Author: Michael Novak Publisher: ISBN: Category : Experience Languages : en Pages : 168
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In this work, the author has two objectives. First, he shows the paths by which the experience of nothingness is becoming common among all those who live in free societies. Second, he details the various experiences that lead to the nothingness point of view. Most discussions of these matters have been so implicated in the European experience that the term "nihilism" has a European ring. This author, however, articulates this experience of formlessness in an American context.
Author: Michael Novak Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351483099 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 221
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In The Experience of Nothingness, Michael Novak has two objectives. First, he shows the paths by which the experience of nothingness is becoming common among all those who live in free societies. Second, he details the various experiences that lead to the nothingness point of view. Most discussions of these matters have been so implicated in the European experience that the term nihilism has a European ring. Novak, however, articulates this experience of formlessness in an American context.In his new introduction, the author lists four requirements that must be met by an individual in order for the experience of nothingness to emerge: a commitment to honesty, a commitment to courage, recognition of how widespread the experience of nothingness is, and a virtue of will. Novak writes that these principles are what guide self-described philosophical nihilists. But many people simply borrow the nihilistic conclusions without observing the moral commitments to them. For this reason Novak believes that nihilism is fraudulent as a theory intended to explain the experience of nothingness. Nihilism in practice, he maintains, often results in a form of intolerance. The Experience of Nothingness is a work that will cause many scholars to rethink their beliefs. It should be read by philosophers, theologians, sociologists, political theorists, and cultural historians.
Author: Nisargadatta Maharaj Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ. ISBN: 9788120819504 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 188
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Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897-1981), a revered master of the Tantric Nath lineage, is an inspiring example of an ordinary family man who attained complete realization of the Infinite. His words carry a rare potency that can jolt the listener or reader into a profound sense of awareness, which at the same time signifies true freedom-the freedom from all fear and mental suffering. In this volume, Nisargadatta clearly demonstrates that logic and spirituality do not necessarily stand in opposition to one another. In a chapter after which this book has been titled, Nisargadatta relentlessly pursues a logical argument with the visitor to its very end.
Author: Janwillem van de Wetering Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin ISBN: 1466874678 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 228
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In A Glimpse of Nothingness, celebrated mystery novelist Janwillem van de Wetering offers a sequel to his earlier memoir, The Empty Mirror, which concerned the author's experiences at a Zen monastery in Japan in the middle 1960s. Originally published in 1975, A Glimpse of Nothingness chronicles van de Wetering's time at the Moon Springs Hermitage in Maine. The book offers a complete and compelling description of the Zen path pursued by one sensitive Westerner who began his quest by seeking for the sense of it all-and who eventually came to realize at least a part of it. The follow-up to this book is van de Wetering's Afterzen.
Author: James W. Heisig Publisher: University of Hawaii Press ISBN: 9780824824815 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 402
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The past twenty years have seen the publication of numerous translations and commentaries on the principal philosophers of the Kyoto School, but so far no general overview and evaluation of their thought has been available, either in Japanese or in Western languages. James Heisig, a longstanding participant in these efforts, has filled that gap with Philosophers of Nothingness. In this extensive study, the ideas of Nishida Kitaro, Tanabe Hajime, and Nishitani Keiji are presented both as a consistent school of thought in its own right and as a challenge to the Western philosophical tradition to open itself to the original contribution of Japan.
Author: Maharaj Nisargadatta Publisher: North Atlantic Books ISBN: 9781884997143 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 165
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In 'The Experience of Nothingness', Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj shows that spirituality and logic do not have to oppose one another. A master of the Tantric Nath lineage, Nisargadatta has attained knowledge of the Infinite, though he also has a family and participates in daily routine. Written with subtle strength and wisdom, Nisargadatta possesses the ability to communicate what it means and how to attain true freedom from suffering and pain. Perhaps most revealing is the author's quiet and effective assertion that logic is necessary and should be a goal for any spiritual seeker.
Author: Clive Hazell Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1410797694 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 281
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A TRUE AMERICAN TRILOGY NOMINATED FOR A PULITZER PRIZE! THREE BOOKS IN ONE! "A great story, told by a master storyteller. I laughed and I cried. Destined to become a bestseller!" Larry King "Ribbons of Concrete is a gut wrenching and incredible first novel featuring one man's journey into hell. His uncanny sense of style, with description, pathos, and storytelling are truly remarkable. Only someone who actually lived this odyssey could pen such memories, and it makes Kerouac's "On the Road" seem like a poor man's "Dick and Jane." Steven Chamberlin-Editor "A warm and remarkable story of a man's heart and soul. A chronicle of his crusade to redeem not only himself, but the mortal lives and futures of others. The book is a beautiful journey into the mind and desperate times of Jack Vink. A must read for anyone who takes the precious gifts of love and life for granted. I found myself wanting to reach out and rescue him." Mary-Anne Elwood "The story takes you places you don't want to leave as you are caught up in the adventure and mishaps of this banished man. You won't want to set the novel down to leave this man alone for a minute. It captured my heart and soul." Laurie Berger-Jackson PhD "Ribbons of Concrete is one of the most interesting book I ever had the pleasure to read. It is an intriguing story rich in romance, love, heartache and personal tragedy. Jack Vink is very talented and has a successful future ahead of him as a writer." Linda K. Rowe-Writer Anonymous "A modern day Ulysses, right out of Homer's Odyssey, traveling the backroads of America“/p>
Author: Paula Poundstone Publisher: Crown ISBN: 0593444019 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 290
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Part memoir, part monologue, with a dash of startling honesty, There’s Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say features biographies of legendary historical figures from which Paula Poundstone can’t help digressing to tell her own story. Mining gold from the lives of Abraham Lincoln, Helen Keller, Joan of Arc, and Beethoven, among others, the eccentric and utterly inimitable mind of Paula Poundstone dissects, observes, and comments on the successes and failures of her own life with surprising candor and spot-on comedic timing in this unique laugh-out-loud book. If you like Paula Poundstone’s ironic and blindingly intelligent humor, you’ll love this wryly observant, funny, and touching book. Paula Poundstone on . . . The sources of her self-esteem: “A couple of years ago I was reunited with a guy I knew in the fifth grade. He said, “All the other fifth-grade guys liked the pretty girls, but I liked you.” It’s hard to know if a guy is sincere when he lays it on that thick. The battle between fatigue and informed citizenship: I play a videotape of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer every night, but sometimes I only get as far as the theme song (da da-da-da da-ah) before I fall asleep. Sometimes as soon as Margaret Warner says whether or not Jim Lehrer is on vacation I drift right off. Somehow just knowing he’s well comforts me. The occult: I need to know exactly what day I’m gonna die so that I don’t bother putting away leftovers the night before. TV’s misplaced priorities: Someday in the midst of the State of the Union address they’ll break in with, “We interrupt this program to bring you a little clip from Bewitched.” Travel: In London I went to the queen’s house. I went as a tourist—she didn’t invite me so she could pick my brain: “What do you think of my face on the pound? Too serious?” Air-conditioning in Florida: If it were as cold outside in the winter as they make it inside in the summer, they’d put the heat on. It makes no sense. The scandal: The judge said I was the best probationer he ever had. Talk about proud. With a foreword by Mary Tyler Moore
Author: Nicholas Waghorn Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1472534565 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 313
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What is the meaning of life? Does anything really matter? In the past few decades these questions, perennially associated with philosophy in the popular consciousness, have rightly retaken their place as central topics in the academy. In this major contribution, Nicholas Waghorn provides a sustained and rigorous elucidation of what it would take for lives to have significance. Bracketing issues about ways our lives could have more or less meaning, the focus is rather on the idea of ultimate meaning, the issue of whether a life can attain meaning that cannot be called into question. Waghorn sheds light on this most fundamental of existential problems through a detailed yet comprehensive examination of the notion of nothing, embracing classic and cutting-edge literature from both the analytic and Continental traditions. Central figures such as Heidegger, Carnap, Wittgenstein, Nozick and Nagel are drawn upon to anchor the discussion in some of the most influential discussion of recent philosophical history. In the process of relating our ideas concerning nothing to the problem of life's meaning, Waghorn's book touches upon a number of fundamental themes, including reflexivity and its relation to our conceptual limits, whether religion has any role to play in the question of life's meaning, and the nature and constraints of philosophical methodology. A number of major philosophical traditions are addressed, including phenomenology, poststructuralism, and classical and paraconsistent logics. In addition to providing the most thorough current discussion of ultimate meaning, it will serve to introduce readers to philosophical debates concerning the notion of nothing, and the appendix engaging religion will be of value to both philosophers and theologians.
Author: Michael Novak
Author: Michael Novak
Author: Nisargadatta Maharaj
Author: Janwillem van de Wetering
Author: James W. Heisig
Author: Maharaj Nisargadatta
Author: Clive Hazell
Author: Paula Poundstone
Author: Nicholas Waghorn
Author: Keiji Nishitani