Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
David Whyte's "Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment, and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words" contains lovely, elegant, and little writings. With the imagery of a poet and the reasoning of a philosopher, David Whyte focuses his attention on 52 ordinary phrases, each with its own unique entryway into the underlying waves of human life.
Although the book is relaxing, it will also slow you down and startle you. Whyte encourages us to confront the difficult and mundane reality of our daily existence in order to engage life more completely. You should read this book if you can't believe that a book with random views on random words can be this fantastic.
This is a book on paying attention to one's life and being courageous about it. David Whyte is an associate at the University of Oxford's Said Business School and has received an honorary doctorate from Neumann College in Pennsylvania. He has developed a readership and listenership in three normally mutually incompatible areas: the literary world of readings, the psychological and theological worlds of philosophical investigation, and the world of organizational leadership.
Book Details:
Author: David Whyte
Pages: 245
Category/Genre: Philosophy of Logic & Language, Logical Thinking Books.
Link to read: goodreads.com/book/show/24108839-consolations
