- Peur, Religion, Philosophie, Fear
amazing insight. helps westerners step back and look at their actions and how they relate to the world around them. the mere desire to "be secure" is what actually makes you insecure. all about time and pain. most influential book i've ever read, and i've read a lot, high iq, etc. from my point of view, a must read.
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- Author
- Alan Watts
- First published
- 1951
- Pages
- 144
- Publisher
- Guang xi shi ta xue chu ban she, Random House, Pantheon
- Editions
- 22
- Language
- Spanish, tur, English, French
- ISBN
- 9781448147991
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“BY ALL OUTWARD APPEARANCES OUR LIFE IS A SPARK of light between one eternal darkness and another.”
Alan Wilson Watts (January 6, 1915 – November 16, 1973) was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience.
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