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Is democracy essentially moral? Is a harmonious society possible? Or does harmony in both society and religion require an orientation towards the spiritual core of human experience? If it does, then of what does that spiritual core consist?
George Lowell Tollefson discusses these issues in this book, which is an excerpt from his longer work, Unbridled Democracy.
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This is a book designed not to please.
It is meant to raise questions, disturb norms, and encourage thinking in new directions.
The present volume exhibits a relaxed and random selection of topics, brief in treatment and considering such subjects as observations on the subjective character of politics and political economy, the influence of institutional practices on spiritual life, the spiritual origin and character of mind, the relationship of...
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One set of rules for all time. Is that possible? If not — if the rules must change — on what basis should be those changes be made? In this excerpt from George Lowell Tollefson's longer work, Unbridled Democracy, he explores why developing a spiritual awareness is essential to the evolution of a society's moral principles.
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A different look at the parables and sayings of Jesus of Nazareth.
Through the millennia, Christianity has focused on the cross and resurrection. But Jesus did have a teaching mission. What was he trying to convey? Did a unified vision inform his parables and sayings? This book examines the text to answer these questions.
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The Immaterial Structure of Human Experience is a philosophical work, a system. It is a quest into the workings of the human mind from the perspective of epistemology and philosophy of mind. Focusing on human experience from a subjective point of view, it does not attempt the kind of empirical approach which would be centered in the senses, as would be the case with one of the sciences.
Instead, the book argues that although we experience our conscious...
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Intuition and Mind. Are they mutually exclusive terms? Or can a science of aesthetics help us understand the way our mind and emotions work together to create art?
George Lowell Tollefson discusses these issues in light of literature, sculpture, music, and painting in this excerpt from his longer work, Unbridled Democracy.
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This is a collection of miscellaneous notes by the author of The Immaterial Structure of Human Experience, The Limits of Reason, and The Thinking Process. These thoughts represent an exploration of spiritual and creative concerns, covering such topics as literature, art, philosophy, and human behavior.
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Why is it that so much in human experience-consciousness, artistic insight, and emotional awareness-is left unaccounted for by mathematics and the physical sciences? And why is it that the faculty of reason becomes self-contradictory at the most exacting levels of scientific investigation? This book explores the underlying limitations of the gift of reason.
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