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Title: The Phenomenon of Man by De Chardin Pier Teilhard ISBN: 0-06-090495-X Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 24 January, 1976 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.17 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Tellhard de Chardin is a must read for those in conflict.
Comment: I am not going to argue points as the author can do that for him self. I will say, many people surpassingly arrive at the same conclusions independently of this work. The few negative reviews are because of a disagreements not that this book is negative in any way. Even with all of today's scientific discoveries the truth in his extrapolations still hold up. However I would listen to Dinosaur in a Haystack : Reflections in Natural History [UNABRIDGED] ISBN: 0787109150. Just put the number in the search engine and press "GO!" before reading Book 2, chapter 2, section 3 "THE TREE OF LIFE".
This is a five star book no matter what side of the argument you are on. Listen to Teilhard de Chardin's words coming from Oskar Werner as Fr. David Telemond in "Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)" ASIN: B00003OSTW
Rating: 5
Summary: An experience of intellect and argument
Comment: The reading of this book is an experience in itself. I approached the Phenomenon of Man with some skepticism, as most people will, since it conforms to neither Darwinian or Creationist dogma. Its putative teleology within a spiritual framework is a dissent from both views. What you notice, though, is the immense intellect behind this work. The process of formal argument anticipates and answers the counter arguments as soon as they are posed. You feel as if you are on tracks led to an inevitable conclusion. The book itself becomes analogous to the process de Chardin is proposing. It is finally the homogeneity of the spirit rather than the heterogenous complexification of the natural world which is the ultimate subject of this book. A merging of consciousness in the image of Christ is the conlusion, hardly conforming to Church doctrine of the sovereignty of the individual or free will, which led to the authors problems with the Roman Curia.
Rating: 4
Summary: Profound, Complex and Farsighted
Comment: This is the toughest book I have ever read.
Teilhard de Chardin starts with the Universe as primal gas and traces the evolution of "matter and consciousness" to the present day. He charts this development as a vector leading to higher consciousness. Man is only one more stepping stone along this path. What is next? He predicts the development of a "noosphere" existing between the biosphere (the thin, wet, green and flesh layer on the lithosphere) and the atmosphere.
When I read this book, 20 years ago, I thought the noosphere was the development of a collective consciousness and a precursor of mental telepathy. I now believe that the internet and widespread use of wireless communications already fulfills his prophecy.
Despite being a Jesuit (or perhaps because of it), Teilhard de Chardin develops his analysis without relying on the concept of God.
Brilliant and subtle. Not for the faint of heart or the speed reader.
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Title: The Divine Milieu by De Chardin Pier Teilhard ISBN: 0060937254 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Christianity and Evolution by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ISBN: 0156028182 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 18 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Pierre Teilhard De Chardin: Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters Series) by Pierre Teilhard De Chardin, Ursula King ISBN: 1570752486 Publisher: Orbis Books Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Heart of Matter by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ISBN: 0156027585 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 28 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Spirit of Fire: The Life and Vision of Teilhard De Chardin by Ursula King ISBN: 1570751773 Publisher: Orbis Books Pub. Date: February, 1998 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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