"BASIC FLYING INSTRUCTION" ""Plato compares the human being to a
winged chariot driven by a rational charioteer and drawn by two
horses, one spirited but amenable to discipline, the other
self-indulgent and reluctant to obey commands even when they are
accompanied by the whip.""
Based on his recent philosophy degree course at the University
of Durham, novelist, screenwriter, and ex-Navy pilot Charles Gidley
Wheeler provides a clear, concise, and comprehensive overview of
Western philosophy, its relation to science and logic, and its
application to personal, social, and political dilemmas of the
twenty-first century. Starting from the premise that nothingness
cannot exist, the author shows how both physics and philosophy seem
to be leading us to the unavoidable conclusion that to think in
terms of an absolute God who has the power to reward or punish us
is not only irrational but divisive and dangerous to the survival
of mankind. The important conclusion of the book is that until it
is universally accepted that we are all one and that to injure
others is to injure ourselves, wars; conflict; and terrorism will
inevitably continue.
"Charles Wheeler has had the bright idea of using his own course
in philosophy as a framework for an introduction to the discipline,
and has written an accessible and lively book getting across his
own particular enthusiasm for Spinoza."--David M. Knight, MA,
Dphil, University of Durham
""Basic Flying Instruction" is a book that will help you fly
happily through life."--John Weaver, Booksandauthors.net
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