{"product_id":"9781474279529","title":"Glimpse of Light : New Meditations on First Philosophy","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eGlimpse of Light\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Stephen Mumford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI firmly believed there was a world outside of our own minds . . . But all around me were challenges. . . . How could we be so sure there were such things existing apart from us?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ePhilosopher Benedict Chilwell faces a crisis of confidence and hopes to resolve it in a self-imposed exile, far away in the north of Norway. From his cabin, he begins his meditations, pondering the mysteries of philosophy in the dark Arctic winter. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePride, a whale, love and lust, the Huldra, God and a chain of causes all interrupt Benedict's solitude. Could they prove his salvation? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn six days approaching the return of the light, Benedict discovers a basis for certainty and tries his best to convince his hosts. Through doubts, questions and reasoning, Chilwell inadvertently follows in Descartes' footsteps. Will he be killed by the cold too; or will the warmth of Plato's sun save him in time?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Readers for whom \u003ci\u003eMeditations on First Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e is more than just assigned reading in college will welcome Mumford’s “new meditations,” which offer another inspiring run at an ever-elusive certainty on which to ground a worldview … The fiction is inspiring in its own right; as with Descartes’s \u003ci\u003eMeditations\u003c\/i\u003e, the reader needn’t be convinced by the argument itself to be moved by the drama of a person struggling to think clearly.” - \u003ci\u003eRain Taxi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781474279529\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40656569106638,"sku":"9781474279529","price":61.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_24e0c30d-051a-4f19-9d91-f899abfa0057.jpg?v=1639450468","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781474279529","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}