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Michael E. Hattersley - Socrates and Jesus: The Argument That Shaped Western Civilization
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More Michael Hattersley argues that the uniquely dynamic and propulsive character of Western Civilization, for better and worse, has been generated by a creative argument between the Socratic Greek rationalist tradition and the Judeo-Christian tradition best personified by Jesus. Socrates and Jesus both promoted a disinterest in material things, attempted to define the moral life, and died martyrs. But this essay analyzes their opposing definitions of the ultimate or the divine, their radically conflicting views of love and reason, their understanding of civil society and the role of laws, their epistemology (how we know) and eschatology (the ultimate purpose of the universe), and their fundamental understanding of how humankind could progress. In Socrates and Jesus, he provides an overview of Western cultural development from the ancient Greeks to the current time. The book opens with chapters on the historical Socrates and Jesus, then discusses how their legends developed and went into competition for control of the ancient world. It examines subsequent Western history - the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Enlightenment, the Romantic era, and the modern period - and finds that the contrasting visions of Socrates and Jesus about how to pursue moral and scientific truth alternately clashed and compromised with each other, the apparent triumph of one always leading to the resurgence of the other. It identifies this dynamic as the engine of western history, distinguishing it in terms of energy, inquisitiveness, individuality, and a propensity towards mass democracy, from equally great but more static and hierarchical civilizations. Thus the book offers a comprehensive but concise theory of Western history, grounded in scholarly examination of the West's greatest intellects but written in a lively narrative style accessible to a broad range of educated readers. Many books have been written comparing Socrates and Jesus, but virtually all of these have either stressed their similarities (Paul Gouch's Reflections on Jesus and Socrates), used them in service of theological arguments (Nygren's Agape and Eros) or both. This book uniquely sticks to the historical evidence, emphasizes the creative conflict between the teachings of Socrates and Jesus, and maintains that their dialogue was the dynamic that drove the historical development of Western civilization. Arguments between atheism and faith bring an examination of our past to bear on our present and future. Like those by Jared Diamond and Camille Paglia, this book, because of its balanced approach, should appeal to the educated general reader as well as teachers who assign supplementary college texts. Please appreciate my work to rock these links: No another mirrors, please! >>> Read RULES >>> Download many interesting free eBooks HERE <<< Note 1: If you can not open the downloaded file, and your Adobe Reader reports on the damaged file, then your Adobe Reader. Lastest version of Adobe Reader opens this book perfectly. Note 2: Links not work? Send me PM and I'll try to help you.
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