Reviews for Philosophic Classics, Vol. III: Modern Philosophy

The average rating for Philosophic Classics, Vol. III: Modern Philosophy based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-01-20 00:00:00 Sean Scally 260215: this is not exactly a lesser merleau-ponty collection- it just contains work i have already read, or have little interest in, and with no new commentary or other-authored essays on the work presented. if this had been my first m-p collection, i think i would see it a five. but some i read here, again, as 'what is phenomenology?' twice, 'cezanne's doubt', third time, 'eye and mind', third time, some are perhaps required engagement of politics for mid-century philosophers, on marxism, politics, in 'human engineering', 'man and adversity', epilogue to 'adventures of the dialectic'... but i am always already uninterested in politics through philosophy... on the other, yes these are great works by m-p, listen to him in conversation with other philosophers on 'primacy of perception and philosophical consequences', give a good sketch of his thought- even an unpublished prospectus of his work to which he is faithful- and a great exploration of what painting is to m-p in 'indirect language and voices of silence' and it is not difficult, but engaging, stimulating and always a bit sad to read and know it as his last work promised in 'chiasm', 'notes', or published in 'eye and mind'...

Review # 2 was written on 2014-05-19 00:00:00 Stephen Hook Read Cezanne's Doubt.