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1、PHILOSOPHYVERENE“Withimaginationandlearning,DonaldPhillipVerenerecallsspeculative(orsystematic)phi-losophytothecenterofhighculture.Hisfoilisphilosophyconceivedascriticalreflectionandanalysis,whichobjectifiesitstopicbutleavesoutitsownaccount.Speculativephilosophy,bycon-trast,cultivatesth
2、eimaginationofrhetoricalcreativityandthesystematiclearningofhowthingsfitintoaself-explainingwhole,aninevitablytragicandalwaysimperfectproject.Vico,Hegel,Cassirer,andJoyceareVerene’smuses,althoughhisdiscussionrangesonfiguresthroughoutWesternphilosophyfromPlatoandAristotletoPeirceandWhite
3、head.MorethananythinkerSpeculativesinceCollingwood,Vereneshowsthehumanisticheartofphilosophy.Ishallcitethisbookoften,repeatingitsimagesandarguingthemouttomyownconclusions.”SpeculativePhilosophy—ROBERTCUMMINGSNEVILLE,professorofphilosophy,BostonUniversityInthisoriginalandilluminatingwork
4、,thereaderisinvitedtoapproachphilosophyasanactiv-itythatcaninstruct,delight,andmove.Inthisview,philosophycanbeseenasakeytohumaneducation,amasteryofhumaneletters,andapartoftherepublicoftheliberalarts.EmbracingPhilosophythisapproachtophilosophy,DonaldPhillipVereneargues,involvesmovingbeyo
5、ndmodernphilosophy’sanalyticalencounterwithexperience,onethatemphasizesargumentandcriticismattheexpenseoftheSocraticsearchforself-knowledge.RelyingprincipallyoninsightsfromVico,Hegel,andCassirer,Vereneintroducesanewsenseofreason,onethatseestheTrueasthewholeandthatconnectsreasontotheanci
6、entsenseofspeculation.Reflectionandcriticismaregiventheirdue,butthereorientationofphilosophytowardthespeculativegraspofthewholeofthingsallowsmemory,imagination,anddialecticalingenuitytotakeonphilosophi-calform.Intheend,thisworkshowshowspeculation,symbolicform,metaphor,poetry,andrhetoric
7、arenaturalpartsofphilosophicalthinking.DonaldPhillipVereneisCharlesHowardCandlerProfessorofMetaphysicsandMoralPhilosophyatEmoryUniversity.DonaldPhillipVereneForordersandinformationpleasecontactthepublisherLEXINGTONBOOKSAdivisionofRowman&LittlefieldPublishers,Inc.4501ForbesBoule
