Customer Reviews

My View of the World

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I had come across a bit of Schroedinger's philosophy while reading The Masks of God by Joseph Campbell. I found the paragraph to be very spiritual and very beautiful. At the time, it was a surprise to me to find that the author of the piece was one of fathers of modern quantum theory. It took me a couple years, but I finally found it; and I was very impressed. While those who mainly want to know about wave mechanics may not be interested in a work of philosophy, I find the works very mystic and spiritual. In all, this is a very good book for those who like philosophy, and/or are interested in the philosophy of one who was in forefront of what is known about reality today.

I honestly have never read a more convincing account written on the oneness of mind and the principle of objectivation. Poorly written???? Schrodinger's writing has magic and genius infused throughout. This book is like a personal bible to me, and has really shaped the way I look at the world (a far more mystical and loving way). This is the first book I would recommend to almost anyone to read (along with Mind and Matter....also by Schrodinger). It's a short book, but be prepared to read it over and over to fully grasp what he is saying.

If you're hoping for a tie-in between philosophy and quantum physics, look elsewhere. The author explicitly excludes that from his discussion right in the introduction.

It is not always very well written. Especially the second half is a bit rambling and disjoint. Nevertheless, Shrodinger's philosophy is interesting. A westerner's take on monism such as that found in Advaita Vedanta.