Senses of Mystery

Covering an extensive range of topics, from Daoism to Debussy, Cooper does a great job of conveying some deep and difficult philosophical ideas about the meaning of life in an engaging manner - and of showing, moreover, how those ideas bear upon the practical question of how we should live our lives.

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David E. Cooper is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Durham University. He has been a Visiting Professor at universities in several countries, including the USA and Sri Lanka. His many books include The Measure of Things: Humanism, Humility and Mystery, A Philosophy of Gardens and Convergence with Nature: A Daoist Perspective.

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1. In a Garden

2. The Truth of Mystery

Ineffability

The Scientific Image

The World as Fiction?

The World as Gift

3. Religion, Nature and Mystery

Religion, Faith and Mystery

'Nothing Special'

Senses of Mystery

Nature and Culture

4. Animals

Animal Worlds

The Opacity of Animals

Animals, Mystery and World

Animals and 'The Open'

5. Music

Music and Experience

Music and Nature

Music, Culture, Environment

Music and the Mystery of Emergence

6. Walking

Meditation on the Move

Body, Mind and Involvement

Communion and Holism

Walking and Senses of Mystery

7. Gardening

The Way of the Garden

Gardens and Meaning

'In the Head' and 'In the Hands'

Garden, 'Gift', Mystery

8. Living with Mystery

Ethics

Removing Obstacles

Humility and Compassion

Emulation

9. In a Garden Again

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