The Catholic Book Club discussion

Introduction.

"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." -- Hamlet

After William Shakespeare's Horatio sees the ghost of Hamlet's father, and scarcely believes his own eyes, Hamlet tells him that there is more to reality than he can know or imagine, including ghosts.

Hamlet's statement suggests that the walls of the material world, which we perceive with our senses and analyze with our intellects, have doors that open into the More beyond them. Philosopher Peter Kreeft explains in this book that the More includes "The Absolute Good, Platonic Forms, God, gods, angels, spirits, ghosts, souls, Brahman, Rta (the Hindu ontological basis for cosmological karma), Nirvana, Tao, 'the will of Heaven', The Meaning of It All, Something that deserves a capital letter."

With razor-sharp reasoning and irrepressible joy, Kreeft helps us to find the doors in the walls of the world. Drawing on history, physical science, psychology, religion, philosophy, literature, and art, he invites us to welcome what lies on the other side of these doors, and to begin living the life of Heaven in the here and now.

Our lovely Goodreads is preventing me from adding more questions right now. I will come back later and add the rest of my discussion questions.

John wrote: "Our lovely Goodreads is preventing me from adding more questions right now. I will come back later and add the rest of my discussion questions."

The same thing happened to me last month. It must be a new Goodreads rule that they never warned about.

Wish I'd started with his "conclusion." Then I wouldn't have been looking for logical arguments instead of the insights and intuitions he was after!

Jill wrote: "Wish I'd started with his "conclusion." Then I wouldn't have been looking for logical arguments instead of the insights and intuitions he was after!"

Yes, given his reputation I was expecting a more apologetic work. I did enjoy it though. Apparently more than many did.