Name: Infidels and Unreasonable Gods: Do not Necessarily Despair of Being Possessed by Unreasonable Ideas
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Author: James Morrison
ISBN: 9781728398471

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Infidels and Unreasonable Gods: Do not Necessarily Despair of Being Possessed by Unreasonable Ideas

Type

Physical Book

Author

James Morrison

Publisher

Authorhouse Uk

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

178

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781728398471

Synopsis "Infidels and Unreasonable Gods: Do not Necessarily Despair of Being Possessed by Unreasonable Ideas "

To understand the world, you must have a basic understanding of Western philosophers and the philosophers who have shaped the world. This concise, jargon-free, plain-language layman's guide examines the writings of the major modern philosophers, including Socrates, Diogenes, Plato, Nietzsche, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, and others. These philosophers seek to answer questions such as: • Can science explain the world? • Is a wise person necessarily rational? • Should one aspire to authenticity? • Is God unbelievable? Throughout the book, God and faith - and what history's greatest thinkers have said on those topics - are major themes. For instance, Schopenhauer preferred Oriental mysticism to Enlightenment rationalism and scheduled his university lectures to clash with Hegel, whose grand vision of reasonable progress he hated. The author also examines what modern philosophers said about how we can live heroically, conflicts between Protestantism and Catholicism, and reconciling faith and reason. Find out why the gods will always exist and what their mere existence says about humanity by following what history's greatest philosophers have argued.

James Morrison

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Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland. He has extensive experience in both the private and public sectors. Through his acclaimed practical books –including the most recent, Diagnosis Made Easier, Second Edition and DSM-5 Made Easy: The Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis–, Dr. Morrison has guided hundreds of thousands of mental health professionals and students through the complexities of clinical assessment and diagnosis. His website (www.guilford.com/jm) offers further discussion and additional resources related to psychiatric diagnosis and the DSM-5.

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