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All things shining : reading the Western classics to find meaning in a secular age

text All things shining : reading the Western classics to find meaning in a secular age

Summary

A guide for secular readers cites classic works of literature to illustrate how to achieve passionate, skillful engagement with others for a greater sense of purpose.

Contents
Our contemporary nihilism -- David Foster Wallace's nihilism -- Homer's polytheism -- From Aeschylus to Augustine : monotheism on the rise -- From Dante to Kant : the attractions and dangers of autonomy -- Fanaticism, polytheism, and Melville's "e... Read more
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xi, 254 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher
Free Press 2011

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 200 DRE in Adult Non-fiction Available

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