The Death of the Gods
Title | The Death of the Gods PDF eBook |
Author | Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky |
Publisher | |
Pages | 476 |
Release | 1901 |
Genre | Rome |
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Exploring the theme of the 'two truths', those of Christianity and the Paganism, and developing Merezhkovsky's own religious theory of the Third Testament, it became the first in "The Christ and Antichrist" trilogy. The novel made Merezhkovsky a well-known author both in Russia and Western Europe although the initial response to it at home was lukewarm. The novel tells the story of Roman Emperor Julian who during his reign (331-363) was trying to restore the cult of Olympian gods in Rome, resisting the upcoming Christianity. Christianity "in its highest manifestations is presented in the novel as a cult of an absolute virtue, unattainable on Earth which is in denial of all things Earthly," according to scholar Z.G.Mints. Ascetic to the point of being inhuman, early Christians reject reality as such. As the mother of a Christian youth Juventine curses "those servants of the Crucified" who "tear children off their mothers," hate life itself and destroy "things that are great and saintly," the elder Didim replies: a worthy follower of Christ is to learn to "hate their mother and father, wife, children, brothers and sisters, and their very own life too.
The Death of the Gods
Title | The Death of the Gods PDF eBook |
Author | Carl Miller |
Publisher | Windmill Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019-05-02 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9781786090126 |
THE OLD GODS ARE DYING. Giant corporations collapse overnight. Newspapers are being swallowed. Stock prices plummet with a tweet. NEW IDOLS ARE RISING IN THEIR PLACE. More crime now happens online than offline. Facebook has grown bigger than any state, bots battle elections, coders write policy, and algorithms shape our lives in more ways than we can imagine. The Death of the Gods is an exploration of power in the digital age, and a journey in search of the new centres of control. From a cyber-crime raid in British suburbia to the engine rooms of Silicon Valley, pioneering technology researcher Carl Miller traces how power is being transformed, fought over, lost and won.
The Death of God and the Meaning of Life
Title | The Death of God and the Meaning of Life PDF eBook |
Author | Julian Young |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2014-05-16 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1135020906 |
What is the meaning of life? In today's secular, post-religious scientific world, this question has become a serious preoccupation. But it also has a long history: many major philosophers have thought deeply about it, as Julian Young so vividly illustrates in this thought-provoking second edition of The Death of God and the Meaning of Life. Three new chapters explore Søren Kierkegaard’s attempts to preserve a Christian answer to the question of the meaning of life, Karl Marx's attempt to translate this answer into naturalistic and atheistic terms, and Sigmund Freud’s deep pessimism about the possibility of any version of such an answer. Part 1 presents an historical overview of philosophers from Plato to Marx who have believed in a meaning of life, either in some supposed ‘other’ world or in the future of this world. Part 2 assesses what happened when the traditional structures that give life meaning began to erode. With nothing to take their place, these structures gave way to the threat of nihilism, to the appearance that life is meaningless. Young looks at the responses to this threat in chapters on Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Camus, Foucault and Derrida. Fully revised and updated throughout, this highly engaging exploration of fundamental issues will captivate anyone who’s ever asked themselves where life’s meaning (if there is one) really lies. It also makes a perfect historical introduction to philosophy, particularly to the continental tradition.
The Death of Gods in Ancient Egypt
Title | The Death of Gods in Ancient Egypt PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Sellers |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 389 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1430317906 |
Originally published by Penguin Ltd., this revised edition features unusual Egyptian artwork, striking pictures of eclipse phenomena, numerous sky-charts, and computer printouts.
Culture and the Death of God
Title | Culture and the Death of God PDF eBook |
Author | Terry Eagleton |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 245 |
Release | 2014-03-25 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0300203993 |
Offers new observations on the persistence of God in modern times, and considers how the war on terror and a post-9/11 society has impacted atheism.
Death of the New Gods
Title | Death of the New Gods PDF eBook |
Author | Jim Starlin |
Publisher | Titan Publishing Company |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2009-09-01 |
Genre | Science fiction comic books, strips, etc |
ISBN | 9781845768713 |
A mysterious force is slaughtering both New Gods and villains of Apokolips alike - and when Mister Miracle's wife, Big Barda, is killed, he harnesses the dread power of the Anti-Life Equation on a search for answers by any means necessary. What he and others will discover will change the very galaxy
The Death of the Gods
Title | The Death of the Gods PDF eBook |
Author | Dmitri Mérejkowski |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 2020-08-06 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3752418737 |
Reproduction of the original: The Death of the Gods by Dmitri Mérejkowski