The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life - Rilegato

Ricard, Matthieu; Revel, Jean-Francois

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ISBN 10: 0805241620 ISBN 13: 9780805241624

Casa editrice: Schocken Books, 1999

Riassunto

Discuss consciousness, free will, the value of progress, the causes of war, and ways to approach living

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Recensione:

"The wonderful thing about this book is that it shows how fruitful open-hearted dialogue can be. Although these two men have pursued their humane concerns and their quest for knowledge by different means, I believe they both reveal that it's not so important whether life has meaning, but whether we give meaning to the life we live."
-- His Holiness The Dalai Lama

"The Monk and the Philosopher is an intellectual banquet -- an enlightening and lively encounter that explores man-kind's most profound questions."
-- Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence

L'autore:

Jean-Francois Revel, a member of the Academie Francaise, was born in 1924. He studied and taught philosophy but abandoned university teaching to concentrate on writing. He was editor for many years of the influential political weekly L'Express. His books, including the best-seller Without Marx or Jesus and How Democracies Perish, have gained worldwide recognition.

Matthieu Ricard lives in the Shechen Monastery in Nepal. Born in France in 1946, he received his doctorate in molecular biology from the Institut Pasteur in Paris. In 1972 he decided to forsake his scientific career to better concentrate on his Buddhist studies, which he had begun years earlier. He has published Journey to Enlightenment, a book of photographs about his teacher, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (one of the mos

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• Editore: Schocken Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0805241620
• ISBN 13: 9780805241624
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 310