02499nam 22005774a 450 991077731040332120230828224548.00-19-983908-51-280-84591-00-19-534597-51-4294-3808-8(CKB)1000000000413925(EBL)272411(OCoLC)560592297(SSID)ssj0000214546(PQKBManifestationID)11204379(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000214546(PQKBWorkID)10167418(PQKB)10413616(MiAaPQ)EBC272411(Au-PeEL)EBL272411(CaPaEBR)ebr10233752(CaONFJC)MIL84591(OCoLC)935260684(EXLCZ)99100000000041392520050301d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOn desire[electronic resource] why we want what we want /William B. IrvineOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (337 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-532707-1 0-19-518862-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-315) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE: The Ebb and Flow of Desire; TWO: Other People; THREE: Mapping Our Desires; FOUR: The Wellsprings of Desire; FIVE: The Psychology of Desire; SIX: The Evolution of Desire; SEVEN: The Biological Incentive System; EIGHT: The Human Condition; NINE: Religious Advice; TEN: Religious Advice Continued: Protestant Sects; ELEVEN: Philosophical Advice; TWELVE: The Eccentrics; THIRTEEN: Conclusions; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; ZPresents a study of the phenomenon of desire: how it controls us, how we seek to control it; what wisdom has been offered on the subject by philosophy, religion and science over the ages. This book brings together a range of religious advice on mastering desire, from the Buddhist middle path to the promise of a Christian or Islamic afterlife.DesireDesire.128/.3Irvine William Braxton1952-202256MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777310403321On desire1021108UNINA