Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
4. By Way of Introduction: The Intimate Universal—Between Religion and Philosophy 1
5. 1 The Sleep of Finitude: On the Unease of Philosophy and Religion 33
6. 2 Between Finitude and Infinity: Hegelian Reason and the Pascalian Heart 73
7. 3 Religion and the Poverty of Philosophy 105
8. 4 Religious Imagination and the Counterfeit Doubles of God 134
9. 5 God Beyond the Whole: Between Solov’ev and Shestov 167
10. 6 Caesar with the Soul of Christ: Nietzsche’s Highest Impossibility 200
11. 7 The Secret Sources of Strengthening: On Courage 238
12. 8 On the Betrayals of Reverence 262
13. 9 Enemies: On Hatred 289
14. 10 Is There a Sabbath for Thought? On Peace—Between Philosophy and Religion 312
15. Index 357