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""Finally in English, the first book explicitly dedicated to the groundbreaking topic of the life-world. Conceived with an intimate knowledge of the manuscripts that would lead to Husserl's Crisis, Patocka's study is far more than a commentary: it brilliantly advocates the need for philosophy, not by idealizing philosophy as a 'unity function' for the modern person's splintered consciousness, but by drawing philosophy itself into the existential quest and returning to its Socratic impulses."" --Dr. Ludger Hagedorn, Head, Jan Patocka Archive, Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna The Natural World as a Philosophical Problem ""provides an engaging précis of Patočka's powerfully original philosophical approach to nature and illustrates his adept deployment of phenomenological method."" --Steven G. Crowell, author of Husserl, Heidegger, and the Space of Meaning

Finally in English, the first book explicitly dedicated to the groundbreaking topic of the life-world. Conceived with an intimate knowledge of the manuscripts that would lead to Husserl's Crisis, Patocka's study is far more than a commentary: it brilliantly advocates the need for philosophy, not by idealizing philosophy as a 'unity function' for the modern person's splintered consciousness, but by drawing philosophy itself into the existential quest and returning to its Socratic impulses. --Dr. Ludger Hagedorn, Head, Jan Patocka Archive, Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna The Natural World as a Philosophical Problem provides an engaging precis of Patocka's powerfully original philosophical approach to nature and illustrates his adept deployment of phenomenological method. --Steven G. Crowell, author of Husserl, Heidegger, and the Space of Meaning

Finally in English, the first book explicitly dedicated to the groundbreaking topic of the life-world. Conceived with an intimate knowledge of the manuscripts that would lead to Husserl's Crisis, Patocka's study is far more than a commentary: it brilliantly advocates the need for philosophy, not by idealizing philosophy as a 'unity function' for the modern person's splintered consciousness, but by drawing philosophy itself into the existential quest and returning to its Socratic impulses. --Dr. Ludger Hagedorn, Head, Jan Patocka Archive, Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna The Natural World as a Philosophical Problem provides an engaging pr cis of Patocka's powerfully original philosophical approach to nature and illustrates his adept deployment of phenomenological method. --Steven G. Crowell, author of Husserl, Heidegger, and the Space of Meaning

"""Finally in English, the first book explicitly dedicated to the groundbreaking topic of the life-world. Conceived with an intimate knowledge of the manuscripts that would lead to Husserl's Crisis, Patocka's study is far more than a commentary: it brilliantly advocates the need for philosophy, not by idealizing philosophy as a 'unity function' for the modern person's splintered consciousness, but by drawing philosophy itself into the existential quest and returning to its Socratic impulses."" --Dr. Ludger Hagedorn, Head, Jan Patocka Archive, Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna The Natural World as a Philosophical Problem ""provides an engaging précis of Patočka's powerfully original philosophical approach to nature and illustrates his adept deployment of phenomenological method."" --Steven G. Crowell, author of Husserl, Heidegger, and the Space of Meaning"

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Jan Patocka (1907–1977) was a Czech philosopher, phenomenologist, cultural critic, and one of the first spokespersons for the Charta 77 human rights movement in the former Czechoslovakia. He was among Edmund Husserl’s last students, and he attended Heidegger’s seminars in Freiburg. Ivan Chvatik is director of the Jan Pato?ka Archive and codirector of the Center for Theoretical Study at the Institute for Advanced Study at Charles University and the Czech Adademy of Sciences in Prague, Czech Republic. L’ubica Ucnik is Professor of Philosophy at Murdoch University in Australia. Erika Abrams is an award-winning translator and freelance writer. She coedited Jan Pato?ka and the Heritage of Phenomenology, and has translated and edited fifteen volumes of Pato?ka’s writings in French. Ludwig Landgrebe (1902–1991) was an Austrian phenomenologist and close associate of Edmund Husserl.

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