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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... of Wisdom from Great Jewish Thinkers : From Biblical Times to the Present Editor of The Mind of India A Philosopher's Harvest : The Philosophical Papers of Isaac Franck [ Contents Foreword by the Series Editor . Preface ...
... of Wisdom from Great Jewish Thinkers : From Biblical Times to the Present Editor of The Mind of India A Philosopher's Harvest : The Philosophical Papers of Isaac Franck [ Contents Foreword by the Series Editor . Preface ...
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... philosopher - poet Lucretius ( first century before the common era ) said , in his poem On the Nature of Things , that the earth was the mother of life , thus agreeing with Aristotle that the origin of life was naturalistic rather than ...
... philosopher - poet Lucretius ( first century before the common era ) said , in his poem On the Nature of Things , that the earth was the mother of life , thus agreeing with Aristotle that the origin of life was naturalistic rather than ...
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... philosopher and social scien- tist , offered adaptation as the prime criterion of the living . ( 23 ) " Life , " he said , " is definable as the continuous adjust- ment of internal relations to external relations . " Later , the word ...
... philosopher and social scien- tist , offered adaptation as the prime criterion of the living . ( 23 ) " Life , " he said , " is definable as the continuous adjust- ment of internal relations to external relations . " Later , the word ...
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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