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A Map to the End of Time: Wayfarings with Friends and Philosophers
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by Ronald J. Manheimer
Sales Rank: 545454
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 332 pages
Published by: W. W. Norton & CompanyEdition: 1st Edition April 1, 1999
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0393047253
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0393047257
Book Dimensions:
8.6 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches
Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Product Review
In 1976, inspired by Tennyson's poem "Ulysses"--in which the hero of Greek mythology declares his intention late in life "to follow knowledge like a sinking star / beyond the utmost bound of human thought"--Ronald Manheimer began teaching philosophy to retired senior citizens, hoping to gain some insight into growing older through listening to their stories. The conversations collected in A Map to the End of Time demonstrate the fruitfulness of that project, putting a modern spin on the search for answers to the eternal questions. Although the dialogue is almost too good to be true in some spots, the analyses of texts like T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets (or more traditional philosophers such as Plato and Mill) that emerge from his stories are often both poignant and penetrating.
From Library Journal
This is a book about aging, teaching, and philosophy itself. On the surface it is a running narrative of Manheimer's experiences teaching philosophy to the elderly. His students and his own teachers appear as characters in a dialog; as in his earlier book (Kierkegaard as Teacher, 1977), his message is partly that the complexity of philosophy is best presented as an interplay of voices. But here a minor theme from the earlier book becomes dominant: philosophy is an expression of the need to make sense of one's own life. The elderly have a special contribution to make, for their long lives demand reflection. In complementary fashion, philosophical reflection may reveal the significance of growing old. Manheimer writes with charm and humility, but teaching readers to philosophize is difficult. Stanley Cavell (A Pitch of Philosophy, LJ 5/1/94) almost succeeded in combining narrative and system, but Cavell's is a much more egocentric book. Manheimer's is a good choice for any public library.ALeslie Armour, Univ. of Ottawa, Ont.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Reader Reviews
A conversational look at how and why older people look at life's key issues differently than younger people. Ron Manheimer is a trained philosopher who began teaching philosophy to retired people and became fascinated by their perspective on the key issues with which philosophers have busied themselves over the centuries. This is philosophy for the layman at it's best, because it ties abstract ideas and theories to real people and their personal experiences. It is almost as if one were taking one of Ron's classes with him - he describes his students personalities and histories and then gives you their interchange in the classes he taught. But the book is more about the evolution of his own thinking on aging and how increasing experience can change one's perspective on TRUTH. The shortfall of the book is that Ron may try to do too much - we get to know some of his students and then they disappear as he embarks on his own journey and then we find ourselves in another class with different students twenty years later. He is trying to cover a lot of ideas and does it easily and well - using his various classes and experiences as backdrops upon which to paint his picture. Some times I could have stayed longer in one setting before he moved on. But I really enjoyed the book and am buying a copy for my mother in law who would have been a great character in this book. It is clear Ron Manheimer loves his subject and the people and ideas he writes about - that love comes out in his book.
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