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Hans Jonas (1903–1993)

Autor(a) de The Gnostic Religion

50+ Works 1,428 Membros 16 Críticas 5 Favorited

About the Author

Hans Jonas was a well-known Jewish thinker, an early and influential biomedical ethicist, and an equally early and influential philosopher of technology in the United States and his native Germany. Born in 1904 in Monchengladbach, Jonas studied under Martin Heidegger at the University of Freiburg mostrar mais before Hitler came to power and Heidegger became chancellor of the university. He received his doctorate in 1928 from the University of Marburg. In 1933 he fled Germany and, in 1964, publicly repudiated Heidegger because of his Nazi connections. Jonas taught in Jerusalem and Canada before becoming a professor at the New School for Social Research in New York in 1955, where he was chair of the philosophy department (1957--63) and Johnson Professor of Philosophy (from 1966 until his retirement in 1976). Jonas is best known for his neo-Kantian ethics of responsible caution in the face of the awesome power of modern technology---especially the power of modern biotechnology, including genetic engineering. According to Jonas, we must consult our fears and not our hopes when understanding technological ventures that can have a potentially devastating impact on what it means to be human (and therefore ethical). More than half of Jonas's books were written in German, including an early version of his greatest work, The Imperative of Responsibility (1984). (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Obras por Hans Jonas

The Gnostic Religion (1958) 606 exemplares
Le droit de mourir (1987) 31 exemplares
Memoirs (2003) 26 exemplares
Pensar sobre Dios y otros ensayos (1992) 14 exemplares
Sull'orlo dell'abisso (2000) 14 exemplares
Entre le néant et l'éternité (2000) 6 exemplares
Materie, Geist und Schöpfung (1988) 5 exemplares
Une éthique pour la nature (2000) 4 exemplares
Problemi di libertà (2010) 2 exemplares
Memorias - Hans Jonas (2005) 1 exemplar
Das Prinzip Leben (1994) 1 exemplar
Il principio gnostico (2011) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Philosophy and Technology: Readings in the Philosophical Problems of Technology (1972) — Contribuidor, algumas edições33 exemplares
On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics (2012) — Contribuidor, algumas edições20 exemplares
Ympäristöfilosofian polkuja (1997) 3 exemplares

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luvucenanzo06 | 1 outra crítica | Sep 8, 2023 |
A lot of books about the Gnostics talk about how they were suppressed by the mainstream Christian church, were an influence on church beliefs, acted as a catalyst to force the church to define its beliefs when it rejected the Gnostic beliefs or goes over the history of the discovery of hidden texts. They do all that but don't really cover what the Gnostics believed. This book covers the beliefs and the differences between the beliefs of various sects. I highly recommend it if you want to know the Gnostics instead of knowing ABOUT the Gnostics.… (mais)
 
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Obras
50
Also by
3
Membros
1,428
Popularidade
#18,017
Avaliação
4.2
Críticas
16
ISBN
130
Línguas
11
Marcado como favorito
5

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