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Care Crosses the River
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Hans Blumenberg
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics

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In this accessible collection of short meditations on various topics, Blumenberg works as a detective of ideas scouring the periphery of intellectual and philos
Shipwreck With Spectator
Language: en
Pages: 148
Authors: Hans Blumenberg
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: MIT Press

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This elegant essay exemplifies Blumenberg's ideas about the ability of the historical study of metaphor to illuminate essential aspects of being human. Original
Work on Myth
Language: en
Pages: 727
Authors: Hans Blumenberg
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988-03-18 - Publisher: MIT Press

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In this rich examination of how we inherit and transform myths, Hans Blumenberg continues his study of the philosophical roots of the modern world. Work on Myth
The Genesis of the Copernican World
Language: en
Pages: 838
Authors: Hans Blumenberg
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 1987 - Publisher: MIT Press

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This major work by the German philosopher Hans Blumenberg is a monumental rethinking of the significance of the Copernican revolution for our understanding of m
Paradigms for a Metaphorology
Language: en
Pages: 161
Authors: Hans Blumenberg
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-27 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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What role do metaphors play in philosophical language? Are they impediments to clear thinking and clear expression, rhetorical flourishes that may well help to