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"Many of history's greatest thinkers have wrestled with the ultimate question of belief and nonbelief in God. Though it might seem unlikely that any new arguments could possibly be raised on either side, the twentieth century managed to produce two men who each made brilliant, new, and lasting... read more
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Characters/People edit
- C. S. Lewis: Author.
- Freud: Psychologist.
- Martha: Add a description of this character.
- Oskar Pfister
- Chesterton
- Anna
- Silberstein
- Greeves
- Raphael
- Jack
- Mrs. Moore
- Ernest Jones
- St. Paul
- Milton
- George Sayer
- Warren
- Sophie
First Sentence edit
Although C. S. Lewis, a full generation younger than Sigmund Freud, embraced Freud's atheism during the first half of his life, he eventually rejected that view.
Table of Contents edit
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?
Authors & Contributors edit
- Armand M. Nicholi, Jr. (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: BX5199.L53 N534 2002
- Dewey: 291
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