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Powell's Q&A: Huston Smith

by Huston Smith, May 17, 2009 11:54 AM
Describe your latest project.

Having just completed my autobiography, Tales of Wonder, I am now returning to work on my next book-in-progress, The Way of Wisdom: Philosophy as a Healing Art.

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What fictional character would you like to date, and why?

Alyosha, because he loved humanity.

Introduce one other author you think people should read, and suggest a good book with which to start.

Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov.

Offer a favorite sentence or passage from another writer.

The final words of Saint John Chrysostom: "Thanks, thanks for everything; praise, praise for it all."

Have you ever made a literary pilgrimage?

Yes. To meet Gerald Heard, author of Pain, Sex and Time.

What is your astrological sign? If you don't like what you were born with, to what sign would you change and why?

Gemini. I am happy with it.

Why do you write?

Because I'm good at it.

Name the best television series of all time.

All in the Family, because it is so fast-paced and its stereotypical characters are so convincingly drawn.

Recommend five or more books on a single subject of personal interest or expertise.

Plato's Republic

Aristotle for Everybody by Mortimer J. Adler

Healing the Mind: The Philosophy of Spinoza Adapted for a New Age by Neal Grossman

Therapeia: Plato's Conception of Philosophy by Robert E. Cushman

The Unwritten Philosophy by F. M. Cornford (This book deals with ineffability ? what can be intuited but not verbally formulated.)




Books mentioned in this post

Aristotle For Everybody Difficult Though

Mortimer J Adler

Brothers Karamazov A Novel in Four Parts with Epilogue

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

Tales of Wonder Adventures Chasing the Divine an Autobiography

Huston Smith

Pain, Sex and Time: A New Outlook on Evolution and the Future of Man: A Provenance Edition of the 1939 Classic

Gerald Heard

Republic

Plato, Benjamin Jowett

Healing the Mind: The Philosophy of Spinoza Adapted for a New Age

Huston Smith
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One Response to "Powell's Q&A: Huston Smith"

Mrs. V May 17, 2009 at 07:24 PM
There is an award for your blog on my site: http://mrsvsreviews.blogspot.com/2009/05/one-lovely-blog-award.html

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