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WHY BUDDHISM IS TRUE
From the bestselling expert on evolutionary psychology comes this deeply personal exploration of how natural selection has destined us for a life of delusion and unhappiness – and how we can escape this fate and find happiness through Buddhist meditation and philosophy.
Robert Wright has spent his life studying how natural selection formed the human brain to care about only one thing: getting genes into the next generation. Thoughts, feelings and happiness were irrevelant to what our brains were made to do. In the 21st century, this evolutionary mechanism has outlasted its usefulness, leaving us with anxiety, depression, anger, and greed. Our brains are making us unhappy. In Why Buddhism is True, Wright shows how Buddhism is a way out of this trap. Buddhism diagnoses our human predicament and offers a remedy. Following the teachings of Buddhism can bring not just happiness but clarity of vision -- we finally see the truth of the world in which we live.
At once a spiritual journey, an investigation into cutting-edge evolutionary psychology, and a rallying cry, Why Buddhism is True will help readers radically transform their view of the world and their lives.
Robert Wright is the author of The Evolution of God, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Three Scientists and their Gods, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, and The Moral Animal. He is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the widely respected Bloggingheads.tv, and has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Time, Slate, and The New Republic.
At once a spiritual journey, an investigation into cutting-edge evolutionary psychology, and a rallying cry, Why Buddhism is True will help readers radically transform their view of the world and their lives.
Robert Wright is the author of The Evolution of God, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Three Scientists and their Gods, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, and The Moral Animal. He is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the widely respected Bloggingheads.tv, and has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Time, Slate, and The New Republic.
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Published 2017-08-07 by Simon & Schuster |
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Published 2017-08-07 by Simon & Schuster |