Here, in one of the classic works of early-modern empiricist philosophy, John Locke (1632-1704) attempts to answer these basic human questions by moving away from the rationalist notion of innate ideas to establish the concept of the tabula rasa in which the mind is initially impressed with ...
and asks for Sand’s help understanding what happened. Sand is contending with the social mores of her time during the COVID pandemic, worrying about her hospitalized father, caring for his dog. The second woman is an unnamed young blacksmith who is exceptionally good at her craft, but has ...
Best Books For Wisdom 1. Bible Stories for Grown-Ups by Josh Scott In Bible Stories for Grown-Ups, Josh Scott looks at parables and everyday moral practices Whether you grew up in the Christian religion or you’re looking for help understanding the Old and New Testament, Bible Stories for...
reading: "the ordinary process become accustomed to this, in fact, in the minds of men and at the upper and lower great wisdom of ancient peoples all together. Human crystallization of the wisdom of the book is the ladder for the progress that humanity is that people are the spiritual sust...
In his work, Kant argued that the human mind cannot find truth through reason and must have concrete proof to arrive at a legitimate conclusion. “All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.” ...
In other cases, it looks at computer science topics (like sorting, caching, and overfitting), and uses them as analogies for understanding the world (like how human memory “declines” with age). One of my favorite concepts came from the techniques that computer scientists use to handle ...
de Beauvoir (1908-1986) and her thinking about life and how to live it. It's an existentialist approach, which means enormous freedom but also responsibility. If you haven't readThe Second Sex, the book is also useful for understanding Beauvoir's thinking on what it means to be a woman...
“On Human Nature is an absolutely fascinating book, in which a biologist applies the laws of nature to understanding things like the urge for religion and the impulse for altruism. He writes fundamental things about how we work and tries to explore the biology of these things, which are so...
Being mindful can open up a new world that is always there, but that we may not always have time for. Below is my list of the best mindfulness books. These books on mindfulness will not make you a guru, but should give you a great understanding of what mindfulness means, and how to...
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