Ineffability The Failure of Words in Philosophy and Religion

Name: Ineffability The Failure of Words in Philosophy and Religion
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ISBN: 9780791413487

ISBN-10: 0791413489

ISBN-13: 9780791413487

Edition: 1993

Authors: Ben-Ami Scharfstein

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Describes the extraordinary powers than have been attributed to language everywhere, and then its failure to express important aspects in the major philosophical systems of Indian, China, Japan, and the west. Argues that just as there is something of our ordinary awkwardness with words in the linguistic struggles of philosophers, so also there is something transcendent in how words function in daily life. No subject index. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 3/18/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Psychological Prelude



The Exaltation of Words



The Devaluation of Words



Reasons behind Reasons for Ineffability



In Judgment of Ineffability


Notes


Bibliography


Index of Names