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Purpose of Life

Carlo Filice

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      Suppose that this world is not an accident, but an expression of a divine super-mind. What might motivate a divine super-mind to express itself? This book boldly contends that divine motives are guided by values that exist objectively. We exist to realize and enhance such values. This text defends a cosmic vision that has been prominent in the Indian subcontinent for thousands of years-a vision often embraced within the New Age movement. However, its defense here is strictly philosophical. Filice argues that even as characters in an imaginative divine game we still carry independent value, that a world governed by such values should be a fair world, and that earthly moral goals cannot be our only ambition. The Purpose of Life maintains that any divine being(s) involved must be in perpetual process, that humans must not be the only embodied subjects that matter, and that each of us is destined to live many lives. Easy-to-read, the book's 73 mini-chapters are specifically tailored to fit the stop-and-go rhythm of daily life.
      CONTRIBUTORS: Carlo Filice EAN: 9780761855828 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 245 g HEIGHT: 233 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: University Press of America DATE PUBLISHED: 2011-08-21 CITY: GENRE: PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Eastern, RELIGION / Inspirational, RELIGION / Spirituality WIDTH: 163 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      East Asian and Indian philosophy, Philosophy of religion, East Asian religions, Spirituality and religious experience, Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works

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      Suppose that this world is not an accident, but an expression of a divine super-mind. What might motivate a divine super-mind to express itself? This book boldly contends that divine motives are guided by values that exist objectively. We exist to realize and enhance such values. This text defends a cosmic vision that has been prominent in the Indian subcontinent for thousands of years-a vision often embraced within the New Age movement. However, its defense here is strictly philosophical. Filice argues that even as characters in an imaginative divine game we still carry independent value, that a world governed by such values should be a fair world, and that earthly moral goals cannot be our only ambition. The Purpose of Life maintains that any divine being(s) involved must be in perpetual process, that humans must not be the only embodied subjects that matter, and that each of us is destined to live many lives. Easy-to-read, the book's 73 mini-chapters are specifically tailored to fit the stop-and-go rhythm of daily life.
      CONTRIBUTORS: Carlo Filice EAN: 9780761855828 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 245 g HEIGHT: 233 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: University Press of America DATE PUBLISHED: 2011-08-21 CITY: GENRE: PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Eastern, RELIGION / Inspirational, RELIGION / Spirituality WIDTH: 163 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      East Asian and Indian philosophy, Philosophy of religion, East Asian religions, Spirituality and religious experience, Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works

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      Carlo Filice is professor of philosophy at SUNY Geneseo. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Champaign. His areas of expertise include philosophy of religion, ethics, and comparative religious ideas.

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