The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion
Reeks: Penguin Great Ideas
Arthur Schopenhauer
- A
- fascinating
- examination
- of
- ethics,
- religion
- and
- psychology,
- this
- selection
- of
- Schopenhauer's
- works
- contains
- scathing
- attack
- on
- the
- nature
- and
- logic
- of
- religion,
- and
- an
- essay
- on
- ethics
- that
- ranges
- from
- the
- American
- slavery
- debate
- to
- the
- vices
- of
- Buddhism.Throughout
- history,
- some
- books
- have
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- the
- world.
- They
- have
- transformed
- the
- way
- we
- see
- ourselves
- -
- and
- each
- other.
- They
- have
- inspired
- debate,
- dissent,
- war
- and
- revolution.
- They
- have
- enlightened,
- outraged,
- provoked
- and
- comforted.
- They
- have
- enriched
- lives
- -
- and
- destroyed
- them.
- Now
- Penguin
- brings
- you
- the
- works
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- the
- great
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- pioneers,
- radicals
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- visionaries
- whose
- ideas
- shook
- civilization
- and
- helped
- make
- us
- who
- we are.
