The Meaning of Life: Insights of the World's Great ThinkersRodopi, 1994 - 282 páginas The book aims to present the wisdom of sages, great thinkers, renowned writers, and philosophers, of many countries and time periods, in their own words, regarding life. The book also aims to place the numerous quotations from these sources in a structured organization, with introductory and explanatory comments and comparisons. Main Topics or Fields - See Organization or Principal Parts. |
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... happen that you need to examine my sources , to see what they look like exactly , you will find them listed at the back of my book , in an appendix called " Source References . " W.G. Acknowledgment THE KIND PERMISSION of the following ...
... happen that you need to examine my sources , to see what they look like exactly , you will find them listed at the back of my book , in an appendix called " Source References . " W.G. Acknowledgment THE KIND PERMISSION of the following ...
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... happen that life came into being ? 2. Now that there are living things , what basically differentiates the living from the nonliving ? 3. Is there something about being a living thing that transcends , or operates above and beyond , the ...
... happen that life came into being ? 2. Now that there are living things , what basically differentiates the living from the nonliving ? 3. Is there something about being a living thing that transcends , or operates above and beyond , the ...
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... happen that life came into being ? " is not easy . Even those who favor a naturalistic , non - theological answer agree that a mystery remains at the core of the question even if one supposes that life came from outer space . Many ...
... happen that life came into being ? " is not easy . Even those who favor a naturalistic , non - theological answer agree that a mystery remains at the core of the question even if one supposes that life came from outer space . Many ...
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... happen some- where [ at some time ] . " Nevertheless , we may conclude , tentatively , not only that the origin of life is a mystery ( which Davies acknowledges ) , but also that postulating a creative mind operating in the cosmos may ...
... happen some- where [ at some time ] . " Nevertheless , we may conclude , tentatively , not only that the origin of life is a mystery ( which Davies acknowledges ) , but also that postulating a creative mind operating in the cosmos may ...
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... happens in life happen according to immutable laws of nature ; that is , is nature a closed system , in which the apparently voluntary or purposive actions of living beings are com- pletely determined by the laws of natural science ? Or ...
... happens in life happen according to immutable laws of nature ; that is , is nature a closed system , in which the apparently voluntary or purposive actions of living beings are com- pletely determined by the laws of natural science ? Or ...
Índice
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21 | |
Part 2 | 71 |
Who Am I and What Am I? | 77 |
Is Will Defeated by Causality Fate | 109 |
Part 3 | 133 |
Is There Meaning in Our Lives? If | 153 |
How Do We March from Childhood to | 165 |
What Are the Basic Truths About Sex | 189 |
Civilization? | 219 |
How Should We Appraise Religious | 231 |
Source References | 249 |
Index of Authors and Anonymous | 279 |
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The Meaning of Life: Insights of the World's Great Thinkers William Gerber Pré-visualização limitada - 1994 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
Adler al-Ghazzali animals think answer Aquinas argument Aristotle asked aspect attributes basic behavior belief Bertrand Russell Blaise Pascal body Book brain called causality causes century chapter Charles Van Doren cited common era death declared doctrine Doren earth eat flesh edited editor eternal example existence expressed faith feel flowers freedom Genesis God's Greek happens hath human condition Ibid idea Immanuel Kant immortality Jewish John kind laws living things Lord Louis Untermeyer Lucretius marriage Martin Gardner meaning medieval mind moral namely nature negative offered Oliver Goldsmith passages person Peter Singer pets philosopher physical plants Plato Plotinus poem poet positive balance prayer Press Psalm question quoted reason reference regarding relation religion religious Roman sense Serpell sexual Sidney Hook Solomon ibn Gabirol soul specific T]he thee thinkers thou thought tion translated truth University verse William wisdom writers wrote York
Passagens conhecidas
Página 48 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered.
Página 228 - Earth has not anything to show more fair : Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers,, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Página 166 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Página 34 - Gave thee life, and bid thee feed By the stream and o'er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing, woolly, bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice?
Página 35 - And what shoulder and what art Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And, when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand and what dread feet?
Página 167 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have the days of the years of my life been...
Página 177 - DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.
Página 32 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.