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What would you do if you suddenly became rich? Michael O'Meara had never asked himself this question. A high school history teacher in Maryland, Michael is content- until, after a freak accident, he unexpectedly finds himself the beneficiary of a million dollars that disrupt his life and leave him questioning everything he had and everything he thought he wanted. The Extinction of Desire blends Buddhist philosophy and fiction to maps the course of one man's voyage to uncover the fundamental truths about what is really valuable in life. * An engaging novel that seeks to portray a philosophical depiction of the author's worldview theory * Addresses core topics in philosophy and religion - knowledge, reality, self and others, value-in narrative form * Confronts the place of materialism and instant gratification in our world views * Includes a foreword by Charles Johnson, winner of the American National Book Award for fiction in 1990, for his book Middle Passage * Accompanied by a supporting website offering a wealth of additional resources, including discussion points for reading groups and a teachers' guide: www.blackwellpublishing.com/publicphilosophy/boylan
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Yet desire seemed also to be at the centre of many evils. It is false that money is the root of evil. For money has no power, aside from the power we give it ourselves. It is not money but our attitude toward money that is at fault. Our fear of poverty is l...
评分Yet desire seemed also to be at the centre of many evils. It is false that money is the root of evil. For money has no power, aside from the power we give it ourselves. It is not money but our attitude toward money that is at fault. Our fear of poverty is l...
评分Yet desire seemed also to be at the centre of many evils. It is false that money is the root of evil. For money has no power, aside from the power we give it ourselves. It is not money but our attitude toward money that is at fault. Our fear of poverty is l...
评分Yet desire seemed also to be at the centre of many evils. It is false that money is the root of evil. For money has no power, aside from the power we give it ourselves. It is not money but our attitude toward money that is at fault. Our fear of poverty is l...
评分Yet desire seemed also to be at the centre of many evils. It is false that money is the root of evil. For money has no power, aside from the power we give it ourselves. It is not money but our attitude toward money that is at fault. Our fear of poverty is l...
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评分这部作品初读时，给我的感觉是那种沉静而内敛的力量，它不像某些热门小说那样一上来就用炫目的情节或极端的冲突抓住你，而是像一位老练的叙事者，娓娓道来，却字字珠玑。作者似乎对人性的幽微之处有着深刻的洞察，笔触细腻得像是用最精密的画笔描摹一张褪色的旧照片。它探讨的主题是关于“失去”与“存在”的辩证关系，但处理得非常克制，没有那种戏剧性的爆发，更多的是一种渗透到骨髓里的失落感。尤其欣赏的是叙事节奏的掌控，它时而如同深海潜流般缓慢而有力，时而又在不经意间抛出一个足以让你停下来沉思半晌的哲学命题。我读到一半的时候，甚至会不自觉地放慢速度，生怕错过那些隐藏在日常对话和景物描写之下的深层含义。这本书的氛围构建极为成功，它成功地营造了一种既熟悉又疏离的阅读体验，让人仿佛置身于一个既是现实又超越现实的朦胧空间里，非常耐人寻味。
评分坦白说，这本书的结构和叙事视角相当具有挑战性，它不像传统小说那样采用清晰的线性叙事，而是更偏向于一种意识流与碎片化记忆的交织。我花了相当大的精力去拼凑出完整的图景，这既是乐趣所在，也是某些时候让人感到挫败的原因。作者似乎刻意模糊了时间与空间的界限，角色的心理活动占据了主导地位，外部事件反而退居次要。这种处理方式极其考验读者的主动性和联想能力。我个人认为，如果读者期待的是那种情节驱动的爽文体验，可能会感到难以适应。然而，对于那些热衷于剖析内心世界、沉迷于文字韵律的深度阅读者来说，这无疑是一场盛宴。它迫使你慢下来，去感受那些被快速现代生活所忽略的细微情感波动，那些介于“是”与“否”之间的灰色地带。读完之后，留下的不是一个故事的结局，而是一系列挥之不去的情绪回响。
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