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  • Stretching Exercises for the Mind
    Carolyn J Sweers
    Stretching Exercises for the Mind is an attempt to lure people into philosophical thinking by posing a series of questions that call for reflection and discussion. My experiences as a teacher have confirmed over and over again that if people are asked the right questions, their own reflections will produce insights. This is something I learned from Socrates. The book has three ...
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    9,50 €

  • Earth , Air , Fire , Water
    Carolyn J Sweers
    Earth, Air, Fire, Water 'We were young in wonder.' Author Carolyn Sweers grew up on a farm in the 1940s and ’50s with the leisure to play, imagine and observe a way of life that has since all but disappeared. Though she would eventually leave the farm for college, she returned for regular visits. She penned the first draft of Earth, Air, Water, Fire, a book of philosophical ins...
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    21,14 €

  • Searching for Truth
    Carolyn J Sweers
    Truth seeking seems to have gone out of fashion. Politicians make claims without bothering to provide facts to back them up and tend to label facts with which they disagree as 'fake news'. Beginning in the 1960’s, there was an upsurge in claims that what mattered most were individual opinions. not some agreed upon, and possibly repressive 'truth'. And yet, to give up an allegia...
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    12,97 €

  • Stillness
    Carolyn Sweers
    In an increasingly noisy and distracted world, this book explores the idea that stillness is not simply the absence of activity but a powerful path toward insight, understanding, and wisdom. Drawing inspiration from philosophical, spiritual, and contemplative traditions, the book examines how quiet reflection and inner calm can deepen self-awareness, improve judgment, and help ...
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    9,56 €

  • Soul Care
    Carolyn Sweers
    Soul care, said Socrates, was the most important activity a human could do. It was far more important than such common human concerns as the desire for money or honor ('likes' on Facebook?). Socrates demonstrated by example what he meant by soul care: 1) a realistic attitude about death, 2) the importance of an examined life, 3) recognition of the limits of human understanding,...
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    9,57 €

  • Being Moral
    Carolyn Sweers
    This book explores one of humanity’s most enduring questions: Why should we be moral, especially when doing so is often difficult, inconvenient, or personally costly? Drawing upon philosophy, history, psychology, and everyday human experience, the book examines the practical and personal benefits of living an ethical life. Through thought-provoking discussions and examples, rea...
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    9,57 €

  • SOUL CARE GUIDES
    Carolyn Sweers
    The shock of Christmas. Christmas has become so familiar that it is easy to forget how shocking it was, especially to the humans who became key players in what was a cosmic drama. This little book tries to imagine what the encounters with angels and stars meant to the characters in the original story: Mary, Joseph, the shepherds, the wise men as well as what the Christmas eve...
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    14,54 €

  • The Shock of Christmas
    Carolyn Sweers
    The Christmas story has become so familiar it is easy to forget how shocking were the events and the effect they had on the humans who were directly involved: such as Mary, Joseph, and the Shepherds. This book is an invitation to imagine the situation of these human actors as they encountered angels bringing life-changing news. ...
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    12,51 €

  • LIFE
    Carolyn Sweers
    This little book provides provocative sayings to ponder as well as a collection of insight clues gleaned from a variety of wisdom sources. Readers are encouraged to open the book at random or page through and see which saying or quote catches their attention and spend time with those. Considerable blank space is provided on most pages so readers can respond with their own words...
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    16,36 €

  • QUERIES AND CONJECTURES
    Carolyn Sweers
    One advantage of being human is having a mind that can think, can imagine, can ask questions and try to find answers. Thinking can be fun even when the questions are serious. That is why Queries and Conjectures is in workbook form. Each page contains a question to ponder with much blank space for the reader’s own responses in words and/or images. Spend some time with this...
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    20,05 €

  • Strecthing Exercises for the Mind
    Carolyn J Sweers
    Stretching Exercises for the Mind is an attempt to lure people into philosophical thinking by posing a series of questions that call for reflection and discussion. My experiences as a teacher have confirmed over and over again that if people are asked the right questions, their own reflections will produce insights. This is something I learned from Socrates.The book has three p...
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    23,86 €

  • Christmas Reimagined
    Carolyn J Sweers
    This book is an attempt to defamiliarize the Christmas stories found in the Bible.  Familiarity can result in a diminishment of wonder at the astounding news that God was manifest as a baby in a manger and that the event was announced by angels.  The Christmas story is not about something that happened once.  It has profound implications for understanding our own divine origin ...
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    18,55 €

  • Lent
    Carolyn J Sweers
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    14,73 €