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124“Caesar with the soul of christ”: Nietzsche's highest impossibilityTijdschrift Voor Filosofie 61 (1). 1999.This article reflects on Nietzsche's striking phrase: “A Roman Caesar with the soul of Christ.” It outlines different senses of will to power. It argues that, given Nietzsche's understanding of will to power, there is something impossible about his coupling of Caesar and Christ. Christ would have to cease to be Christ to conform to Nietzsche'sideal. Nietzsche's views are related to what the author calls erotic sovereignty and agapeic service. The significances of gift, love of neighbour, the iss…Read more
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39Flux-Gibberish: For and Against HeraclitusReview of Metaphysics 70 (3). 2017.The article is a reflection occasioned by an impression of Aristotle’s irritation at the views of the Heracliteans. It offers a reflection that is inspired by, companioned by Heraclitus. It looks at aspects of the approaches of Hegel and Nietzsche as also taking a companioning approach. There is something resistant in Heraclitus’s mode of articulation that makes one diffident in claiming that now at last one is the privileged one to understand him. Heraclitus offers us striking thoughts that str…Read more
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Beyond Conflict and Reduction. Between Philosophy, Science and ReligionTijdschrift Voor Filosofie 64 (4): 804-805. 2002.
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Hegel and his critics. Philosophy in the Aftermath of HegelRevue de Métaphysique et de Morale 99 (1): 135-136. 1994.
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F C Mcgrath's The Sensible Spirit (review)Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain 14 49-52. 1986.
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J Yerkes's The Christology Of Hegel (review)Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain 8 25-27. 1983.
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Desire, Dialectic and Otherness: An Essay on OriginsInternational Journal for Philosophy of Religion 27 (1): 127-128. 1987.
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12Recensie: Spirit's gift: The metaphysical insight of Claude Bruaire/Antonio López, FSCB (Washington, 2006)The Thomist 71 (1): 154-158. 2007.
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Despoiling the egyptians gently : Merold Westphal and HegelIn B. Keith Putt (ed.), Gazing through a prism darkly: reflections on Merold Westphal's hermeneutical epistemology, Fordham University Press. 2009.
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Gently : Merold Westphal and HegelIn B. Keith Putt (ed.), Gazing through a prism darkly: reflections on Merold Westphal's hermeneutical epistemology, Fordham University Press. 2009.
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32Astonishment and science: engagements with William Desmond (edited book)Cascade Books. 2022.Science can reveal or conceal the breathtaking wonders of creation. On one hand, knowledge of the natural world can open us up to greater love for the Creator, give us the means of more neighborly care, and fill us with ever-deepening astonishment. On the other hand, knowledge feeding an insatiable hunger for epistemic mastery can become a means of idolatry, hubris, and damage. Crucial to world-respecting science is the role of wonder: curiosity, perplexity, and astonishment. In this volume, phi…Read more
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10Hegel’s Theory of Self-Conscious Life by Guido Seddone (review)Review of Metaphysics 77 (2): 361-364. 2023.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Reviewed by:Hegel’s Theory of Self-Conscious Life by Guido SeddoneWill DesmondSEDDONE, Guido. Hegel’s Theory of Self-Conscious Life. Leiden: Brill, 2023. 155 pp. Cloth, $138.00Guido Seddone’s monograph explores an ensemble of issues centering on what he terms Hegelian “naturalism.” He argues that “Hegel’s philosophy represents a novel version of naturalism since it stresses the mutual dependence between nature and spirit, rather than…Read more
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10Hegel's God: A Counterfeit Double?Gower Publishing. 2003.William Desmond's misgivings regarding Hegel's take on God leads the reader through Hegel's writings to reveal a path that leads anywhere but to God. The author believes that an idol is no less an idol constructed from thought as constructed from gold.
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12God and the BetweenWiley-Blackwell. 2008.An original work which rethinks the question of God in a constructive spirit, drawing its conclusions by considering ideas received from both philosophy and religion. Makes an important new contribution to the ongoing scholarly debates surrounding the intersection of philosophy and religion Suggests that this junction is not just dictated by religion having to prove its credentials to rational philosophy, but that it is also a matter of philosophy wondering if religion is the ultimate partner in…Read more
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61Philosophy and Religion in German Idealism (edited book)Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2004.This volume comprises studies written by prominent scholars working in the field of German Idealism. These scholars come from the English speaking philosophical world and Continental Europe. They treat major aspects of the place of religion in Idealism, Romanticism and other schools of thought and culture. They also discuss the tensions and relations between religion and philosophy in terms of the specific form they take in German Idealism, and in terms of the effect they still have on contempor…Read more
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45Is there a sabbath for thought?: between religion and philosophyFordham University Press. 2005.Seeking to renew an ancient companionship between the philosophical andthe religious, this book’s meditative chapters dwell on certain elementalexperiences or happenings that keep the soul alive to the enigma of the divine.William Desmond engages the philosophical work of Pascal, Kant, Hegel,Nietzsche, Shestov, and Soloviev, among others, and pursues with a philosophicalmindfulness what is most intimate in us, yet most universal: sleep, poverty,imagination, courage and witness, reverence, hatred…Read more
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61Beyond conflict and reduction: between philosophy, science, and religion (edited book)Leuven University Press. 2001.INTRODUCTION Much attention has been devoted to the different tensions and conflicts between science and religion in the modern age. ...
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