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After Finitude : an Essay on the Necessity of Contingency by Quentin Meillassoux, Ray Brassier, Quentin Meillassoux is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
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From the preface by Alain Badiou: It is no exaggeration to say that Quentin Meillassoux has opened up a new path in the history of philosophy, understood here as the history of what it is to know ... This remarkable "critique of critique" is introduced here without embellishment, cutting straight to the heart of the matter in a particularly clear and logical manner. It allows the destiny of thought to be the absolute once more. "This work is one of the most important to appear in continental philosophy in recent years and deserves a wide readership at the earliest possible date ... Aprs la finitude *is an important book of philosophy by an authnted emerging voices in continental thought. Quentin Meillassoux deserves our close attention in the years to come and his book deserves rapid translation and widespread discussion in the English-speaking world. There is nothing like it." — Graham Harman in Philosophy Today Quentin Meillassoux's remarkable debut makes a strikingly original contribution to contemporary French philosophy and is set to have a significant impact on the future of continental philosophy. Written in a style that marries great clarity of expression with arg
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- Author
- Quentin Meillassoux, Ray Brassier, Quentin Meillassoux
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780826496744
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Fiction, Science, Philosophy
- Rating
- 4.06 / 5 (36 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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