The Courage to Be; Second Edition

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.

Paul Tillich (1886-1965), world-renowned philosopher and theologian, taught in several German universities until he was dismissed in 1933 because of his opposition to the Nazi regime. In America he was affiliated with the Union Theological Seminary, Harvard University, and the University of Chicago

Introduction to the Second Edition

xi

Being and Courage

1

(31)

Courage and Fortitude: From Plato to Thomas Aquinas

2

(7)

Courage and Wisdom: The Stoics

9

(9)

Courage and Self-affirmation: Spinoza

18

(6)

Courage and Life: Nietzsche

24

(8)

Being, Nonbeing, and Anxiety

32

(32)

An Ontology of Anxiety

32

(8)

The meaning of nonbeing

32

(4)

The interdependence of fear and anxiety

36

(4)

Types of Anxiety

40

(17)

The three types of anxiety and the nature of man

40

(2)

The anxiety of fate and death

42

(4)

The anxiety of emptiness and meaninglessness

46

(5)

The anxiety of guilt and condemnation

51

(3)

The meaning of despair

54

(3)

Periods of Anxiety

57

(7)

Pathological Anxiety, Vitality, and Courage

64

(22)

The Nature of Pathological Anxiety

64

(6)

Anxiety, Religion, and Medicine

70

(8)

Vitality and Courage

78

(8)

Courage and Participation (The Courage to Be as a Part)

86

(27)

Being, Individualization, and Participation

86

(4)

Collectivist and Semicollectivist Manifestations of the Courage to Be as a Part

90

(6)

Neocollectivist Manifestations of the Courage to Be as a Part

96

(7)

The Courage to Be as a Part in Democratic Conformism

103

(10)

Courage and Individualization (The Courage to Be as Oneself)

113

(42)

The Rise of Modern Individualism and the Courage to Be as Oneself

113

(3)

The Romantic and Naturalistic Forms of the Courage to Be as Oneself

116

(7)

Existentialist Forms of the Courage to Be as Oneself

123

(16)

The existential attitude and Existentialism

123

(3)

The existentialist point of view

126

(5)

The loss of the existentialist point of view

131

(4)

Existentialism as revolt

135

(4)

Existentialism Today and the Courage of Despair

139

(1)

Courage and despair

139

(3)

The courage of despair in contemporary art and literature

142

(6)

The courage of despair in contemporary philosophy

148

(2)

The courage of despair in the noncreative Existentialist attitude

150

(1)

The limits of the courage to be as oneself

151

(4)

Courage and Transcendence (The Courage to Accept Acceptance)

155

(36)

The Power of Being as Source of the Courage to Be

156

(22)

The mystical experience and the courage to be

156

(4)

The divine-human encounter and the courage to be

160

(3)

Guilt and the courage to accept acceptance

163

(4)

Fate and the courage to accept acceptance

167

(4)

Absolute faith and the courage to be

171

(7)

The Courage to Be as the Key to Being-itself

178

(13)

Nonbeing opening up being

178

(4)

Theism transcended

182

(4)

The God above God and the courage to be

186

(5)

Index

191

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The Courage to Be; Second Edition

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