<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In this accessible collection of short meditations on various topics, Blumenberg works as a detective of ideas scouring the periphery of intellectual and philosophical history for clues--metaphors, gestures, anecdotes--essential to grasping human finitude.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In this accessible collection of short meditations on various topics, Blumenberg works as a detective of ideas scouring the periphery of intellectual and philosophical history for clues-metaphors, gestures, anecdotes-essential to grasping human finitude.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>[T]ranslated by Paul Fleming with supreme tact and understanding . . . [this is a] provocative, lyrical book.--Christopher D. Johnson "<i>Intellectual History Review</i>"<br><br>Blumenberg perhaps anticipated the appeal of more Twitter-sized chunks of prose for a different kind of audience [than that of his other works]. <i>Care Crosses the River</i> is a wonderful example of that genre . . . which is not to say that this reader-friendly genre is less intellectually impressive than the larger works.--Bruce Krajewski "<i>Common Knowledge</i>"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Hans Blumenberg (1920-1996) was one of Germany's most important postwar philosophers. Among his works available in English are: <i>The Legitimacy of the Modern Age</i> (1985), <i>Work on Myth</i> (1986), <i>The Genesis of the Copernican World</i> (1989), and <i>Shipwreck with Spectator</i> (1996).
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