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Intellectual appetite : a theological grammar / Paul J. Griffiths.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Griffiths, Paul J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Learning and scholarship--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Learning and scholarship.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (248 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The appetite for knowledge--wanting to know things--is very strong in humans. Some will sacrifice all other goods (sex, power, food, life itself) for it. But this is not a simple appetite, and this book treats some of its complications, deformations, beauties, and intensities.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Curiositas
- World
- Damage
- Gift
- Participation
- Appetite
- Wonder
- Owning
- Kidnapping
- Spectacle
- Novelty
- Loquacity
- Gratitude.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-1776-8
- OCLC:
- 820011253
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