African Philosophical Illuminations
The illumination of African philosophy offered in this volume leads to the illumination of philosophy in general. Illuminating arises as an essential task of philosophy, whether African or not. What is illuminated is not already there, but is constituted
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African Philosophical Illuminations
African Philosophical Illuminations
John Murungi
African Philosophical Illuminations
John Murungi Towson University Towson, Maryland, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-52559-4 ISBN 978-3-319-52560-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-52560-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017935446 © Springer International Publishing AG 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
A preface is anticipatory. It anticipates what is to come. Anticipating what is to come poses a problem for anticipation. Because what is to come is out of hand, it cannot be comprehended wholly. If it were to be comprehended wholly, it would not be anticipated. It would be already present. Nevertheless, there must be an awareness of what is anticipated, for, if this were not the case, its arrival would not be recognized. The anticipator must somehow be aware of what he or she anticipates and, at the same time, be not fully aware of what he or she anticipates. This is the case not only with the reader of a preface but also with the author of the preface. As the author of this preface, this is where I find myself. I am not fully aware of what is being prefaced. When I started writing this preface, I was not fully aware of what was to follow. I did not fully have in hand what I wanted to preface. Accordingly, this preface remains incomplete and, most likely, will remain so, for what it prefaces is likely to be incomplete. A philosophical work is, of necessity, incomplete. Because this is a philosophical work, it deserves a philosophical preface. What makes a preface philosophical is that, in it, there is prefigured what is philosophica
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