Sari: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History
(Ilmumisaeg: 17-Feb-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Harvard University Press, ISBN-13: 9780674302860)
Umberto Grassi recovers a radical critique, suppressed by the Inquisition. A wave of 16th-18th century Italians claimed that Adam and Eve had angered God by engaging in sodomy-sexual practice reserved for the divine. The heresy was politically poten...Loe edasi...
The goal of human life, according to Plato, Aristotle, and the Bible, is to become as much like god as possible. This book, written in vivid and lucid English, illuminates Greek philosophy by showing how it grows out of ancient Greek religion and ho...Loe edasi...
A rich and inclusive history of belief, from humanitys earliest days to our own times Religion is distinctly human. We can’t help wondering about where we come from and why we are here. Did some all-powerful being make the un...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Jan-2007, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Penguin USA, ISBN-13: 9780143038597)
An analysis of the life, influence, and mythical powers of the Oracle of Delphi draws on the accounts of her contemporaries as well as archaeological and geological findings from her ancient temple on Mount Parnassos, in an investigation that seeks t...Loe edasi...
