Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
Meta-Narratives : Essays on Philosophy and Symbolism - Jay Dyer

Meta-Narratives

Essays on Philosophy and Symbolism

By: Jay Dyer

Paperback | 29 June 2022

At a Glance

Paperback


RRP $31.85

$31.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $7.94 with

 or 

Ships in 5 to 7 business days

Jay Dyer, the popular comedian, TV host, and author shares fifteen essays that have never before been published in book form. The essays span a variety of topics, including his thoughts on symbology, apologetics, alchemy, and number theory. In an essay on metaphysics, he argues that with the exception of a few philosophers, it has been jettisoned for pragmatism, postmodernism, and other forms of self-destructive prattle. He also leads readers on a deep dive of Phaedo, the dialogue of Plato that concerns the final words of Socrates. The discussion revolves around a proposal by Socrates's associates to defend his views of the afterlife and the immortality of the soul, followed by a counter argument by a Pythagorean and a final rebuttal by Socrates.

In another essay titled "The Philosophy of Creation," he argues that "reason" itself is nonsensical in the deterministic paradigm of Darwinian naturalism and that the crusaders of modern empiricism are committed adherents of the holy inquisition of scientism. Get valuable insights on a variety of topics with Meta-Narratives: Essays on Philosophy and Symbolism.

More in Philosophy

Beginning to Live : The Art of Existential Freedom - Emmy van Deurzen
The I Ching or Book of Changes : Bollingen Series - Cary F. Baynes

RRP $39.99

$33.75

16%
OFF
Lunacy : Ten False Promises of the New Space Age - Ben Bramble

RRP $34.99

$29.99

14%
OFF
First Knowledges Politics : Philosophical Ordering by Country - Morgan James Brigg
Winnie-the-Pooh : The Little Book of Wisdom - A. A. Milne

RRP $19.99

$14.99

25%
OFF
On the Shortness of Life : The Stoic Classic - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

RRP $24.95

$21.75

13%
OFF
The Golden Road : How Ancient India Transformed the World - William Dalrymple
The Wisdom Of Insecurity : A Message for an Age of Anxiety - Alan W Watts
The Beginning Comes After the End : Notes on a World of Change - Rebecca Solnit
Monsters : What Do We Do with Great Art by Bad People? - Claire Dederer
The Power of Choice - Neale Daniher

RRP $39.99

$31.75

21%
OFF
How Lucky Am I : A Skeleton's Guide to Living Your Best Life - Christian Watson
Man's Search For Meaning - Viktor E Frankl

RRP $16.99

$15.99

Start With Why : How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action - Simon Sinek
Nineteen Eighty-Four : Collins Classics - George Orwell

RRP $9.99

$7.99

20%
OFF
The Creative Act : A Way of Being - Rick Rubin

RRP $55.00

$42.75

22%
OFF
Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching - Ursula K. Le Guin

RRP $37.99

$30.75

19%
OFF