Does It Matter?: Essays on Man's Relation to Materiality
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (651 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1577315855 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 140 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Counterculture philosopher Alan Watts was the author of more than twenty books, including The Way of Zen,The Wisdom of Insecurity,In My Own Way, and The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are. He died in Sausalito, California, in 1973
The basic theme is that civilized man confuses symbol with reality, his ways of describing and measuring the world with the world itself, and thus puts himself into the absurd situation of preferring money to wealth and eating the menu instead of the dinner.Thus, with his attention locked upon numbers and concepts, man is increasingly unconscious of nature and of his total dependence upon air, water, plants, animals, insects, and bacteria. He has been hallucinated into the notion that the so-called "external" world is a cluster of "objects" separate from himself, that he "
"Easily one of my favorites in my Watts library" according to yygsgsdrassil. It is subtitled "Essays on Man's Relationship to Materiality"and my copy perhaps is almost ready for the Smithsonian. So much for my relationship with my materiality, eh? Well, I'm still learning. This book is one of his most accessible collections, his writing style here is so light and readable that it's clear that he is getting a kick out of his own whimsical turning of phrases. The words, the symbols, the images, the numbers i. Yes, but only if You need to be an Alan Watts fan to fully appreciate this book; it is not the place to start if you are just getting into him, but it is important if you want a fully representative collection of this brilliant man's work.Watts' writings, considered as a whole, come close to providing a workable philosophy of life. This book contains essays, some quite funny, about materialism. But it wouldn't make much sense unless you were alrea. What Matters? Danielle Marie Another fine book by the deceased author, Alan Watts. After reading this book, I decided that my own ideas of making my life simple were reinforced in a very positive way. Simple living, with a reasonable temper on what that means. A modernist of comfort, I only need one cup, one saucer, etc. Make do and do away with excess. Everything else is a "money" on our back. People move and carry all their "great stuff," with them. Alan ha
He has been hallucinated into the notion that the so-called "external" world is a cluster of "objects" separate from himself, that he "encounters" it, that he comes into it instead of out of it. This is a series of essays representing philosopher Alan Watts's most recent thinking on the astonishing problems of man's relations to his material environment. The basic theme is that civilized man confuses symbol with reality, his ways of describing and measuring the world with the world itself, and thus puts himself into the absurd situation of preferring money to wealth and eating the menu instead of the dinner.Thus, with his attention locked upon numbers and concepts, man is increasingly unconscious of nature and of his total dependence upon air, water, plants, animals, insects, and bacteria. Consequently, our species is fouling its own nest and is in imminent danger of self-obliteration.Here, a philosopher whose works have bee