The Quest for God: Rethinking Desire

TY - JOUR

T1 - The Quest for God: Rethinking Desire

AU - Ellis, Fiona

PY - 2019/7/1

Y1 - 2019/7/1

N2 - How are we to understand the idea of a quest for God? Does it make sense in these times? And what, if anything, does it have to do with desire? I examine some different approaches to these questions - in Sartre, Nietzsche, and Levinas - and bring out the implications for an understanding of self, God, and the relation between them.

AB - How are we to understand the idea of a quest for God? Does it make sense in these times? And what, if anything, does it have to do with desire? I examine some different approaches to these questions - in Sartre, Nietzsche, and Levinas - and bring out the implications for an understanding of self, God, and the relation between them.

U2 - 10.1017/S1358246118000735

DO - 10.1017/S1358246118000735

M3 - Article

SN - 1358-2461

VL - 85 (Passion and the Emotions)

SP - 157

EP - 173

JO - Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements

JF - Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements

IS - July 2019

ER -