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A Brief History of the Paradox Philosophy and the Labyrinths of the Mind

Paperback • 2005 • English

A Brief History of the Paradox Philosophy and the Labyrinths of the Mind

By Roy A. Sorensen

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Can God create a stone too heavy for him to lift? Can time have a beginning? Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Riddles, paradoxes, conundrums--for millennia the human mind has found such knotty logical problems both perplexing and irresistible. Now Roy Sorensen offers the first narrative history of paradoxes, a fascinating and eye-opening account that extends from the ancient Greeks, through the Middle Ages, the Enlightenment, and into the twentieth century. When Augustine asked what G...Show more

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9780195179866

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Oxford University Press

Published year

2005

Language

English

Original title

A Brief History of the Paradox Philosophy and the Labyrinths of the Mind

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Paperback

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