Anxiety and Wonder : On Being Human

Anxiety versus fear, wonder versus curiosity are some of the ways in which philosophers have described encounters with nothing. What does it mean to be anxious in the face of nothing in particular, and to wonder at the mere fact that anything exists, rather than nothing? For Kierkegaard anxiety opens freedom, for Heidegger wonder is a distress and for Wittgenstein wonder and anxiety are deeply connected to the ethical--

• | Author: Maria Balaska
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• | Publication Date: May 02, 2024
• | Number of Pages: 169 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1350302929
• | ISBN-13: 9781350302921