The View of Life

Four Metaphysical Essays with Journal Aphorisms

Georg Simmel, John A. Y. Andrews, Donald N. Levine , Daniel Silver

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University of Chicago Press
03 July 2015

Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Social theory

"Published in 1918, The View of Life is Georg Simmel's final work. Famously deemed ""the brightest man in Europe"" by George Santayana, Simmel addressed diverse topics across his essayistic writings, which influenced scholars in aesthetics, epistemology, and sociology. Nevertheless, certain core issues emerged over the course of his career-the genesis, structure, and transcendence of social and cultural forms, and the nature and conditions of authentic individuality, including the role of mindfulness regarding mortality. Composed not long before his death, The View of Life was, Simmel wrote, his ""testament,"" a capstone work of profound metaphysical inquiry intended to formulate his conception of life in its entirety.

Now Anglophone readers can at last read in full the work that shaped the argument of Heidegger's Being and Time and whose extraordinary impact on European intellectual life between the wars was extolled by Jürgen Habermas. Presented alongside these seminal essays are aphoristic fragments from Simmel's last journal, providing a beguiling look into the mind of one of the twentieth century's greatest thinkers."

By: Georg Simmel
Introduction by: Daniel Silver, Daniel Silver
Translated by: John A. Y. Andrews, Donald N. Levine
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 23mm, Width: 17mm, Spine: 1mm
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780226273303
ISBN 10: 022627330X
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 03 July 2015
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Georg Simmel (1858-1918) taught at the University of Berlin and, later, at the University of Strasbourg. His many books include The Philosophy of Money, On Social Differentiation, and Rembrandt: An Essay in the Philosophy of Art. John A. Y. Andrews is a consultant to the Rhode Island Medicaid Department. Donald N. Levine is the Peter B. Ritzma Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Chicago and the author of, most recently, Powers of the Mind: The Reinvention of Liberal Learning in America.