement poses questions that need answers, of which, philosophers are trained to answer.
Book Details
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: Jan 22nd, 2020
- Pages: 102
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.99in - 5.00in - 0.24in - 0.26lb
- EAN: 9798602866568
- Categories: • General