The Logos of the Living World

Author: Louise Westling
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 0823255670
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Book Description
Today we urgently need to reevaluate the human place in the world in relation to other animals. This book puts Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy into dialogue with literature, evolutionary biology, and animal studies. In a radical departure from most critical animal studies, it argues for evolutionary continuity between human cultural and linguistic behaviors and the semiotic activities of other animals. In his late work, Derrida complained of philosophers who denied that animals possessed such faculties, but he never investigated the wealth of scientific studies of actual animal behavior. Most animal studies theorists still fail to do this. Yet more than fifty years ago, Merleau-Ponty carefully examined the philosophical consequences of scientific animal studies, with profound implications for human language and culture. For him, “animality is the logos of the sensible world: an incorporated meaning.” Human being is inseparable from animality. This book differs from other studies of Merleau-Ponty by emphasizing his lifelong attention to science. It shows how his attention to evolutionary biology and ethology anticipated recent studies of animal cognition, culture, and communication.

Purpose in the Living World?

Author: Jacob Klapwijk
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521493406
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
Jacob Klapwijk considers the stark choice many believers and non-believers face between religious notions concerning the origins of life and the contemporary findings of evolutionary science. He offers an alternative to both and an attempt to bridge the gap between them, via the idea of 'emergent evolution'.

The Logos-Structure of the World

Author: Georg Khlewind
Publisher: SteinerBooks
ISBN: 1584204915
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
"The coming of a spiritual age must be preceded by the appearance of an increasing number of individuals who are no longer satisfied with the normal intellectual, vital, and physical existence of man, but perceive that a greater evolution is the real goal of humanity and attempt to effect it in themselves, to lead others to it, and to make it the recognized goal of the race. In proportion as they succeed, and to the degree to which they carry this evolution, the yet unrealized potentiality which they represent will become the actual possibility of the future." --Sri Aurobindo, The Human Cycle Sri Aurobindo stands out as one of the deepest and most profoundly relevant of contemporary Asian spiritual masters speaking to the West. His vision transcends the distinctive strengths and weaknesses of India and the West, and his discipline brings the yogas of the Gita to the task of world transformation. His collaborator, The Mother, offers a blueprint for the utopian community Auroville, giving sage advice on the ideal of a spiritually based approach to education. Robert McDermott's afterword in this revised edition recounts the increased significance of Aurobindo's message in the West--especially for America--since the book was first published in 1973. Here is an invaluable resource for understanding the underlying connections and common ground between Eastern and Western teachings and traditions for modern thinkers and spiritual seekers.

Becoming Aware of the Logos

Author:
Publisher: SteinerBooks
ISBN: 1584205113
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 204

Book Description
With the help of metals, humankind has established and ever-progressing position in the world and, in the process, has transformed human civilization and the face of the Earth itself. Furthermore, the harmony and effectiveness of many human bodily processes depend on the marvelous effects of metals. With each passing decade, researchers bring us knowledge of new facets of the cosmos of metals in and around us. Nonetheless, despite all the achievements of chemists and physicists, the world of metals holds many mysteries. In the surrounding world, we continually encounter new deposits of metals in the Earth, and these have enabled humankind to move toward ever greater levels of civilization and technological advances. And in the inner world of the human body, newly discovered layers of activities permeated by metals continually arise in our consciousness. Not only do we breathe with iron, but we also need copper to form blood and cobalt to avoid pernicious anemia. As research methods become increasingly refined and subtle, we continue to discover additional metals that are in fact regular components of our bodies. We find them not, however, as building blocks in the grosser, more physical sense, but as instruments by which our human entity accomplishes important physiological activities. In The Secrets of Metals, Wilhelm Pelikan--in the light of spiritual science--discusses the significance of the classic "seven metals" and their importance for humankind as well as for nature as a whole and the Earth. He also discusses the "newer" metals as well as the virtually unknown "radiation effects of metals--the effects of which Rudolf Steiner used therapeutically. Pelikan's method here is a phenomenological one, in which he helps us try to see natural objects in the Goethean sense, as developed by Rudolf Steiner. Here is a classic text for deeper understanding metals as a whole, as well as gaining a fuller appreciation of spiritual scientific research methods in relation to the world we inhabit. This volume is a translation of Sieben Metalle (Philosophisch-Anthropsophischer Verlag, Dornach, Switzerland).

The Future of Scientific Practice

Author: Marta Bertolaso
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317316835
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250

Book Description
Focusing on cell dynamics, molecular medicine and robotics, contributors explore the interplay between biological, technological and theoretical ways of thinking. The collection makes a strong contribution to current debates in the philosophy of science and the changing role of scientific practice.

The Logos of Heraclitus

Author: Eva Brann
Publisher: Paul Dry Books
ISBN: 1589882644
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 186

Book Description
“In this extraordinary meditation, Eva Brann takes us to the fierce core of Heraclitus's vision and shows us the music of his language. The thought and beautiful prose in The Logos of Heraclitus are a delight.”—Barry Mazur, Harvard University “An engaged solitary, an inward-turned observer of the world, inventor of the first of philosophical genres, the thought-compacted aphorism,” “teasingly obscure in reputation, but hard-hittingly clear in fact,” “now tersely mordant, now generously humane.” Thus Eva Brann introduces Heraclitus—in her view, the West’s first philosopher. The collected work of Heraclitus comprises 131 passages. Eva Brann sets out to understand Heraclitus as he is found in these passages and particularly in his key word, Logos, the order that is the cosmos. “Whoever is captivated by the revelatory riddlings and brilliant obscurities of what remains of Heraclitus has to begin anew—accepting help, to be sure, from previous readings—in a spirit of receptivity and reserve. But essentially everyone must pester the supposed obscurantist until he opens up. Heraclitus is no less and no more pregnantly dark than an oracle…The upshot is that no interpretation has prevailed; every question is wide open.”

The Oxford Handbook of Mystical Theology

Author: Edward Howells
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191034061
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 719

Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of Mystical Theology provides a guide to the mystical element of Christianity as a theological phenomenon. It differs not only from psychological and anthropological studies of mysticism, but from other theological studies, such as more practical or pastorally-oriented works that examine the patterns of spiritual progress and offer counsel for deeper understanding and spiritual development. It also differs from more explicitly historical studies tracing the theological and philosophical contexts and ideas of various key figures and schools, as well as from literary studies of the linguistic tropes and expressive forms in mystical texts. None of these perspectives is absent, but the method here is more deliberately theological, working from within the fundamental interests of Christian mystical writers to the articulation of those interests in distinctively theological forms, in order, finally, to permit a critical theological engagement with them for today. Divided into four parts, the first section introduces the approach to mystical theology and offers a historical overview. Part two attends to the concrete context of sources and practices of mystical theology. Part three moves to the fundamental conceptualities of mystical thought. The final section ends with the central contributions of mystical teaching to theology and metaphysics. Students and scholars with a variety of interests will find different pathways through the Handbook.

The Blue Sapphire of the Mind

Author: Douglas E. Christie
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199812322
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 483

Book Description
In The Blue Sapphire of the Mind, Douglas E.

General Science for NDA/NA Entrance Exam

Author: Career Point Kota
Publisher: Career Point Publication
ISBN: 9388837479
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368

Book Description
Features of "General Science for NDA/NA Entrance Exam" : Career Point, Kota Books for NDA are prepared by the experts who have mentored the aspirants of NDA. These books comprise systematic coverage of - 1. Topic-wise relevant theory notes with an explanation as required 2. Special Notes and Points to remember 3. Exercise sheets as per the latest pattern 4. Exercise sheets of previous year questions Study notes cover all key concepts, important points with explanation. At the end of the booklet, there are various levels of exercise sheets which are designed as per the latest examination pattern. Questions in these exercise sheets are arranged scientifically which gradually takes you up to the highest level of performance. These exercise sheets give rigorous practice & enhance student’s capability to use several concepts of different chapters simultaneously.

General Studies for NDA/NA Entrance Exam

Author: Career Point Kota
Publisher: Career Point Publication
ISBN: 9388837266
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1168

Book Description
Features of "General Studies for NDA/NA Entrance Exam" : Career Point, Kota Books for NDA are prepared by the experts who have mentored the aspirants of NDA. These books comprise systematic coverage of - 1. Topic-wise relevant theory notes with an explanation as required 2. Special Notes and Points to remember 3. Exercise sheets as per the latest pattern 4. Exercise sheets of previous year questions Study notes cover all key concepts, important points with explanation. At the end of the booklet, there are various levels of exercise sheets which are designed as per the latest examination pattern. Questions in these exercise sheets are arranged scientifically which gradually takes you up to the highest level of performance. These exercise sheets give rigorous practice & enhance student’s capability to use several concepts of different chapters simultaneously.