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WOOD THRUSH BOOKS -- PHILOSOPHY |
Back Cover Blurb:
Nature and Existence explores the mysteries and wonders of the natural world while finding humanity´s place in it. This set of interlocking essays ranges from deeply personal encounters with the wild, to the most abstract notions regarding the structure of the unverse. As the author probes the extreme limits of understanding, he ponders new physics, the Big Bang, the origin of life, Darwinism, what it means to be human, and the destiny of the planet. The result is a glimpse into the strange and often paradoxical nature of wild reality.Table of Contents:
The Known and the UnknownAbout the Author:
The Quest for Meaning
Wild, Wilderness, Bewilderment
The Sharp Edge of What-Is
Unmasking the Laws of Nature
The Impossible Cosmos
The Emergence of Life
A Web of Complex Relations
On Being Human
Civil Inclinations
Humanizing the World
Nature and Existence
Walt McLaughlin has wondered and wandered throughout the backcountry of the Northeast for nearly three decades. After receiving a degree in philosophy from Ohio University, he worked as a bookseller, motel clerk, outfitter, and backcountry guide. He has several books in print, including a narrative about hiking Vermont´s Long Trail, Forest under my Fingernails, and a collection of poems, A Hungry Happiness. He is also the editor of The Laws of Nature: Excerpts from the Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson. He lives in St. Albans, Vermont with his wife, Judy.
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