ISBN10: 1620553597, ISBN13: 9781620553596, [publisher: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company 2014-12-18, Rochester, Vermont] Softcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2014]

ISBN10: 1620553597, ISBN13: 9781620553596, [publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company, Rochester, VT] Softcover Paperback. Humanitys creative role within the living pattern of nature Explores important scientific discoveries that reveal the self-organizing intelligence at the heart of nature Examines the idea of a living cosmos from its roots in the earliest cultures, to its eclipse during the Scientific Revolution, to its return today Reveals ways to reengage our creative partnership with nature and collaborate with natures intelligence For millennia the world was seen as a creative, interconnected web of life, constantly growing, developing, and restoring itself. But with the arrival of the Scientific Revolution in the 16th and 17th centuries, the world was viewed as a lifeless, clocklike mechanism, bound by the laws of classical physics. Intelligence was a trait ascribed solely to human beings, and thus humanity was viewed as superior to and separate from nature. Today new scientific discoveries are reviving the ancient philosophy of a living, interconnected cosmos, and humanity is learning from and collaborating with natures intelligence in new, life-enhancing ways, from ecological design to biomimicry. Drawing upon the most important scientific discoveries of recent times, David Fideler explores the self-organizing intelligence at the heart of nature and humanitys place in the cosmic pattern. He examines the ancient vision of the living cosmos from its roots ...

ISBN10: 1620553597, ISBN13: 9781620553596, [publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company, Rochester, VT] Softcover Paperback. Humanitys creative role within the living pattern of nature Explores important scientific discoveries that reveal the self-organizing intelligence at the heart of nature Examines the idea of a living cosmos from its roots in the earliest cultures, to its eclipse during the Scientific Revolution, to its return today Reveals ways to reengage our creative partnership with nature and collaborate with natures intelligence For millennia the world was seen as a creative, interconnected web of life, constantly growing, developing, and restoring itself. But with the arrival of the Scientific Revolution in the 16th and 17th centuries, the world was viewed as a lifeless, clocklike mechanism, bound by the laws of classical physics. Intelligence was a trait ascribed solely to human beings, and thus humanity was viewed as superior to and separate from nature. Today new scientific discoveries are reviving the ancient philosophy of a living, interconnected cosmos, and humanity is learning from and collaborating with natures intelligence in new, life-enhancing ways, from ecological design to biomimicry. Drawing upon the most important scientific discoveries of recent times, David Fideler explores the self-organizing intelligence at the heart of nature and humanitys place in the cosmic pattern. He examines the ancient vision of the living cosmos from its roots ...
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