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Review of Sam Harris’ Waking Up, Part III
Part II On Harris’ Insight into Katastematic Pleasure Harris refuses to label abiding pleasure as such, however in his approach to happiness he does make a case for it while discussing the logic of retreating from the world. If there exists … Continue reading
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Tagged asceticism, desires, harris, hedonism, pleasure, sam, up, waking
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Review of Sam Harris’ Waking Up, Part II
Part I Tackling the Doctrine of Anatta That principle is the subject of this book: the feeling that we call “I” is an illusion. There is no discrete self or ego living like a Minotaur in the labyrinth of the … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Books, Humanism, Naturalism, Philosophy, Review
Tagged anatta, buddhism, harris, nirvana, sam, up, waking
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Review of Sam Harris’ Waking Up, Part I
The following is a review of Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion, by Sam Harris. I generally consider Sam Harris to be the right kind of intellectual for our generation, even if at times I do not agree with … Continue reading