Study Philosophy Through a Novel

The Philosophy Study Guide book (free PDF eBook) is based on the novel, by Charles Entrekin, Red Mountain - Birmingham, 1965

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New Book - in 2016- By This Writer.

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That thing you’ve always called your “self” is not real, so it’s not the thing that’s receiving conscious experiences. What is receiving conscious experiences? The cosmos itself. The brain takes and processes information in such a manner as to have the ability to project that information back onto the cosmos, making the brain a kind of conduit through which the universe can reference itself. Thus, by looking inside ourselves, we see an image of the universe. That’s who we really are.

Aphorism from many fine ones, by Patrick, from  http://stickydrosera.tumblr.com/aphorisms.

I think Patrick combines, very neatly, the key concepts from Hindu and Buddhist philosophy, emergent evolutionism, pan-psychism (or vitalism)  and quantum physics including entanglement theory. We are the whole, that perceives itself from the locale of each single human consciousness, that is, at once, united with the consciousness of all things, animate and inanimate,  and is inseparable from it.

Permit me to add a little spice to this mixture, with this poem:

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This poem expresses a Buddhist attitude toward violence and terrorism, according to my understanding. Such an approach is, I believe, still of great value in the world. 9/11/2012

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An idea takes form on paper, Becomes a paper plane, Grows fangs, Becomes a tiger with wings, Becomes...

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We’re coming up to the anniversary of 9/11 — the destruction of the World Trade Center and the other terrorist attacks. Approaching this from a Buddhist perspective is very important, I believe, and instructive to people in general. It’s all too easy for one to get caught up in hatred and thoughts...

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A Sad Love Poem to the Glorious Sun, on the Summer Solstice

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This is the day of the unset Sun to shine,

to show itself,

before it settles down

for the night,

in its own temporary

hide-out, time-out time,

before it rises to shine

and set again

on this unsettled planet.

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A Sad Love Poem to the Glorious Sun, on the Summer Solstice, by Paul Dolinsky

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Birthday of the Buddha - Full Moon in Taurus (April 25, 2013)  

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Happy Birthday, Buddha

Happy Birthday, Humanity

....and only three days after Earth Day,

Happy Earth Day.

May all beings be happy, peaceful, and free from suffering.

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“Only when the past ceases to trouble, and anticipations of the future are not perturbing, is a being united with his environment and therefore fully alive. Art celebrates with peculiar intensity the moments in which the past reinforces the present and in which the future is a quickening of what now is.”

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from John Dewey, Art As Experience, 1934, ch 1, The Live Creature, p. 18

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Philosophy and Art - reblog here general comments relating to Philosophy and Art...

and then, I could put your comments into individual Posts.

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“Only when the past ceases to trouble, and anticipations of the future are not perturbing, is a being united with his environment and therefore fully alive. Art celebrates with peculiar intensity the moments in which the past reinforces the present and in which the future is a quickening of what now is.”

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from John Dewey, Art As Experience, 1934, ch 1, The Live Creature, p. 18

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You Could Make Comments as Re-blogs To This Post or via Anonymous Ask

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OK, I Downloaded the Free Philosophy Study Guide file. What Happens Now?

Well, this is up to you. If you have the Philosophy Study Guide, you should decide if you want to read that first, or the Red Mountain novel by Charles Entrekin. If you want to read the novel, you could buy it very inexpensively on Amazon for about $5 discount, as print book, or $2.99 as a Kindle book.

If you have the Philosophy Study Guide and want to get into philosophy discussion right away, that's fine.

I'll create a post where people could re-blog in Comments, and then I could re-post each Comment as a separate post, so people could build on it ,as  thread.

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Where Do I Download the Free Philosophy Study Guide?

You could go to the sister site of this site, and Download the Philosophy Study Guide.

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Before I Read the Philosophy Study Guide, Should I Read the Novel, On Which It Is based?

Personally, I would suggest that you read Charles' novel, Red Mountain, first, before you read the Philosophy Study Guide, on which the latter is based. It's beautifully written, and also describes the American South of the early Civil Rights era in the later 1950's-early 1960's. If you want both a literary and philosophical experience, then read both works.

If you're in a bit of hurry and you want to deal right away, with various philosophical issues that arise in the course of the novel, then you could go right to the Philosophy Study Guide. 

You could purchase Charles Entrekin's book only Amazon for $2.99 as Kindle book or as a print book, which is currently selling for slightly below $5.00 with free shipping. . 

I look forward to your comments. Feel free to Ask or Submit, and I'd like to Post your comments too, particularly as you go through the Study Guide. I also plan on rounding on this site a bit, and choosing another site design for this website. I will also make some folders that contain my various poems that have philosophical content, drawing from my Tumblr sites. I'd be happy to open the site to your creative work, too.

Meanwhile, let me suggest you check out my site, http://tumblngphilopoet.tumblr.com . It's filled mostly with daily Writer's Almanac posts, interspersed with my various poems that are apropos for this site. If you're interested in philosophy, literature and the arts, you should find the site interesting because it includes various figures from these areas, on a world-wide basis, going back into history too.

Paul