[Mobile library] The Devil Wins: A History of Lying from the Garden of Eden to the Enlightenment
❀ Dallas G. Denery ❀
| #1290676 in Books | 2015-01-18 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.60 x1.10 x6.40l,.0 | File Name: 0691163219 | 352 pages
||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| The Devil You Say|By William Elwell|I though I knew a lot about early Christianity and the issue of lying but this book brought me new sources about the struggle about lying and morality. The obscure( at least to me) demanded more of me as a reader than I might have wished. But it is a great conversation starter.|0 of 1 people found the following review helpful.||"[The Devil Wins is] an informative, sophisticated, and thought-provoking account of the efforts of theologians and philosophers from the early Christian era to the Enlightenment to define lies and understand their ethical, social, and political implic
Is it ever acceptable to lie? This question plays a surprisingly important role in the story of Europe's transition from medieval to modern society. According to many historians, Europe became modern when Europeans began to lie―that is, when they began to argue that it is sometimes acceptable to lie. This popular account offers a clear trajectory of historical progression from a medieval world of faith, in which every lie is sinful, to a more worldly early modern s...
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You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Devil Wins: A History of Lying from the Garden of Eden to the Enlightenment | Dallas G. Denery. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
