ABSTRACT

The work of Raimond Gaita, in books such as Good and Evil: An Absolute Conception, A Common Humanity and The Philosopher’s Dog, has made an outstanding and controversial contribution to philosophy and to the wider culture. In this superb collection an international team of contributors explore issues across the wide range of Gaita’s thought, including the nature of good and evil, philosophy and biography, the unthinkable, Plato and ancient philosophy, Wittgenstein, the religious dimensions of Gaita’s work, aspects of the Holocaust, and aboriginal reconciliation in Australia.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

Philosophy in Celebration

chapter |16 pages

The Work of Saintly Love

The Religious Impulse in Gaita's Writing

chapter |19 pages

Gaita and Plato

Goodness, Love and Beauty

chapter |22 pages

The Meaning of What We have Done

Humanity, Invisibility and Law in the European Settlement of Australia 1

chapter |18 pages

Primo Levi

An Appreciation

chapter |20 pages

‘It Goes Deep with Me'

Plato's Charmides on Knowledge, Self-Knowledge and Integrity 1