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Book cover image of The Courage to Be by Paul Tillich

Authors: Paul Tillich, Peter J. Gomes
ISBN-13: 9780300084719, ISBN-10: 0300084714
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: July 2000
Edition: Subsequent

Author Biography: Paul Tillich

Book Synopsis

In this classic and deeply insightful book, one of the world's most eminent philosophers describes the dilemma of modern man and points a way to the conquest of the problem of anxiety. This edition includes a new introduction by Peter J. Gomes that reflects on the impact of this book in the years since it was written. Named one of the Books of the Century by the New York Public Library.

American Scholar

Clear, uncluttered thinking and lucid writing mark Mr. Tillich's study as a distinguished and readable one.

	Introduction to the Second Edition	xi
1.	Being and Courage	1
	Courage and Fortitude: From Plato to Thomas Aquinas	2
	Courage and Wisdom: The Stoics	9
	Courage and Self-affirmation: Spinoza	18
	Courage and Life: Nietzsche	24
2.	Being, Nonbeing, and Anxiety	32
	An Ontology of Anxiety	32
	The meaning of nonbeing	32
	The interdependence of fear and anxiety	36
	Types of Anxiety	40
	The three types of anxiety and the nature of man	40
	The anxiety of fate and death	42
	The anxiety of emptiness and meaninglessness	46
	The anxiety of guilt and condemnation	51
	The meaning of despair	54
	Periods of Anxiety	57
3.	Pathological Anxiety, Vitality, and Courage	64
	The Nature of Pathological Anxiety	64
	Anxiety, Religion, and Medicine	70
	Vitality and Courage	78
4.	Courage and Participation (The Courage to Be as a Part)	86
	Being, Individualization, and Participation	86
	Collectivist and Semicollectivist Manifestations of the Courage to Be as a Part	90
	Neocollectivist Manifestations of the Courage to Be as a Part	96
	The Courage to Be as a Part in Democratic Conformism	103
5.	Courage and Individualization (The Courage to Be as Oneself)	113
	The Rise of Modern Individualism and the Courage to Be as Oneself	113
	The Romantic and Naturalistic Forms of the Courage to Be as Oneself	116
	Existentialist Forms of the Courage to Be as Oneself	123
	The existential attitude and Existentialism	123
	The existentialist point of view	126
	The loss of the existentialist point of view	131
	Existentialism as revolt	135
	Existentialism Today and the Courage of Despair	139
	Courage and despair	139
	The courage of despair in contemporary art and literature	142
	The courage of despair in contemporary philosophy	148
	The courage of despair in the noncreative Existentialist attitude	150
	The limits of the courage to be as oneself	151
6.	Courage and Transcendence (The Courage to Accept Acceptance)	155
	The Power of Being as Source of the Courage to Be	156
	The mystical experience and the courage to be	156
	The divine-human encounter and the courage to be	160
	Guilt and the courage to accept acceptance	163
	Fate and the courage to accept acceptance	167
	Absolute faith and the courage to be	171
	The Courage to Be as the Key to Being-itself	178
	Nonbeing opening up being	178
	Theism transcended	182
	The God above God and the courage to be	186
	Index	191