Brain, Vision, Memory
Charlie Gross is distinguished for his discovery of face-selective neurons in the temporal cortex of primates, which he wittily describes in the final chapter of…… Read More »
Book Reviews
Nature Loves to Hide
This is an ambitious book, that starts from quantum physics, incorporates Whitehead's process philosophy, and then suggests that some ideas from Plotinus are relevant to…… Read More »
Science, Order and Creativity
I suspect I am not alone in feeling that David Bohm has some extremely interesting ideas that I would like to understand, but also in…… Read More »
Human Nature and the Limits of Science
This book's blurb says that it is `a provocative, witty and persuasive corrective to scientism' and this time the blurb is quite right. John Dupré's…… Read More »
On Death, Dying and Not Dying
This is a searing and profound account of Peter Houghton's nearing death experience and his subsequent re-emergence as a result of taking part in a…… Read More »
Progressive Endings
Some readers may not be aware that Nicholas Albery, not himself a car owner, was killed in a crash in June this year. He is…… Read More »
On the Internet
One of the first overall reflections on the Internet and its impact on eudaciton and our self-image. It looks at data and document classification and…… Read More »
The Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations
Safe is spelled D-U-L-L. Politics has got to be a fun activity - Alan Clark, from the Politics section of this treasure of a book,…… Read More »
Temenos Academy Review, Spring 2000
In his message for this edition of The Temenos Academy Review, the Prince of Wales reminds its readers that 'the traditions which form the basis…… Read More »
Temenos Academy Review, Spring 2001
Every year the Temenos Academy Review upholds traditional values based on truth, goodness and beauty while maintaining the highest standards. This issue contains the Prince…… Read More »