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Williams, Jay G.

 
9780819178862: The Riddle of the Sphinx: Thoughts About the Human Enigma
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0819178861 ISBN 13 : 9780819178862
Editeur : University Press of America, 1990

Synopsis

Through a series of 144 short texts on twelve key subjects, this text introduces the reader to some of the central perplexities of human life. Along with those texts written by the author himself are selections from such sources as Genesis and Lao Tzu, Plato and the Upanishads, Hume and Wittgenstein, Augustine and Ecclesiastes, to name but a few. Topics range from the nature of language to pleasure and pain to life after death. Most of the classical questions of the philosophy of religion are introduced. Contents: The Sphinx; Words; Good and Evil; Time; The Self; Pleasure and Pain; That None Greater Than Which can be Conceived; Knowing and Not Knowing; Prescription; Transformation; The Good Life; and Life After Death.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jay G. Williams is Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religion at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York.

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Éditeur
University Press of America
Date d'édition
1990
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0819178861
ISBN 13 
9780819178862
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
228
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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