Jacob Klein Lectures and Essays by Jacob Klein (PDF)

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⭐I am told that Klein liked to sit silently on his porch in Maryland in a white suit and sip mint juleps, as if the white Russian from Germany were some sort of Southern gentleman. That aside, there is no better guide to the transformation of ancient to modern science than Jacob Klein. Klein filled out many of Husserl’s speculations, and Klein’s essays (and Algebra book) are a necessary supplement to Husserl’s Crisis. To point out a small gem: The ratios that constituted the harmonia mundi in, for instance, Plato’s Timaeus, were transformed by Copernicus and Galileo into the equations of planetary movement. This is accomplished by a transformation of the theory of proportions in Proclus’ commentary on the first book of Euclid. At bottom of the symbolic transformation is the conflation of intentio prima and intentio secunda. And further: this is the problem at the base of Kant’s schematism, the problem of how “x” can be “this x” and “any x” at the same time, according to Klein. Considering that there is a straight line from this achievement in symbolization and the computers that today run on symbolic logic, one could more precisely specify, with the help of Klein, the precise mechanism of Seinsvergessenheit that is the domination through symbolization of modern science.

⭐My favorite 20th century philosophers.It’s too bad Amazon doesn’t have this in stock. This is a gem. Klein fosters wonder. He raises important questions, leads you in inquiry, and spurs you on to inquire more. He led me back to Euclid; for that alone I owe him a debt of gratitude. Like Pieper, he cannot be overrated, I think.All these essays are worth rereading from time to time. Some are beyond my scope (e.g. I lack the grammar for following Copernicus and their are too many things already on my plate to find time to acquire it).I’m grateful to him.

⭐The below reviews are good. This is about the price. DO NOT pay $100 for this. The book is still in print. Just contact the book store at either the Annapolis or Santa Fe campus of St. John’s College and have them mail you a copy. The college press still prints this in limited quantities.

⭐I have not read this book, but I saw it for sale for $27 new today (April 14, 2009) in the St. John’s Collge bookstore in Annapolis, MD.

⭐This book contains a wealth of insight into the liberal arts and sciences. Among other things, Klein calls for an end to the false dichotomy between biology and physics, and uses Plato’s Timeaus to make this point. This is truly an adventure of inquiry and opens up possibilities for developing questions he raises in an historical context that speaks to the current times.

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