kickerdad -
"A Theory of Everything: An Integral Vision For Business, Politics, Science, and Spirituality" by American philosopher Ken Wilber has been on my shelf for two decades. I picked it up when I was first interested in spiral dynamics and never took the time to read it.
Wilber offers a theoretical framework for understanding . . . everything, or anything, depending on how you want to look at it. His focus is not the vertical depth of any particular topic but horizontal interconnectedness. Wilber spends time outlining his T.O.E. [Theory of Everything] attempting to integrate and transcend traditional thought, social structures and paradigms with quadrants, waves, and evolutionary spirals that philosophically parallel the evolving physical and theoretical science of the turn of the century.
This book is not an attempt to explain everything you ever wanted to know about anything but a framework for how to understand anything, and in particular, how everything evolves and its interrelatedness. While I don't think I agree with some of his personal leanings, the T.O.E. framework touches on many missing elements in more traditional philosophies. A great book for helping a reader to think outside the box. [3.5/5]
Wilber offers a theoretical framework for understanding . . . everything, or anything, depending on how you want to look at it. His focus is not the vertical depth of any particular topic but horizontal interconnectedness. Wilber spends time outlining his T.O.E. [Theory of Everything] attempting to integrate and transcend traditional thought, social structures and paradigms with quadrants, waves, and evolutionary spirals that philosophically parallel the evolving physical and theoretical science of the turn of the century.
This book is not an attempt to explain everything you ever wanted to know about anything but a framework for how to understand anything, and in particular, how everything evolves and its interrelatedness. While I don't think I agree with some of his personal leanings, the T.O.E. framework touches on many missing elements in more traditional philosophies. A great book for helping a reader to think outside the box. [3.5/5]
