Description - The Mystery of Existence by John Leslie
This compelling study of the origins of all that exists,
including explanations of the entire material world, traces the
responses of philosophers and scientists to the most elemental and
haunting question of all: why is anything here?or
anything anywhere? Why is there something rather than
nothing? Why not nothing? It includes the thoughts of dozens of
luminaries from Plato and Aristotle to Aquinas and Leibniz to
modern thinkers such as physicists Stephen Hawking and Steven
Weinberg, philosophers Robert Nozick and Derek Parfit, philosophers
of religion Alvin Plantinga and Richard Swinburne, and the Dalai
Lama.
The first accessible volume to cover a wide range of possible
reasons for the existence of all reality, from over 50 renowned
thinkers, including Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Leibniz,
Hume, Bertrand Russell, Stephen Hawking, Steven Weinberg, Robert
Nozick, Derek Parfit, Alvin Plantinga, Richard Swinburne, John
Polkinghorne, Paul Davies, and the Dalai Lama
Features insights by scientists, philosophers, and
theologians
Includes informative and helpful editorial introductions to
each section
Provides a wealth of suggestions for further reading and
research
Presents material that is both comprehensive and
comprehensible
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