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Ancient Wisdom, New Spirit: Investigations Into the Nature of `Being`

Peter Ralston

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Excellent and down-to-earth investigation of "being". 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book is "an endeavor of authentically investigating the depth and scope of the nature of "being."" How would a person go about doing that? Mr. Ralston answers in the following way. "To the best of my ability my work has always supported a genuine look into our own "event" - uncovering the principles and dynamics that determine our experience of self, body, relationship, interaction, life, and reality. As you may well imagine, such an undertaking would assume many forms and involve a lot of experimentation. It's not an investigation or a communication that happens overnight. It takes dedicated work and serious mind-challenging considerations." I liked this book because we read transcribed tapes of live seminars where students struggle to comprehend their own "event" via dialogues with Peter Ralston. Questions are the method Peter uses to explore that which can not be explained logically. The investigation takes you beyond the rational and irrational into the realm of paradox. Whether you are an advanced student or a beginner this book is an excellent place to ground your search. There is a breadth and depth to the material that allows for multiple readings and contemplations. If you have come this far - looked up the book, read the review and are still undicided - assume that I'm incompetent as a reviewer. You have come to close to the treasure to turn and walk away now. Seize this book and investigate who you are. Honestly, what else is there?

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Adapted from a series of talks and lively question-and-answer sections, this book explores the nature of communication and being that lies at the heart of Ralston's unique martial arts system.

Sum Total Of Human Happiness

James V. Schall

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Insightful reflections 5 out of 5 stars.
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Another delightful contribution from Schall. As I read this book, I sensed I was acquiring, layer by layer, an intuitive understanding of what it means to be human. Of course, God must be an integral part of that meaning, since everything we know, including ourselves, is given to us. We did not create reality or truth. They are presented before us. It is up to us to know the truth, not to deny it or turn from it or distort it for our own purposes. After reading this book, you will not see yourself or anyone else quite the same way again.

Aesthetics (Explorations in Philosophy)

James W. Manns

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Presenting a balanced approach, including literature, music, and visual arts, Manns provides the solid basics of the history and development of aesthetic theories. He outlines a view of his own centered around the artist's intention and the act of communication, then tries out the various theories against the art of the last half century. The result is a short, compact, student-oriented book that gets the required ideas across with a minimum of fuss and extraneous theory.

Thinking Clearly About Death

Jay F. Rosenberg

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Jay Rosenberg's penetrating and persuasively argued analysis of the central metaphysical and moral questions pertaining to death has been updated and revised to expand and deepen several of its key arguments and to address conceptual developments of the past fifteen years. Among the topics discussed are: Life After Death; The Limits of Theorizing; The Limits of Imagination; Death and Personhood Values and Rights; 'Mercy Killing'; Prolonging Life; 'Rational Suicide' and One's Own Death. Rosenberg's prose is lucid, lively, thoroughly absorbing, and accessible to introductory-level readers. Essential reading for anyone interested in reflecting on this engaging topic. Jay F. Rosenberg is Taylor Grandy Professor of Philosophy, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Peirce and Value Theory: On Peircean Ethics and Aesthetics (Semiotic Crossroads)

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On time and being

Martin Heidegger

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On Time and Being charts the so-called "turn" in Martin Heidegger's philosophy away from his earlier metaphysics in Being and Time to his later thoughts after "the end of philosophy." The title lecture, "Time and Being," shows how Heidegger reconceived both "Being" and "time," introducing the new concept of "the event of Appropriation" to help give his metaphysical ideas nonmetaphysical meanings. On Time and Being also contains a summary of six seminar sessions that Heidegger conducted on "Time and Being," a lecture called "The End of Philosophy and the Task of Thinking," and an autobiographical sketch of Heidegger's intellectual history in "My Way of Phenomenology."

"This collection may well vie with Vom Wesen des Grundes and Identität and Differenz as definitive statements of Heidegger's ontology."—Library Journal

"The title of the English translation is that of the lead essay, the highly celebrated lecture which Heidegger gave in 1962 and which bears the same title as the never published 'third division' of the 'first half' of Being and Time. This lecture is perhaps the most significant document to be added to the Heideggerian corpus since the Letter of Humanism. . . . Stambaugh's translation is superb."—Stanley O. Hoerr and staff, The Review of Metaphysics

The Nature of Love: Plato to Luther (Nature of Love)

Irving Singer

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