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Escape from reasonFrancis A. Schaeffer
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Escape from reason

96 pagesFirst published 19683 editions
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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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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
PaperbackIVP Books20071239780830834051
EditionInter-Varsity Fellowship1968969780851103402
EditionInterVarsity Press1968969780877845386
Modern PhilosophyHistoryFaith and reasonHistory of doctrinesChristianityPhilosophy, modernPhilosophy, modern, historyPhilosophy, modern, 20th century