The Consequences of Ideas: Understanding the Concepts that Shaped Our World (Sproul)

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Sproul, R.C.

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224

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Paperback

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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.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Why Philosophy?

1. The First Philosophers

2. Plato: Realist and Idealist

3. Aristotle: The Philosopher

4. Augustine: Doctor of Grace

5. Thomas Aquinas: Angelic Doctor

6. Rene Descartes: Father of Modern Rationalism

7. John Locke: Father of Modern Empiricism

8. David Hume: Skeptic

9. Immanuel Kant: Revolutionary Philosopher

10. Karl Marx: Utopian

11. Soren Kierkegaard: Danish Gadfly

12. Friedrich Nietzsche: Atheistic Existentialist

13. Jean-Paul Sartre: Litterateur and Philosopher

14. Darwin and Freud: Influential Thinkers

Author

R. C. Sproul (Drs, Free University of Amsterdam) is founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries. He has written more than sixty books. Dr. Sproul was professor of systematic theology and apologetics at Knox Theological Seminary in Fort Lauderdale until 2004 and, before that, taught at Reformed Theological Seminary. He serves as senior minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, Sanford, Florida, and teaches on the national daily radio program Renewing Your Mind.