02204cam a2200481Mu 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007000700055008004100062040002800103020003500131020003200166035002100198035001800219050002200237072002500259082001000284049000900294100001900303245010100322260004100423300003100464490005100495500005200546520060500598650001401203650001501217650001601232650001501248650001601263650001401279650003401293655002201327776003401349830004201383856011701425856010501542938003001647910001601677994001201693999001701705ocn806205201OCoLC20200709055552.0m d cr |n|120726s2012 ne o 000 0 eng d aMHWbengcMHWdE7BdN$T a9789401207874 (electronic bk.) a9401207879 (electronic bk.) a(OCoLC)806205201 a469417b(N$T) 4aBV5072 .D384 2012 7aRELx0470002bisacsh04a149.3 aN$TA1 aDanvers, John.10aAgents of uncertaintyh[electronic resource] :bMysticism, scepticism, Buddhism, art and poetry. aAmsterdam :bEditions Rodopi,c2012. a1 online resource (217 p.)1 aConsciousness, Literature and the Arts ;vv.31 aDescription based upon print version of record. aThrough an analysis of many different examples, Danvers articulates a new way of thinking about mysticism and scepticism, not as opposite poles of the philosophical spectrum, but as two fields of enquiry with overlapping aims and methods. Prompted by a deep sense of wonder at being alive, many mystics and sceptics, like the Buddha, practice disciplines of doubt in order to become free of attachment to fixed appearances, essences and viewpoints, and in doing so they find peace and equanimity. They develop ways of living with impermanence and the unexpected by letting go of adherence to dogmatic 4aBuddhism. 4aMysticism. 4aScepticism. 0aMysticism. 0aSkepticism. 0aBuddhism. 7aRELIGION / Mysticism2bisacsh 4aElectronic books.08iPrint version:z9789042035126 0aConsciousness, literature & the arts.40uhttp://www.msvu.ca:2048/login?url=http://www.msvu.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=978034yCheck for Full Text403EBSCOhostuhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=469417 aebrarybEBRYnebr10582817 acpp1723AUTO a02bN$T c51484d51484