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Lust : the Seven Deadly Sins.

Lust, says Simon Blackburn, is furtive, headlong, always sizing up opportunities. It is a trail of clothing in the hallway, the trashy cousin of love. But be that as it may, the aim of this delightful book is to rescue lust "from the denunciations of old men of the deserts, to deliver it from t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blackburn, Simon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2004.
Colección:New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • CONTENTS; EDITOR'S NOTE; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: Desire; CHAPTER TWO: Excess; CHAPTER THREE: Two Problems from Plato; CHAPTER FOUR: Stiff Upper Lips; CHAPTER FIVE: The Christian Panic; CHAPTER SIX: The Legacy; CHAPTER SEVEN: What Nature Intended; CHAPTER EIGHT: Some Consequences; CHAPTER NINE: Shakespeare versus Dorothy Parker; CHAPTER TEN: Hobbesian Unity; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Disasters; CHAPTER TWELVE: Substitutions; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Evolution and Desire; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Overcoming Pessimism; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Farewell; NOTES; INDEX.