Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book

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Walker percy's lost in the cosmos is a good help in understanding the psychological predicament experienced by the characters in percy's novels. A major theme is the uniqueness of humanity in the cosmos, a fact that many humans try to deny or downplay... Read More

This is another one of fr schall's recommendations. It is funny, at times satirical and smart-*, but it is at the same time very insightful and thought-provoking.

A must read for everyone who is sick of the you owe it to yourself * madison ave. If you have the pleasure of reading it, i have no doubt that you will very often find yourself laughing out loud, putting the book down to meditate on the excellent ques... Read More

Now as then, it packs a wallop. We are not like amoeba who probably never think about what they're doing. It is in a simple dyadic relationship with its food-eat.

The moviegoer asks whether we actually feel happy to hear that our next door neighbor has had a great good fortune or whether we merely feign happiness. He makes his point sharper than a serpents tooth in that the entire book is set of multiple-choice... Read More

Cons

At one point in the book, percy states the following forty pages can be skipped. Seems p. Saw this referenced in some article i was reading, i forget now what it was.

A wittily written but repetitive analysis of the strange workings of the human mind, in the tongue-in-cheek guise of a comically long-winded personality quiz. The questions are ambiguous and *.

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The darwinists are rightabout many things but uncomfortable with the distinction of man or in percys language the dyadictriadic distinction

And while you are reading it you will have to define and redefine your relationships with yourself and with others and with the... Read More

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I just bought it as a gifti highly recommend it for anybody who likes to look at the bigger themes in life with enough humor to... Read More

Check onei found his perspective on suicide and especially on being an exsuicide to be both novel and fascinating

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This product had a total of 201 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 7 2022.