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Introduction, Kathleen M. Higgins -- EMOTIONS -- ǣSensational Judgmentalism: Reconciling Solomon and James,ǥ Jesse Prinz -- ǣBiology and Existentialism,ǥ Ronald de Sousa -- ǣBetween Existentialism and the Human Sciences: Solomon's Cognitive Theory of the Emotions,ǥ David Sherman -- ǣA Critique of Pure Revenge,ǥ Arindam Chakrabarti.-ǣChakrabartis A Critique of Pure Revenge: A Response,ǥ Robert C. Solomon.-ǣSentimentality in Life and Literature,ǥ Jenefer Robinson -- ETHICS -- ǣRobert Solomons Contribution to Business Ethics: Emotional Agency,ǥ Pat Werhane and David Bevan -- ǣVirtues, Concepts, and Rules in Business Ethics: Reflections on the Contributions of Robert C. Solomon,ǥ Robert Audi -- ǣRobert Solomons Aristotelian Nietzsche,ǥ Christine Swanton -- ǣBob Solomon and the Ethics of Grief and Gratitude: Toward a Politics of Love,ǥ Kelly Oliver -- COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY -- ǣGrief and the Mnemonics of Places: A Thank You Note,ǥ Janet McCracken -- ǣOf Grief and Mourning: Thinking a Feeling, Back to Robert Solomon,ǥ Purushottama Bilimoria -- ǣThe Lost Art of Sadness,ǥ Padmasiri de Silva -- ǣSolomonic Justice, Rights, and Truth and Reconciliation Commissions: A Confucian Meditation,ǥ Henry Rosemont -- SPIRIT AND SPIRITUALITY -- ǣIn the Spirit of Solomon,ǥ Shari Neller Starrett -- ǣSpirit: A Plea for Geist,ǥ Richard Schacht -- ǣDaring To Be Grateful: Robert C. Solomon on Gratitude in the Face of Fanaticism,ǥ Markus Weidler -- ǣSolomon on Spirituality,ǥ John Bishop -- ǣBob on Meaning in Life and Death,ǥ Kathleen M. Higgins -- Robert C. Solomon Bibliography -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements.

Robert C. Solomon, who died in 2007, was Professor of Philosophy and Quincy Lee Centennial Professor of Business at the University of Texas, USA. As the first book comprehensively to examine the breadth of Solomons contribution to philosophy, this volume ranks as a vital addition to the literature. It includes a newly published transcript of Solomons last talk, which responded to Arindam Chakrabarti on the concept of revenge, as well as the considered views of prominent figures in the numerous subfields in which Solomon worked. The content analyses his perspectives on the philosophy of emotion, virtue, business ethics, and religion, in addition to philosophical history, existentialism, and the many other topics that held this prolific thinkers attention. Solomon memorably defined philosophy itself as the thoughtful love of life, and despite the diversity of his output, he was most drawn by central questions about the meaning of life, the essential role that emotions play in finding that meaning, and the human imperative to seek emotional integrity, in which ones thoughts, emotions, and actions all contribute to a coherent narrative. The essays included here draw attention to the interconnections between the issues Solomon addressed, and evince the manner in which he embodied that integrity, living a life at one with his philosophy. They emphasize the central themes of passion, ethics, and spirituality, which threaded through his work, and the way these ideas informed his views on how we should approach grief and death. The multiplicity of topics alone make this keystone work an enlightening read for a full spectrum of students of philosophy, providing much to ponder and recounting a subtle and shining example of the emotional integrity Solomon worked so hard to define.