Author: John F. Williams
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1616148764
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
The best heaven and the worst hell are the same place. Travel with author John F. Williams into the jungles of Laos and into a new understanding of existence. In lively short stories, Hating Perfection shows the everyday world as uncanny, equally strange as the imaginary worlds of Borges or Kafka. This engrossing, strikingly original book invites you to experience your life in a new way. Hating Perfection weaves its stories together with an elegant logic. Our hateful world—painful, unjust, ruthless, fatal—stands revealed as the best of all possible worlds, flooded everywhere by a perfection both alien and addicting. What we want is different from what we get. But the reason why has a divine splendor. In this revised edition, Mr. Williams has added a postscript that addresses the well-known philosopher’s paradox of the Chinese room. The author explains for the first time how we know that such a room as usually described would not have consciousness. Stand beside Mr. Williams for a time, and look in the direction he is looking. Your troubles may still be your troubles, but the world will be more than it was.
Hating Perfection (Revised Edition)
Author: John F. Williams
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1616148764
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
The best heaven and the worst hell are the same place. Travel with author John F. Williams into the jungles of Laos and into a new understanding of existence. In lively short stories, Hating Perfection shows the everyday world as uncanny, equally strange as the imaginary worlds of Borges or Kafka. This engrossing, strikingly original book invites you to experience your life in a new way. Hating Perfection weaves its stories together with an elegant logic. Our hateful world—painful, unjust, ruthless, fatal—stands revealed as the best of all possible worlds, flooded everywhere by a perfection both alien and addicting. What we want is different from what we get. But the reason why has a divine splendor. In this revised edition, Mr. Williams has added a postscript that addresses the well-known philosopher’s paradox of the Chinese room. The author explains for the first time how we know that such a room as usually described would not have consciousness. Stand beside Mr. Williams for a time, and look in the direction he is looking. Your troubles may still be your troubles, but the world will be more than it was.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1616148764
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
The best heaven and the worst hell are the same place. Travel with author John F. Williams into the jungles of Laos and into a new understanding of existence. In lively short stories, Hating Perfection shows the everyday world as uncanny, equally strange as the imaginary worlds of Borges or Kafka. This engrossing, strikingly original book invites you to experience your life in a new way. Hating Perfection weaves its stories together with an elegant logic. Our hateful world—painful, unjust, ruthless, fatal—stands revealed as the best of all possible worlds, flooded everywhere by a perfection both alien and addicting. What we want is different from what we get. But the reason why has a divine splendor. In this revised edition, Mr. Williams has added a postscript that addresses the well-known philosopher’s paradox of the Chinese room. The author explains for the first time how we know that such a room as usually described would not have consciousness. Stand beside Mr. Williams for a time, and look in the direction he is looking. Your troubles may still be your troubles, but the world will be more than it was.
Ruminations, Volume 3: The Frozen Landscape: Selected Philosophical, Historical, and Ideological Papers
Author: Eric v.d. Luft
Publisher: Gegensatz Press
ISBN: 1621306976
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Essays , poems, and other short works on Heidegger, Nietzsche, the ontological argument, Hegel, Schopenhauer, logic, the philosophy of religion, the philosophy of art, socialism, metaphysics, and the principle of sufficient reason
Publisher: Gegensatz Press
ISBN: 1621306976
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Essays , poems, and other short works on Heidegger, Nietzsche, the ontological argument, Hegel, Schopenhauer, logic, the philosophy of religion, the philosophy of art, socialism, metaphysics, and the principle of sufficient reason
On Christian Perfection. New Edition. [An Abridged Translation.]
Author: Saint Alonso Rodríguez
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Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Languages : en
Pages : 400
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The Seasons ... A new edition
Author: James Thomson
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Languages : en
Pages : 318
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Languages : en
Pages : 318
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The Works of Francis Bragge ... A New Edition, Etc
Author: Francis BRAGGE
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Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Presbyterian Beliefs, Revised Edition
Author:
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 161164822X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
This book is a clear introduction to the major beliefs of Presbyterians. Donald McKim describes in easy-to-understand language what Presbyterians believe about key Reformed theological topics. The revised edition has been updated to include recent changes in the new Form of Government and the Confession of Belhar, among others. Ideal for personal and group study in churches, Presbyterian Beliefs includes ten unique case studies and questions for considering how to apply Presbyterian beliefs to church and daily life.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 161164822X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
This book is a clear introduction to the major beliefs of Presbyterians. Donald McKim describes in easy-to-understand language what Presbyterians believe about key Reformed theological topics. The revised edition has been updated to include recent changes in the new Form of Government and the Confession of Belhar, among others. Ideal for personal and group study in churches, Presbyterian Beliefs includes ten unique case studies and questions for considering how to apply Presbyterian beliefs to church and daily life.
Stoner
Author: John Williams
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590179285
Category : Adultery
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
"Born the child of a poor farmer in Missouri, William Stoner is urged by his parents to study new agriculture techniques at the state university. Digging instead into the texts of Milton and Shakespeare, Stoner falls under the spell of the unexpected pleasures of English literature, and decides to make it his life. Stoner is the story of that life"--
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590179285
Category : Adultery
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
"Born the child of a poor farmer in Missouri, William Stoner is urged by his parents to study new agriculture techniques at the state university. Digging instead into the texts of Milton and Shakespeare, Stoner falls under the spell of the unexpected pleasures of English literature, and decides to make it his life. Stoner is the story of that life"--
Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres ... New edition ... Revised and corrected, with a critical preface, by the Rev. Lionel Thomas Berguer
Author: Hugh Blair
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Languages : en
Pages : 632
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 632
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The Spectator. A New Edition in Eight Volumes ; with Illustrative Notes, to which are Prefixed The Lives of the Authors. By Robert Bisset...: n°635, 20 déc 1714
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Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Pages : 412
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres ... A New Edition
Author: Hugh Blair
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Languages : en
Pages : 660
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 660
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