Résumé
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This is the first book ever published in French devoted to the universal moral maxim, "do unto others as you would have done unto you", attested by all the world's religions and cultures since the 5th century BC: Confucius, Buddhism and Hinduism, Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Mazdaism, the Bible and Islam. It plays a major role in the history of Christian thought, where it is considered as an expression of natural law. Luther and the reformers gave it great importance in their preaching and it became one of the Quakers' major arguments against slavery in the 17th century. The author analyses the various forms this maxim has taken and clears away the misunderstandings it has led to. He describes its geographical expansion and its avatars in Western morals. He also reveals the paradox of its status in Christianity: a maxim of natural law in all traditions, but, in Jesus' preaching, the requirement that love should attain even one's enemies. In conclusion, the author investigates the anthropological basis of its function, drawing sources from natural empathy and its effectiveness in this command that urges us to put ourselves in the other's place, to 'reverse the roles'.
Caractéristiques techniques
PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Cerf |
Auteur(s) | Olivier Du Roy |
Collection | Sciences humaines et religions |
Parution | 18/06/2009 |
Format | 13.5 x 21.5 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 228g |
EAN13 | 9782204084277 |
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