Senses of Mystery : Engaging with Nature and the Meaning of Life

Cooper, David E.

Routledge（2017/07発売）

Routledge（2017/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 104 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781138078734
• DDC分類 113.8

Full Description

In this beautifully written book, David E. Cooper uses a gentle walk through a tropical garden - the view of the fields and hills beyond it, the sound of birds, voices and flutes, the reflection of light in water, the play of shadows among the trees and the presence of strange animals - as an opportunity to reflect on experiences of nature and the mystery of existence.

Covering an extensive range of topics, from Daoism to dogs, from gardening to walking, from Zen to Debussy, Cooper succeeds in conveying some deep and difficult philosophical ideas about the meaning of life in an engaging manner, showing how those ideas bear upon the practical question of how we should relate to our world and live our lives.

A thought-provoking and compelling book, Senses of Mystery is a triumph of both storytelling and philosophy.

Contents

Acknowledgements

1. In a Garden

2. The Truth of Mystery

Ineffability

The Scientific Image

The World as Fiction?

The World as Gift

3. Religion, Nature and Mystery

Religion, Faith and Mystery

'Nothing Special'

Senses of Mystery

Nature and Culture

4. Animals

Animal Worlds

The Opacity of Animals

Animals, Mystery and World

Animals and 'The Open'

5. Music

Music and Experience

Music and Nature

Music, Culture, Environment

Music and the Mystery of Emergence

6. Walking

Meditation on the Move

Body, Mind and Involvement

Communion and Holism

Walking and Senses of Mystery

7. Gardening

The Way of the Garden

Gardens and Meaning

'In the Head' and 'In the Hands'

Garden, 'Gift', Mystery

8. Living with Mystery

Ethics

Removing Obstacles

Humility and Compassion

Emulation

9. In a Garden Again

Index