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An Introduction to the Love of Wisdom

An Essential and Existential Approach to Philosophy

James A. Harold

The purpose of this engaging book is twofold: to explain and justify the primary objects and methods of the discipline of philosophy, and to show how philosophy is relevant to a person's life and happiness. Both purposes are implied in the idea of wisdom in its theoretical and existential dimensions. Philosophy is the 'love of wisdom,' and wisdom involves coming into a right relation to the world of beauty, goodness, and truth.
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University Press of America
Pages: 380 • Trim: 7⅛ x 8½
978-0-7618-3006-1 • Paperback • August 2004 • $85.99 • (£66.00)
Subjects: Philosophy / General
James A. Harold is Professor of Philosophy and Philosophy Department Chair at Franciscan University of Steubenville. Professor Harold holds a doctorate in Philosophy from the International Academy of Philosophy.
Chapter 1 Acknowledgments
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 Philosophy and Our Everyday Life
Chapter 4 Basics of Being
Chapter 5 The Human Person
Chapter 6 Empirical and Philosophical Methodologies
Chapter 7 God—The Supreme Being?
Chapter 8 Value as the Basis for the Moral Law
Chapter 9 Morality and Person
Chapter 10 Appearances, Illusions, and Realities
Chapter 11 Fullness of Human Life
Chapter 12 A Philosophy of Conversion
Chapter 13 How to Write a Philosophy Paper
Chapter 14 Dictionary of Terms
Chapter 15 Index
There is always a need for a good textbook which can be used in an introductory course in philosophy, and Professor James Harold's 'An Introduction to the Love of Wisdom' succeeds in meeting that need in many significant ways.
— D.Q. McInerny, Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, Lincoln, Nebraska; Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly


There is always a need for a good textbook which can be used in an introductory course in philosophy, and Professor James Harold's 'An Introduction to the Love of Wisdom' succeeds in meeting that need in many significant ways.
— D.Q. McInerny, Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, Lincoln, Nebraska; Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly


An Introduction to the Love of Wisdom

An Essential and Existential Approach to Philosophy

Cover Image
Paperback
Summary
Summary
  • The purpose of this engaging book is twofold: to explain and justify the primary objects and methods of the discipline of philosophy, and to show how philosophy is relevant to a person's life and happiness. Both purposes are implied in the idea of wisdom in its theoretical and existential dimensions. Philosophy is the 'love of wisdom,' and wisdom involves coming into a right relation to the world of beauty, goodness, and truth.
Details
Details
  • University Press of America
    Pages: 380 • Trim: 7⅛ x 8½
    978-0-7618-3006-1 • Paperback • August 2004 • $85.99 • (£66.00)
    Subjects: Philosophy / General
Author
Author
  • James A. Harold is Professor of Philosophy and Philosophy Department Chair at Franciscan University of Steubenville. Professor Harold holds a doctorate in Philosophy from the International Academy of Philosophy.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1 Acknowledgments
    Chapter 2 Introduction
    Chapter 3 Philosophy and Our Everyday Life
    Chapter 4 Basics of Being
    Chapter 5 The Human Person
    Chapter 6 Empirical and Philosophical Methodologies
    Chapter 7 God—The Supreme Being?
    Chapter 8 Value as the Basis for the Moral Law
    Chapter 9 Morality and Person
    Chapter 10 Appearances, Illusions, and Realities
    Chapter 11 Fullness of Human Life
    Chapter 12 A Philosophy of Conversion
    Chapter 13 How to Write a Philosophy Paper
    Chapter 14 Dictionary of Terms
    Chapter 15 Index
Reviews
Reviews
  • There is always a need for a good textbook which can be used in an introductory course in philosophy, and Professor James Harold's 'An Introduction to the Love of Wisdom' succeeds in meeting that need in many significant ways.
    — D.Q. McInerny, Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, Lincoln, Nebraska; Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly


    There is always a need for a good textbook which can be used in an introductory course in philosophy, and Professor James Harold's 'An Introduction to the Love of Wisdom' succeeds in meeting that need in many significant ways.
    — D.Q. McInerny, Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, Lincoln, Nebraska; Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly


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