Transcendence for Beginners

by Unknown author

Transcendence for Beginners: Life Writing and Philosophy is a lyrical work that intertwines philosophical inquiry with the practice of life writing. Drawing on thinkers such as Spinoza, Kierkegaard, Ramana Maharshi and Marcel Proust, Clare Carlisle explores how wisdom and goodness travel through individual lives. The book reflects on European and Indian traditions while also weaving in the author’s own experiences as a philosopher, biographer, mother and daughter. It offers a generous, intellectually stimulating meditation on childhood, mortality, art, religion, beauty and loss, presenting a philosophy of the heart that seeks to illuminate what a single human existence can reveal about the larger human condition.