Glimpse of Light
New Meditations on First Philosophy
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Word Count
46,000 words, Guess
Page Count
184 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL27407073M
- ISBN-139781474279529
- ISBN-10147427952X
- OCLC Control Number982248110
- OCLC Control Number1201426296
and 2 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2016052130
- Amazon147427952X
Classifications
- LCCPR6113
- LCCBD331 .M855 2017
Description
"I firmly believed there was a world outside of our own minds ...But all around me were challenges...How could we be so sure there were such things existing apart from us? Philosopher Benedict Chilwell faces a crisis of confidence and hopes to resolve it in a self-imposed exile, far away in the north of Norway. From his cabin, he begins his meditations, pondering the mysteries of philosophy in the dark Arctic winter. Pride, a whale, love and lust, the Huldra, God and a chain of causes all interrupt Benedict's solitude. Could they prove his salvation? In six days approaching the return of the light, Benedict discovers a basis for certainty and tries his best to convince his hosts. Through doubts, questions and reasoning, Chilwell inadvertently follows in Descartes' footsteps. Will he be killed by the cold too; or will the warmth of Plato's sun save him in time?"--Publisher.
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