Keep the company of those who seek the truth; run from those who claim to have found it.
-Václav Havel
And Ken Wilbur claims to have found a way to seek the truth, for which I consider “A Brief History of Everything” a truly inspirational work of philosophical synthesis. The book isn’t perfect, but the material as a whole is undeniably transformative. I discovered the book in my early teens while working at a library, and though I only read the first few chapters it was the book that induced me to develop a strong spirituality. After finishing the book in my early twenties, I left not with “the answer,” but with a clearer path to seek it; not a giddy exuberance or steadfast zeal, but a sober, contemplative, and balanced perspective of my place in the world, and its place in myself.
Recommended without reservation.
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A Brief History of Everything (Revised Edition)
Ken Wilbur
Shambhala Publishing, 2000
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