LEADER 02503nam 22005774a 450 001 9910450697203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-84591-0 010 $a0-19-534597-5 010 $a1-4294-3808-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000413925 035 $a(EBL)272411 035 $a(OCoLC)560592297 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000214546 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11204379 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000214546 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10167418 035 $a(PQKB)10413616 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC272411 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL272411 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10233752 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL84591 035 $a(OCoLC)935260684 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000413925 100 $a20050301d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOn desire$b[electronic resource] $ewhy we want what we want /$fWilliam B. Irvine 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (337 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-532707-1 311 $a0-19-518862-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [309]-315) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Z 330 $aPresents 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. 606 $aDesire 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDesire. 676 $a128/.3 700 $aIrvine$b William Braxton$f1952-$0202256 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450697203321 996 $aOn desire$91021108 997 $aUNINA