Category: Books
The Trial
The Trial (original German title: Der Process, later Der Prozess, Der Proceß and Der Prozeß) is a novel written by Franz Kafka from 1914 to 1915 and published in 1925. One of his best-known works, it tells the story of a man arrested and prosecuted by a remote, inaccessible authority, with the nature of his crime revealed neither to him nor to the reader. Heavily influenced by Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov, Kafka even went so far as to call Dostoyevsky a blood relative.[2] Like Kafka’s other novels, The Trial was never completed, although it does include a chapter which brings the story to an end.Being and Time
Being and Time (German: Sein und Zeit) is a 1927 book by the German philosopher Martin Heidegger, in which the author seeks to analyse the concept of Being. Heidegger maintains that this has fundamental importance for philosophy and that, since the time of the Ancient Greeks, philosophy has avoided the question, turning instead to the analysis of particular beings. Heidegger attempts to create a more fundamental ontology through understanding being itself. He approaches this through seeking understanding of beings to whom the question of being is important, i.e. Dasein, or the human being in the abstract.[1]Heidegger wrote that Being and Time was made possible by his study of Edmund Husserl’s Logical Investigations (1900-1901), and it is dedicated to Husserl “in friendship and admiration”. Although Heidegger did not complete the project outlined in the introduction, Being and Time remains his most important work. It was immediately recognized as an original and groundbreaking philosophical work, and later became a focus of debates and controversy, and a profound influence on 20th-century philosophy, particularly existentialism, hermeneutics, deconstruction, and the enactivist approach to cognition. Being and Time has been described as the most influential version of existential philosophy, and Heidegger’s achievements in the work have been compared to those of Immanuel Kant in the Critique of Pure Reason (1781) and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel in The Phenomenology of Spirit (1807) and Science of Logic (1812-1816). Jean-Paul Sartre wrote Being and Nothingness (1943) under the influence of Heidegger.
The Quantum Universe (And Why Anything That Can Happen, Does)
The subatomic realm has a reputation for weirdness, spawning any number of profound misunderstandings, journeys into Eastern mysticism, and woolly pronouncements on the interconnectedness of all things.
Slipper has a New Home
I am proud to know the author Tess Rixen. This is an outstanding work about experiences we all go through as children either moving house, changing schools or entering other established situations as a newcomer.
While Slipper is a small little cat, new to the world, she is not afraid of exploring! Still, this new house feels big and lonely, and Slipper feels a bit scared. She needs to muster up the courage to go outside and speak to someone, and befriend someone as well. How will Slipper get over her fear of this new place and make friends?
“Slipper has a New Home” is the first in a series of Slipper and Friends books by Tess Rixen, a thirteen-year-old author who devotes most of her time to writing, and only writing. Here, Slipper tells of the hard transition of moving from an old home into a new one.
Also, check out the Slipper and Friends website that has a special article to meet Bella the bulldog who inspired the character in the book.
Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu, translated loosely as ‘old boy’ was never compelled to try and name that which cannot be named until he was leaving his town and a young man asked the master to help him understand how to live life. Lao Tzu postponed leaving until this book was completed.
A New Earth
Profound book by Eckhardt Tolle recommended by my good friend C-Foss, to whom I am indebted.
Being and Time (German: Sein und Zeit) is a 1927 book by the German philosopher Martin Heidegger, in which the author seeks to analyse the concept of Being. Heidegger maintains that this has fundamental importance for philosophy and that, since the time of the Ancient Greeks, philosophy has avoided the question, turning instead to the analysis of particular beings. Heidegger attempts to create a more fundamental ontology through understanding being itself. He approaches this through seeking understanding of beings to whom the question of being is important, i.e. Dasein, or the human being in the abstract.[1]