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- catalog abstract ""In "The Consolation of Ontology", Egon Bondy examines both the theistic and materialistic forms of the substantial model of reality - the notion that there is some substance, some "thing", idea, being, or principle that creates, underlies, or transcends the universe in which we live - showing how both are logically untenable and dangerous in their consequences. Though little known outside the Czech Republic, Bondy's writings represent a provocative philosophical examination of belief. He challenges the idea of ontological substance and demonstrates how the subsequent teleology of a "higher" level of being establishes a pattern of privilege and subordination in human relationships. In contrast, the nonsubstantial alternative - prefigured by the thinking cultures which developed independently of Greece - the author argues, is simpler, more logically consistent and removes all limits to freedom and creativity. Presented here for the first time in English translation, this challenging thesis asks that we leave certain comfortable assumptions behind and understand how the struggle for genuine freedom, equality, and ontological clarity presuppose each other and are mutually independent."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Útěcha z ontologie. English".
- catalog contributor b12256592.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""In "The Consolation of Ontology", Egon Bondy examines both the theistic and materialistic forms of the substantial model of reality - the notion that there is some substance, some "thing", idea, being, or principle that creates, underlies, or transcends the universe in which we live - showing how both are logically untenable and dangerous in their consequences. Though little known outside the Czech Republic, Bondy's writings represent a provocative philosophical examination of belief. He challenges the idea of ontological substance and demonstrates how the subsequent teleology of a "higher" level of being establishes a pattern of privilege and subordination in human relationships.".
- catalog description "In contrast, the nonsubstantial alternative - prefigured by the thinking cultures which developed independently of Greece - the author argues, is simpler, more logically consistent and removes all limits to freedom and creativity. Presented here for the first time in English translation, this challenging thesis asks that we leave certain comfortable assumptions behind and understand how the struggle for genuine freedom, equality, and ontological clarity presuppose each other and are mutually independent."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-251).".
- catalog extent "xviii, 254 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0739102540 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng cze".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books,".
- catalog subject "110 21".
- catalog subject "BD331 .B59413 2001".
- catalog subject "Ontology.".
- catalog subject "Substance (Philosophy)".
- catalog title "The consolation of ontology : on the substantial and nonsubstantial models / Egon Bondy (Zbyněk Fišer) ; translated by Benjamin B. Page.".
- catalog title "Útěcha z ontologie. English".
- catalog type "text".