CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Speculative Philosophy - Donald Phillip Verene - Google Books</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/books/css/_ff77d0f0508c7e0bad470e7d6b7f28fa/kl_viewport_kennedy_full_bundle.css" type="text/css" /><link rel="stylesheet"href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Product+Sans:wght@400"><script src="/books/javascript/v2_ff77d0f0508c7e0bad470e7d6b7f28fa__en.js"></script><script>_OC_Hooks = ["_OC_Page", "_OC_SearchReload", "_OC_TocReload", "_OC_EmptyFunc", "_OC_SearchPage", "_OC_QuotePage" ];for (var _OC_i = 0; _OC_i < _OC_Hooks.length; _OC_i++) {eval("var " + _OC_Hooks[_OC_i] + ";");}function _OC_InitHooks () {for (var i = 0; i < _OC_Hooks.length; i++) {var func = arguments[i];eval( _OC_Hooks[i] + " = func;");}}</script><link rel="canonical" href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Speculative_Philosophy.html?id=mdkods1_jN0C"/><meta property="og:url" content="https://books.google.com/books/about/Speculative_Philosophy.html?id=mdkods1_jN0C"/><meta name="title" content="Speculative Philosophy"/><meta name="description" content="In this original and illuminating work, the reader is invited to approach philosophy as an activity that can instruct, delight, and move. On this view, philosophy can be seen as a key to human education, a mastery of humane letters, and a part of the repulic of the liberal arts. Embracing this approach to philosophy, Verene argues, involves moving beyond modern philosophy's analytical encounter with experience, one that emphasizes argument and criticism at the expense of the Socratic search for self-knowledge. Relying on insights from Vico and Hegel, Verene introduces a new sense of reason, one that sees the True as the whole and that connects reason to the ancient sense of speculation. Reflection and criticism are given their due, but the reorientation of philosophy toward the speculative grasp of the whole of things allows memory, imagination, and dialectical ingenuity to take on philosophical form. In the end, this work show how speculation, symbolic form, metaphor, poetry, and rhetoric are natural parts of philosophical thinking."/><meta property="og:title" content="Speculative Philosophy"/><meta property="og:type" content="book"/><meta property="og:site_name" content="Google Books"/><meta property="og:image" content="https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=mdkods1_jN0C&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&imgtk=AFLRE72Vv6b1FGOr_e_kalppTh2uWL-dJbhZlE63BMqhOtzxdDW7rgNiHV3HD1VlR05wPsKu4pD40Y0JQXg_o-LYtQq9_yYCYwMqxB1msMUgv7qTxw39Nm80_ELW5uD072ltfnfVQ10z"/><link rel="image_src" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=mdkods1_jN0C&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&imgtk=AFLRE72Vv6b1FGOr_e_kalppTh2uWL-dJbhZlE63BMqhOtzxdDW7rgNiHV3HD1VlR05wPsKu4pD40Y0JQXg_o-LYtQq9_yYCYwMqxB1msMUgv7qTxw39Nm80_ELW5uD072ltfnfVQ10z"/><script></script><style>#gbar,#guser{font-size:13px;padding-top:1px !important;}#gbar{height:22px}#guser{padding-bottom:7px !important;text-align:right}.gbh,.gbd{border-top:1px solid #c9d7f1;font-size:1px}.gbh{height:0;position:absolute;top:24px;width:100%}@media all{.gb1{height:22px;margin-right:.5em;vertical-align:top}#gbar{float:left}}a.gb1,a.gb4{text-decoration:underline !important}a.gb1,a.gb4{color:#00c !important}.gbi .gb4{color:#dd8e27 !important}.gbf .gb4{color:#900 !important} #gbar { padding:.3em .6em !important;}</style></head><body class=""><div id=gbar><nobr><a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tab=pw">Search</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://www.google.com.sg/imghp?hl=en&tab=pi">Images</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://maps.google.com.sg/maps?hl=en&tab=pl">Maps</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://play.google.com/?hl=en&tab=p8">Play</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://www.youtube.com/?tab=p1">YouTube</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://news.google.com/?tab=pn">News</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?tab=pm">Gmail</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://drive.google.com/?tab=po">Drive</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 style="text-decoration:none" href="https://www.google.com.sg/intl/en/about/products?tab=ph"><u>More</u> »</a></nobr></div><div id=guser width=100%><nobr><span id=gbn class=gbi></span><span id=gbf class=gbf></span><span id=gbe></span><a target=_top id=gb_70 href="https://www.google.com/accounts/Login?service=print&continue=https://books.google.com.sg/books%3Fid%3Dmdkods1_jN0C%26printsec%3Dfrontcover%26dq%3Dinauthor:%2522Donald%2BPhillip%2BVerene%2522%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26redir_esc%3Dy&hl=en&ec=GAZACg" class=gb4>Sign in</a></nobr></div><div class=gbh style=left:0></div><div class=gbh style=right:0></div><div role="alert" style="position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0;"><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=mdkods1_jN0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Donald+Phillip+Verene%22&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y&output=html_text" title="Screen reader users: click this link for accessible mode. Accessible mode has the same essential features but works better with your reader."><img border="0" src="//www.google.com/images/cleardot.gif"alt="Screen reader users: click this link for accessible mode. Accessible mode has the same essential features but works better with your reader."></a></div><div class="kd-appbar"><h2 class="kd-appname"><a href="/books">Books</a></h2><div class="kd-buttonbar left" id="left-toolbar-buttons"><a id="appbar-view-print-sample-link" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=mdkods1_jN0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_vpt_read"></a><a id="appbar-view-ebook-sample-link" href=""></a><a id="appbar-patents-prior-art-finder-link" href=""></a><a id="appbar-patents-discuss-this-link" href="" data-is-grant=""></a><a id="appbar-read-patent-link" href=""></a><a id="appbar-download-pdf-link" href=""></a></div><div class="kd-buttonbar right" id="right-toolbar-buttons"></div></div><div style="display: none"><ol id="ofe-gear-menu-contents" class="gbmcc"><li class="gbe gbmtc"><a class="gbmt goog-menuitem-content" id="" href="https://www.google.com/accounts/Login?service=print&continue=https://books.google.com.sg/books%3Fop%3Dlibrary&hl=en">My library</a></li><li class="gbe gbmtc"><a class="gbmt goog-menuitem-content" id="" href="http://books.google.com.sg/support/topic/4359341?hl=en-SG">Help</a></li><li class="gbe gbmtc"><a class="gbmt goog-menuitem-content" id="" href="https://books.google.com.sg/advanced_book_search?q=inauthor:%22Donald+Phillip+Verene%22">Advanced Book Search</a></li></ol></div><div id="volume-main"><div id="volume-left"><div id=menu_container ><div id="menu_scroll_wrapper"><div id="menu_scroll" role="navigation"><div id="gb-get-book-container"><a id="gb-get-book-content" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=mdkods1_jN0C&sitesec=buy&source=gbs_vpt_read">Get print book</a></div><p id="gb-get-book-not-available">No eBook available<p><h3 class=about_title><a name="buy_anchor"></a></h3><div id=buy class=about_content><div id=buy_v><ul style="list-style-type: none; padding-left: 0; margin: 0;"><li><a style="white-space:normal" href="http://www.lexingtonbooks.com/isbn/0739136615" dir=ltr onMouseOver="this.href='http://www.lexingtonbooks.com/isbn/0739136615';return false" onMouseDown="this.href='/url?client\x3dca-print-rowman_lexington_books\x26format\x3dgoogleprint\x26num\x3d0\x26id\x3dmdkods1_jN0C\x26q\x3dhttp://www.lexingtonbooks.com/isbn/0739136615\x26usg\x3dAOvVaw0BaLpOL0y_oOQYaGQKVHW9\x26source\x3dgbs_buy_r';return true"><span dir=ltr>Lexington Books</span></a></li><li><a style="white-space:normal" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?index=books&linkCode=qs&keywords=9780739136614" dir=ltr onMouseOver="this.href='http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?index\x3dbooks\x26linkCode\x3dqs\x26keywords\x3d9780739136614';return false" onMouseDown="this.href='/url?client\x3dca-print-rowman_lexington_books\x26format\x3dgoogleprint\x26num\x3d0\x26id\x3dmdkods1_jN0C\x26q\x3dhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/search%3Findex%3Dbooks%26linkCode%3Dqs%26keywords%3D9780739136614\x26usg\x3dAOvVaw3p_rnW8BvGppNCi5D06F3P\x26source\x3dgbs_buy_r';return true"><span dir=ltr>Amazon.com</span></a></li><li><a style="white-space:normal" href="http://www.mphonline.com/books/nsearch.aspx?do=detail&pcode=9780739136614" dir=ltr onMouseOver="this.href='http://www.mphonline.com/books/nsearch.aspx?do\x3ddetail\x26pcode\x3d9780739136614';return false" onMouseDown="this.href='/url?client\x3dca-print-rowman_lexington_books\x26format\x3dgoogleprint\x26num\x3d0\x26id\x3dmdkods1_jN0C\x26q\x3dhttp://www.mphonline.com/books/nsearch.aspx%3Fdo%3Ddetail%26pcode%3D9780739136614\x26usg\x3dAOvVaw2LyhmWCazKHlGYaHmY_V7i\x26source\x3dgbs_buy_r';return true"><span dir=ltr>MPH</span></a></li><li><a style="white-space:normal" href="https://www.popular.com.sg/catalogsearch/result/?q=9780739136614" dir=ltr onMouseOver="this.href='https://www.popular.com.sg/catalogsearch/result/?q\x3d9780739136614';return false" onMouseDown="this.href='/url?client\x3dca-print-rowman_lexington_books\x26format\x3dgoogleprint\x26num\x3d0\x26id\x3dmdkods1_jN0C\x26q\x3dhttps://www.popular.com.sg/catalogsearch/result/%3Fq%3D9780739136614\x26usg\x3dAOvVaw1EpogqT8p0nT7cvjOb5Aag\x26source\x3dgbs_buy_r';return true"><span dir=ltr>Popular</span></a></li><li><hr style="margin-right: 20%; color: #666;"></li><li><a style="white-space:normal" href="https://books.google.com.sg/url?id=mdkods1_jN0C&pg=PP1&q=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1030358428&clientid=librarylink&usg=AOvVaw0ttjPwcEOWenWd2ytCY5b9&source=gbs_buy_r"><span dir=ltr>Find in a library</span></a></li><li><a class="secondary" style="white-space:normal" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=mdkods1_jN0C&sitesec=buy&source=gbs_buy_r" id="get-all-sellers-link"><span dir=ltr>All sellers</span> »</a></li></ul></div></div><div class=menu id=menu><div class="menu_content" style="margin-bottom:6px"><div style="margin-bottom:4px"><div class="sidebarnav"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="sidebarcover"><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=mdkods1_jN0C&printsec=frontcover" onclick="_OC_Page('PP1',this.href); return false;"><img src="https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=mdkods1_jN0C&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl&imgtk=AFLRE72sKxOnPPtLJa04H827uPV7T6wAw82sWrXlVOCKeDzGB3kDfM-XACwROf-yn-J7ne3Hhj8SOZxtP160kNHxXEb9u40sxluGLWZ_iPzDD5LV12t59_VxIEfNHkbg6VzA1-XHor1q" alt="Front Cover" title="Front Cover" height=80 border=1 id=summary-frontcover ></a></div></td><td></td></tr></table></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div id="volume-info-sidebar"><h1 class="gb-volume-title" dir=ltr>Speculative Philosophy</h1><span class="addmd">By Donald Phillip Verene</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3px"><form action=/books id=search_form style="margin:0px;padding:0px;" method=get> <input type=hidden name="redir_esc" value="y"><input type=hidden name="id" value="mdkods1_jN0C"><input type=hidden name="dq" value="inauthor:"Donald Phillip Verene""><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 class="swv-table"><tr><td class="swv-td-search"><span><input id=search_form_input type=text maxlength=1024 class="text_flat swv-input-search" aria-label="Search in this book" name=q value="" title="Go" accesskey=i></span></td><td class="swv-td-space"><div> </div></td><td><input type=submit value="Go"></td></tr></table><script type="text/javascript">if (window['_OC_autoDir']) {_OC_autoDir('search_form_input');}</script></form></div><div><p><a id="sidebar-atb-link" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=mdkods1_jN0C&dq=inauthor:%22Donald+Phillip+Verene%22&source=gbs_navlinks_s"><span dir=ltr>About this book</span></a></p></div></div></div><div class="sidebar-hr"></div><div class="ebook-promo"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/books"><img border="0" src="/googlebooks/images/ebook_promo.png" /><h3 class="section">Shop for Books on Google Play</h3><p class="ebook-promo-description">Browse the world's largest eBookstore and start reading today on the web, tablet, phone, or ereader.</p><p class="ebook-promo-clickme">Go to Google Play Now »</p></a></div><div class="sidebar-hr"></div><div><div id="navbarContainer" class="gb-navbar"></div><script>_OC_InitNavbar({"child_node":[{"title":"My library","url":"https://books.google.com.sg/books?uid=114584440181414684107\u0026source=gbs_lp_bookshelf_list","id":"my_library","collapsed":true},{"title":"My History","url":"","id":"my_history","collapsed":true}],"highlighted_node_id":""});</script><h3 class=about_title><a name="pub_info_anchor"></a></h3><div id=pub_info class=about_content><div id=pub_info_v><table cellspacing=0><tr><td><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/url?id=mdkods1_jN0C&pg=PP1&q=http://www.rowman.com&clientid=ca-print-rowman_lexington_books&linkid=1&usg=AOvVaw3LySsDKqwIVrOd3P5_QSbc&source=gbs_pub_info_r" style="text-decoration:none"><img width=96 height=35 border=0 src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/imgad?id=CNLmrtfh2bjrqAEQaRgmMghsD50c3uSyXw" alt="Lexington Books"></a><tr><td style="font-size:84.6%;color:#666666">Pages displayed by permission of <a class=link_aux href="https://books.google.com.sg/url?id=mdkods1_jN0C&pg=PP1&q=http://www.rowman.com&clientid=ca-print-rowman_lexington_books&linkid=1&usg=AOvVaw3LySsDKqwIVrOd3P5_QSbc&source=gbs_pub_info_r">Lexington Books</a>. <a style="color:#7777cc;white-space:normal" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=mdkods1_jN0C&printsec=copyright&source=gbs_pub_info_r">Copyright</a>. </table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="volume-center"><div id="scroll_atb" role="main"><div id="toolbar_container"><div style="float:left;white-space:nowrap"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td id="l_toolbar"></td><td class=toolbar-pc-cell><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td class=no-jump-cell align=right><span id=page_label style="margin-right:.5em">Front Cover</span></td><td class=arrow style="padding-right:2px"><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=mdkods1_jN0C&pg=PA150&lpg=PP1&focus=viewport&dq=inauthor:%22Donald+Phillip+Verene%22" onclick="_OC_EmptyFunc(this.href); return false;"><div class=pagination><div id=prev_btn alt="Previous Page" title="Previous Page" class="SPRITE_pagination_v2_left"></div></div></a></td><td class=arrow><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=mdkods1_jN0C&pg=PR4&lpg=PP1&focus=viewport&dq=inauthor:%22Donald+Phillip+Verene%22" onclick="_OC_EmptyFunc(this.href); return false;"><div class=pagination><div id=next_btn alt="Next available page" title="Next available page" class="SPRITE_pagination_v2_right"></div></div></a></td></tr></table></td><td>  </td><td id=view_toolbar></td><td id=view_new></td></tr></table></div><div style="float:right"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td></td><td id="r_toolbar" style="white-space:nowrap"></td></tr></table></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div id="search_bar"></div><div class="gback"><div id="viewport" class="viewport" tabindex="0"><a name="page" accesskey="c"></a><table class="viewport-table" id="container" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td valign="top" align="center"><noscript><style type=text/css media=print> .html_page_image{display:none;} .viewport div img {display:none;} </style><div style="height:909px;width:575px;position:relative;margin-bottom:4px"><style type=text/css>.html_page_image { background-image:url("https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=mdkods1_jN0C&pg=PP1&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U3JmbIJB2W032H4AxPRSbZs1q6bMQ"); width:575px;height:909px; top:0px;left:0px;position:relative}</style><div class=html_page_image><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=mdkods1_jN0C&pg=PR4&lpg=PP1&focus=viewport&dq=inauthor:%22Donald+Phillip+Verene%22" style="outline:none"><img class=html_page_secure_image src="//www.google.com/images/cleardot.gif" height=909 width=575 border=0 alt="Next available page" title="Next available page"></a></div></div></noscript></td></tr></table></div></div><script>_OC_addFlags({Host:"https://books.google.com.sg/", IsZipitFolderCollectionEnabled:1, IsBrowsingHistoryEnabled:1, IsBooksRentalEnabled:1, IsBooksUnifiedLeftNavEnabled:1});_OC_Run({"page":[{"pid":"PP1","flags":32,"order":0,"h":919},{"pid":"PR4","order":4,"title":"iv"},{"pid":"PR7","order":7,"title":"vii"},{"pid":"PR8","order":8,"title":"viii"},{"pid":"PR9","order":9,"title":"ix"},{"pid":"PR10","order":10,"title":"x"},{"pid":"PR11","order":11,"title":"xi"},{"pid":"PR12","order":12,"title":"xii"},{"pid":"PR13","order":13,"title":"xiii"},{"pid":"PR14","order":14,"title":"xiv"},{"pid":"PR15","order":15,"title":"xv"},{"pid":"PR16","order":16,"title":"xvi"},{"pid":"PR17","order":17,"title":"xvii"},{"pid":"PR18","order":18,"title":"xviii"},{"pid":"PR19","order":19,"title":"xix"},{"pid":"PR20","order":20,"title":"xx"},{"pid":"PR21","order":21,"title":"xxi"},{"pid":"PR22","order":22,"title":"xxii"},{"pid":"PR23","order":23,"title":"xxiii"},{"pid":"PR24","order":24,"title":"xxiv"},{"pid":"PR25","order":25,"title":"xxv"},{"pid":"PR26","order":26,"title":"xxvi"},{"pid":"PA1","order":27,"title":"1"},{"pid":"PA2","order":28,"title":"2"},{"pid":"PA3","order":29,"title":"3"},{"pid":"PA4","order":30,"title":"4"},{"pid":"PA5","order":31,"title":"5"},{"pid":"PA6","order":32,"title":"6"},{"pid":"PA7","order":33,"title":"7"},{"pid":"PA8","order":34,"title":"8"},{"pid":"PA9","order":35,"title":"9"},{"pid":"PA10","order":36,"title":"10"},{"pid":"PA11","order":37,"title":"11"},{"pid":"PA12","order":38,"title":"12"},{"pid":"PA13","order":39,"title":"13"},{"pid":"PA14","order":40,"title":"14"},{"pid":"PA15","order":41,"title":"15"},{"pid":"PA16","order":42,"title":"16"},{"pid":"PA17","order":43,"title":"17"},{"pid":"PA18","order":44,"title":"18"},{"pid":"PA19","order":45,"title":"19"},{"pid":"PA20","order":46,"title":"20"},{"pid":"PA21","order":47,"title":"21"},{"pid":"PA22","order":48,"title":"22"},{"pid":"PA23","order":49,"title":"23"},{"pid":"PA24","order":50,"title":"24"},{"pid":"PA25","order":51,"title":"25"},{"pid":"PA26","order":52,"title":"26"},{"pid":"PA27","order":53,"title":"27"},{"pid":"PA28","order":54,"title":"28"},{"pid":"PA29","order":55,"title":"29"},{"pid":"PA30","order":56,"title":"30"},{"pid":"PA31","order":57,"title":"31"},{"pid":"PA32","order":58,"title":"32"},{"pid":"PA33","order":59,"title":"33"},{"pid":"PA34","order":60,"title":"34"},{"pid":"PA35","order":61,"title":"35"},{"pid":"PA36","order":62,"title":"36"},{"pid":"PA37","order":63,"title":"37"},{"pid":"PA38","order":64,"title":"38"},{"pid":"PA39","order":65,"title":"39"},{"pid":"PA40","order":66,"title":"40"},{"pid":"PA41","order":67,"title":"41"},{"pid":"PA42","order":68,"title":"42"},{"pid":"PA43","order":69,"title":"43"},{"pid":"PA44","order":70,"title":"44"},{"pid":"PA45","order":71,"title":"45"},{"pid":"PA46","order":72,"title":"46"},{"pid":"PA47","order":73,"title":"47"},{"pid":"PA48","order":74,"title":"48"},{"pid":"PA49","order":75,"title":"49"},{"pid":"PA50","order":76,"title":"50"},{"pid":"PA51","order":77,"title":"51"},{"pid":"PA52","order":78,"title":"52"},{"pid":"PA53","order":79,"title":"53"},{"pid":"PA54","order":80,"title":"54"},{"pid":"PA55","order":81,"title":"55"},{"pid":"PA56","order":82,"title":"56"},{"pid":"PA57","order":83,"title":"57"},{"pid":"PA58","order":84,"title":"58"},{"pid":"PA59","order":85,"title":"59"},{"pid":"PA60","order":86,"title":"60"},{"pid":"PA61","order":87,"title":"61"},{"pid":"PA62","order":88,"title":"62"},{"pid":"PA66","order":92,"title":"66"},{"pid":"PA67","order":93,"title":"67"},{"pid":"PA68","order":94,"title":"68"},{"pid":"PA69","order":95,"title":"69"},{"pid":"PA70","order":96,"title":"70"},{"pid":"PA71","order":97,"title":"71"},{"pid":"PA72","order":98,"title":"72"},{"pid":"PA73","order":99,"title":"73"},{"pid":"PA75","order":101,"title":"75"},{"pid":"PA76","order":102,"title":"76"},{"pid":"PA77","order":103,"title":"77"},{"pid":"PA78","order":104,"title":"78"},{"pid":"PA79","order":105,"title":"79"},{"pid":"PA80","order":106,"title":"80"},{"pid":"PA81","order":107,"title":"81"},{"pid":"PA82","order":108,"title":"82"},{"pid":"PA83","order":109,"title":"83"},{"pid":"PA84","order":110,"title":"84"},{"pid":"PA85","order":111,"title":"85"},{"pid":"PA86","order":112,"title":"86"},{"pid":"PA87","order":113,"title":"87"},{"pid":"PA88","order":114,"title":"88"},{"pid":"PA90","order":116,"title":"90"},{"pid":"PA91","order":117,"title":"91"},{"pid":"PA92","order":118,"title":"92"},{"pid":"PA94","order":120,"title":"94"},{"pid":"PA95","order":121,"title":"95"},{"pid":"PA96","order":122,"title":"96"},{"pid":"PA97","order":123,"title":"97"},{"pid":"PA98","order":124,"title":"98"},{"pid":"PA99","order":125,"title":"99"},{"pid":"PA100","order":126,"title":"100"},{"pid":"PA101","order":127,"title":"101"},{"pid":"PA103","order":129,"title":"103"},{"pid":"PA104","order":130,"title":"104"},{"pid":"PA105","order":131,"title":"105"},{"pid":"PA108","order":134,"title":"108"},{"pid":"PA109","order":135,"title":"109"},{"pid":"PA110","order":136,"title":"110"},{"pid":"PA111","order":137,"title":"111"},{"pid":"PA112","order":138,"title":"112"},{"pid":"PA114","order":140,"title":"114"},{"pid":"PA115","order":141,"title":"115"},{"pid":"PA116","order":142,"title":"116"},{"pid":"PA118","order":144,"title":"118"},{"pid":"PA120","order":146,"title":"120"},{"pid":"PA121","order":147,"title":"121"},{"pid":"PA122","order":148,"title":"122"},{"pid":"PA123","order":149,"title":"123"},{"pid":"PA124","order":150,"title":"124"},{"pid":"PA125","order":151,"title":"125"},{"pid":"PA126","order":152,"title":"126"},{"pid":"PA127","order":153,"title":"127"},{"pid":"PA128","order":154,"title":"128"},{"pid":"PA130","order":156,"title":"130"},{"pid":"PA131","order":157,"title":"131"},{"pid":"PA132","order":158,"title":"132"},{"pid":"PA133","order":159,"title":"133"},{"pid":"PA137","order":163,"title":"137"},{"pid":"PA139","order":165,"title":"139"},{"pid":"PA140","order":166,"title":"140"},{"pid":"PA141","order":167,"title":"141"},{"pid":"PA145","order":171,"title":"145"},{"pid":"PA146","order":172,"title":"146"},{"pid":"PA147","order":173,"title":"147"},{"pid":"PA148","order":174,"title":"148"},{"pid":"PA149","order":175,"title":"149"},{"pid":"PA150","order":176,"title":"150"}],"prefix":"https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=mdkods1_jN0C\u0026lpg=PP1\u0026dq=inauthor:%22Donald+Phillip+Verene%22"},{"fullview":false,"page_width":575,"page_height":862,"font_height":14,"first_content_page":27,"disable_twopage":true,"initial_zoom_width_override":685,"show_print_pages_button":false,"title":"Speculative Philosophy","subtitle":"","attribution":"By Donald Phillip Verene","additional_info":{"[JsonBookInfo]":{"BuyLinks":[{"Seller":"Lexington Books","Url":"http://www.lexingtonbooks.com/isbn/0739136615","TrackingUrl":"/url?client=ca-print-rowman_lexington_books\u0026format=googleprint\u0026num=0\u0026id=mdkods1_jN0C\u0026q=http://www.lexingtonbooks.com/isbn/0739136615\u0026usg=AOvVaw0BaLpOL0y_oOQYaGQKVHW9","IsPublisher":true},{"Seller":"Amazon.com","Url":"http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?index=books\u0026linkCode=qs\u0026keywords=9780739136614","TrackingUrl":"/url?client=ca-print-rowman_lexington_books\u0026format=googleprint\u0026num=0\u0026id=mdkods1_jN0C\u0026q=http://www.amazon.com/gp/search%3Findex%3Dbooks%26linkCode%3Dqs%26keywords%3D9780739136614\u0026usg=AOvVaw3p_rnW8BvGppNCi5D06F3P"},{"Seller":"MPH","Url":"http://www.mphonline.com/books/nsearch.aspx?do=detail\u0026pcode=9780739136614","TrackingUrl":"/url?client=ca-print-rowman_lexington_books\u0026format=googleprint\u0026num=0\u0026id=mdkods1_jN0C\u0026q=http://www.mphonline.com/books/nsearch.aspx%3Fdo%3Ddetail%26pcode%3D9780739136614\u0026usg=AOvVaw2LyhmWCazKHlGYaHmY_V7i"},{"Seller":"Popular","Url":"https://www.popular.com.sg/catalogsearch/result/?q=9780739136614","TrackingUrl":"/url?client=ca-print-rowman_lexington_books\u0026format=googleprint\u0026num=0\u0026id=mdkods1_jN0C\u0026q=https://www.popular.com.sg/catalogsearch/result/%3Fq%3D9780739136614\u0026usg=AOvVaw1EpogqT8p0nT7cvjOb5Aag"}],"AboutUrl":"https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=mdkods1_jN0C","PreviewUrl":"https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=mdkods1_jN0C","allowed_syndication_flags":{"allow_disabling_chrome":true},"TocLine":[{"Title":"Chapter 01 The Canon of the Primal Scene in Speculative Philosophy","Pid":"PA1","PgNum":"1","Order":27},{"Title":"Chapter 02 Philosophical Pragmatics","Pid":"PA13","PgNum":"13","Order":39},{"Title":"Chapter 03 Putting Philosophical Questions into Language","Pid":"PA23","PgNum":"23","Order":49},{"Title":"Chapter 04 Absolute Knowledge and Philosophical Language","Pid":"PA35","PgNum":"35","Order":61},{"Title":"Argument and Autobiography","Pid":"PA47","PgNum":"47","Order":73},{"Title":"Chapter 06 Philosophical Aesthetics","Pid":"PA55","PgNum":"55","Order":81},{"Title":"Chapter 07 Philosophical Memory","Pid":"PA69","PgNum":"69","Order":95},{"Title":"Chapter 08 Culture Categories and the Imagination","Pid":"PA83","PgNum":"83","Order":109},{"Title":"Chapter 09 Metaphysical Narration Science and Symbolic Form","Pid":"PA97","PgNum":"97","Order":123},{"Title":"Chapter 10 Myth and Metaphysics","Pid":"PA109","PgNum":"109","Order":135},{"Title":"Notes","Pid":"PA127","PgNum":"127","Order":153},{"Title":"The Author","Pid":"PA149","PgNum":"149","Order":175}]}},"table_of_contents_page_id":"PR7","max_resolution_image_width":1280,"max_resolution_image_height":1918,"num_toc_pages":1,"quality_info":"We have no quality information about this book.","volume_id":"mdkods1_jN0C","permission_info":"Pages displayed by permission of \u003ca class=link_aux href=\"https://books.google.com.sg/url?id=mdkods1_jN0C\u0026pg=PP1\u0026q=http://www.rowman.com\u0026clientid=ca-print-rowman_lexington_books\u0026linkid=1\u0026usg=AOvVaw3LySsDKqwIVrOd3P5_QSbc\u0026source=gbs_pub_info_r\"\u003eLexington Books\u003c/a\u003e","is_ebook":false,"volumeresult":{"has_flowing_text":true,"has_scanned_text":true,"can_download_pdf":false,"can_download_epub":false,"is_pdf_drm_enabled":false,"is_epub_drm_enabled":false},"publisher":"Lexington Books","publication_date":"2009.04.16","subject":"Philosophy","num_pages":190,"sample_url":"https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=mdkods1_jN0C\u0026source=gbs_vpt_hover","synposis":"In this original and illuminating work, the reader is invited to approach philosophy as an activity that can instruct, delight, and move. On this view, philosophy can be seen as a key to human education, a mastery of humane letters, and a part of the repulic of the liberal arts. Embracing this approach to philosophy, Verene argues, involves moving beyond modern philosophy's analytical encounter with experience, one that emphasizes argument and criticism at the expense of the Socratic search for self-knowledge. Relying on insights from Vico and Hegel, Verene introduces a new sense of reason, one that sees the True as the whole and that connects reason to the ancient sense of speculation. Reflection and criticism are given their due, but the reorientation of philosophy toward the speculative grasp of the whole of things allows memory, imagination, and dialectical ingenuity to take on philosophical form. In the end, this work show how speculation, symbolic form, metaphor, poetry, and rhetoric are natural parts of philosophical thinking.","my_library_url":"https://www.google.com/accounts/Login?service=print\u0026continue=https://books.google.com.sg/books%3Fop%3Dlibrary\u0026hl=en","is_magazine":false,"is_public_domain":false,"last_page":{"pid":"PA150","order":176,"title":"150"}},{"enableUserFeedbackUI":true,"pseudocontinuous":true,"is_cobrand":false,"sign_in_url":"https://www.google.com/accounts/Login?service=print\u0026continue=https://books.google.com.sg/books%3Fid%3Dmdkods1_jN0C%26printsec%3Dfrontcover%26dq%3Dinauthor:%2522Donald%2BPhillip%2BVerene%2522%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26redir_esc%3Dy\u0026hl=en","isEntityPageViewport":false,"showViewportOnboarding":false,"showViewportPlainTextOnboarding":false},{"page":[{"pid":"PP1","src":"https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=mdkods1_jN0C\u0026pg=PP1\u0026img=1\u0026zoom=3\u0026hl=en\u0026sig=ACfU3U3JmbIJB2W032H4AxPRSbZs1q6bMQ","flags":32,"order":0,"uf":"https://books.google.com.sg/books_feedback?id=mdkods1_jN0C\u0026spid=AFLRE73WCNhmoEPmS5sWJKz1dd3MDbTIdgxtoUES6Fc8HPKgMMEWP4ZwXgEvT1nUWx3upvO58WMo\u0026ftype=0"},{"pid":"PR4","src":"https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=mdkods1_jN0C\u0026pg=PR4\u0026img=1\u0026zoom=3\u0026hl=en\u0026sig=ACfU3U0ea3qVkOfV0Q3kxZiUHBuya87p_Q"},{"pid":"PR7","src":"https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=mdkods1_jN0C\u0026pg=PR7\u0026img=1\u0026zoom=3\u0026hl=en\u0026sig=ACfU3U2ku_lv4p7rjAOZxkbdciWuYDHpOA"}]},null,null,{});</script></div></div></div><script>(function() {var href = window.location.href;if (href.indexOf('?') !== -1) {var parameters = href.split('?')[1].split('&');for (var i = 0; i < parameters.length; i++) {var param = parameters[i].split('=');if (param[0] == 'focus') {var elem = document.getElementById(param[1]);if (elem) {elem.focus();}}}}})();</script>