Reviews for Various Thoughts on the Occasion of a Comet

The average rating for Various Thoughts on the Occasion of a Comet based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-02-25 00:00:00 Janet Dayringer the first systematic account in the history of political thought that a stable society of atheists could exist, in principle. disentangling religious belief from practical virtue, bayle presents us with an account of the human heart and the passions that motivate us to act. it is amour-propre, or self love-- the love of self as interpreted through the lenses of what others think of us-- that motivate us to act-- specifically the desire for honor and the aversion to dishonor. smart, sharp, and to the point.

Review # 2 was written on 2021-02-16 00:00:00 Rufus Dickens Scholarly, knowledgeable and covering many different aspects of the Divine Feminine. The odd quibble one may have here and there does not diminish the value of the 'grand total'. In her concluding chapter she discusses the characteristics of a common ecofeminist theology, which, she believes "must also call us to stand shoulder to shoulder and arm in arm to oppose the systems of economic, military, and ecological violence that are threatening to undo the very fabric of planetary life. This, as Thomas Berry has said, is the 'great work' of our generation". I feel that these systems should be opposed irrespective of gender or belief, but fear that this is wishful thinking.