Transformations of Mind: Philosophy as Spiritual Practice

by Michael McGhee

Book Overview

The book offers a conception of philosophy as a form of self-enquiry which begins not in reflection, but in silence and meditation, conceived as conditions for the emergence and cessation of contending states of mind which influence perception and action. The philosopher thus becomes a kind of cartographer of a shifting interior landscape. This underlying perspective explains the personal nature of the writing and its mixing of genres. The book draws...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521777534
• ISBN13: 9780521777537
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"