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Ludwig Wittgenstein: An Intellectual Biography

Miles Hollingworth

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After the triumph of his intellectual biography, Saint Augustine of Hippo, Miles Hollingworth now...

Senses of the Subject

Judith Butler

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This book brings together a group of Judith Butler's philosophical essays written over two decades...

The Mystery of Union with God: Dionysian Mysticism in Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas

Bernhard Blankenhorn

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Dionysius the Areopagite exercised immense influence on medieval theology. This study considers...

Who Am I and If So How Many?

Richard David Precht

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There are many books about philosophy, but Who Am I? And If So How Many? is different from the rest....

Vagueness in Psychiatry

Geert Keil, Lara Keuck and Rico Hauswald

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In psychiatry there is no sharp boundary between the normal and the pathological. Although clear...

What Gardens Mean

Stephanie Ross

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Are gardens works of art? What is involved in creating a garden? How are gardens experienced by...

Inconsistencies

Marcus Steinweg and Amanda DeMarco

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Those who continue to think never return to their point of departure. -- Inconsistencies These 130...

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Oct 4, 2017

God: A Human History

Reza Aslan | 2017 | Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences, Religion

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Historical context is fascinating but explanations fall short

I had a few issues with this book. No doubt the history of the various religions was absolutely fascinating, exploring polytheistic belief systems to its evolution into monotheism. However, the connections suggested between how God is seen to be humanized is not very clear, rather it seems to be a throwaway remark about two psychological concepts that force human beings to look at everything with human eyes. It is also not very clear in terms of its explanation on why God must be one and not many.

As an atheist/ agnostic reading this, the historical elements were more of interest as the philosophical aspect seems to fall short due to the lack of exploration on why God even became a concept.