Ego Trick: In Search of the Self ~ the agency of Julian Baggini
Granta Books (UK) | 2011 | ISBN: 1847081924, 1847083765 | English | 304 pages | EPUB + MOBI | 1.15 MB + 1.15 MB
Are you quiescent the person who lived 15, 10 or five years ~ne? 15, 10 or five minutes past? Can you plan for your departure if the you of 30 years hence is in some sense a diverse person? What and who is the certain you? Does it remain constant besides time and place, or is it event much more fragmented and fluid? Is it known to you, or are you for the re~on that much a mystery to yourself of the same kind with others are to you?With his wonted wit,infectious curiosity and bracing pyrrhonism, Julian Baggini sets out to make ~ these fundamental and unsettling questions.His fascinating re~ draws on the history of science of causes, but also anthropology, sociology, psychology and neurology;he talks to theologians, priests, allegedly reincarnated Lamas , and delves into substantive-life cases of lost memory, individuality disorders and personal transformation; and, candidly and engagingly, he describes his confess experiences.After reading The Ego Trick, you self-reliance never see yourself in the like way again.
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