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Book Metaphysical Media

Download or read book Metaphysical Media written by Emily D. Edwards and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on the blurred definitions of topics associated with the occult as they are presented in popular culture to show moving-image media as devices that help structure an understanding of the supernatural world. The book looks at the properties of media technology that extend human senses beyond biological boundaries.

Book The Metaphysics of Media

Download or read book The Metaphysics of Media written by Peter K. Fallon and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Why do we believe what we believe, and ignore what we don't believe? Why do we believe some things that have no foundation in reality, and refuse to believe in things that are firmly supported by scientific research? Why does it seem that many people believe in nothing at all? And does it matter what we believe, and how we came to that decisive point of belief or unbelief?" "Peter K. Fallon insists that neither the study nor the practice of ethics and metaphysics should be limited to professional academic philosophers and theologians. In The Metaphysics of Media Fallon takes a courageous stand against our hyper-mediated popular culture and the postmodern view of information as a salable commodity. He investigates how and why different media, through different historical eras, have engendered and supported certain concepts of reality - at the expense of others. He begins with a critical discussion of the essential idea of objective reality and truth. Fallon then unfolds the story of the evolution of communication through four major eras and the metaphysical foundation that underlies each era and concludes with a look at the troubling rise of mass ignorance in what we call (without a hint of irony) an "age of information.""--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Book Post War British Fiction As  Metaphysical Ethography

Download or read book Post War British Fiction As Metaphysical Ethography written by Roula Ikonomakis and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2008 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second World War marked an ethical turn in British fiction. The author of this study demonstrates this by closely examining John Fowles's and Iris Murdoch's works as post-war meta-textual magical-realist novels interested in ethics and the nature of contemporary reality. These ethical novels transcend mere morality to explore the essence of the Good. Through paradigms of human experience, they direct our attention towards the Other and impart moral principles based on acts of Goodness. The author assesses the moral intimations in Fowles's The Magus and Murdoch's The Sea, the Sea in the context of their philosophical writings, mainly The Aristos and Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals respectively. She shows that Fowles and Murdoch endeavour to instruct the reader morally through the accessible language of fiction.

Book Metaphysical Divine Wisdom on Universal  Physical  Spiritual and Soul Love

Download or read book Metaphysical Divine Wisdom on Universal Physical Spiritual and Soul Love written by Kevin Hunter and published by Kevin Hunter. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The point of all existence in the end is connected to love, whether that is love for another person, self-love, or universal and spiritual love. One of the main reasons all souls are here is to learn the nature of love. Love is to understand that even the most heinous person in your eyes has love built deep down in the core of their soul. When you are in Heaven you truly understand what Universal love feels like. Love is the most powerful vibration that exists throughout all of time and space. Displaying hatred doesn’t take much effort, but to show love requires a complete soul do over in order to get back to that space your soul was born with. Love will always cost you something, whether that's time or energy. Love will cost you pride when you need to let go of something that someone else did and extend the olive branch. Universal, Physical, Spiritual and Soul Love examines one of the most powerful vibrations that exists and that is love. There are divinely guided discussions on what it means to display Universal love and spiritual love. There is a heavy emphasis on the connection nature between souls from the karmic to soul mates and twin flames, before devoting a good chunk on the practical, which is of great interest in the physical world. The mid-section of this acts as a dating and relationship guide to finding a quality mate in a world dominated by the darkness of ego. This is coupled with the challenges and benefits to finding and keeping love in a language that resides within the cold technology sphere. It would be awesome if every single person on the planet was keenly aware of their innate psychic abilities built into their soul’s DNA, because then Earth would be as close to Heaven as feasibly possible. There would be never-ending joy, peace, and love for every soul. Everyone would be operating from a higher vibration while moving mountains in the process. We see this kind of amazing uplifting joy in others when they’re in a high vibrational state. Universal, Physical, Spiritual and Soul Love has the goal and intention of filling the reader with as much as love as possible with the hope that it can motivate one soul back into their soul’s natural state of love. Some of the topics discussed in Universal, Physical, Spiritual and Soul Loveinclude: It’s All About Love, Creating the Life You Love, Self-Love and Self-Care, Karmic Soul Connections, Soul Mate Soul Connections, Twin Flame Soul Connections, The Benefits and Challenges of Technology Dating, Single and Longing for a Relationship, Love and Relationships, Love is a Battlefield, Seeking Love Through External Validation, Divine Soul Love, Love Yourself Back to Life, Bring Out the Good Vibrations, Universal Spiritual Love, and much more! Let more Light into your soul's life with the Metaphysical Divine Wisdom collection of books. Each cover a variety of distinctive themes connected to the spiritual and the practical interwoven and back around again. The Metaphysical Divine Wisdom practical motivational guide to spirituality series of books include Psychic Spirit Team Heaven Communication, Soul Consciousness and Purpose, Manifesting Fearless Assertive Confidence, Balancing the Body, Mind, and Soul, Increasing Prayer with Faith for an Abundant Life, and Universal, Physical, Spiritual and Soul Love.

Book Metaphysical Bible Dictionary

Download or read book Metaphysical Bible Dictionary written by Charles Fillmore and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A key to Charles Fillmore's original form of religious expression, this volume is a core text of the Unity movement and interprets the hidden meanings of the Bible's names, places, and events.

Book Metaphysical Divine Wisdom on Balancing the Mind  Body  and Soul

Download or read book Metaphysical Divine Wisdom on Balancing the Mind Body and Soul written by Kevin Hunter and published by Warrior of Light Press. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mind, body, and soul are the core parts of you to focus on refining if you’re seeking to bring your soul back to that profound state of high vibrational happiness it was born with. Cultivating all aspects of the mind, body, and soul are all connected to achieving greater heights in life both physically and spiritually. The mind, body, spirit terminology has grown prevalent within the worldly diverse spiritual communities because it’s understood that giving those key areas of your life attention and improvement can positively benefit all aspects of the totality of you. The ultimate basis of Balancing the Mind, Body, and Soul is to get back to the roots of remembering your Divine soul heritage. As you grow more mindful of the varying aspects that make up your soul spirit, physical body, and consciousness, then the easier it gets to incorporate newly adopted values that have a positive advantage on all facets of your physical life and overall well-being state. Some of the topics discussed in Balancing the Mind, Body, and Soul include: Raising Your Soul’s Energy Vibration, Firing Up Your Inner Child, Nature’s Therapy, Elevating the Mind, Body, and Spirit, Expanding Your Consciousness, Detoxifying Your Soul, Clearing the Chaos Within and Around you, Fitness and Exercise, Watching What You Eat and Drink, Soul Cleansing to Motivation, Gossip Machine to Centered Light, Balancing Your Inner Spirit, Rising Above the Mundane and Into the Divine, Cord Cutting, Shielding, Grounding, Vibrational Uplift, Balancing of Masculine and Feminine Energies, Finding that Blissful Happy Place. Let more Light into your soul's life with the Metaphysical Divine Wisdom collection of books. Each cover a variety of distinctive themes connected to the spiritual and the practical interwoven and back around again. The Metaphysical Divine Wisdom practical motivational guide to spirituality series of books include Psychic Spirit Team Heaven Communication, Soul Consciousness and Purpose, Manifesting Fearless Assertive Confidence, Balancing the Body, Mind, and Soul, Increasing Prayer with Faith for an Abundant Life, and Universal, Physical, Spiritual and Soul Love.

Book Ab     l Barak  t al Baghd  d     s Metaphysical Philosophy

Download or read book Ab l Barak t al Baghd d s Metaphysical Philosophy written by Moshe M Pavlov and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abū’l-Barakāt is a renowned philosopher of the Arabic-Jewish milieu who composed in his magnum opus the Kitāb al-Mu‘tabar, a comprehensive metaphysics which challenged the accepted notions of the traditional metaphysical philosophy. ‘Abū’l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī’s Metaphysical Philosophy’ examines the novel philosophical conceptions of the first book of the Metaphysics of the Kitāb al-Mu‘tabar. The aim is to present a developed conception of Abū’l-Barakāt’s systematic metaphysics. This is accomplished by following the order of topics discussed, while translating the relevant passages. These different topics comprise stages of cognition that move from an analysis of time, creation and causality to the conception of a higher spiritual realm of mental entities and a conception of God as the First Knower and Teacher. The epistemological and ontological conceptions are analyzed at each culminating stage. ‘Abū’l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī’s Metaphysical Philosophy’ analyzes vast portions of the metaphysical study for the first time. The book will thus be a valuable resource for all those seeking an original and broad metaphysics, and for students and scholars of Jewish and Islamic Philosophy. Furthermore, it is of importance for those seeking a metaphysics related to scientific theories and those interested in the history of science and metaphysics.

Book Keys to the Door of Truth

Download or read book Keys to the Door of Truth written by Jim Young and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-07-14 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KEYS TO THE DOOR OF TRUTH; Metaphysical Musings of a Born-Yet-Again builds upon the teachings of its two predecessors. Written in the context of yet another weekend seminar with Christo Sahbays, in this third entry in the author's new MY SPIRITUAL AWARENESS SERIES the fledgling leadership group takes on the means of metaphorical treatment of holy writ. To be more precise, certain phraseology found in the Gospel of John is found to be the key that unlocks the door to Truth about Spiritual Life as taught by the Master Jesus. In an amazingly powerful approach that uses metaphor as the Spiritual scalpel that cuts beneath the surface knowledge of intellectual literality, the "secret" meaning of Spiritual intent is revealed with brilliant clarity through the guidance of the Holy Spirit. This humble intention forms the foundation for continuing metaphysical treatment of future offerings is this intriguing emerging series. This book naturally follows the first two offerings in the MY SPIRITUAL AWARENESS SERIES: CREATION SPIRIT, Expressing Your Divinity in Everyday Life and A Labor of Love; Weaving Your Own Virgin Birth on the Loom of Life. Future writings will deal with such topics as the metaphysical meaning of Jesus and his disciples, the Sermon on the Mount, some of the various "newfound" Gospels, and those portions of the remaining three Gospels that do not replicate the content of the Gospel of John--all placed in a practical perspective.

Book The 55 Concepts 3rd Edition

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Cavallaro
  • Publisher : Metaphysical Media
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 0615225179
  • Pages : 198 pages

Download or read book The 55 Concepts 3rd Edition written by Michael Cavallaro and published by Metaphysical Media. This book was released on 2008 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Metaphysical Institutions

    Book Details:
  • Author : Caner K. Dagli
  • Publisher : State University of New York Press
  • Release : 2024-03-01
  • ISBN : 1438497024
  • Pages : 371 pages

Download or read book Metaphysical Institutions written by Caner K. Dagli and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2024-03-01 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Metaphysical Institutions, Caner K. Dagli explores the ultimate nature of the realities we call religions, cultures, civilizations, and traditions through the lens of a particular question often limited to religious studies, history, and anthropology, namely: "What is Islam?" The book is both a philosophical treatise about the nature of shared thinking that uses the encounter between the Modern Project and Islam as an illustrative example, and an exploration of the conceptualization of Islam in light of the metaphysics of consciousness and meaning. Dagli first develops a comprehensive theory of the institution and then expands its meaning to include a new category called "metaphysical institutions," with the goal of establishing both necessary and empirically variable features of all institutions, including those that deal with ultimate questions. The new model is then used to analyze questions of authority and autonomy, rationality and imitation, the universal and the particular, and other enduring questions.

Book The Metaphysical Divine Wisdom Collection

Download or read book The Metaphysical Divine Wisdom Collection written by Kevin Hunter and published by Warrior of Light Press. This book was released on 2019-07-20 with total page 1054 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Metaphysical Divine Wisdom Collection is a collection of six books from the Metaphysical Divine Wisdom series of books from spiritual author Kevin Hunter. All of the books in the series are available in this one gigantic volume for those interested in having the content in one large book rather than individually. In this non-denominational collection, Kevin Hunter blends the varying facets of the spiritual and the physical in a manner that is easily digestible for those interested in a primer to the spiritual, metaphysical, philosophical, and body, mind, spirit genres. The eclectic blend of topics discussed can appeal to anyone struggling in their Earthly life and seeking spiritual enlightenment, inspiration, wisdom and guidance. The six books from the Metaphysical Divine Wisdom series include Psychic Spirit Team Heaven Communication, Soul Consciousness and Purpose, Manifesting Fearless Assertive Confidence, Balancing the Body, Mind, and Soul, Increasing Prayer with Faith for an Abundant Life, and Universal, Physical, Spiritual and Soul Love. Spiritual metaphysical author, Kevin Hunter is a lifelong psychic and Divine communicator having written and published dozens of spiritually based books to help others on their quest for spiritual fulfillment mixed with the practical. Considered vastly distinctive in the spiritual genre due to his radically assertive no-nonsense direct way of communicating he has brought in a fellowship of readers from all over the globe that have gravitated towards this authenticity. This confidence he asserts is thanks to God and his Spirit team. The Metaphysical Divine Wisdom Collection contains 700 pages of material. The paperback edition is a larger sized book that can work as a coffee table book, spiritual reference guide, or Divine oracle. In Psychic Spirit Team Heaven Communication, the focused topics surround psychic related discussions. This includes fine-tuning your soul for stronger psychic reception, psychically connecting and other psychic related wisdom, communicating with the Divine, the core psychic clair senses, picking up on heavenly input, psychic insights, psychic accuracy, psychic timing, how much your Spirit Team knows, blocking Divine guidance, the power of your sensitivities, psychic spirit team communication, the author’s channeling process, spirit guides and angels, connecting with the tarot, and much more! Soul Consciousness and Purpose looks at the many areas that one’s physical and spiritual life all play a big part in the evolving nature of your soul’s consciousness, which is connected to your life missions and purposes. Some of the topics discussed include: Opening the pathway to divinity, knowing when your soul is transforming and evolving, awakening your creative consciousness, soul contracts, life purposes, healing and transformation, soul groups and earth angels, the earthly birth, the soul and spirit, the higher self, soul growth through grief, soul growth through health issues, soul growth through relationships, soul growth through work and career, soul growth through superficiality, soul growth through emotional healing, the human influences on the soul consciousness, and much more! Manifesting Fearless Assertive Confidence is a motivational and inspirational practical spiritual guide to propel you bravely forward into fearless assertive confidence on your soul’s Earthly physical and spiritual journey. Some of the topics discussed include: Combatting Fear, Standing in your Divine Soul Power, Stomping Out the Darkness of Fear Gossip and Anger, Identifying Blocks to Abundance and Blessings, Becoming the Chief Executive of Your Life, Optimistic Visualization, Getting Enthusiastic, Taking Action, Partaking in Pleasing Work, Being Worthy and Deserving of Blessings, Awakening Your Creative Spirit, Rising into Creative Confidence, Balancing Selfishness Selflessness Assertiveness, Stepping into your Soul’s Authority, and much more! Balancing the Mind, Body, and Soulis to help cultivate all aspects of the core parts of your physical, spiritual, and consciousness make up. When all three are blended in harmony, then the greater heights one can achieve in life both physically and spiritually. Some of the topics discussed include: Raising Your Soul’s Energy Vibration, Firing Up Your Inner Child, Nature’s Therapy, Elevating the Mind Body and Spirit, Expanding Your Consciousness, Detoxifying Your Soul, Clearing the Chaos Within and Around you, Fitness and Exercise, Watching What You Eat and Drink, Soul Cleansing to Motivation, Gossip Machine to Centered Light, Balancing Your Inner Spirit, Rising Above the Mundane and Into the Divine, Cord Cutting, Shielding, Grounding, Vibrational Uplift, Balancing of Masculine and Feminine Energies, Finding that Blissful Happy Placeand much more! Increasing Prayer with Faith for an Abundant Life is a non-denominational book open to all people from different walks of life needing a strengthening of faith with a focus on the power of prayer. Some of the topics discussed include: The Power of Prayer, Being Vigilant with Prayer and Affirmations, Asking for Divinely Guided Angelic Help, Turning Prayers Into Manifestation, Creating an Abundant Life with Faith, Increasing Faith to Accomplish, Achieve, and Persevere, Complaining Into Abundance, Taking Action on Divine Guidance, Having Gratitude and Optimism, The Significance of Spirituality, Spirit Is In Your Corner, The Commanding Function of Prayer, Divine Assistance, Spiritual Text Reminders on Faith and Prayer, andmuch more! Universal, Physical, Spiritual and Soul Love examines one of the most powerful vibrations that exists and that is love. In this there are divinely guided discussions on what it means to display Universal love and spiritual love. There is a heavy emphasis on the connection nature between souls from the karmic to soul mates and twin flames, before devoting a good chunk on the practical, which is of great interest in the physical world. Some of the other topics also discussed include: It’s All About Love, Creating the Life You Love, Self-Love and Self-Care, Karmic Soul Connections, Soul Mate Soul Connections, Twin Flame Soul Connections, The Benefits and Challenges of Technology Dating, Single and Longing for a Relationship, Love and Relationships, Love is a Battlefield, Seeking Love Through External Validation, Divine Soul Love, Love Yourself Back to Life, Bring Out the Good Vibrations, Universal Spiritual Love, and much more!

Book Metaphysical Divine Wisdom on Manifesting Fearless Assertive Confidence

Download or read book Metaphysical Divine Wisdom on Manifesting Fearless Assertive Confidence written by Kevin Hunter and published by Warrior of Light Press. This book was released on 2019-06-29 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your confidence can crumble upon losing things in the key practical areas of your life. You might feel a shattering of self-worth when you lose your job, a relationship, a friend, or your home. It’s interesting to note how losing a material or physical possession affects your confidence and sense of self-worth. It can cause you to lose interest in activities in life you once enjoyed. You may become bed ridden and depressed. You cancel plans, ignore phone calls, and are unreachable for a period of time. In those instances that your confidence is shattered by a material or physical loss, then that’s when your soul’s built-in confidence is needed more than ever. It has been insisted upon you to base your confidence and self-worth on the things you’ve achieved and attained when it is the reverse that is the case. You bring out your soul’s confidence first, and then use that as the driving force to achieve. When you lose anything of value that negatively affects your confidence, self-esteem and self-worth, then make that the driving force that propels you to rise up into confident warrior mode. Stand strong under the powerful Divine Light allowing it to be the nourishment your soul feeds off of that helps you move into manifesting a fearless assertive confidence. Manifesting Fearless Assertive Confidence is a motivational and inspirational practical spiritual guide to propel you bravely forward on your soul’s Earthly journey. Some of the topics discussed include: Combatting Fear, Standing in your Divine Soul Power, Stomping Out the Darkness of Fear, Gossip, and Anger, Identifying Blocks to Abundance and Blessings, Becoming the Chief Executive of Your Life, Optimistic Visualization, Getting Enthusiastic, Taking Action, Partaking in Pleasing Work, Knowing You Are Worthy and Deserving of Blessings, Awakening Your Creative Spirit, Rising into Creative Confidence, Balancing Selfishness, Selflessness, Assertiveness, Stepping into your Soul’s Authority, and much more! Let more Light into your soul's life with the Metaphysical Divine Wisdom collection of books. Each cover a variety of distinctive themes connected to the spiritual and the practical interwoven and back around again. The Metaphysical Divine Wisdom practical motivational guide to spirituality series of books include Psychic Spirit Team Heaven Communication, Soul Consciousness and Purpose, Manifesting Fearless Assertive Confidence, Balancing the Body, Mind, and Soul, Increasing Prayer with Faith for an Abundant Life, and Universal, Physical, Spiritual and Soul Love.

Book Metaphysics and the Existence of God

Download or read book Metaphysics and the Existence of God written by Thomas C. O'Brien and published by . This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Reflection On The Question Of God's Existence In Contemporary Thomistic Metaphysics, Texts And Studies, V1. The Thomist, V23, No. 1-3.

Book The Future of Metaphysical Religion in America

Download or read book The Future of Metaphysical Religion in America written by Mark Silk and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-12-13 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays by leading scholars explores the present, dynamic state of metaphysical religion in America. It includes chapters that: put survey data on this growing group in context; clarify definitional issues in the study of spirituality in general and metaphysical spirituality in particular; and assess the networks, conferences, rituals, festivals, retreat centers and periodicals recently developed by metaphysicals. The contributors discuss characteristic practices of mental healing and meditation, and show the reach of metaphysical ideas into public spaces and popular media cultures. One particular chapter also addresses the growing controversy over the legitimacy of metaphysical individuals and movements that appropriate elements of Native American and Asian religious beliefs and practices to enrich or sustain their own practice. This rich collection appeals to students, researchers, professionals and the layperson interested in knowing more about the history and more importantly the direction that American metaphysical religion is taking.

Book Handbook of Research on Global Media   s Preternatural Influence on Global Technological Singularity  Culture  and Government

Download or read book Handbook of Research on Global Media s Preternatural Influence on Global Technological Singularity Culture and Government written by Schafer, Stephen Brock and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2022-02-11 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trends of the last few years, including global health crises, political division, and the ongoing threat to social-environmental survival, have been continually obscured by disinformation and misinformation and therefore created a need for stronger global technological media policy. It is no longer acceptable or moral to support a global communication network based only on market factors and propaganda. The Handbook of Research on Global Media’s Preternatural Influence on Global Technological Singularity, Culture, and Government views preternatural healing of the media-sphere from a variety of perspectives on the dynamic of heart-coherent entertainment. Specifically, it addresses the subject of a healthy media from a variety of fractal perspectives. Covering topics such as collective unconscious, mediated reality, and government media trust, this major reference work is an essential resource for librarians, media specialists, media analysts, sociologists, government employees, communications specialists, psychologists, researchers, educators, academicians, and students.

Book Dissolution of Character in Late Romanticism  1820   1839

Download or read book Dissolution of Character in Late Romanticism 1820 1839 written by Jonas Cope and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dissolution of Character in Late Romanticism studies texts written by contemporary poets, novelists, essayists, journalists, philosophers, phrenologists, sociologists, gossip-mongers and anonymous correspondents.

Book Metaphysical Animals

    Book Details:
  • Author : Clare Mac Cumhaill
  • Publisher : Anchor
  • Release : 2023-10-24
  • ISBN : 1984898981
  • Pages : 417 pages

Download or read book Metaphysical Animals written by Clare Mac Cumhaill and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A vibrant portrait of four college friends—Iris Murdoch, Philippa Foot, Elizabeth Anscombe, and Mary Midgley—who formed a new philosophical tradition while Oxford's men were away fighting World War II. The history of European philosophy is usually constructed from the work of men. In Metaphysical Animals, a pioneering group biography, Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman offer a compelling alternative. In the mid-twentieth century Elizabeth Anscombe, Mary Midgley, Philippa Foot, and Iris Murdoch were philosophy students at Oxford when most male undergraduates and many tutors were conscripted away to fight in the Second World War. Together, these young women, all friends, developed a philosophy that could respond to the war’s darkest revelations. Neither the great Enlightenment thinkers of the past, the logical innovators of the early twentieth century, or the new Existentialist philosophy trickling across the Channel, could make sense of this new human reality of limitless depravity and destructive power, the women felt. Their answer was to bring philosophy back to life. We are metaphysical animals, they realized, creatures that can question their very being. Who am I? What is freedom? What is human goodness? The answers we give, they believed, shape what we will become. Written with expertise and flair, Metaphysical Animals is a lively portrait of women who shared ideas, but also apartments, clothes and even lovers. Mac Cumhaill and Wiseman show how from the disorder and despair of the war, four brilliant friends created a way of ethical thinking that is there for us today.