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All things shining : reading the Western classics to find meaning in a secular age / Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance Kelly.

Van Pelt Library BL80.3 .D74 2011
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dreyfus, Hubert L.
Contributor:
Kelly, Sean (Sean D.)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Religions.
Religion.
Meaning (Philosophy).
Physical Description:
xi, 254 pages ; 22 cm
Edition:
First Free Press hardcover edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Free Press, [2011]
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 "evil art"
Conclusion : lives worth living in a secular age.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-243) and index.
ISBN:
9781416596158
1416596151
OCLC:
464593183

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