Greed The Seven Deadly Sins

Zusatztext 'Simon Blackburn on lust and Joseph Epstein on envy have produced little classics: written, researched and argued exemplarily, they take their topics seriously but discuss them with elegance and humour as well as insight. Francine Prose on gluttony joins them at the top of the list with a kind and thoughtful meditation.' Klappentext Engaging! witty! brilliantly insightful! "Greed" explores the full range of this deadly sin's subtle! chameleon-like qualities! and the enormous destructive power it wields! evidenced all too clearly in the world today. Zusammenfassung Engaging, witty, brilliantly insightful, Greed explores the full range of this sin's subtle, chameleon-like qualities, and the enormous destructive power it weilds, evidenced all too clearly in the world today.

Product details

• Authors: Phyllis Tickle, Phyllis A. Tickle, Tickle Phyllis
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 15.04.2004
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy
• EAN: 9780195156607
• ISBN: 978-0-19-515660-7
• Dimensions (packing): 12.7 x 17.8 x 1.9 cm
• Series: Seven Deadly Sins; Seven Deadly Sins; New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities; New York Public Library Lectur
• Subjects: PHILOSOPHY / Religious; RELIGION / Theology; RELIGION / Philosophy; Theology; Philosophy of religion