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Pros
He explains the prevalent alienation, so prevalent in modern society. Love your enemies is to love them as enemies in order to play the game of life.
Reading becomes immensely joyful when the thoughts of the writer pulsates with your own thoughts. Accessible read for readers of any belief.
The insight stays always fresh and new to anyone that awakens to it. In rereading it every decade or so the surprising thing is how up to date it always continues to feel. Highly intelligent, timeless wisdom and eloquently written.
Cons
Author offers to dispense with self-consciousness and identity. Proposes to abandon it while leaving nothing in its stead.
Although he has a few nice points and metaphors this book is basically a rant against a stereotyped 50's america. The author's writing style is rather convoluted, ambiguous and those questions of who we are? It's just okay. Excuse me, mr. My word but ... Read More
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Quality
This is a great book and has some extremely valuable content
I feel like i sat at his feet 🦶 while he plainly and easily expressed concepts that have eluded the western mind
Watts breaks down the walls of religion stripping it of its constraints and offering a far more useful example of existence
” this perceived but untrue separation is what leads to such evils as misuse of technology greed avarice and conflict
Competitiveness
Sure we have greater technological advancements but technology is still being misused in the same way on a grander scale
Combine this with some science like these selfish gene by dawkins and free will by harris and youll likely have a knockout combo
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- This product had a total of 4,320 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 1 2024.
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From that birdseye we are all inseparable
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Not finished reading the book but it’s an interesting book to read i do recommend
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I am building a metaphysical library and thought this book would fit right in
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It is a great read but if you read in a hurry or are in a hurry to just finish it and get on to the next
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Alan watts is my favorite philosopher so i am very bias
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Every question you want answered is and isnt here
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His examples ideas are written so clearly the reader constantly transcends their self
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Athough it was written in the 60s this book is timeless
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