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© 2020 Fordham University Press, New York, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Foreword from the Helmuth Plessner Society vii
  4. Translator’s Preface and Acknowledgments ix
  5. Preface to the First Edition (1928) xv
  6. Preface to the Second Edition (1965) xix
  7. Introduction xxxvii
  8. 1. Aim and Scope of the Study 1
  9. 2. The Cartesian Objection and the Nature of the Problem 34
  10. 3. The Thesis 75
  11. 4. The Modes of Being of Vitality 115
  12. 5. The Organizational Modes of Living Being: Plants and Animals 172
  13. 6. The Sphere of the Animal 219
  14. 7. The Sphere of the Human 267
  15. Appendix 323
  16. Glossary 337
  17. Notes 345
  18. Index 359
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Foreword from the Helmuth Plessner Society vii
  4. Translator’s Preface and Acknowledgments ix
  5. Preface to the First Edition (1928) xv
  6. Preface to the Second Edition (1965) xix
  7. Introduction xxxvii
  8. 1. Aim and Scope of the Study 1
  9. 2. The Cartesian Objection and the Nature of the Problem 34
  10. 3. The Thesis 75
  11. 4. The Modes of Being of Vitality 115
  12. 5. The Organizational Modes of Living Being: Plants and Animals 172
  13. 6. The Sphere of the Animal 219
  14. 7. The Sphere of the Human 267
  15. Appendix 323
  16. Glossary 337
  17. Notes 345
  18. Index 359
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