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"Maestro cerca allievo. Si richiede un sincero desiderio di salvare il mondo. Presentarsi di persona." È con questo enigmatico annuncio che Ishmael, un gorilla di immensa saggezza, fa la sua apparizione nella vita di un uomo come tanti, animato da un grande desiderio di conoscenza. Ishmael racconta al suo discepolo la storia stessa dell'uomo, non limitata entro i confini di una breve esistenza, ma estesa a tutto l'arco temporale della vita della terra. Ishmael pone domande esistenziali al suo allievo che lo conducono a comprendere se stesso e il mito della "civiltà del progresso", che l'uomo si racconta da millenni e che è alla base della folle corsa che lo sta portando all'autodistruzione: è destino dell'uomo governare il mondo? O c'è un destino più alto che possa portarlo a vivere in armonia con la Natura?
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- Pagine: 240
- Data di uscita: 31-05-2018
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Are you the sort of person who hears other people discussing books and finding yourself wondering how they can even form opinions on stories? I mean, either you like it or you don't, right? Well, if that's you, then read this book, The Giver, and Siddhartha (if that sounds like too much, substitute
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This book gets many 5-star reviews and is touted as “life changing”. My comment: “GET A LIFE!!!” This could possibly be THE WORST book I have ever read. I have been reading this book forever! I am so glad I am finished! It’s 200+ pages of torture! (This size of book I would normally devour in 1-2 day Leggi tutto
The reason I like Quinn’s style in “Ishmael” is that he doesn’t assume a pedantic perch atop humanity and force-feed a philosophically-driven, A-Z laundry list of “how to make yourself a better human being” and “save the world one person at a time” mantra down the reader’s throat. His style of writi Leggi tutto
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This book was recommended to me from my Ecology teacher on Saturday. I bought it the same day because i really needed a decent read... i having been craving this all the time lately. I did not put it down until i was done with it two days later. The premise is a man talking to a gorilla... however s Leggi tutto
This book was worth reading but many parts bothered me. First Ishmael makes incorrect statements about how nature works, and asserts that humans have violated these rules, which is the source of our discontents. E.g. Ishmael states that other species do not attack competitors. This is false. Species Leggi tutto
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