The Meaning of Life: Insights of the World's Great ThinkersRodopi, 1994 - 282 Seiten 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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... idea of the making of the body to be the vehicle of the soul is strongly reminiscent of the report in chapter 1 of Genesis of ( a ) the breathing of life into the first man's body ( through his nostrils ) and ( b ) his thereby becoming ...
... idea of the making of the body to be the vehicle of the soul is strongly reminiscent of the report in chapter 1 of Genesis of ( a ) the breathing of life into the first man's body ( through his nostrils ) and ( b ) his thereby becoming ...
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... idea that ( 15 ) the earth , when it was still sterile , may have been deliberately seeded by intelligent beings living in other solar systems . Comment To answer the question " How did it happen that life came into being ? " is not ...
... idea that ( 15 ) the earth , when it was still sterile , may have been deliberately seeded by intelligent beings living in other solar systems . Comment To answer the question " How did it happen that life came into being ? " is not ...
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... or motion , be alive or no ; it is easy to perceive that a clear , distinct , settled idea does not always accompany the use of so known a word as life is . LIFE IN GENERAL Locke's examples are still reverberating today — 8 LIFE IN GENERAL.
... or motion , be alive or no ; it is easy to perceive that a clear , distinct , settled idea does not always accompany the use of so known a word as life is . LIFE IN GENERAL Locke's examples are still reverberating today — 8 LIFE IN GENERAL.
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3 | |
What Is the Basic Nature of Plants | 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 |
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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