The Nature of the Social Unity
Author: Romanzo Colfax Adams
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Published: 1904
Total Pages: 28
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Author: Romanzo Colfax Adams
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Published: 1904
Total Pages: 28
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mary Fredericus Niemeyer
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Published: 1946
Total Pages: 86
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alan Marshall
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2002-10-04
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1783261161
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe idea behind The Unity of Nature is a strong theoretical theme in a number of scientific and environmental fields from ecosystems ecology, through quantum physics to environmental philosophy and ecopolitics giving rise to an inspiring, optimistic, socially-responsive and environment-friendly worldview. The fields of science and environmentalism have inherited this theme of natural unity through an intellectual lineage that encompasses many non-scientific and non-environmental fields such as sociology, theology and political philosophy. Many of these fields have used natural unity in a way which is in stark opposition to the metaphysical and political desires of those who promulgate the unity of nature for progressive social change.This book discusses how this has transpired and examines the social and intellectual processes that have been at work. These include the social construction of the Organicism versus Mechanicism debate in ecology, the intellectual links between neo-classical economic principles and the ‘New Sciences’, the techno-scientific background of Gaia theory, and the social conservatism of ecological functionalism.
Author: Romanzo Adams
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-07-25
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 9780282556273
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from The Nature of the Social Unity: An Examination of the Theory That Society Is a Psychic Unity; A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculties of Arts and Literature, in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Sociology) While I have, for the sake Of fairness, distinguished between the form of statement and the actual belief held by these writers, crediting them in most instances with better thinking than the form Of statement would allow I do not mean to hold the form Of statement as a matter Of small importance. Taking the most favorable View Of an author's theory, it is still true that a false statement is the result Of false, or confused, thinking. It is the purpose Of this paper to criticise the psychological statement, showing that the social unity is not a psychic unity. An attempt will also be made to set forth the true nature Of the social unity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Romanzo Adams
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Published: 1904
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Rupert Spira
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Published: 2017-06-01
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 1684030021
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“I’ve gained deeper understanding listening to Rupert Spira than I have from any other exponent of modern spirituality. Reality is sending us a message we desperately need to hear, and at this moment no messenger surpasses Spira and the transformative words in his essays.” —Deepak Chopra, author of You Are the Universe, Spiritual Solutions, and Super Brain Our world culture is founded on the assumption that the Big Bang gave rise to matter, which in time evolved into the world, into which the body was born, inside which a brain appeared, out of which consciousness at some late stage developed. As a result of this “matter model,” most of us believe that consciousness is a property of the body. We feel that it is “I,” this body, that knows or is aware of the world. We believe and feel that the knowing with which we are aware of our experience is located in and shares the limits and destiny of the body. This is the fundamental presumption of mind and matter that underpins almost all our thoughts and feelings and is expressed in our activities and relationships. The Nature of Consciousness suggests that the matter model has outlived its function and is now destroying the very values it once sought to promote. For many people, the debate as to the ultimate reality of the universe is an academic one, far removed from the concerns and demands of everyday life. After all, life happens independently of our models of it. However, The Nature of Consciousness will clearly show that the materialist paradigm is a philosophy of despair and, as such, the root cause of unhappiness in individuals. It is a philosophy of conflict and, as such, the root cause of hostilities between families, communities, and nations. Far from being abstract and philosophical, its implications touch each one of us directly and intimately. An exploration of the nature of consciousness has the power to reveal the peace and happiness that truly lie at the heart of experience. Our experience never ceases to change, but the knowing element in all experience—consciousness, or what we call “I”—itself never changes. The knowing with which all experience is known is always the same knowing. Being the common, unchanging element in all experience, consciousness does not share the qualities of any particular experience: it is not qualified, conditioned, or limited by experience. The knowing with which a feeling of loneliness or sorrow is known is the same knowing with which the thought of a friend, the sight of a sunset, or the taste of ice cream is known. Just as a screen is never disturbed by the action in a movie, so consciousness is never disturbed by experience; thus it is inherently peaceful. The peace that is inherent in us—indeed that is us—is not dependent on the situations or conditions we find ourselves in. In a series of essays that draw you, through your own direct experience, into an exploration of the nature of this knowing element that each of us calls “I,” The Nature of Consciousness posits that consciousness is the fundamental reality of the apparent duality of mind and matter. It shows that the overlooking or ignoring of this reality is the root cause of the existential unhappiness that pervades and motivates most people’s lives, as well as the wider conflicts that exist between communities and nations. Conversely, the book suggests that the recognition of the fundamental reality of consciousness is the first step in the quest for lasting happiness and the foundation for world peace.
Author: Arthur Fairbanks
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Published: 1901
Total Pages: 338
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Albion W. Small
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Published: 1918
Total Pages: 910
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKEstablished in 1895 as the first U.S. scholarly journal in its field, AJS remains a leading voice for analysis and research in the social sciences, presenting work on the theory, methods, practice, and history of sociology. AJS also seeks the application of perspectives from other social sciences and publishes papers by psychologists, anthropologists, statisticians, economists, educators, historians, and political scientists.
Author: Robert BROWN (Solicitor.)
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Published: 1862
Total Pages: 52
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Charles Abram Ellwood
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Published: 1917
Total Pages: 372
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