ABSTRACT
First published in 1964, this is not just a chronicle or encyclopaedia, but deals thoroughly in turn with meaning, view about reason, and views about values, particularly moral values. The author's knowledge of French literature is extensive and thorough, and a feature of the book is his analysis of the philosophical implications of literary works by Sartre, Paul Valery, Camus and others.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |1 pages
Part one: The search for significance
part |1 pages
Part two: The role of reason and the concept
chapter |17 pages
As mediation between subject and object. Alquié
chapter |4 pages
As an assimilating force within the world. André Lalande
chapter |5 pages
As a dissimilating force. Gaston Bachelard and E.Morot-Sir
part |1 pages
Part three: Norms and values
chapter |13 pages
Closed and open evolutionary morality. Bergson’s The Two Sources
chapter |6 pages
Involutionary morality. André Lalande
chapter |7 pages
The creation of values. Raymond Polin
chapter |14 pages
The contingency of value. Vladimir Jankélévitch
chapter |2 pages
Detail and atmosphere. René Le Senne
part |1 pages
Part four: Towards a definition of authenticity