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The Soul of the Marionette - A Short Inquiry into Human Freedom

English · Paperback / Softback

Will be released 17.05.2016

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Informationen zum Autor John Gray Klappentext In his brilliantly enjoyable and freewheeling new book, John Gray draws together the religious, philosophic, and fantastical traditions that question the very idea of human freedom. We flatter ourselves about the nature of free will and yet the most enormous forces--logical, physical, metaphysical--constrain our every action. Many writers and intellectuals have always understood this, but instead of embracing our condition we battle against it, with everyone from world conquerors to modern scientists dreaming of a "human dominion" almost comically at odds with our true state. Filled with wonderful examples and drawing on the widest possible reading (from the Gnostics to Philip K. Dick), The Soul of the Marionette is a stimulating and engaging meditation on everything from cybernetics to the fairground marionettes of the title.

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Authors John Gray
Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Release 17.05.2016, delayed
 
EAN 9780374536237
ISBN 978-0-374-53623-7
No. of pages 192
Subject Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works

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