110. Books on metaphysics

Further Reading:

Ralph Harper On Presences: Variations and Reflections, 1991.

Philosopher and theologian Ralph Harper explores mysticism, and specifically the concept of presence, in everyday life.

113. Books on cosmology (philosophy of nature)

Richard D. Mohr and Barbara M. Sattler, eds. One Book, The Whole Universe: Plato’s Timaeus Today, 2010.

If you want to understand Plato’s concept of Natural Law, the Timaeus is the work to grasp. In this book, scholarly essays comment on the work’s meaning and influence.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin The Future of Man, 1965.

Twentieth-century Jesuit priest and paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin combined scientific theory, especially evolution, with the Christian faith. He believed God is helping humans progress to ever-higher levels of consciousness.

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