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Author : George Sebastian Rousseau
Release : 1991
Genre : Anthropology
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Book Rating : 727/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Enlightenment Crossings by : George Sebastian Rousseau
Download or read book Enlightenment Crossings written by George Sebastian Rousseau. This book was released on 1991. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Sebastian Rousseau
Release : 1991
Genre : Civilization, Modern
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Book Rating : 018/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Perilous Enlightenment by : George Sebastian Rousseau
Download or read book Perilous Enlightenment written by George Sebastian Rousseau. This book was released on 1991. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Sebastian Rousseau
Release : 1991
Genre : Civilization, Modern
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Book Rating : 067/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Enlightenment Borders by : George Sebastian Rousseau
Download or read book Enlightenment Borders written by George Sebastian Rousseau. This book was released on 1991. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daehaeng
Release : 2012-11-12
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 309/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis No River to Cross by : Daehaeng
Download or read book No River to Cross written by Daehaeng. This book was released on 2012-11-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is often said that enlightenment means "crossing over to the other shore," that far-off place where we can at last be free from suffering. Likewise, it is said that Buddhist teachings are the raft that takes us there. In this sparkling collection from one of the most vital teachers of modern Korean Buddhism, Zen Master Daehaeng shows us that there is no raft to find and, truly, no river to cross. She extends her hand to the Western reader, beckoning each of us into the unfailing wisdom accessible right now, the enlightenment that is always, already, right here. A Zen (or seon, as Korean Zen is called) master with impeccable credentials, Daehaeng has developed a refreshing approach; No River to Cross is surprisingly personal. It's disarmingly simple, yet remarkably profound, pointing us again and again to our foundation, our "True Nature" - the perfection of things just as they are.
Author : Richard B. Sher
Release : 2008-09-15
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 542/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Enlightenment and the Book by : Richard B. Sher
Download or read book The Enlightenment and the Book written by Richard B. Sher. This book was released on 2008-09-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late eighteenth century witnessed an explosion of intellectual activity in Scotland by such luminaries as David Hume, Adam Smith, Hugh Blair, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, James Boswell, and Robert Burns. And the books written by these seminal thinkers made a significant mark during their time in almost every field of polite literature and higher learning throughout Britain, Europe, and the Americas. In this magisterial history, Richard B. Sher breaks new ground for our understanding of the Enlightenment and the forgotten role of publishing during that period. The Enlightenment and the Book seeks to remedy the common misperception that such classics as The Wealth of Nations and The Life of Samuel Johnson were written by authors who eyed their publishers as minor functionaries in their profession. To the contrary, Sher shows how the process of bookmaking during the late eighteenth-century involved a deeply complex partnership between authors and their publishers, one in which writers saw the book industry not only as pivotal in the dissemination of their ideas, but also as crucial to their dreams of fame and monetary gain. Similarly, Sher demonstrates that publishers were involved in the project of bookmaking in order to advance human knowledge as well as to accumulate profits. The Enlightenment and the Book explores this tension between creativity and commerce that still exists in scholarly publishing today. Lavishly illustrated and elegantly conceived, it will be must reading for anyone interested in the history of the book or the production and diffusion of Enlightenment thought.
