The Problem of Human Life: As Viewed by the Great Thinkers From Plato to the Present Time (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Rudolf Eucken

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0265494079 ISBN 13: 9780265494073

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Exploring the problem of human life through the great thinkers

This edition presents Rudolf Eucken’s expansive survey as translated for a modern, general audience. It includes editorial notes, supplementary material, and a new chapter on the American view of life, offering context for centuries of thinking about life, faith, and civilization.

The book traces how ideas about life evolved from ancient Greece to the modern world, highlighting shifts in religion, philosophy, and culture. It combines biographical sketches with concise analyses, helping readers see how thinkers connected personal experience, ethics, and the search for meaning.

• Learn how Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, and Augustine shaped early views of life and morality.
• Understand how Christian thought evolved through the Middle Ages into modern Christianity and its relation to culture.
• Encounter a broad view of the modern world, including the Renaissance, Enlightenment, and the search for new directions in life.

Ideal for readers of philosophy, theology, and the history of ideas who want a guided, accessible overview of life’s big questions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0265494079
• ISBN 13: 9780265494073
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 640