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Amazon lee mi blog...o peor, mi mente. Hoy me llegó esta recomendación:

Evil: A Challenge to Philosophy and Theology contains a new extended introduction by Graham Ward which reflects on the significance of Paul Ricoeur's approach to philosophy and to the question of evil for 20th-century theology and philosophy, and a preface by Pierre Gisel.

Book Description

What is the origin of evil? Where does what we term evil come from? According to Paul Ricoeur, to think through evil is to think through fallibility; because human freedom is summed up as existence prior to evil. Deriving from a lecture given in Lausanne in 1985, this small text adds to the immense ouevre of this philosopher who is not regarded as a theologian but whose thinking readily shares some kinship with certain characteristics of Protestantism. The problem of evil was a question which dogged Paul Ricoeur throughout his reflection and his philosophical works. This is a man who has thought about vulnerability in moral evil with both an exemplary profundity and sensitivity.

Interesante no es cierto?

Bueno pero éste me recordó una novela interesantísima que leí el verano pasado:

Critique of Criminal Reason de Michael Gregorio.

Es algo como Sherlock Holmes intoxicado de filosofía kantiana...Exacto, el mismo Immanuel Kant ayuda a resolver el misterio del asesino...Una novela sobre la razón criminal --o la razón del mal-- Genial!

From Publishers Weekly Starred Review.

Philosophy professor Gregorio delivers a stellar debut, a mystery set in 1804 that cunningly incorporates the ideas of the great thinker Immanuel Kant into a twisty, fast-moving whodunit plot. Wisely, the elderly Kant is not the main focus, instead serving as the cryptic mentor to a young rural Prussian magistrate, Hanno Stiffeniis, who receives a royal summons to Königsberg to take over the search for a serial killer who has spread terror in that city. The dead, found without a visible wound, are rumored to have been victims of the devil, and the supernatural aspects of the crimes only heighten the level of fear in an area of Prussia already on edge because of the expected arrival of Napoleon Bonaparte's invading army. Admirers of quality intellectual fiction should embrace this book, with its pitch-perfect period detail and psychologically complex protagonist. Hopefully, readers won't have to wait long for a sequel. Foreign rights sold in 11 countries.(Nov.)

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