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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Jewish Philosophy"”.
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Mathematical, philosophical, religious and spontaneous students' explanations of the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise
… how the concept of infinity is dealt with in Jewish philosophy and what bearing this may have on the explanation of the paradox. We will conclude by listening to two pairs of students' spontaneous explanation of the paradox and examining if students background may have any affect on the way …
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Jewish toleration, assimilation, and citizenship in the British imagination, 1655-1755
This dissertation argues that Jewish thinking helped shape a British identity rooted in a secular, rather than in a religious, ethics. This identity was liberal, tolerant, and cosmopolitan. I show how, in response to Britain’s growing mercantile and colonial empire, British writers repurposed …
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Between Culture and Barbarism: Aesthetics, Politics and the Redemptive Origins of Critical Theory, 1918-1969
Focusing on a series of debates on aesthetics and politics, this dissertation represents the intellectual history of one unique mode of exchange between intellectuals from across the political spectrum in twentieth century German thought. Although commonly associated with liberal bourgeois and …