Isbn: 9798252534053 - 365 pressure quotations: fragments on human, business, and systemic reality: one quotation for each day of the year (5 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Sometimes a single sentence is enough to interrupt automatic thinking. This book is a collection of 365 carefully selected quotations drawn from across the entire intellectual landscape of humanity - from ancient philosophy to modern popular culture. It is designed for the widest possible audience. No special education or background is required. The only thing the book assumes is curiosity and the willingness to pause for a moment and think. At the same time, this is not a book of motivation, success formulas, or popular self-help ideas. The quotations collected here do not promise inspiration or easy answers. Many of them are sharp, paradoxical, or uncomfortable. Their purpose is different: to create a pause in the flow of everyday information and open a moment of reflection. Some fragments may provoke disagreement. Others may lead to an unexpected insight. Some may simply stay in memory and return later in an entirely different context. The voices represented in this book come from across centuries and cultures. Among them are ancient thinkers, European and Eastern philosophers, classical and modern writers, filmmakers, scientists, musicians, entrepreneurs, and figures of popular culture. Among them: Marcus Aurelius, Friedrich Nietzsche, Immanuel Kant, Albert Camus, Hannah Arendt, William Blake, Mikhail Bakunin, Aleister Crowley, Nikola Tesla, Voltaire, George Orwell, Charles Saatchi, Hunter S. Thompson, Andrei Tarkovsky, Chuck Palahniuk, William Gibson, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Sergey Brin, Yukio Mishima, Anthony Burgess, Jesus Christ, Albert Einstein, Marilyn Manson, Richard Branson, Bart Simpson, John Lennon, Salvador Dali, David Lynch, Confucius, Niccolo Machiavelli, Baruch Spinoza, Stephen Hawking, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Iggy Pop, Plato, H. P. Lovecraft, Bruce Lee. Despite the obvious diversity of authors - and sometimes radically different perspectives - the quotations were selected in such a way that together they form something closer to a map of intellectual terrain. Not a doctrine. Not a philosophy. But a field of pressure where different ways of thinking intersect. This book may resonate with entrepreneurs, managers, sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, students, writers, filmmakers, and anyone interested in the deeper structures of human thought and behavior. Sometimes one line is enough to change the direction of thought. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Sometimes a single sentence is enough to interrupt automatic thinking. This book is a collection of 365 carefully selected quotations drawn from across the entire intellectual landscape of humanity - from ancient philosophy to modern popular culture. It is designed for the widest possible audience. No special education or background is required. The only thing the book assumes is curiosity and the willingness to pause for a moment and think. At the same time, this is not a book of motivation, success formulas, or popular self-help ideas. The quotations collected here do not promise inspiration or easy answers. Many of them are sharp, paradoxical, or uncomfortable. Their purpose is different: to create a pause in the flow of everyday information and open a moment of reflection. Some fragments may provoke disagreement. Others may lead to an unexpected insight. Some may simply stay in memory and return later in an entirely different context. The voices represented in this book come from across centuries and cultures. Among them are ancient thinkers, European and Eastern philosophers, classical and modern writers, filmmakers, scientists, musicians, entrepreneurs, and figures of popular culture. Among them: Marcus Aurelius, Friedrich Nietzsche, Immanuel Kant, Albert Camus, Hannah Arendt, William Blake, Mikhail Bakunin, Aleister Crowley, Nikola Tesla, Voltaire, George Orwell, Charles Saatchi, Hunter S. Thompson, Andrei Tarkovsky, Chuck Palahniuk, William Gibson, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Sergey Brin, Yukio Mishima, Anthony Burgess, Jesus Christ, Albert Einstein, Marilyn Manson, Richard Branson, Bart Simpson, John Lennon, Salvador Dali, David Lynch, Confucius, Niccolo Machiavelli, Baruch Spinoza, Stephen Hawking, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Iggy Pop, Plato, H. P. Lovecraft, Bruce Lee. Despite the obvious diversity of authors - and sometimes radically different perspectives - the quotations were selected in such a way that together they form something closer to a map of intellectual terrain. Not a doctrine. Not a philosophy. But a field of pressure where different ways of thinking intersect. This book may resonate with entrepreneurs, managers, sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, students, writers, filmmakers, and anyone interested in the deeper structures of human thought and behavior. Sometimes one line is enough to change the direction of thought. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…