Conditions handsome and unhandsome : the constitution of Emersonian perfectionism

Part 1 Aversive thinking: Emersonian representation in Heidegger and Nietzsche. Part 2 The argument of the ordinary: scenes of instruction in Wittgenstein and in Kripke. Part 3 The conversation of justice: Rawls and the drama of consent epilogue. Appendices: hope against hope a cover letter.