Is There a Sabbath for Thought?: Between Religion and Philosophy

by William Desmond

Book Overview

Seeking to renew an ancient companionship between the philosophical and the religious, this book's meditative chapters dwell on certain elemental experiences or happenings that keep the soul alive to the enigma of the divine. William Desmond engages the philosophical work of Pascal, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Shestov, and Soloviev, among others, and pursues with a philosophical mindfulness what is most intimate in us, yet most universal: sleep, poverty,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823223736
• ISBN13: 9780823223732
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"