Meaning in History: The Theological Implications of the Philosophy of History

The author describes thirteen ways of interpreting history, from Jacob Burckhardt, backward through Marx, Proudhon, Comte, Concordet, and Turgot, Voltaire, Vico, Bossuetn, Joachim of Flora, Augustine, Orosius, to the Biblical view of history. Two appendices deal with modern transfigurations of Joach...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Auteur:Karl Loewith
Gepubliceerd in: The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1949
Cambridge University Press, London, 1949
Aantal Pagina's:IX-259
Formaat:Book
Onderwerp:- Biografie > Relaties en Bronnen > [Écrivains chrétiens latins] > [Orose]
- Werken > De civitate Dei
- Doctrine > Tijd. Geschiedenis > Tijd > [Temporalité] > [Temps cyclique]
- Doctrine > Tijd. Geschiedenis > Geschiedenis > Theologie van de geschiedenis
- Invloed en Overleving > Moderne Tijd (1789-1960) > Auteurs > Burckhardt, Jacob (1818-1897)
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Samenvatting:The author describes thirteen ways of interpreting history, from Jacob Burckhardt, backward through Marx, Proudhon, Comte, Concordet, and Turgot, Voltaire, Vico, Bossuetn, Joachim of Flora, Augustine, Orosius, to the Biblical view of history. Two appendices deal with modern transfigurations of Joachim and with Nietzsche's revival of the doctrine of eternal recurrence.

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