The Weight of Finitude
Subtitle: On the Philosophical Question of God (Suny Series in Hegelian Studies)
Contributors: William Desmond (Translator); Alexander Harmsen (Translator)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: August 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780791442654
Subjects: Western philosophy; Philosophy Of Religion; God (Theology); Philosophy; Religion; History & Surveys - General; Religious; God
Description: "Ludwig Heyde's examination of the weight of finitude and its relation to God is translated here for the first time in English. Though philosophers may question if there still is room for God in philosophy after Nietzsche's pronouncement that "God is dead," Heyde suggests that a full acceptance of the finitude of existence can lead to the affirmation of God. He criticizes conceptions that have unconsciously dominated our thinking since the Enlightenment.

In relation to the philosophical tradition - Thomas Aquinas, Anselm, Descartes, Kant, and primarily Hegel, among others - certain "experiences" are developed which thought can undergo when it goes to its limits and asks after the ground of all that is. At the same time, Heyde investigates how well the affirmation of God stands up against various intellectual and existential challenges such as Kant's critique, the experience of evil and suffering, and the thought of Heidegger and Nietzsche."--BOOK JACKET.