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All Things Are Full of Gods

By Hart, David Bentley

All Things Are Full of Gods Philosophy

All Things Are Full of Gods

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A world-renowned philosopher’s genre-defying exploration of the mystery of consciousness   “[A] masterpiece. . . . The most thorough and rigorous account of the nature of reality to be published in a century.”—James Matthew Wilson, World Magazine   In a blossoming garden located far outside all worlds, a group of aging Greek gods have gathered to discuss the nature of existence, the mystery of mind, and whether there is a transcendent God from whom all things come. Turning to Eros, Psyche asks, “Do you see this flower, my love?”   So begins David Bentley Hart’s unprecedented exploration of the mystery of consciousness. Writing in the form of a Platonic dialogue, he systematically subjects the mechanical view of nature that has prevailed in Western culture for four centuries to dialectical interrogation. Powerfully rehabilitating a classical view in which mental acts are irreducible to material causes, he argues through the gods’ exchanges that the foundation of all reality is spiritual or mental rather than material. The structures of mind, organic life, and even language together attest to an infinite act of intelligence in all things that we may as well call God.   Engaging contemporary debates on the philosophy of mind, free will, revolutions in physics and biology, the history of science, computational models of mind, artificial intelligence, information theory, linguistics, cultural disenchantment, and the metaphysics of nature, Hart calls readers back to an enchanted world in which nature is the residence of mysterious and vital intelligences. He suggests that there is a very special wisdom to be gained when we, in Psyche’s words, “devote more time to the contemplation of living things and less to the fabrication of machines.”
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
528
Release Date:
2025-09-02
Publication Date:
2025-10-21
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0300285493
ISBN13:
9780300285499
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Weight:
752 g
Height:
153 cm
Width:
232 cm
Thickness:
28 cm
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