Description: Forbidden Knowledge opens with a question: “Are there things we should not know?” People once thought so, Shattuck approvingly declares, citing not only such proverbs as “Curiosity killed the cat” but the story of the Garden of Eden, the legend of Oedipus, and the myth of Pandora: warnings, all, against that magpie inquisitiveness St. Augustine called the “lust of the eyes.” In what follows, Shattuck first traces, through literary examples, the destruction of the idea that there are things we ought not know; and then, through artistic and scientific case studies, he presents a philosophical justification for reintroducing that idea into contemporary life.
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Format: Paperback
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Item Width: 6.4 in
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Item Length: 9.7 in
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Topic: Civilization, History, Subjects & Themes / General
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Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
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Language: English
Publication Year: 1996
Item Weight: 24.7 Oz
Book Title: Forbidden Knowledge : from Prometheus to Pornography
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Author: Roger Shattuck
Original Language: English
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
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Genre: Literary Criticism, Science, History
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Type: Philosophical
