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One of the great living philosophers sets forth his idea of philosophical wisdom as a mean between extremes in the philosophy of life and religion, with applications to ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and practical affairs. This work brings to a new focus the unity of Hartshorne's thought as a whole, showing the relationship between good philosophical sense and good common sense.
"In crystal clear, arresting, and often humorous prose, Hartshorne defends and elaborates the thesis that wisdom seeks the aesthetic mean between boredom and chaos. The best philosophy and the best way to live is an aesthetic mean between positions that are extreme by virtue of exaggeration or purification. His argument advances on two levels. On the theoretical level it explains a theory of aesthetic beauty as a kind of moderation and illustrates the workings of moderation in discussions of diet, lifestyle, religion, politics, economics, and the integration of humans with animal life and with the earth. Hartshorne charms us with the warmth, wit, and wisdom of his philosophic personality." — Robert Cummings Neville
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. The Mean and the False Extremes
2. Moderation in Theory of Knowledge and Philosophy of Religion
3. Extremes in Everyday Life
4. The Aesthetic Meaning of Death
5. Bias in Philosophy
A. Two Views of Metaphysics
B. How Some Speak, Yet do not Speak, About God
6. Religion as Acceptance of our Fragmentariness
7. Can We Transcend our Animality?
8. Metaphysics Contributes to Ornithology
9. Ethical Rights of Non-human Animals
10. The Future of Our Species
Notes
Index of Persons
Index of Topics