Self-Possession: Being At Home in Conscious Performance

by Mark D. Morelli

This book is a meditative exploration of our inescapable and fluid relationship to the fundamental ideals of Meaning, Objectivity, Knowledge, Truth, Reality, and Value upon which we depend to inform and guide our living. It is an attempt to describe the elusive interior experience of these basic notions at work in our conscious performance. It is inspired by the work of Bernard Lonergan, but it is not an account of his ideas. It is an independent exercise in taking possession of oneself as a seeker of meaning and value. “It is as if music and color is washing over the rather austere architecture of INSIGHT, allowing it to do its real work in the life of the reader.” TOM COSGROVE, PROF. OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, U. OF LIMERICK “This book is remarkable in many it is accessible and profound, humorous in a tongue-in-cheek kind of way and serious, very interesting to read in such a way that it is hard to put down, and very fundamental in confronting basic issues of human thinking and living ...” JAMES MARSH, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, PHILOSOPHY, FORDHAM U. "I could not recommend the book more highly. It is an important book." RICHARD LIDDY, SETON HALL U. "This is exactly what the doctor ordered. My thinking is that Catholic universities need to develop a core curriculum of philosophy courses that teach self-appropriation and also links self-appropriation to the skills for discerning the religious or mystical dimension of their own conscious experiences. [Self-Possession] does the former beautifully and provides a splendid intro into the second." Kenneth Melchin, Professor of Theology, St. Paul University. "Morelli's meditations are just the opposite of logic puzzles and trolley problems. [They] are existential lures into the philosophical act itself." Thomas Jeannot, Gonzaga University

342 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2019

Reviews

[Hope · Rating 1 out of 5]

I’m just trying to reach my Goodreads goal for the year. Author is pretentious.