by Dombrowski, Daniel A. | All Recommendations
Hartshorne and the Metaphysics of Animal Rights Daniel A. Dombrowski “Man may or may not do his best. So man is the grandest and the sorriest animal there is.” This book was a rich read for many reasons. Among them was the discovery of Charles Hartshorne, an American...
by Needleman, Jacob | All Recommendations
An Unknown World Notes on the Meaning of the Earth Jacob Needleman “The next stage in the evolution of life on Earth depends on the intentional inward effort of man.” Jacob Needleman’s An Unknown World leaves some powerful impressions. First, of the clarity that can...
by Sinnott, Edmund W. | All Recommendations
The Biology of the Spirit Edmund W. Sinnott “If in the universe there is an organizing principle, it may be that some of it dwells in each of us as his own soul.” The cover of this book by an American botanist, originally published in 1955, carries the description: An...
by Richardson Jr., Robert D. | All Recommendations
Emerson: The Mind on Fire Robert D. Richardson Jr. “A spark of fire is infinitely deep, but a mass of fire reaching from earth upward into heaven, this is the sign of the robust, united, burning, radiant soul.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, as much as any man who ever lived,...
by Thoreau, Henry David | All Recommendations
Faith in a Seed Henry D. Thoreau, Edited by Bradley P. Dean “Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.” In 1862, after Thoreau’s passing at the age of forty-four, Emerson said of his friend Henry, “The country knows not yet, or in...
