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Reflections of a Metaphysical Flaneur and Other Essays
Reflections of a Metaphysical Flaneur and Other Essays Author:Raymond Tallis In the title essay of "Reflections of a Metaphysical Flaneur", Raymond Tallis uses the motif of the stroll, the amble, to connect a series of meditations on the freedoms that only humans possess. In subsequent essays, the flaneur thinks about his brain, his relationship to the rest of the animal kingdom, his profession of medicine and about the ... more »physical world and the claims of physical science to have rendered philosophical reflection obsolete. The book is a continuation of Tallis's endeavours to elaborate a vision of humanity that rejects religious myths while not succumbing to scientism or any other form of naturalism. Written with the author's customary intellectual energy and vigour these essays provoke, stimulate and challenge us to think in new ways.« less