The History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil from the Earliest Times to the Present Day - Couverture souple

Carus, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0875483070 ISBN 13 : 9780875483078

Editeur : Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S., 1999

Synopsis

In The History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil, Paul Carus shows that the idea of Evil developed parallel to the idea of God. Like God, the Devil was symbolic of a real part of human experience. This classic sourcebook in demonology, a reprint of the work first published in 1900, assembles 350 images of the Devil in comparing the personification of evil that is common to many cultures.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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Présentation de l'éditeur

What is the Devil?

And where did the idea of its existence come from?

From ancient Egyptian religions to Judaism, Hinduism to Buddhism, Christianity to Islam, as well as many more, Carus analyses each religion in turn to expose their views of the devil and where those views came from.

He takes the reader from five thousand years ago through to near the present day to give a wide overview of changing views on good and evil and how different civilisations created varying ideas of the devil.

In the last five hundred years of history the devil has appeared to be marginalised as only a literary figure rather than a genuine fear, but Carus demonstrates how throughout the Reformation, the Inquisition and even the nineteenth century, fear of the devil was extremely real.

Paul Carus provides an extremely thorough survey of various ideas about the devil along with what is good and what is evil.

Carus was a pioneering author and thinker of the early twentieth century. He became the first managing editor of the Open Court Publishing Company which aimed to provide a forum for the discussion of philosophy, science, and religion, and to make philosophical classics widely available by making them affordable. As an author he published 75 books and 1500 articles. He died in Februrary 1919.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0875483070
• ISBN 13: 9780875483078
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 496
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible