Being in the World: Dialogue and Cosmopolis

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Being in the World BEING IN THE WORLD Dialogue and Cosmopolis FRED DALLMAYR Copyright © 2013 by The University Press of Kentucky Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth, serving Bellarmine University, Berea College, Centre College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, The Filson Historical Society, Georgetown College, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University. All rights reserved. Editorial and Sales Offices: The University Press of Kentucky 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508-4008 www.kentuckypress.com 17 16 15 14 13 5 4 3 2 1 Cataloging-in-Publication data is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-0-8131-4191-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8131-4192-3 (epub) ISBN 978-0-8131-4193-0 (pdf) This book is printed on acid-free paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials. Manufactured in the United States of America. Member of the Association of American University Presses For Josefine and Keegan May their being in this world be filled with happiness and blessing Peace is not an absence of war; it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. —Spinoza Among nations, a common feeling must gradually awaken, so that each can feel itself to be in the place of the other. —Johann Gottfried Herder Beauty is in the ideal of perfect harmony which dwells in universal being. —Rabindranath Tagore Our task must be to free ourselves—by widening our circle of comparison to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. —Albert Einstein ...