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5.0 out of 5 stars
Couldn't put it down!,
This review is from: Flesh in the Age of Reason (Paperback)
Porter's last work is another page turner! What a gripping way of writing he has, packing in a wealth of information with such an engaging style.
This book examines the attitude towards the 'flesh' or the body from a historic perspective. Drawing on his medical knowledge, as well as his deep familarity with the philosophical writers, Porter shows that the emergence of the scientific age resulted in the 'disappearance' of the 'soul' and the realization that flesh and soul, or spirit, are one. Hence, the implications for religious believers was, and still is, profound. No 'immortal soul', no afterlife; no afterlife, no god; no god, we are all alone; all alone, we live for ourselves and the society which help create us and the civil society in which we live. The enlightenment, especially in the writing of Adam Smith (Theory of Moral Sentiments) and David Hume, both inspired by Isacc Newton, certainly opened our eyes to the point where we cannot honestly close them again! This is certainly a liberating and 'enlightening' book. |
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Flesh in the Age of Reason by Roy Porter (Paperback - June 2005)
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