A Companion to African PhilosophyKwasi Wiredu This volume of newly commissioned essays provides comprehensive coverage of African philosophy, ranging across disciplines and throughout the ages.
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... Walda Heywat: Two Ethiopian Philosophers of the Seventeenth Century CLAUDE SUMNER xi xix 29 31 50 66 78 90 99 149 161 172 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 PART II v A Companion to African Philosophy: Contents.
... Walda Heywat: Two Ethiopian Philosophers of the Seventeenth Century CLAUDE SUMNER xi xix 29 31 50 66 78 90 99 149 161 172 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 PART II v A Companion to African Philosophy: Contents.
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... Walda Heywat in African philosophy is totally unmistakable. It has been known for a long time that Ethiopia has a remarkable tradition of written philosophy. But it is only comparatively recently that the literature has become easily ...
... Walda Heywat in African philosophy is totally unmistakable. It has been known for a long time that Ethiopia has a remarkable tradition of written philosophy. But it is only comparatively recently that the literature has become easily ...
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Contents
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PART II METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES | 261 |
PART III LOGIC EPISTEMOLOGY AND METAPHYSICS | 283 |
PART IV THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION | 353 |
PART V ETHICS AND AESTHETICS | 385 |
PART VI POLITICS | 433 |
PART VII SPECIAL TOPICS | 527 |
Index | 570 |
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Acholi Acholi language aesthetic African culture African philosophy African Religions African societies African traditional Akan Akan language Amo’s apartheid argued Bantu philosophy belief Chewa Christian claim colonial concept contemporary African context critical decolonization democracy democratic destiny discourse divine Egyptian epistemology ethics ethnophilosophy European example existence fact Fanon Frantz Fanon Ghana global Gyekye Hallen Hountondji human rights ibid idea identity Ifá Igbo ikenga important indigenous individual intellectual Islamic issue Kagame knowledge Kwame Kwame Gyekye Kwasi Wiredu language liberal liberal democracy literature logic London Maat Mbiti means metaphysical mind modern moral Nairobi nature Nigeria Okot one’s Oruka person philoso physical political practice principle problem question reason religious role sages scholars Senghor sense social Sodipo South Africa Soyinka spirit Tempels theory things thinkers thinking thought tion traditional African truth University Press violence Walda Heywat Western word Yoruba Zera Yacob