Love and the Abyss
Subtitle: An Essay on Finitude and Value
Publisher: Open Court
Published: December 15, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780812694574
Subjects: Topics in philosophy; Values; Movements - Humanism; Philosophy; History & Surveys - Modern; Philosophy / Modern; Love; Interpersonal relations; Sex
First sentence: The first section of this chapter will briefly summarize my reasons for believing not only that human love can serve the spiritual need for the kind of transcendent value experience just outlined, but also that people historically have increasingly tried to use various forms of love for this purpose.