Metaphysics category: 2011 books

Elere-Omo (The Spirit-Child) is a monograph made to espouse an aspect of Yoruba culture relating to persons fated to have alliance with spiritual confraternity that have influence on their corporeal existence on earth.  Alternatively referred to as Abiku, Emere or Elegbe-Omo, the phenomenon...

COMMON YORUBA MYTHS & SUPERSTITIONS presents extant traditional beliefs as cognized and practiced by Yoruba people of West Africa.  Insightful, original and visceral, this vintage collection of Yoruba myths and superstitions is made especially for Africans in Diaspora and other cultural...

Leo Zagami's groundbreaking study of aliens and UFOs explores where we come from and which mysterious figures have guided humanity's political and religious choices. From the prophets to the initiates and magicians, all ages have drawn from a common source of ultra-terrestrial and magical knowledge,...

John Searle’s The Construction of Social Reality and Hernando de Soto’s The Mystery of Capital shifted the focus of current thought on capital and economic development to the cultural and conceptual ideas that underpin market economies and that are taken for granted in developed nations. This...

Propositions has two main goals. The first is to show that there are propositions. The second is to defend an account of their nature. While pursuing these goals, Trenton Merricks draws a variety of controversial conclusions about related issues, including, among others, supervaluationism, the nature...

The political systems of the Roman Republic were based almost entirely on tradition, "the way of the ancestors", rather than on a written constitution. While the founders of the American Republic looked to ancient Rome as a primary model for their enterprise, nevertheless, in line with the rationalist...

Examining the relationship between perception and events, this highly significant volume contributes several important ideas to the "bridge" between modern science and perennial wisdom teachings. Part 1, The Reign of Relativity, explores the extent of relativity's domain and the implications...

Many have found Thinking and Destiny to be unlike anything they have previously read. The author introduces us to the true meaning and purpose of Man, the Universe and Beyond. Provocative in its vast and detailed subject matter, the information may at first startle, or even elicit skepticism - until...

Your true essence survives the physical death of your body Your soul is the true essence of who you are; not your body In all likelihood, you have lived before in a much different body All souls originated from the same God-sourced energy As humans living on Earth, we are ONE big, soul family This...

If we wish to make any progress in occultism, we must learn to mind our own business and let other people alone... -Charles Webster Leadbeater was an influential member of the Theosophical Society, author on occult subjects and co-initiator with J. I. Wedgwood of...

The conception of the successive life-waves which pour out from the LOGOS should not be a difficult one, yet it frequently happens that some confusion seems to arise in the mind of the student in connection with it. Perhaps this comes partially from the fact that the term “life-wave” has...

Truth is a pervasive feature of ordinary language, deserving of systematic study, and few theorists of truth have endeavoured to chronicle the tousled conceptual terrain forming the non-philosopher’s ordinary view. In this book, the author recasts the philosophical treatment of truth in light of...

The stir caused in the civilized world by the writings of Bergson, particularly during the past decade, is evidenced by the volume of the stream of exposition and comment which has flowed and is still flowing. If the French were to be tempted to set up, after the German manner, a Bergson-Archiv they...

你無法保證自己所做的決定一定正確， 　　但你能保證的是，你為了這個決定所做的準備，可以最大化成功和幸福的機會。 　　想要得到幸福，就必須為自己的「做」與「不做」負起責任。 　　〈極端價值充斥的現世，最適合參照的「中道」智慧〉 　　「做對的事」，其實沒那麼了不起…… **　　◎說什麼「要有勇氣」？** 　　只是面對你害怕的事物，訓練自己不要那麼害怕。 **　　◎說什麼「實踐正義」？** 　　只是決定公平對待他人、負起該負的責任，同時幫助大家實現潛能，包括你自己。 **　　◎說什麼「決心自制」？** 　　只是想清楚何謂「中庸之道」，什麼是對強烈情緒、人際互動和欲望的適當反應。 　　人生可以自動駕駛嗎？ 　　許多人往往都不假思索地活著，覺得這樣也很快樂！ 　　亞里斯多德卻深信：由自己主導，成為掌握人生控制面板的唯一駕駛，才是「活得好」的關鍵。 　　「快樂」不只是追求片刻的討喜或開心，而是「一生持續的狀態」， 　　而這種「幸福」或「滿足」的源頭就在於—— 　　運用人類獨有的理性思考，誠實面對自己的行與不行， 　　找到目標、實現潛能，持續地「做對的事」，努力修正以成為更好的自己。 　　英國知名文史古典學者伊迪絲．霍爾， 　　以淺近的現代語言和生活實例，為你我與古代賢哲之間搭起無礙的橋樑， 　　精準闡釋亞里斯多德的哲思，用以因應各項現實課題—— 　　如何做出明智的決定？如何在溝通和說服中達成目的？ 　　如何利用「美德與惡習」檢索表分析自己的性格、抗拒外在誘惑？ 　　如何選擇適合的伴侶與知己？如何面對死亡、喪親等失落體驗？…… 　　不論天地、不談神祇，從人類經驗出發的亞里斯多德，只是帶著你「好好想清楚自己」。 　　從幸福、慎思、認識自己到群體關係，他層層探問「為人」的十個根本學問， 　　那些原本看似高標的道德真理，在一步步推演、思索的路上，變得格外親切與實用， 　　你也隨之內化了賢哲智慧，用更寬待的眼，面對自己和周遭的一切。 　　無論古典希臘或現代世界，或是處在生命的哪個階段， 　　亞里斯多德回歸本質的人生忠告，永不過時。 **　　【亞里斯多德的人生相談】** 　　◎如果我們培養美德、控制惡習，藉此訓練自己要良善，就會發現快樂的心態來自於「習慣性地做對的事」。 　　◎想要活得好、並公平對待他人，必須不惜代價地愛自己。幸福與自我厭惡並不相容。 　　◎找出你喜歡做、也有天分的事，然後堅持做下去。這一點可能說的比做的容易，但身為人類，比起一棵榆樹或一隻瞪羚，至少你可以做出理性的選擇。 　　◎不要急著考慮，慎思沒有衝動的容身之處。確認所有資訊，不正確的知識永遠不可能產生正確的決定。 　　◎我們是看某人有目的性的選擇，來判斷他的人格——不是看他做什麼，而是看他為了什麼而做。 　　◎第一印象很重要。靈魂高貴的人，必須在打扮浮誇到不修邊幅之間取得平衡。衣衫過度破舊邋遢，本身就是一種誇耀。 　　◎如果你受到傷害而不覺得憤慨，這是道德功能失常的跡象。別人會認為你沒有自尊，無法挺身捍衛任何事。憤怒，有時是高尚且正當的。 　　◎表現得體又不傷人的幽默，只開你願意讓別人對你或在你面前開的玩笑。談到笑，你丟出去多少，就要願意接受多少。 　　◎道德上的不作為跟主動作為一樣嚴重，在臨死前，我們會後悔的不是做了什麼，而是沒做什麼。 　　◎休閒並不是次要的事。要充分利用閒暇，甚至比工作更耗費心力。無聊不僅是和平的敵人，也是幸福的敵人。 本書特色 　　◎亞里斯多德是最符合現代人需求的哲學家 　　以人類經驗為本，強調理性思考、主動作為、實踐良善，考慮個別差異、注重平衡中道……在這個資訊、價值倏變的不確定年代，亞里斯多德的哲思宛如一股穩定身心的雋永力量，引領我們在紛擾混亂中回歸本質，確立人生舵向。 　　◎用現代精神詮釋古哲智慧的人文通識讀本 　　作者以充滿現代精神的詮釋，引介古哲的思考智慧，可做為理想的人文通識讀物，提供讀者學習理性思辨、初探哲學理念的入門管道。 　　◎以人生關鍵十問完整匯聚亞里斯多德哲思 　　亞里斯多德的論述常散見於各書，但少見有系統的解說，本書簡潔有力地呈現亞里斯多德的豐富思想，使讀者隨之推演、思考，感受賢哲智慧與自身生活的緊密連結。 得獎記錄 　　◎作者以簡潔有力的方式，將亞里斯多德的實踐科學做了清楚的介紹。這不是件容易的工作，因為對於經驗的掌握，一直都是哲學家面對的挑戰，而無疑地，亞里斯多德是面對這些挑戰的哲學家中最成功的一位。——國立台灣大學哲學系教授...