{"product_id":"the-view-of-life-four-metaphysical-essays-with-journal-aphorisms-paperback","title":"The View of Life: Four Metaphysical Essays with Journal Aphorisms - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorg Simmel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1918, \u003ci\u003eThe View of Life\u003c\/i\u003e is Georg Simmel's final work. Famously deemed \"the brightest man in Europe\" by George Santayana, Simmel addressed diverse topics across his essayistic writings, which influenced scholars in aesthetics, epistemology, and sociology. Nevertheless, certain core issues emerged over the course of his career-the genesis, structure, and transcendence of social and cultural forms, and the nature and conditions of authentic individuality, including the role of mindfulness regarding mortality. Composed not long before his death, \u003ci\u003eThe View of Life\u003c\/i\u003e was, Simmel wrote, his \"testament,\" a capstone work of profound metaphysical inquiry intended to formulate his conception of life in its entirety.\u003cbr\u003e Now Anglophone readers can at last read in full the work that shaped the argument of Heidegger's \u003ci\u003eBeing and Time\u003c\/i\u003e and whose extraordinary impact on European intellectual life between the wars was extolled by Jürgen Habermas. Presented alongside these seminal essays are aphoristic fragments from Simmel's last journal, providing a beguiling look into the mind of one of the twentieth century's greatest thinkers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorg Simmel\u003c\/b\u003e (1858-1918) taught at the University of Berlin and, later, at the University of Strasbourg. His many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Money\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn Social Differentiation\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Rembrandt: An Essay in the Philosophy of Art\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eJohn A. Y. Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e is consultant to the Rhode Island Medicaid program. \u003cb\u003eDonald N. Levine\u003c\/b\u003e is the Peter B. Ritzma Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Chicago and the author of, most recently, \u003ci\u003ePowers of the Mind: The Reinvention of Liberal Learning in America\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 19, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454492983474,"sku":"9780226273303","price":47.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/29d82d5b8aa270ac94a6cbf3236faf5e_aa995c48-06fc-4622-ac78-e8316ba1da35.webp?v=1778852466","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-view-of-life-four-metaphysical-essays-with-journal-aphorisms-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}