Download or read book Desperately Wicked written by Patrick Downey and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2009-02-04 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patrick Downey explores the biblical writings of Genesis and the Hebrew prophet Jeremiah, the Greek tragedies, Plato, Aristotle, and political philosophers--such as Rousseau, Hobbes, Nietzsche and René Girard--to seek answers to the profound question, What is the human heart like?