Cosmic Consciousness

Name: Cosmic Consciousness
Author: Richard Maurice Bucke

A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind

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Paperback, 344 blz. | Engels

Cambridge University Press | 2011

ISBN13: 9781108027731

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Hoofdrubriek : Psychologie

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This work, published in 1901, is the culmination of a lifetime of research and contemplation in which Richard Maurice Bucke (1837–1902) expounds his theory of the development and evolution of consciousness in living things. He uses his own experiences, those of contemporaries such as Tennyson, and of historical figures such as Francis Bacon, as evidence for moments of higher consciousness and intellect known as 'cosmic consciousness'. Bucke's theory is of three states of progressive consciousness, attained through evolution. The Simple Consciousness of animals, Self Consciousness of man to understand his place in the universe, and Cosmic Consciousness, where man might grow to understand the life and order of the cosmos. This pinnacle of understanding is a progression assisted by evolution that Bucke hopes will one day come to all men. A thought-provoking book at any time, full of optimism for the intellectual future of the human race.

Specificaties

ISBN13:9781108027731

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:paperback

Aantal pagina's:344

Uitgever:Cambridge University Press

Verschijningsdatum:27-1-2011

Hoofdrubriek:Psychologie

Serie:Cambridge Library Co

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Dedication; Notice; List of books quoted; Table of contents; Part I. First Words; Part II. Evolution and Devolution: 1. To self consciousness; 2. On the plane of self consciousness; 3. Devolution; Part III. From Self to Cosmic Consciousness; Part IV. Instances of Cosmic Consciousness: 1. Gautuma the Buddha; 2. Jesus the Christ; 3. Paul; 4. Plotinus; 5. Mohammed; 6. Dante; 7. Las Casas; 8. John Yepes; 9. Francis Bacon; 10. Jacob Behmen; 11. William Blake; 12. Honoré de Balzac; 13. Walt Whitman; 14. Edward Carpenter; Part V. Additional - Some of Them Lesser, Imperfect, and Doubtful Instances: 1. The twilight; 2. Moses; 3. Gideon; 4. Isaiah; 5. Li R; 6. Socrates; 7. Roger Bacon; 8. Pascal; 9. Benedict Spinoza; 10. James Gardiner; 11. Swedenborg; 12. William Wordsworth; 13. Charles G. Finney; 14. Alexander Pushkin; 15. Emerson; 16. Tennyson; 17. J. B. B.; 18. H. D. Thoreau; 19. J. B.; 20. C. P.; 21. H. B.; 22. R. P. S.; 23. E. T.; 24. Ramakrisana Paramahansa; 25. J. H. J.; 26. T. S. R.; 27. W. H. W.; 28. Richard Jefferies; 29. C. M. C.; 30. M. C. L.; 31. J. W. W.; 32. J. William Lloyd; 33. Horace Traubel; 34. Paul Tyner; 35. C. Y. E.; 36. A. J. S.; Part VI. Last Words.