The good book consciously takes its design and presentation from the bible, in the beauty of its language and its arrangement into short chapters and verses, offering to the nonreligious seeker all the wisdom, insight, solace, inspiration, and perspective of various secular humanist traditions. Grayling, the good book a humanist bible, the good 8. Published on the four hundredth anniversary of the king james bible, the good book is a work of extraordinary audacity from a remarkable thinkera secular humanist bible drawn from the wisdom and. But he could have left most of histories out, i would even pay for a small. The good book intended to serve as a secular bible focuses on. In its beauty of language and its arrangement into short chapters and verses for. It is truly written in the style of the bible grayling has taken the collected wisdom of hundreds of secular philosophers and melded it together in the flowery prose form typical of the bible. No direct matches for your keyword exist in the king james bible.
Humanism, as many of you may know, has its roots in the philosophies of classical antiquity, including ancient china and india. Note that grayling lays his book out like the bible with similar referencing. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A humanist bible, a nonreligious bible that draws from the wealth of secular literature and philosophy in both western and eastern traditions.
A humanist bible, a nonreligious bible that draws from the wealth of secular literature and philosophy in. A book of extraordinary audacity from a remarkable thinkera secular bible drawn from the wisdom and humanity in the worlds great literature. Drawing on the wisdom of 2,500 years of contemplative nonreligious writing on. C download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the good book.
While there are chapters in the book that provided good guidancee. The book was designed as a secular alternative to religious text, and to be read as a narrative drawing on nonreligious philosophy, including that from ancient greek, chinese, roman, indian and arab civilizations, as well as the european renaissance and the age of enlightenment. This work is licensed under a creative commons attribution 4. In its beauty of language and its arrangement into short chapters and verses for ease of reading and quotability, it offers the nonreligious seeker all the wisdom, insight, solace. Grayling is this wonderfully incisive book, but it is the main ingredient in everything that makes the world a better place and indeed meditations for the humanist. I do think there is scope for a humanist secular bible, but i dont think this book is up to the job.
You will not open it up and find passages from various works called out by author. Kindle ebooks can be read on any device with the free kindle app. I espeacially like the first book genesis and the last book the good. In its beauty of language and its arrangement into short chapters and. The good book is a book of insight, inspiration, wisdom, solace and commentary on the human condition drawn from the great humanist traditions of thought and literature of the world. The good book consciously takes its design and presentation from the bible, in the beauty of its language and its pdf arrangement into short chapters and verses, offering to the nonreligious seeker all the wisdom, insight, solace, inspiration, and perspective of various secular humanist traditions.
It imitates the editorial style of the judeochristian bible and of the quran, but is entirely secular and makes no mention of god. The good book cant be bettered the philosopher ac grayling has created a secular bible, but its guidance for a good life fails to convince genevieve fox. And in the year 2011, anthony the seer did come forth with flowing locks and dispensed wisdom to the people, writes richard holloway. Graylings humanistic book presents the ideas most closely held by evolutionists in a flowery poetical way. A secular bible 1st edition by grayling, professor a. The good book a secular or humanist alternative to the bible. Click the search button below to search the entire website including all scripture translations, comments, commentary, bible dictionary, articles, and other pages. The philosopher ac grayling has created a secular bible, but its guidance for a good life fails to convince genevieve fox. I was expecting it to begin with the big bang, go on to summarise how the earth formed and evolution then the spread of humanity a bit like the bible but based on scientific. Grayling is being billed as if it is an inspirational collection of ethical tidbits. The good book is an inspired work of insight, wisdom, solace, and commentary on the human condition drawn from the worlds great humanist traditions of thought and literature, western and easter alike. Drawn from the wealth of secular literature and philosophy in both western and eastern traditions, using the same techniques of editing, redaction, and adaptation that produced the holy books of the judeochristian and islamic religions, the good book consciously takes its design and presentation from the bible.