Plagues of the Mind: The New Epidemic of False Knowledge por Thornton, Bruce S - 2002-08-01

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

ISI Books, 2004. Paperback. New. revised ed. edition. 279 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.00 inches.

Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2002-08-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.: ISI Books. New. 2002. Paperback. 1882926897 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, NEVER OPENED -- 303 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 8.75 x 1.00 x 5.75 -- From Booklist: "Rather than cleaving contemporary intellectual foolishness to its historical roots, Thornton starts at those roots, advances from the crucial eighteenth century to the present, and concludes with case studies of three modern loci of falsehood--romantic environmentalism, the American Indian as ethical paragon, and goddess worship. The trouble all began with the Enlightenment assumption, founded on similar dispositions in classical Greek philosophy and scholastic Christianity, that knowledge bred virtue. Once a person knew the good, reason would compel realizing it, for humans are naturally inclined to goodness. Thereafter, romanticism demoted reason and preferred feeling but… Ler mais