About this title: 'A Brief History of Everything' is an engaging, accessible and friendly excursion into the history of consciousness. Wilber examines the course of evolution as the unfolding manifestation of Spirit, from matter (the cosmos) to life (the biosphere) to mind (human consciousness), including the higher stages of spiritual evolution, when Spirit becomes conscious of itself. In each of these domains of evolution, he finds, there are recurring patterns, and by looking closely at these patterns, we can learn much about the predicament of our world and the direction humanity must take if global ...
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Description: Fine. No DJ Issued. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Book is like new. No writing, Not ex-library, Not a remainder. One page corner turned. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Great shape! Great info! ! Great price! ! ! Enjoy for less. CLEAN text & covers. Looks like new. Compare & enjoy best value. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 330 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. As issued No Jacket. Spine lean, corner bumps, 3 of the four spine corners worn down, underlining to the text, large corner crease front cover, paperlifts at both cover corners, small split at lower left corner of front cover, first 10 or 20 pages curl up at corner, and other light to moderate shopwear. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781570621871ISBN:157062187X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Tight binding with clean text. Cover has shelfwear. Previous owner's name is inscribed. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. From non-smoking environment. Has some underlining in pen. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 548 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Boston, MA
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781570627408ISBN:1570627401
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Men and women's place in a universe of sex, soul, and spirit explained by the author, a current popular philosopher. Clean and tight, no markings other than sticker residue on back cover. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781570621871ISBN:157062187X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. ery Good Copy Text is crisp, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. has creasing, and wear, Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Shambhala
Date Published: 1996-01-16
ISBN-13:9781570621871ISBN:157062187X
Description: Good. CONDITION IS GOOD+. Very light wear on cover. Pages are generally very clean, but there is some underlining. Binding is very tight. (tpb, non-f) read more
Description: Near-Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Near-fine copy. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. 339 pages. ONLY writing/mark inside book is stamp in book front on first page. NO tears inside book. Covers are clean (NO tears). Synopsis A compelling and accessible account of men and women's places in the universe of sex, soul, and spirit. Ken Wilber examines the course of evolution as the unfolding manifestation of Spirit, from matter to life to mind, including the higher stages of ... read more
"More then anything else about this book, I appreciate what Wilber is attempting to do with his integration of Eastern and Western philosophies. I am doubtful of little and disagree with even less in this book. Most of my criticism of this book are stylistic. Foremost, is Wilber's tone tends towards the pedantic, didactic, and patronising, which can be grating. Once I got past this I found this book more interesting and useful, specifically the second half (the first half deals more with developmental psychology and psychology I find quickly boring). Wilber, like many philosophers, also tends to over-simplify and get repetitive. I fear he over-simplified his criticism of neo-Goddess movements to fit his paradigm. Graves, a major modern proponent of the Goddess, at least, never ignored the human sacrifices of horticultural/Goddess worshipping societies (Graves felt it was a small price to pay to sacrifice the King once every ten years to avoid all the other meaningless deaths that come from patriarchal society). However, Wilber's other criticism of regressive primitive movements I do agree with. I think Wilber also made the same mistake as Jung of overestimating psychological well-being and development in solving the worlds problems. Psychological development will not stop a fascistic politico-economic elite from continuing to destroy our planet in their own interests. Wilber's ability to integrate various schools of thought and synthesize them usefully is his strength."
"Great conceptual model which integrates our individual and collective internal and external views of reality. However, the interview style didn't do it for me and became an irritation after a while. Also, throughout the book he recapitulates and repeats and paraphrases and... it didn't help me as a lay reader - the book could have been more concise and less thick without losing any depth to his ideas and explanations. Overall, worth tackling if you're an eclectic intellectual who likes to integrate seemingly dissonant concepts which have little practical application, as I do from time to time... Might influence how you develop future perspectives on moral issues, but probably won't change your life."
"Well, what to say... this is THE Ken Wilber synopsis. It is an absolute masterpiece and will be around for a long long time. It does have everything in it. If you want more depth and detail, go to Sex, Ecology, Spirituality. But this is the best place to start for those who have the stomach (if you don't, try A Theory of Everything, which is shorter). It gives you the full overview of Integral Theory."
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