1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996384140003316

Autore

Leigh Valentine <fl. 1562.>

Titolo

The pleasaunt playne and pythye pathewaye leadynge to a vertues and honest lyfe [[electronic resource] ] : no lesse profytable, then delectable. V.L

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Imprynted at London, : By Nicolas Hyll, for Iohn Case, dwellynge at the sygne of the Baule, in Paules churche yarde, [1552?]

Descrizione fisica

[48] p

Soggetti

Christian life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

V.L. = Valentine Leigh, whose first name appears in an anagram "Nitnelaue" on A2r line 14.

Sometimes attributed to Urban Lynyng.

In verse.

Publication date conjectured by STC.

Signatures: pi²  A-E⁴ F² .

Running title reads: A pleasaunte pathewaye leadynge to an honest lyfe.

The last leaf is blank.

Identified as STC 15421 on UMI microfilm.

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910975305703321

Autore

Humphrey Nicholas

Titolo

Soul Dust : The Magic of Consciousness / / Nicholas Humphrey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

9786613001320

9781283001328

1283001322

9781400838073

140083807X

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

126

Soggetti

Consciousness

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-238) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Invitation -- Prelude -- 1. Coming-to Explained -- Part One -- 2. Being "Like Something" -- 3. Sentitition -- 4. Looping the Loop -- Part two -- 5. So What? -- 6. Being There -- 7. The Enchanted World -- 8. So That Is Who I Am! -- 9. Being Number One -- Part Three -- 10. Entering the Soul Niche -- 11. Dangerous Territory -- 12. Cheating Death -- Envoi -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

How is consciousness possible? What biological purpose does it serve? And why do we value it so highly? In Soul Dust, the psychologist Nicholas Humphrey, a leading figure in consciousness research, proposes a startling new theory. Consciousness, he argues, is nothing less than a magical-mystery show that we stage for ourselves inside our own heads. This self-made show lights up the world for us and makes us feel special and transcendent. Thus consciousness paves the way for spirituality, and allows us, as human beings, to reap the rewards, and anxieties, of living in what Humphrey calls the "soul niche.? Tightly argued, intellectually gripping, and a joy to read, Soul Dust provides answers to the deepest questions. It shows how the problem of consciousness merges with questions that obsess us all--



how life should be lived and the fear of death. Resting firmly on neuroscience and evolutionary theory, and drawing a wealth of insights from philosophy and literature, Soul Dust is an uncompromising yet life-affirming work--one that never loses sight of the majesty and wonder of consciousness.