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"The Religious Sense, the fruit of many years of dialogue with students, is an exploration of the search for meaning in life. Luigi Giussani shows that the nature of reason expresses itself in the ultimate need for truth, goodness, and beauty. These needs constitute the fabric of the religious sense, which is evident in every human being everywhere and in all times. So strong is this sense that it leads one to desire that the answer to life's mystery might reveal itself in some way." show more "Giussani challenges us to penetrate the deepest levels of experience to discover our essential selves, breaking through the layers of opinions and judgments that have obscured our true needs. Asserting that all the tools necessary for self-discovery are inherent within us, he focuses primarily on reason, not as narrowly defined by modern philosophers but as an openness to existence, a capacity to comprehend and affirm reality in all of its dimensions."--Jacket show lessTags
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Giussani challenges us to penetrate the deepest levels of experience to discover our essential selves, breaking through the layers of opinions and judgments that have obscured our true needs. Asserting that all the tools necessary for self-discovery are inherent within us, he focuses primarily on reason, not as narrowly defined by modern philosophers, but as an openness to existence, a capacity to comprehend and affirm reality in all of its dimensions. Part of the so-called new religious revival, The Religious Sense avoids any sentimental or irrational reduction of the religious experience. It is a forthright and refreshing call to reassess our lives.
Very insightful, but dense.
About the author: Luigi Giussani was ordained to the Catholic priesthood in Milan, Italy at the early age of 23. Quoting from Wikipedia, "Following ordination Giussani began teaching at the Vengono Seminary. His academic interests were Eastern Christian Theology and American Protestantism." The monsignor wrote more than 20 books and in 1995 was award Italy's prestigious National Catholic Culture Prize. About the book: quoting from the inside leaf of the book's cover, "'The Religious Sense', the fruit of many years of dialogue with students, is an exploration of the search for meaning in life. [The author] shows that the nature of reason expresses itself in the ultimate need for truth, goodness, and beauty. These needs constitute the show more fabric of the religious sense, which is evident in every human being everywhere and in all times." Giussani quoted many people in this work, so in addition to chapter notes and a subject index, there is also an author index. show less
Logo na primeira página o autor diz ao que vem: "pouca observação e muito raciocínio levam ao erro, muita observação e pouco raciocínio levam à verdade". De seguida, refere a "premente necessidade de não privilegiar qualquer esquema já presente no espírito" recorrendo à autoridade de... Santo Agostinho! Estranho. Então tal autoridade não é também um esquema já presente no espírito?
Tal bastaria para terminar a leitura ogo ali, contudo prossegui. Prossegui até à conclusão da página 83 em que recorre ao argumento ontológico, algo modificado. Tal motivou-me os comentários que escrevi na página seguinte. Mesmo assim, ainda prossegui com uma leitura em diagonal. Era evidente que todo o livro estava inquinado com um show more pressuposto que procurava justificar a existência de Deus. Para mim bastou. De momento não é relevante para mim que Deus exista ou não, mas sim a influência que o sentido religioso tem ou teve na sociedade e como essa influência evolui. show less
Tal bastaria para terminar a leitura ogo ali, contudo prossegui. Prossegui até à conclusão da página 83 em que recorre ao argumento ontológico, algo modificado. Tal motivou-me os comentários que escrevi na página seguinte. Mesmo assim, ainda prossegui com uma leitura em diagonal. Era evidente que todo o livro estava inquinado com um show more pressuposto que procurava justificar a existência de Deus. Para mim bastou. De momento não é relevante para mim que Deus exista ou não, mas sim a influência que o sentido religioso tem ou teve na sociedade e como essa influência evolui. show less
Mar 23, 2021Portuguese (Portugal)
Un libro che risulta quasi fastidioso alla lettura. Non dice niente di nuovo dal solito senso comune religioso che tutti conosciamo bene. Tremendamente noioso.
Jan 7, 2009Italian
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- Il senso religioso
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- Il senso religioso
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- 2017-08-30
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- This trilogy makes no other claim than to affirm the truth. Its aim is to indicate how the Christian problem arose, even historically. Although the sequence of chapters doesn not pretend to deal exhaustively with all the prob... (show all)lems it does indicate the path to be followed: the path of reasonableness.
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