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David Pan
David Tse-Chien Pan (born 1963) is an American literary scholar and Professor of German at the University of California, Irvine. He is known for his works on German literature and German philosophy, intellectual history. Pan was a member of the Commission on Unalienable Rights. In 2024, he was the Republican candidate for U.S. representative of California's 46th congressional district. Books * ''Sacrifice in the Modern World: On the Particularity and Generality of Nazi Myth'', Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2012. 184 pp. * ''Kleists Erzählungen und Dramen: Neue Studien''. Edited with Paul Michael Lützeler. Würzburg: Königshausen und Neumann, 2001. 263 pp. * ''Primitive Renaissance: Rethinking German Expressionism''. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2001. 239 pp. References External links * 1963 births Living people 21st-century American philosophers American philosophy academics University of California, Irvine alumni Columbia University alumni Stan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Philosophy
Western philosophy refers to the Philosophy, philosophical thought, traditions and works of the Western world. Historically, the term refers to the philosophical thinking of Western culture, beginning with the ancient Greek philosophy of the Pre-Socratic philosophy, pre-Socratics. The word ''philosophy'' itself originated from the Ancient Greek (φιλοσοφία), literally, "the love of wisdom" , "to love" and σοφία ''Sophia (wisdom), sophía'', "wisdom". History Ancient The scope of ancient Western philosophy included the problems of philosophy as they are understood today; but it also included many other disciplines, such as pure mathematics and natural sciences such as physics, astronomy, and biology (Aristotle, for example, wrote on all of these topics). Pre-Socratics The pre-Socratic philosophers were interested in cosmology (the nature and origin of the universe), while rejecting unargued fables in place for argued theory, i.e., dogma superseded reason, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
