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    Essays in Definition: One Man’S Search for Meaning
    Essays in Definition: One Man’S Search for Meaning
    Essays in Definition: One Man’S Search for Meaning
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    Essays in Definition: One Man’S Search for Meaning

    By Eston Eugene Roberts

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    This is a compilation of essays born of varying impetuses and written over a number of years on the general topic of metaphor, my life obsession since my spring semester at Berry College in 1953. The generalized purpose of the following documents is to trace the path of metaphor as my thinking evolved. More importantly, it is hoped that these essaysread along with my prolix and sometimes confusing opusmy chef d oeuvre on metaphor, Metamorphosos: A Proposed Path to Independent Livingwill shed new light on some of the major philosophical conundrums perplexing the world today.

    Among these conundrums, the still unresolved issues growing out of Albert Einsteins relativity theoriesone of which is determinism. Are we prisoners of our particle origins, consigned to a preordained cycle of macro machinery, or free individuals equipped with the necessary tools to exercise free will and control our destinies?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateFeb 23, 2018
    ISBN9781546229629
    Essays in Definition: One Man’S Search for Meaning
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    Eston Eugene Roberts

    Eston Eugene Roberts, author of this work, was born in 1932, in New Orleans, LA. and, except for fear of karma, would like to attribute his longevity to the practice of the philosophy/psychology tendered here. He and his late wife, Dorothy Herrington, produced five children (one deceased) all products of survival drive inspired by love and intentionality. Roberts is a graduate of Berry College and the University of North Carolina, is a former Professor of English. and served as coordinator of programs for two non-profit agencies in Raleigh and Wilson, N.C. This latest book is sent forth with hopes of securing unto the writer some degree of survival in the minds, memories, and hearts of his readers. Other works by Roberts include: White In The Moon (a novel) Daguerreotypes Of People, Place, And Time (poetry) Poems Of Purpose (poetry and prose) Metamorphosos: A Proposed Path To Independent Living (philosophy)

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