The Problem of Metaphysics (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. 'Thrusting against the limits of language': an aspect of Plato's Republic; 3. Metaphysics and fact; 4. Empiricism: a note; 5. Ethics and metaphysics; 6. Parable, ethics and metaphysics I; 7. Parable, ethics and metaphysics II; 8. Return to Plato and Aristotle; 9. Empiricism and transcendence; 10. Miracle, irony, tragedy; 11. The transcendence of the tragic; 12. Ethics and tragedy; 13. The notion of presence; 14. Conclusion; Index of proper names.