Thursday, October 23, 2008

Insomnia downloads of the day

Concept of Nature, The by Whitehead, Alfred North

In The Concept of Nature, Alfred North Whitehead discusses the interrelatedness of time, space, and human perception.
The idea of objects as ‘occasions of experience’, arguments against body-mind duality and the search for an all-encompassing ‘philosophy of nature’ are examined, with specific reference to contemporary (Einstein, with whose theory of relativity he has some complaints) and ancient (Plato, Aristotle) approaches. (Summary by mb)


and if that doesn't put you to sleep, try this:History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. V, The by Gibbon, Edward

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