What Happens to Us When We Think: Transformation and RealityState University of New York Press, 1. 2. 2012 - Počet stran: 157 Author Michael Gelven suggests that thinking metaphysically transforms us, and consequently the nature of metaphysics itself is transformational. Using concrete existential phenomena such as the learning process, how children mature into adults, and how fear can develop into courage, he establishes an understanding of metaphysical transformation. |
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... Perhaps it's because those stones are cut in oblong shapes, and he uses them both horizontally and vertically in different places. The eye is led upward by the vertical—see! Yet it doesn't soar, like a cathedral; its breadth gives it a ...
... Perhaps it's because those stones are cut in oblong shapes, and he uses them both horizontally and vertically in different places. The eye is led upward by the vertical—see! Yet it doesn't soar, like a cathedral; its breadth gives it a ...
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... Perhaps this boy is not a liar as the prosecution says, but every word he says is true. Perhaps he was not taking the merchandise away, but bringing it back. He was not trying to escape, but was allowing himself to be caught if ...
... Perhaps this boy is not a liar as the prosecution says, but every word he says is true. Perhaps he was not taking the merchandise away, but bringing it back. He was not trying to escape, but was allowing himself to be caught if ...
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... Perhaps I am a bit saucy. I sometimes feel so outclassed by the others in the seminar. They all seem to thrive on it—as you do. But. . . Ah, yes. There's always that word but. Spelled with one t, so as not to fan your sauciness. You're ...
... Perhaps I am a bit saucy. I sometimes feel so outclassed by the others in the seminar. They all seem to thrive on it—as you do. But. . . Ah, yes. There's always that word but. Spelled with one t, so as not to fan your sauciness. You're ...
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... Perhaps, though, this example is too materi- alistic. Suppose I had unwarranted guilt feelings which could be alleviated by the discovery of certain facts: I learn I was not responsible for another's suffer- ing, so the guilt feelings ...
... Perhaps, though, this example is too materi- alistic. Suppose I had unwarranted guilt feelings which could be alleviated by the discovery of certain facts: I learn I was not responsible for another's suffer- ing, so the guilt feelings ...
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... Perhaps you are thinking. What's your point? Such direct, nontheoretical thinking about the reality of being friends actually changes me in some way. I keep thinking of that comical word bump; which I realize is inadequate. At least I ...
... Perhaps you are thinking. What's your point? Such direct, nontheoretical thinking about the reality of being friends actually changes me in some way. I keep thinking of that comical word bump; which I realize is inadequate. At least I ...
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2 Wonder | 19 |
3 Being Real | 31 |
4 Violence | 43 |
5 Truth | 59 |
6 The Learner | 71 |
7 The Student | 89 |
8 The Child | 107 |
9 Conflict and Coherence | 119 |
10 Origins | 133 |
Index | 145 |
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