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This is an absolutely phenomenal book, broken down into bite-sized sections, based on original articles by the author. If you are someone who appreciates the sometimes difficult concepts of philosophy, this book will definitely interest you. I feel like I know a lot more about this subject now than I did before reading this book.

The idealism vs. Physicalism debate has been raging for some time, and it is interesting to watch from both sides. Whilst I consider myself to be somewhere in the middle of the two ideas, I certainly appreciated the author's arguments for idealism and thought he was making a good case for readers to look into it further.

You may struggle with this book a bit at first if you are not familiar with the terminology, but the author has written it in such a way as to make said terminology more accessible to the general reader by explaining without overexplaining, so after a while it becomes easier to read. This was highly thought-provoking (of course, what else could idealism entail?) Well worth the time to read.

I recommend this book to anyone with an interest in science and philosophy, or who just wants to push the limits of their understanding in a new direction.

This review is based on a complimentary copy from the publisher, provided through Netgalley. All opinions are my own.

Ever so gradually the Wheel of Fortune turns. Very ancient lessons need to be learned over and over again, even though their essence remains the same. Modern science can empower ever more of us to attain infinite vision, but only if the sum of it's knowledge includes that of successful 'dreamers' from aeons ago. In "The Idea of the World" Bernardo does an admirable job of weaving the most recent and rigorous science, psychology and philosophy into that intricate cloth of transcendence espoused by mystics since.... forever. If you wonder at Bernardo's technical erudition and ability to construct a cogent philosophical argument you might refer to the forty five (Kindle) pages of Bibliography. Materialists, wake up! smell the roses! it's all good!

A very good fusion of sciences, ontology and neurosciences. The author shares a very well documented research about the reality and persecution thought the history. Sublime!

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