Jeremy Lent
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 NEW! The Web of MeaningIntegrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe |
This book lays out an entirely different foundation for a civilization that could lead us sustainably through this century and beyond. It reveals the flaws hidden within the current worldview, … | Jeremy Lent | 530 | 2021 | View |
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From NEW! The Nameless Uncarved WoodFrom: The Web of Meaning |
Traditional Chinese and Greek philosophy of mind is discussed, along with the insights of modern neuroscience. The chapter describes the role of the pre-frontal cortex as the executive function, … | Jeremy Lent | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |
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From NEW! The Original AIAnimate Intelligence From: The Web of Meaning |
This chapter links the European loss of seeing the world as connected with the Scientific Revolution, and how that view has continued uninterrupted in Indigenous ways of seeing and knowing. … | Jeremy Lent | 26 | 2021 | $2.60 Add |
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From NEW! The Most Important Relationship in Your LifeFrom: The Web of Meaning |
How the "I" and the "self" split apart early in human evolution is viewed as a defining characteristic of humanity. The differences between I and self are discussed, along … | Jeremy Lent | 26 | 2021 | $2.60 Add |
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From NEW! The Patterns of the UniverseFrom: The Web of Meaning |
The chapter begins with the paradox of the Ship of Theseus, and continues with the the philosophy of flux of the Pre-Socratics and of the Song Dynasty of China. How things can be in constant flux … | Jeremy Lent | 31 | 2021 | $3.10 Add |
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From NEW! The Harmonic Dance of LifeFrom: The Web of Meaning |
Competition in the development of life is contrasted with the far more important role co-operation has had in producing the breathtaking diversity and beauty of life. Darwinism, the discovery of … | Jeremy Lent | 27 | 2021 | $2.70 Add |
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From NEW! The Deep Purpose of LifeFrom: The Web of Meaning |
This chapter discovers that not only that life does have purpose, but that intrinsic purpose is, in fact, a defining characteristic of life. The author discusses research in the dynamics of … | Jeremy Lent | 23 | 2021 | $2.30 Add |
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From NEW! The Tao in My Own NatureFrom: The Web of Meaning |
This chapter overturns much conventional thinking and points out that the natural world, our own nature, and the culture in which we are embedded, are all subject to the same principles. … | Jeremy Lent | 22 | 2021 | $2.20 Add |
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From NEW! Flourishing as an Integrated OrganismFrom: The Web of Meaning |
Examining the way we develop as profoundly affected by the conditions in which we grow, the author describes health in harmony and the harmful effects of advertising such as income inequality, … | Jeremy Lent | 28 | 2021 | $2.80 Add |
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From NEW! Cultivating Integrated ValuesFrom: The Web of Meaning |
This chapter contrasts an inborn moral sense with beliefs in humanity’s intrinsic malevolence. The way values have evolved towards empathy, altruistic behaviours, cooperation, and fairness … | Jeremy Lent | 27 | 2021 | $2.70 Add |
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From NEW! Human/NatureFrom: The Web of Meaning |
The chapter begins with the absurdity of anthropocentrism, continuing with the European thirst for domination overseas and over nature. The Great Acceleration is described as the commodification … | Jeremy Lent | 29 | 2021 | $2.90 Add |
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From NEW! Everything Is ConnectedFrom: The Web of Meaning |
This chapter contrasts the European tradition of a self-contained individual and consciousness with the Buddhist (and other) traditions of the boundaries separating the self from others as all … | Jeremy Lent | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |
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From NEW! From Fixed Self to Infinite LThe Fractal Nature of Identity From: The Web of Meaning |
This chapter asserts that once the reality of a connected universe is embraced, new forms of identity naturally emerge. Rejecting dualism and reductionism, paradigm shifts, pantheism, Buddhism, … | Jeremy Lent | 21 | 2021 | $2.10 Add |
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From NEW! Weaving a New Story of MeaningFrom: The Web of Meaning |
The chapter concludes that an ecological civilization will emerge only when the symbiotic linkages between people become a more powerful force than the competitive impulses engendered by the … | Jeremy Lent | 34 | 2021 | $3.40 Add |
