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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 234.2 EAN: 9780268005375 ISBN: 0268005370 Label: University of Notre Dame Press Manufacturer: University of Notre Dame Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 321 Publication Date: 1974-06 Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press Studio: University of Notre Dame Press Related Items:
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 Rating: - A Living ClassicI read this book when it first came out in the 1960s. It became my favourite then, and it still is. I reread this book almost every year. When I call it a "living" classic, I mean precisely that: it is the fuel for living because it provides the mental scope, architecture and thinking processes to live a full and healthy life. The book has been an anchor for me for over 30 years precisely because it positions the role of imagination in such a clear fashion as the instrument of living. Imagination ... Read More Rating: - Deeply spiritual and practical.I loved this book every moment I was reading it, and it lifts my heart to open it at random and reread passages I highlighted. Lynch says he bases the book on two assumptions. First, he believes whatever is ill with the mentally ill is human. Second, he says that the well can put off the impossible burden of trying to be as well as they think they must be, and can enjoy the privilege of getting tired and being a little mad! He focuses on three major aspects of hope: imagination, mutuality ... Read More 
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