Full name: The Consequences of Ideas: Understanding the Concepts that Shaped Our World

Author: R. C. Sproul Year: 2010 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Religion, Philosophy Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781433503146 143350314X

Sproul's survey of the ongoing impact of history's most influential philosophies urges readers to take prevailing cultural mind-sets seriously . . . because ideas do have consequences. The greatest thinkers of all time are impacting us still. From public-policy decisions and current laws to world events, theology, the arts, education, and even conversations between friends, history's most influential philosophies have wrought massive consequences on nearly everything we see, think, and do. Thus it is critical for Christians to understand the ideas that are shaping them. The greater their familiarity with the streams of thought that have saturated Western culture through the ages, the greater their ability to influence this culture for Christ. With The Consequences of Ideas, now in paperback, R. C. Sproul expertly leads the way for thoughtful readers. Tracing the contours of Western philosophy from the ancients to the molders of modern and postmodern thought-including Plato, Aquinas, Descartes, Kant, and Freud-Sproul proves that ideas are not just passing fads; they endure for generations to come and demand our serious attention. Similar books: Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview by J. P. Moreland Plato at the Googleplex by Rebecca Goldstein The World as Will and Idea by Arthur Schopenhauer Philosophy For Dummies by Tom Morris Introduction to philosophy by Jacques Maritain Modes of Thought by Alfred North Whitehead Philosophy by Philip Stokes An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume Major Works: Selected Philosophical Writings by Ludwig Wittgenstein The Last Word by Thomas Nagel Matter and Memory by Henri Bergson Spinoza by Roger Scruton The Heart of Philosophy by Jacob Needleman An Intelligent Person's Guide to Philosophy by Roger Scruton Philosophy of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries by Richard H. Popkin The Holiness of God by R. C. Sproul The Truth of the Cross by R. C. Sproul Essential Truths of the Christian Faith by R. C. Sproul Willing to Believe by R. C. Sproul Knowing Scripture by R. C. Sproul