All Things Are Full of Gods
The Mysteries of Mind and Life
$36.99
- Hardcover
528 pages
- Release Date
14 November 2024
Summary
In a blossoming garden located far outside all worlds, a group of aging Greek gods have gathered to discuss the nature of existence, the mystery of mind, and whether there is a transcendent God from whom all things come. Turning to Eros, Psyche asks, “Do you see this flower, my love?”
So begins David Bentley Hart’s unprecedented exploration of the mystery of consciousness. Writing in the form of a Platonic dialogue, he systematically subjects the mechanical view of nature that has pre…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780300254723 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0300254725 |
| Author: | David Bentley Hart |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 14 November 2024 |
| Weight: | 804g |
| Dimensions: | 51mm x 165mm x 242mm |
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Critics Review
“The purportedly science-based picture of reality known as physicalism (or materialism) is an historical and cultural aberration, a caricature inadequate in human and scientific terms, and must be superseded. This informed and powerful book points the way.”—Edward F. Kelly, lead author of Irreducible Mind
“David Bentley Hart is well established as one of the greatest living writers on theology and the cosmos. This book, a telling counter-argument to reductionist materialism, is as one has come to expect: subtle, imaginative, beautifully written—and highly original.”—Iain McGilchrist, author of The Matter of Things
“This is a playful but also deeply serious and moving study of mind, life, language, and understanding. It should be read and enjoyed by anyone with an interest in understanding our own place in the world.”—Stephen R. L. Clark, author of From Athens to Jerusalem
“I urge you to read this book—for its wit, its scholarship, and its reminder that, regardless of one’s philosophical stance, we should never forget to be astonished and moved to contemplation by the existence of life and mind.”—Philip Ball, author of How Life Works
“Fresh, learned, and, above all, imaginative, this book will encourage the sympathetic, stimulate the perplexed, and provoke the materialists.”—Nick Spencer, author of Playing God: Science, Religion and the Future of Humanity
David Bentley Hart
David Bentley Hart is a philosopher, scholar of religion, writer, and cultural commentator. His books include The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss and Roland in Moonlight. His current position is collaborative researcher at the University of Notre Dame.
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