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You Don't Have to Be Buddhist to Know Nothing: An Illustrious Collection of Thoughts on Naught

You Don't Have to Be Buddhist to Know Nothing: An Illustrious Collection of Thoughts on Naught

Konner, Joan

Paperback

Philosophy

ISBN10: 1591027578
ISBN13: 9781591027577
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: Oct 27 2009
Pages: 338
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.94 Width: 5.08 Depth: 7.42
Language: English
'Nothing' is the forceThat renovates the World.--EMILY DICKINSON I love talking about nothing....It is the only thing I know anything about. -OSCAR WILDENothingness lies coiled in the heart of being--like a worm. --JEAN-PAUL SARTREWho in this world has not felt the power of this: a nothing!--VICTOR HUGOWhether a subject of dread or of fascination, nothing (often spelled with a capital N) has intrigued writers, philosophers, and scientists since ancient times. In this sound-bite history of the concept of nothing, distinguished journalist Joan Konner--author of the bestselling The Atheist's Bible--has created a unique anthology devoted to, well, ... nothing. The collection brings together, in one portable volume, the thoughts of well-known writers and philosophers, artists and musicians, poets and playwrights, geniuses and jokers, demonstrating that some of the finest minds explored, feared, confronted, experienced, and played with the real or imagined presence of nothing in their lives. Paradoxical? Yes, indeed. You Don't Have to Be Buddhist to Know Nothing shows that, like many Eastern sages, deep thinkers in the West also recognized and pondered nonexistence as an essential component and complement of existence itself. Organized in short topical chapters from Knowing Nothing to the Joy of Unknowing and Nothing is Sacred, the verbal snapshots captured in this collection create a coherent work of insight, wisdom, humor and wonder. You Don't Have to Be Buddhist to Know Nothing is compelling enough to be read all at once or in short bursts, as the spirit moves.

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