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Ishmael - Online Essay

Ishmael


In the past few centuries there have been a handful of books written that offer up ideas about humanity that are so completely new to a reader but are so completely convincing that they can force a reader to take a step back and assess all that they know to be true about their life and their purpose. Daniel Quinn has succeeded in creating such a book in , a collection of new ideas about man, his evolution, and the �destiny� that keeps him captive.
When I began reading I was amazed by the ideas offered by Quinn. Like in Rambo and the Dalai Lama by Gordon Fellman I was looking at the world not as it must be but as it could be. I was very suprised and excited, that as a member of ...

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but he didn�t know all the rules. And instead of leaving it be until
he did he was so sure of himself that he made his attempts blindly and came to a much
quicker end than if he hadn�t tried at all.
Toward the middle of the book my ability to accept Quinn�s ideas began to waiver. I believe this began when Quinn starting explaining the whys of man�s perceived destiny through religion or man�s need to overcome his religion. Now, I do believe that religion influences everyone, even those that don�t have it. And I�ll admit that Quinn offered many great points in history to back his theories, but I believe they were just theories. It was at
this point in the students learning that I began to think that Quinn might still be learning himself. I think many of the ideas presented in the rest of the book are not as obvious to a conditioned mind.
Throughout Ishmael Quinn has offered ideas about how man is living in its own captivity. This captivity seems to be death through narrow ...

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Added: 12/4/2004 05:36:46 PM
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