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Escape from reasonFrancis A. Schaeffer

Escape from reason

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Truth used to be based on reason. No more. What we feel is now the truest source of reality. Despite our obsession with the emotive and the experiential, we still face anxiety, despair, and purposelessness. How did we get here? And where do we find a remedy? In this modern classic, Francis A. Schaeffer traces trends in twentieth-century thought and unpacks how key ideas have shaped our society. Wide-ranging in his analysis, Schaeffer examines philosophy, science, art and popular culture to identify dualism, fragmentation and the decline of reason. Schaeffer's work takes on a newfound…

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3 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2007
    IVP Books · 123 pages · 9780830834051
  • Other · English · 1968
    InterVarsity Press · 96 pages · 9780877845386
  • Other · English · 1968
    Inter-Varsity Fellowship · 96 pages · 9780851103402
Modern PhilosophyHistoryFaith and reasonHistory of doctrinesChristianityPhilosophy, modernPhilosophy, modern, historyPhilosophy, modern, 20th century