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The question of God : C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud debate God, love, sex, and the meaning of life / Armand M. Nicholi, Jr.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Free Press, 2003, ©2002.Description: 295 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 074324785X
  • 9780743247856
  • 0743202376
  • 9780743202374
Subject(s):
Contents:
The protagonists : the lives of Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis -- The Creator: is there an intelligence beyond the universe? -- Conscience : is there a universal moral law? -- The great transition : which road to reality? -- Happiness : what is the source of our greatest enjoyment in life? -- Sex : is the pursuit of pleasure our only purpose? -- Love : is all love sublimated sex? -- Pain : how can we resolve the problem of suffering? -- Death : is death our only destiny?
Summary: Compares and contrasts the beliefs of two famous thinkers, Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis, on topics ranging from the existence of God and morality to pain and suffering.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Throughout the ages, many of the world's greatest thinkers have wrestled with the concept of -- and belief in -- God. It may seem unlikely that any new arguments or insights could be raised, but the twentieth century managed to produce two brilliant men with two diametrically opposed views about the question of God: Sigmund Freud and C. S. Lewis. They never had an actual meeting, but in The Question of God, their arguments are placed side by side for the very first time.
For more than twenty-five years, Armand Nicholi has taught a course at Harvard that compares the philosophical arguments of both men. In The Question of God, Dr. Nicholi presents the writings and letters of Lewis and Freud, allowing them to "speak" for themselves on the subject of belief and disbelief. Both men considered the problem of pain and suffering, the nature of love and sex, and the ultimate meaning of life and death -- and each of them thought carefully about the alternatives to their positions.
The inspiration for the PBS series of the same name, The Question of God does not presuppose which man -- Freud the devout atheist or Lewis the atheist-turned-believer -- is correct in his views. Rather, readers are urged to join Nicholi and his students and decide for themselves which path to follow.

Reprint. Originally published: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The protagonists : the lives of Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis -- The Creator: is there an intelligence beyond the universe? -- Conscience : is there a universal moral law? -- The great transition : which road to reality? -- Happiness : what is the source of our greatest enjoyment in life? -- Sex : is the pursuit of pleasure our only purpose? -- Love : is all love sublimated sex? -- Pain : how can we resolve the problem of suffering? -- Death : is death our only destiny?

Compares and contrasts the beliefs of two famous thinkers, Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis, on topics ranging from the existence of God and morality to pain and suffering.

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