The Devil Wins : : A History of Lying from the Garden of Eden to the Enlightenment / / Dallas G. Denery.
Is it ever acceptable to lie? This question plays a surprisingly important role in the story of Europe's transition from medieval to modern society. According to many historians, Europe became modern when Europeans began to lie-that is, when they began to argue that it is sometimes acceptable t...
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Denery, Dallas G., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Devil Wins : A History of Lying from the Garden of Eden to the Enlightenment / Dallas G. Denery. Course Book Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015] ©2015 1 online resource (352 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Is It Ever Acceptable to Lie? -- Part One: Theologians Ask the Question -- Chapter One. The Devil -- Chapter Two. God -- Chapter Three. Human Beings -- Part Two: Courtiers and Women Ask the Question -- Chapter Four. Courtiers -- Chapter Five. Women -- Conclusion: The Lie Becomes Modern -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Is it ever acceptable to lie? This question plays a surprisingly important role in the story of Europe's transition from medieval to modern society. According to many historians, Europe became modern when Europeans began to lie-that is, when they began to argue that it is sometimes acceptable to lie. This popular account offers a clear trajectory of historical progression from a medieval world of faith, in which every lie is sinful, to a more worldly early modern society in which lying becomes a permissible strategy for self-defense and self-advancement. Unfortunately, this story is wrong.For medieval and early modern Christians, the problem of the lie was the problem of human existence itself. To ask "Is it ever acceptable to lie?" was to ask how we, as sinners, should live in a fallen world. As it turns out, the answer to that question depended on who did the asking. The Devil Wins uncovers the complicated history of lying from the early days of the Catholic Church to the Enlightenment, revealing the diversity of attitudes about lying by considering the question from the perspectives of five representative voices-the Devil, God, theologians, courtiers, and women. Examining works by Augustine, Bonaventure, Martin Luther, Madeleine de Scudéry, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and a host of others, Dallas G. Denery II shows how the lie, long thought to be the source of worldly corruption, eventually became the very basis of social cohesion and peace. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2021) Truthfulness and falsehood. HISTORY / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110665925 print 9780691163215 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400852079 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400852079 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400852079.jpg |
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