Andrew Marker 
The Ladder [EPUB ebook] 
Escaping from Plato’s Cave

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In The Ladder, I claim that Plato was right. All human beings are born into a kind of cave, the darkness of which symbolizes our natural ignorance. What we call philosophy is just a determined attempt to escape the cave and break out into the light of day. The ladder referred to in the title is the power of human reason, which provides the means of reaching that light. Has anyone ever succeeded in reaching it? I do not know. All I know for sure is that I am not on the list of people who have. My goal in The Ladder is simply to help the reader do some intellectual spelunking. I will try to take the reader as many rungs up the ladder as I can. Along the way we will discuss the nature of wisdom, truth, God, and morality. We will draw on the insights of Socrates, Aristotle, Hume, Darwin, and Wittgenstein. Readers will no doubt find much in these pages with which to disagree. We should consider this a good thing. As noted in the Introduction, the books that profit us the most are often the ones we find the least congenial.

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Andrew Marker studied philosophy at Saint John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, graduating in 1983. An amateur philosopher, he lives by Mortimer Adler’s motto that philosophy is everybody’s business. The Ladder, a result of almost thirty years reflection, is his first published effort. The author lives in Delray Beach, Florida.

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Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● Pages 208 ● ISBN 9781450264372 ● Taille du fichier 0.4 MB ● Maison d’édition iUniverse ● Publié 2010 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 6476798 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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