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There is a pleasure in philosophy, and a lure even in the mirages of metaphysics, which
every student feels until the coarse necessities of physical existence drag him from the
heights of thought into the mart of economic strife and gain. Most of us have known some
golden days in the June of life when philosophy was in fact what Plato calls it, "that dear
delight"; when the love of a modestly elusive Truth seemed more glorious, incomparably,
than the lust for the ways of the flesh and the dross of the world. And there is always some
wistful remnant in us of that early wooing of wisdom. So much of our lives is meaningless, a
self-cancelling vacillation and futility; we strive with the chaos about us and within; but we
would believe all the while that there is something vital and significant in us; could we but
decipher our own souls. We want to understand; we are like Mitya in The Brothers
Karamazov - "one of those who don't want millions, but an answer to their questions"; we
want to seize the value and perspective of passing things, and so to pull ourselves up out of
the maelstrom of daily circumstance. We want to know that the little things are little, and the
big things big, before it is too late; we want to see things now as they will seem forever -
"in the light of eternity." We want to learn to laugh in the face of the inevitable, to smile
even at the looming of death. We want to be whole, to coordinate our energies by criticizing
and harmonizing our desires; for coordinated energy is the last word in ethics and politics,
and perhaps in logic and metaphysics too. Truth will not make us rich, but it will make us
free.
This book is not a complete history of Philosophy. It is an attempt to humanize knowledge
by centering the story of speculative thought around certain dominant personalities. Certain
lesser figures have been omitted in order that those selected might have the space required to
make them live. Hence the inadequate treatment of the half-legendary pre-Socratics, the
Stoics and Epicureans, the Scholastics, and the epistemologists. The author believes that
epistemology has kidnapped modern philosophy, and well-nigh ruined it; he hopes for the
time when the study of the knowledge-process will be recognized as the business of the
science of psychology, and when philosophy will again be understood as the synthetic
interpretation of all experience rather than the analytic description of the mode and process
of experience itself. Analysis belongs to science, and gives us knowledge; philosophy must
provide a synthesis for wisdom.
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Read the first book and this 2nd one did not disappoint! Loved every chapter. More please!
Like it was written by George Santos
Received an Advanced Reader Copy from a friend. I am an avid true crime reader and upon completion I question if the author is credible. The timeline does not add up for his age and the times of his alleged involvement in organized crime. Some of the things in the book he is alleged to have said and done I remember almost word for word from movies I had previously watched. He literally stole a scene from the movie the accountant with Ben Affleck and said that he did it. I did a little research after completing the book and learned that this author was also claiming in 2010 that he was a long time member of the Bloods Gang. That coupled with the above leads me to believe that it is nothing more than fantasy. Do not waste your time or money
Like it was written by George Santos
Received an Advanced Reader Copy from a friend. I am an avid true crime reader and upon completion I question if the author is credible. The timeline does not add up for his age and the times of his alleged involvement in organized crime. Some of the things in the book he is alleged to have said and done I remember almost word for word from movies I had previously watched. He literally stole a scene from the movie the accountant with Ben Affleck and said that he did it. I did a little research after completing the book and learned that this author was also claiming in 2010 that he was a long time member of the Bloods Gang. That coupled with the above leads me to believe that it is nothing more than fantasy. Do not waste your time or money
What a difficult story to tell. I appreciate the honesty and vulnerability. Definitely made me think.
I had hopes for this book but was not expecting what I would read within the pages. If your kink is deplorable grammar, incoherent sentences, and inconsistent messages, then this book is for you. At first, I thought the book I received was not the book I ordered. But as I dived in, it was very confusing. I would not recommend this book to anyone
There are not many reviews on the internet for this book. In researching the many stores selling the book, it was self-published which makes a lot of sense. The online description is written perfectly, so reading the actual book was very difficult. Pages two and three are written clearly as well as the table of contents. Pages 155 and 156 are also written logically.
It appears this book was written, then sent through a program like “Grammarly.” Once completed it seems it was published without being re-read or edited. The first clue was the title narrative that used “Has” instead of “As.” The table of contents is one page off from what it shows on pages four though seven. Many of the “q’s” are written as “[]”
Below are some examples of what was within the pages of this book written verbatim:
“Chains & Discipline/ Domination & entry/ Sadism & Masochism (BDSM) is a wide classification of bed room play.” Page 9
“When bringing up the topic of chains, you are actually asking a person to offer you their depend on, their flexibility, and also possibly their suggestion of security in exchange for sensual/sexual enjoyment, power-play, and also feasible re-evaluation of your very own connection.” Page 39
“Techni[]ue can take a selection of kinds and also be as easy or facility as you pick to (new paragraph) bargain for your details scenario” Page 52
“BDSM stands for chains as well as entry, technique and also supremacy as well as sadism and also masochism.” Page 125
“SHELF means Risk Aware Consensual Kink.” Page 130
“Approval is whatever.” Page 152
“your twist isn’t my twist, yet your twist is OKAY.” Page 153
“You can be a top, base, or button” Page 153