An edition of All things shining (2011)

All things shining

reading the Western canon to find meaning in a secular age

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An edition of All things shining (2011)

All things shining

reading the Western canon to find meaning in a secular age

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Publisher
Free Press
Language
English
Pages
254

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Book Details


Published in

New York

Table of Contents

Our contemporary 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"
David Foster Wallace's nihilism
Conclusion : lives worth living in a secular age.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
200
Library of Congress
BL80.3 .D74 2011, BL80.3.D74 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
254

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24452557M
Internet Archive
allthingsshining0000drey
ISBN 10
1416596151
ISBN 13
9781416596158, 9781439101704
LCCN
2010021750
OCLC/WorldCat
464593183

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