Question of God C. S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life

Name: Question of God C. S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life
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ISBN: 9780743247856

ISBN-10: 074324785X

ISBN-13: 9780743247856

Edition: 2003

Authors: Armand Nicholi

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Throughout the ages, many of the world's greatest thinkers have wrestled with the concept of -- and belief in -- God. It may seem unlikely that any new arguments or insights could be raised, but the twentieth century managed to produce two brilliant men with two diametrically opposed views about the question of God: Sigmund Freud and C. S. Lewis. They never had an actual meeting, but inThe Question of God,their arguments are placed side by side for the very first time. For more than twenty-five years, Armand Nicholi has taught a course at Harvard that compares the philosophical arguments of both men. InThe Question of God,Dr. Nicholi presents the writings and letters of Lewis and Freud,…

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List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 8/7/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.44" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Prologue



What Should We Believe?



The Protagonists: The Lives of Sigmund Freud and C. S. Lewis



The Creator: Is There an Intelligence Beyond the Universe?



Conscience: Is There a Universal Moral Law?



The Great Transition: Which Road to Reality?



How Should We Live?



Happiness: What Is the Source of Our Greatest Enjoyment in Life?



Sex: Is the Pursuit of Pleasure Our Only Purpose?



Love: Is All Love Sublimated Sex?



Pain: How Can We Resolve the Problem of Suffering?



Death: Is Death Our Only Destiny?


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index