2000, ISBN: 9781563152610

Sterlinghouse Publisher. PAPERBACK. 1563152614 Review\nI cannot bring myself to read lightly original literary-philosophical texts like yours, though I appreciate your concerns and your t… More...

Sterlinghouse Publisher. PAPERBACK. 1563152614 Review\nI cannot bring myself to read lightly original literary-philosophical texts like yours, though I appreciate your concerns and your talent. It simply is not my 'type' of text. I prefer to be honest in these matters: I am not a potential reader of your work. -- Prof Dr P. de Martelaere, Catholic University of Brussels\n\nI have read your book with interest and recognize your originality. -- Dr J. van Heerden, Psychology Department, University of Amsterdam\n\nIt was a great pleasure to talk with you about our common interest. I hope your work [Ground Zero] is going on well? -- Masao Abe, Emeritus Professor, Nara University\n\nThe discussions [in Ground Zero] will undoubtedly give the reader a deeper understanding of important issues in philosophy and modern science, in addition to a sense of what it means for us human beings to exist. -- Erik Hoogcarspel, philosopher, the Netherlands, 3/2/2000\n\nYou write very well...At times you also arrive at a surprising synthesis of the material...I admire your audacious way of thinking; and your enormous erudition. -- Dr T. Kurpershoek-Scherft, former president of the Netherlands Buddhist Federation \n\nProduct Description\nHowdy stranger, Come on in from the dread frozen wastes of Cyberia, relax and rest your RSI-racked body by the warmth of my campfire, virtually speaking, that is, while I tell you a little about Ground Zero (GZ). Perhaps the best place to start is by confessing that I derived a lot of malicious pleasure endowing antagonist F. Fokko Okkels, a rather unsavory scandal sheet reporter nicknamed 'the dung beetle' with the lowest standards of professional and personal conduct conceivable. Yet despite his obvious faults Okkels evokes sympathy precisely because he turned out to be 'human, all too human'. Nor is his unenviable predicament anything to sneer at. \n\nYou see, Okkels happens to confront head on formidable foe Herman Gnuticks (HG) - a.k.a. 'the Wiseguy from the West' - and his gang of merry pranksters, who happen to be on book tour in Europe. And in that sense GZ is not only a fast-paced parody of science and philosophy, but also of the press and book publishing biz. The band of practical jokers are on the road to pitch HG's latest release 'Guide for the Apoplexed' - actually included as freebee book-within-a-book. GZ's corrosive prose - a work of friction, work o' fart - according to one cranky criticaster - chronicles the (mis)adventures of the group united in the so-called Philosofictional Society. Their main aim is to try to generate publicity for 'Guide' via book-signing sessions, newspaper and television interviews - culminating in an attempt on HG's life by a jealous rival; awkward moments on a nudist TV talk show; and numerous other stimulating encounters, set against a canvas splashed with lots of local color. \n\nOn route in Holland, HG's henchmen con poor Okkels in the worst possible way while the mud-raking little runt of a reporter sweeps along the plot by the expedient of contentious updates in his paper. However, try as he might, the crux of Guide - as soberly written as GZ is flighty - eludes the overeager tabloid hound, who somehow always manages to bark up the wrong tree. Not surprisingly really, given that nothing less than (wo)man's age-old quest to crack the cosmic conundrum is at stake. \n\nAn old Chinese proverb says: We stand on a whale catching minnows. The exhilarating, if ominous, implication of this kernel of oriental wisdom is that there's something momentous afoot, which with a little bit of bad luck is never fully grasped between cradle and grave - even as we fritter away precious time in petty pursuits. Why should this be so? One likely explanation is that we are caught in the suffocating stranglehold of this conventional workaday world of ours by virtue of a lifetime of socialization, conditioned to think of ourselves as 'mere mortals' - creatures put here by a (benevolent?) God, or else chance products of a callously indifferent evolutionary process. Ultimately neither makes sense and could potentially plunge us into deep psycholog . Fair., Sterlinghouse Publisher<

2000, ISBN: 9781563152610

Sterlinghouse Publisher. PAPERBACK. 1563152614 Review\nI cannot bring myself to read lightly original literary-philosophical texts like yours, though I appreciate your concerns and your t… More...

Sterlinghouse Publisher. PAPERBACK. 1563152614 Review\nI cannot bring myself to read lightly original literary-philosophical texts like yours, though I appreciate your concerns and your talent. It simply is not my 'type' of text. I prefer to be honest in these matters: I am not a potential reader of your work. -- Prof Dr P. de Martelaere, Catholic University of Brussels\n\nI have read your book with interest and recognize your originality. -- Dr J. van Heerden, Psychology Department, University of Amsterdam\n\nIt was a great pleasure to talk with you about our common interest. I hope your work [Ground Zero] is going on well? -- Masao Abe, Emeritus Professor, Nara University\n\nThe discussions [in Ground Zero] will undoubtedly give the reader a deeper understanding of important issues in philosophy and modern science, in addition to a sense of what it means for us human beings to exist. -- Erik Hoogcarspel, philosopher, the Netherlands, 3/2/2000\n\nYou write very well...At times you also arrive at a surprising synthesis of the material...I admire your audacious way of thinking; and your enormous erudition. -- Dr T. Kurpershoek-Scherft, former president of the Netherlands Buddhist Federation \n\nProduct Description\nHowdy stranger, Come on in from the dread frozen wastes of Cyberia, relax and rest your RSI-racked body by the warmth of my campfire, virtually speaking, that is, while I tell you a little about Ground Zero (GZ). Perhaps the best place to start is by confessing that I derived a lot of malicious pleasure endowing antagonist F. Fokko Okkels, a rather unsavory scandal sheet reporter nicknamed 'the dung beetle' with the lowest standards of professional and personal conduct conceivable. Yet despite his obvious faults Okkels evokes sympathy precisely because he turned out to be 'human, all too human'. Nor is his unenviable predicament anything to sneer at. \n\nYou see, Okkels happens to confront head on formidable foe Herman Gnuticks (HG) - a.k.a. 'the Wiseguy from the West' - and his gang of merry pranksters, who happen to be on book tour in Europe. And in that sense GZ is not only a fast-paced parody of science and philosophy, but also of the press and book publishing biz. The band of practical jokers are on the road to pitch HG's latest release 'Guide for the Apoplexed' - actually included as freebee book-within-a-book. GZ's corrosive prose - a work of friction, work o' fart - according to one cranky criticaster - chronicles the (mis)adventures of the group united in the so-called Philosofictional Society. Their main aim is to try to generate publicity for 'Guide' via book-signing sessions, newspaper and television interviews - culminating in an attempt on HG's life by a jealous rival; awkward moments on a nudist TV talk show; and numerous other stimulating encounters, set against a canvas splashed with lots of local color. \n\nOn route in Holland, HG's henchmen con poor Okkels in the worst possible way while the mud-raking little runt of a reporter sweeps along the plot by the expedient of contentious updates in his paper. However, try as he might, the crux of Guide - as soberly written as GZ is flighty - eludes the overeager tabloid hound, who somehow always manages to bark up the wrong tree. Not surprisingly really, given that nothing less than (wo)man's age-old quest to crack the cosmic conundrum is at stake. \n\nAn old Chinese proverb says: We stand on a whale catching minnows. The exhilarating, if ominous, implication of this kernel of oriental wisdom is that there's something momentous afoot, which with a little bit of bad luck is never fully grasped between cradle and grave - even as we fritter away precious time in petty pursuits. Why should this be so? One likely explanation is that we are caught in the suffocating stranglehold of this conventional workaday world of ours by virtue of a lifetime of socialization, conditioned to think of ourselves as 'mere mortals' - creatures put here by a (benevolent?) God, or else chance products of a callously indifferent evolutionary process. Ultimately neither makes sense and could potentially plunge us into deep psycholog . Fair., Sterlinghouse Publisher<

2000, ISBN: 1563152614

[EAN: 9781563152610], Gebraucht, [PU: Sterlinghouse Publisher], 1563152614 Review\\nI cannot bring myself to read lightly original literary-philosophical texts like yours, though I apprec… More...

[EAN: 9781563152610], Gebraucht, [PU: Sterlinghouse Publisher], 1563152614 Review\\nI cannot bring myself to read lightly original literary-philosophical texts like yours, though I appreciate your concerns and your talent. It simply is not my 'type' of text. I prefer to be honest in these matters: I am not a potential reader of your work. -- Prof Dr P. de Martelaere, Catholic University of Brussels\\n\\nI have read your book with interest and recognize your originality. -- Dr J. van Heerden, Psychology Department, University of Amsterdam\\n\\nIt was a great pleasure to talk with you about our common interest. I hope your work [Ground Zero] is going on well? -- Masao Abe, Emeritus Professor, Nara University\\n\\nThe discussions [in Ground Zero] will undoubtedly give the reader a deeper understanding of important issues in philosophy and modern science, in addition to a sense of what it means for us human beings to exist. -- Erik Hoogcarspel, philosopher, the Netherlands, 3/2/2000\\n\\nYou write very well.At times you also arrive at a surprising synthesis of the material.I admire your audacious way of thinking; and your enormous erudition. -- Dr T. Kurpershoek-Scherft, former president of the Netherlands Buddhist Federation \\n\\nProduct Description\\nHowdy stranger, Come on in from the dread frozen wastes of Cyberia, relax and rest your RSI-racked body by the warmth of my campfire, virtually speaking, that is, while I tell you a little about Ground Zero (GZ). Perhaps the best place to start is by confessing that I derived a lot of malicious pleasure endowing antagonist F. Fokko Okkels, a rather unsavory scandal sheet reporter nicknamed 'the dung beetle' with the lowest standards of professional and personal conduct conceivable. Yet despite his obvious faults Okkels evokes sympathy precisely because he turned out to be 'human, all too human'. Nor is his unenviable predicament anything to sneer at. \\n\\nYou see, Okkels happens to confront head on formidable foe Herman Gnuticks (HG) - a.k.a. 'the Wiseguy from the West' - and his gang of merry pranksters, who happen to be on book tour in Europe. And in that sense GZ is not only a fast-paced parody of science and philosophy, but also of the press and book publishing biz. The band of practical jokers are on the road to pitch HG's latest release 'Guide for the Apoplexed' - actually included as freebee book-within-a-book. GZ's corrosive prose - a work of friction, work o' fart - according to one cranky criticaster - chronicles the (mis)adventures of the group united in the so-called Philosofictional Society. Their main aim is to try to generate publicity for 'Guide' via book-signing sessions, newspaper and television interviews - culminating in an attempt on HG's life by a jealous rival; awkward moments on a nudist TV talk show; and numerous other stimulating encounters, set against a canvas splashed with lots of local color. \\n\\nOn route in Holland, HG's henchmen con poor Okkels in the worst possible way while the mud-raking little runt of a reporter sweeps along the plot by the expedient of contentious updates in his paper. However, try as he might, the crux of Guide - as soberly written as GZ is flighty - eludes the overeager tabloid hound, who somehow always manages to bark up the wrong tree. Not surprisingly really, given that nothing less than (wo)man's age-old quest to crack the cosmic conundrum is at stake. \\n\\nAn old Chinese proverb says: We stand on a whale catching minnows. The exhilarating, if ominous, implication of this kernel of oriental wisdom is that there's something momentous afoot, which with a little bit of bad luck is never fully grasped between cradle and grave - even as we fritter away precious time in petty pursuits. Why should this be so? One likely explanation is that we are caught in the suffocating stranglehold of this conventional workaday world of ours by virtue of a lifetime of socialization, conditioned to think of ourselves as 'mere mortals' - creatures put here by a (benevolent?) God, or else chance products<