RE: Giving Each Other Pleasure
June 4, 2018 at 2:49 pm
(This post was last modified: June 4, 2018 at 2:50 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 3, 2018 at 5:06 pm)chimp3 Wrote:(June 3, 2018 at 4:59 pm)rskovride Wrote: What was the general reason (in the book) for having such a goal?Onfrey posits a post-Nietzschean philosophy from which we have established that gods are dead. But, most of our lifestyles, philosophies,etc., are rooted in the religious traditions. So, he calls his search for a post religious philosophy "Atheology". Giving others pleasure (As opposed to suffering) is a major focus. The book is the only one I have found translated from the French.
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Quote:An eloquent case for regarding nature itself as the focus of religion—as the metaphysical ultimate deserving religious commitment.https://www.amazon.com/Religion-Nature-D...0791454541
The beauty, sublimity, and wonder of nature have been justly celebrated in all of the religious traditions of the world, but usually these traditions have focused on beings or powers presumed to lie behind nature, providing nature’s ultimate explanation and meaning. In a radical departure, Donald A. Crosby makes an eloquent case for regarding nature itself as the focus of religion, conceived without God, gods, or animating spirits of any kind, and argues that nature is metaphysically ultimate.
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