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Beyond Weakness

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In his third non-fiction work, Beyond Weakness, Garvey investigates the meaning of our existence through ninety-eight epistemological, phenomenological, and ontological inquires. He focuses on the modern world, including its economic drive, proliferation of arms, and space exploration, in which he identifies a central component to the world and species: our existence through thoughts themselves and their material extensions.

From Nietzsche's view that consciousness is an illusion, Garvey examines the illusion itself, and by doing so, he discovers that thoughts themselves, including illusion, are intrinsically different from who we are. He then discusses the implications for us, and other life-forms, from existing through things empty of who we are.

Though the book can be a bit deep in parts, and sentences long, it is continuously moving forward to greater epistemological and ontological understanding. Garvey's free thinking style helps the flow of the book.

At the end of Beyond Weakness, I felt that I had climbed a mountain; though the view at the top made the climb more than worthwhile. The epistemological, and ontological significance of the book will be determined in time. Though I am confident that Garvey is onto something regarding the origin of knowledge and the relationship between who we are and thoughts themselves, and our corresponding need to restructure the world.