Existentialism is not part of our classical inheritance. Nor it is peculiar to contemporary civilization. It can trace its lines back to the urgent tones of Biblical Christianity and Judaism, its philosophical analyses to Saint Augustine. Its exasperated rhetoric is at heart religious; as a philosophy it pleads for assent. What we now associate with Sartre and Kierkegaard, as well as with much of the art and thought of the past hundred years, reaffirms the initial article of any Western "first philosophy," a respect for oneself: "Love thy neighbor as thyself."

Existentialism: A Theory of Man

Politics & Social Sciences

Harper, Ralph

Philosophy

Harvard University Press

In these three predecessors of existentialism, all of whom were profoundly influenced by Stendhal, author Ralph Harper finds evidence of that spiritual isolation which leads ultimately to personal solitude and philosophical nihilism. To these negative modes of being he opposes the alternatives embodied by St. Augustine and Proust―the passion for God and the passion for creation.

The Seventh Solitude: Metaphysical Homelessness in Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, and Nietzsche

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Johns Hopkins University Press

The Reverend Ralph Harper, a philosopher and theologian, has been credited with introducing existentialism to North America in 1948 with his work Existentialism: A Theory of Man. Forty years later, Harper delved deeper into the interior life of the human imagination in On Presence: Variations and Reflections. Winner of the 1992 Grawemeyer Award in Religion, On Presence is an insightful articulation of mankind's experience of presence. Drawing from philosophers like Kierkegaard, Heidegger, and Marcel, theologians like Augustine, Aquinas, and Tillich, mystics like Meister Eckhart and John of the Cross, and novelists like Dostoevsky and Proust, this compelling work considers the transcendent and religious dimensions of the ordinary mysteries in everyday life.

On Presence: Variations and Reflections

First Edition bound in purple cloth. A fine copy in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. 2" vertical scratch on the jacket's rear panel.

The world of the thriller

Genre Fiction

Press of Case Western Reserve University

Has a foreword by Martin D'Arcy. Retells the story of Sleeping Beauty, relating it to individual existence, history and to trends of modern philosophy.

The Sleeping Beauty and Other Essays

Cowley Pubns

The Reverend Ralph Harper, a philosopher and theologian, has been credited with introducing existentialism to North America in 1948 with his work Existentialism: A Theory of Man. Forty years later, Harper delved deeper into the interior life of the human imagination in On Presence: Variations and Reflections. Winner of the 1992 Grawemeyer Award in Religion, On Presence is an insightful articulation of mankind's experience of presence. Drawing from philosophers like Kierkegaard, Heidegger, and Marcel, theologians like Augustine, Aquinas, and Tillich, mystics like Meister Eckhart and John of the Cross, and novelists like Dostoevsky and Proust, this compelling work considers the transcendent and religious dimensions of the ordinary mysteries in everyday life.

Religion & Spirituality

New Age & Spirituality

UNKNO

The Second Chance

A powerful leader, public speaker, and mentor, Ralph Harper has launched his plan for a more literate, more inclusive, more crime-free America. In this important book, he outlines the journey of black Americans, from the bonds of slavery to the first black president, to the current struggles black Americans - including the author - have experienced. In Own the Change: How Black American Children can Further the Next Cultural Movement, Harper points out that the seventh decade of each century has brought great change for black Americans. Now, as we approach the 2060s, we must raise the next generations in a way that will set them up for success. His seven life principles, which emphasize a sense of duty, accountability, education, and hard work, will benefit people of every race, creed, and social status. A must-read for students of black history and for anyone interested in social change, this book outlines steps readers can take right now to make America the ''perfect union'' of equality and prosperity it has always had the potential to be.

Own the Change: How Our Children Will Lead the Next Cultural Movement

Social Sciences

Brown Books Pub Group

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Existentialism: A Theory of Man

The Seventh Solitude: Metaphysical Homelessness in Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, and Nietzsche

On Presence: Variations and Reflections

The world of the thriller

The Sleeping Beauty and Other Essays

On Presence: Variations and Reflections

The Second Chance

Own the Change: How Our Children Will Lead the Next Cultural Movement