Thinking in the Ruins: Health, Community, and Democracy

by John Lachs and Michael P. Hodges

While Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) and George Santayana (1863-1952) may never have met or even have studied one another's work, they experienced similar cultural conditions and their thinking took similar shapes. Yet, until now, their respective bodies of work have been examined separately and in isolation from one another. Santayana is often regarded as an aesthetician and metaphysician, but Wittgenstein's work is usually seen as antithetical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826513417
• ISBN13: 9780826513410
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"