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xxx, 371 pages ; 21 cm "Rev. 01/26/00"--Title page verso "Chapter notes" p. 307-371 Introduction: Upward, not Northward; Out of Flatland Altogether -- On Gratitude -- Childhood and the Intimations of Gratitude -- Why We Have Forgotten Gratitude -- Beyond Childhood: cultivating an even deeper gratitude -- Understanding Surrogates -- The Power of Surrogates -- Money changes -- The Invisible Hand meets the Pastoral Ideal -- And your point is? -- A World of Acceleration (or, why jump from a window?) -- A brief excursion by way of physics -- Another brief excursion in accelerating acceleration: global free-market capitalism -- Uncle Hilding: my first introduction to market capitalism -- Why do people jump out of windows? -- The Great Divergence -- When skating on thin ice, just skate faster... -- Pay no attention to the man behind the screen! -- Can we ever go home again? -- Deep Practice, Synthesis, and Envisioning: thoughts on conversation, community, education, and what is worth doing -- When Questions Come of Age -- A river runs through it (the stages of life) -- When are we available for wisdom? -- Keeping track of your life; and telling stories -- A note on mortality -- Holography

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Author

Kellogg, Nelson R.

Publisher

1st Books Library

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9781585005000

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Philosophy, Humanities

Rating

4.5 / 5 (5 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14