All things shining reading the Western classics to find meaning in a secular age /

Dreyfus, Hubert L. (1929-....)

All things shining reading the Western classics to find meaning in a secular age / [Texte imprimé] : Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance Kelly - New York ; London ; Toronto [etc.]: Free Press, 2011 - 1 (XI-254 p.) ; 22 cm

Bibliogr. p. 227-243

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

978-1-4165-9615-8 1-4165-9615-1

Religions Religion Meaning (Philosophy)

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