How we feel is as vital to our survival as how we think. This claim, based on the premise that emotions are largely adaptive, serves as the organizing theme of

We live in an age of skepticism. Our society places such faith in empirical reason, historical progress, and heartfelt emotion that it’s easy to wonder: Why s

This book is unlike any other written. It delves into the origins of religion, especially Judaism, Christianity and Islam, which are the cause of most of the wo

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Provides a comprehensive account of the socio-political role Aristotle attributes to traditional religion, despite rejecting its content.