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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... wrote : ( 2 ) [ H ] e was a man who flitted around among writers of every kind with an insatiable desire to read , and delighted in taking to pieces the garlands of other people to plait them into new wreaths . • John Greenleaf Whittier ...
... wrote : ( 2 ) [ H ] e was a man who flitted around among writers of every kind with an insatiable desire to read , and delighted in taking to pieces the garlands of other people to plait them into new wreaths . • John Greenleaf Whittier ...
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... 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 divine . Lucretius wrote : ( 8 ) How merited is that adopted name Of 4 LIFE IN GENERAL.
... 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 divine . Lucretius wrote : ( 8 ) How merited is that adopted name Of 4 LIFE IN GENERAL.
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... wrote in Greek . Plotinus argued ( a ) that fire , air , water , and earth are the only forms of matter , and ( b ) that ( 11 ) [ Inasmuch as no one ] . . . would pretend that a mere chance mixing [ of these four forms of matter could ...
... wrote in Greek . Plotinus argued ( a ) that fire , air , water , and earth are the only forms of matter , and ( b ) that ( 11 ) [ Inasmuch as no one ] . . . would pretend that a mere chance mixing [ of these four forms of matter could ...
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... wrote in 1884 that germs of life may , with some likelihood , have ( 13 ) " passed from one world to another . . . [ and ] developed where they found favourable soil . " • Hoyle , a British astronomer , in his book Lifecloud : The ...
... wrote in 1884 that germs of life may , with some likelihood , have ( 13 ) " passed from one world to another . . . [ and ] developed where they found favourable soil . " • Hoyle , a British astronomer , in his book Lifecloud : The ...
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... wrote that ( 24 ) " life as such is will to power . " This identification of life with will to power is in keeping with Nietzsche's ethical philosophy , which glorifies a hy- pothetical uninhibited “ superman . ” - Bergson's ...
... wrote that ( 24 ) " life as such is will to power . " This identification of life with will to power is in keeping with Nietzsche's ethical philosophy , which glorifies a hy- pothetical uninhibited “ superman . ” - Bergson's ...
Inhalt
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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The Meaning of Life: Insights of the World's Great Thinkers William Gerber Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1994 |
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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