| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 292 pages) |
| Contents |
"God saw that it was good": the creation of the world in the Hebrew Bible -- A divine craftsman shapes all for the good: Plato's realm of the forms -- Change and the good: Chinese perspectives -- The harmony of reason and revelation: Augustine and Maimonides on good and evil -- You are the absolute: philosophies of India -- Compassion, wisdom, awakening: the way of Buddhism -- The good is that to which all things aim: Aristotle on God and the good -- The philosopher as teacher: Al-Farabi on contemplation and action -- The imitation of God: Maimonides on the active and the contemplative life -- The dance of human expression: al-Ghazali and Maimonides |
| Summary |
Diana Lobel engages readers in a journey of discovery across Eastern and Western philosophical and religious traditions to discover a beauty and purpose at the heart of reality that makes life worth living. Guided by the ideas of ancient thinkers and the insight of the philosophical historian Pierre Hadot, The Quest for God and the Good does not treat philosophy as an abstract, theoretical discipline, but as a living experience. For centuries, human beings have struggled to know why we are here, whether a higher being or dimension exists, and whether our existence is fun |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-277) and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Philosophy and religion.
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God -- Comparative studies
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Good and evil -- Religious aspects -- Comparative studies
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Religious life -- Comparative studies
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Gaia & Earth Energies.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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RELIGION -- Theology.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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God
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Good and evil -- Religious aspects
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Philosophy and religion
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Religious life
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| Genre/Form |
Comparative studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780231527019 |
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0231527012 |
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