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Oxford University Press has now published "Lust," the third installment in its remarkable Seven
Deadly Sins series. Taking its place beside "Envy" by Joseph Epstein and "Gluttony" by Francine Prose, this jaunty contemplation of what Cambridge University philosopher Simon Blackburn calls "the black sheep of the family, the ill-bred, trashy cousin of upstanding members like love and friendship" is less a study of the sin of lust than it is a sinfully amusing defense of it.See the full content of this document
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Freeing Love's Trashy Kin
Which is not to say that the book lacks seriousness, or scholarship or reason. To the contrary, in these pages, Mr. Blackburn marshals a sweeping and informed look at the history of Western civilization to show how the ancient Greeks, early Christians, 19th-century philosophers and contemporary thinkers account for lust. But his mission to reha...
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