On desire : why we want what we want / / William B. Irvine
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| Autore: |
Irvine William Braxton <1952->
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| Titolo: |
On desire : why we want what we want / / William B. Irvine
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 128/.3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Desire |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-315) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; Z |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Presents 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | On desire |
| ISBN: | 0-19-983908-5 |
| 1-280-84591-0 | |
| 0-19-534597-5 | |
| 1-4294-3808-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823232803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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