Jaffey, Alan. Awakening the Spirit of Philosophy. Baltimore: PublishAmerica, 2005.

Abstract

Awakening the Spirit of Philosophy has been a life's work, and began to form in the mind of the author when, as a teenager, he couldn't reconcile the Holocaust and everyday tragedies in relation to God. The purpose of the book is to develop a philosophy of God that is rational, meaningful, beautiful, and ethical. The author uses a dialectic method of reasoning to uncover and resolve some of the most interesting conundrums of science and philosophy. The conclusions are compared and contrasted with the work of Spinoza, Kant, Plato, Aristotle, Buber, Sartre, Whitehead, Bohm, Einstein, Hawking, Popper, Tarski, Wittgenstein, Quine, Chomsky, and theories such as the Big Bang Theory, Einstein's Theory of Relativity, quantum theory, and the process of evolution. It culminates in a universal system of ethics that is rational and elevates morality to an art form. The result is a tapestry of knowledge that, when encountered as a whole, has a sense of inevitability. A system of philosophy emerges that approaches knowledge with the totality of human experience, grounded in the encounter between man and God. It pertains to all humanity, regardless of religion and culture. The spirit of philosophy that moved the vision of Plato, Spinoza, and Kant to sublime heights is renewed in the modern world, and in so doing, the human spirit is awakened.