A world-renowned philosopher?s genre-defying exploration of the mystery of consciousness ?[A] masterpiece. . . . The most thorough and rigorous account of the nature of reality to be published in a century.??James Matthew Wilson, World Magazine In a blossoming garden located far outside all worlds, a group of aging Greek gods have gathered to discuss the nature of existence, the mystery of mind, and whether there is a transcendent God from whom all things come. Turning to Eros, Psyche asks, ?Do you see this flower, my love?? So begins David Bentley Hart?s unprecedented exploration of the mystery of consciousness. Writing in the form of a Platonic dialogue, he systematically subjects the mechanical view of nature that has prevailed in Western culture for four centuries to dialectical interrogation. Powerfully rehabilitating a classical view in which mental acts are irreducible...
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