{"product_id":"the-ancient-bargain-hakim-ibn-adam-9781069898326","title":"The Ancient Bargain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo billion years ago, life struck a violent, accidental bargain. Today, that bargain finally speaks.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet within the microscopic theater of a single eukaryotic cell, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ancient Bargain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a \"philosophical closet drama\"-a play written for the stage of the mind. As the cell's internal environment reaches a breaking point-ATP levels plummeting and calcium rising toward a lethal threshold-two primordial intelligences emerge from the chemical noise to confront one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Dialogue of Opposites\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe drama unfolds through a dialectic between two distinct voices that have shared a membrane for eons but have never truly spoken: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Ribosome: \u003c\/strong\u003e The digital \"RNA Cathedral,\" a weaver of sequences and the guardian of the genetic code. It views life as a series of discrete, countable events and information as the ultimate priority.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Mitochondrion: \u003c\/strong\u003e The restless, analog captive whose proton gradients provide the fire of existence. It views life as a continuous flow, an unbroken river of energy that precedes and sustains the digital Archive.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt the Intersection of Science and Spirit\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the molecular realities of endosymbiosis and the mystical metaphysics of Ibn Arabi, Hakim Ibn Adam explores the \"wound\" of our evolutionary origins. Their conversation traverses the most profound questions of existence: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIdentity: \u003c\/strong\u003e Is a being a collection of parts (the Ship of Theseus) or a continuous process of \"shipping\"? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLineage: \u003c\/strong\u003e The \"Maternal Thread\" of mitochondrial inheritance vs. the \"Universal Web\" of the genetic code.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMeaning: \u003c\/strong\u003e Whether life is a mechanical accident or the \"Breath of the Merciful\"-a cosmos exhaled into being and renewed at every instant.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor the Discerning Reader\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ancient Bargain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a meditation on cooperation born from capture and the \"productive tension\" that defines complex life. It is essential reading for those interested in the philosophy of biology, process monism, and the hidden metaphors encoded in our very cells.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hakim Ibn Adam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1069898325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781069898326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Three Roses Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.16d","brand":"Hakim Ibn Adam","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852688044287,"sku":"9781069898326","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ancient-bargain-hakim-ibn-adam-9781069898326","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}