Desperately Wicked - Philosophy, Christianity and the Human Heart

Informationen zum Autor Patrick Downey is professor of philosophy at St. Mary's College of California. He is the author of Serious Comedy: The Philosophical and Theological Significance of Tragic and Comic Writing in the Western Tradition. Klappentext Patrick Downey explores the biblical writings of Genesis and the Hebrew prophet Jeremiah, the Greek tragedies, Plato, Aristotle, and political philosophers--such as Rousseau, Hobbes, Nietzsche and René Girard--to seek answers to the profound question, What is the human heart like?

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Downey
• Publisher: InterVarsity Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2009
• EAN: 9780830828944
• ISBN: 978-0-8308-2894-4
• No. of pages: 181
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Theologie, Christentum, Religion und Politik, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION / Ethics, Religion - Christian Life, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Anthropology