Alessandro Silva:
Comprei pra treinar o inglês e gostei da leitura. O autor tentar passar a visao holistica que tudo e todos estam interligados. E atraves tanto da ciencia como da religiao estamos dissecados em varias partes para melhor entender a nós mesmos, porem quando fazemos isso deixamos de fora muitas outras partes que nao foram analisadas ou omitidas durante o estudo de nós mesmos. Visao bem interessante. Uma boa crítica a ciencia e a religiao. Pode ler!
Brazil on Jan 19, 2024
Katzenberger Jens:
Time to awake & to stop creating pain and misery.
Germany on Jan 06, 2024
Brett:
Read front to back in one take. Interesting read. I like the view that is taken on the present and how one perceives and acts in it.
United States on Nov 30, 2023
Elaine:
Bought as a gift, so not reading it myself and can't comment on the content. It's as described and I believe the recipient will be happy.
United Kingdom on Nov 26, 2023
Jonathan Campbell:
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This is what I got from the book decipher it for yourselves LOL.
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United States on Oct 28, 2023
Alexander:
Muy buen libro, con la peculiaridad única de ese autor, mucho aprendizaje si estás abierto a su forma diferente de escribir
Mexico on Jul 04, 2023
Nathaniel WrightNathaniel Wright:
The book came brand new. Very clean. It was delivered delicately.
I love this book. Im glad I added it to my collection. It's a book that can be reread multiple times. It's definitely a mind blower. The perspective of Alan is very intense for someone who isn't used to seeing things differently than what we've been taught, especially in the Western Culture.
I would recommend this book if you are open minded.
Canada on Jun 08, 2022
Patrick F:
Alan Watts writes with simple, lucid logic that is nearly impossible for me to summarize. His argument holds together like a long string of connected puzzle pieces and to take any out is to lose the impact of his philosophy. I would thoroughly recommend reading Watts’ work, but would recommend against trusting me to accurately convey his system of thought aside from this one major point: live in the present.
Watts begins right at the heart of the matter by emphasizing why it is illogical to live for the future or to dwell on the past. He writes, “If happiness always depends on something expected in the future, we are chasing a will-o’-the-wisp that ever eludes our grasp, until the future, and ourselves, vanish into the abyss of death” (15). He takes time to explore how the modern western mind is plagued by anxiety and hope for the future while forgetting that the future is an eternally moving goalpost. While some of his ideas certainly buck the prevailing mindset--especially that held by wide swaths of Christians--Watts proceeds graciously and with respect to the difficulty some will have with digesting the idea that we ought not be fixated on...
United States on Mar 22, 2020
T. Burket:
In 1951, Alan Watts wrote about the increasing pace of life and the challenges to maintain one's moorings in turbulent times. If only he were around today to see what has happened recent years and to comment accordingly! Perhaps he would give similar advice, as his principles should not be subject to the current events or fashion.
His two main themes from my perspective, at least in the first half that I found much more enlightening, were that humans do not need traditional religion and that humans should not fight anxiety. In the first case, his analysis is not that science has solved everything, a topic lively today and likely to continue as a perpetual debate. It is more that the human soul can find nourishment and understanding in other ways, and does not need the tenets of religion to make life whole. He does, however, concede that belief has been undermined by the ceaseless march of human intelligence, while claiming that the coldly intellectual angle often leaves the human soul unsatisfied. Mystery helps feed the mind and spirit.
Mr. Watts' insights on anxiety as the necessary complement to freedom and pleasure were particularly succinct and...
United States on Dec 09, 2007
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| ISBN-10 | 0307741206 | 1732932611 | |
| Modern Western Philosophy | Modern Western Philosophy | ||
| Paperback | 160 pages | 267 pages | |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0307741202 | 978-1732932616 | |
| Dimensions | 5.2 x 0.48 x 7.98 inches | 5 x 0.67 x 8 inches | |
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| Publisher | Vintage Books; 2nd edition | We Are The Change Publishing | |
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| Language | English | English |
United States on Feb 06, 2024