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Why has man given supreme importance to thought?
- Author
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
- Narrator
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
- Publisher
- Krishnamurti Foundation Trust
- Publish Date
- 1 January 2018
- Run Time
- 1 hour 24 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
"Why has man given supreme importance to thought? - 8 April 1980 • Q: Is the 'ground' indifferent to mankind, as the physical universe appears to be? • How does one find out if there is something more than the merely physical? • Q: Why is it that theories are necessary and useful in organising facts about matter outwardly, and yet inwardly, psychologically they are in the way, of no use at all? • Seeking security for myself, for my family, for my group, for my tribe, has brought about division. • Why has man given importance to thought as the supreme thing? • If I accept I am irrational completely, I am rational."
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Details
- Author
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
- Narrator
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
- Duration
- 1 hour 24 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 January 2018
- ISBN
- 9781911140832
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Krishnamurti Foundation Trust
- Genre
- Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy
Synopsis
"Why has man given supreme importance to thought? - 8 April 1980 • Q: Is the 'ground' indifferent to mankind, as the physical universe appears to be? • How does one find out if there is something more than the merely physical? • Q: Why is it that theories are necessary and useful in organising facts about matter outwardly, and yet inwardly, psychologically they are in the way, of no use at all? • Seeking security for myself, for my family, for my group, for my tribe, has brought about division. • Why has man given importance to thought as the supreme thing? • If I accept I am irrational completely, I am rational."
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