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Is Man T h e  Measure Of  A l Things? THE ANCIENT SOPHISTS... An Appeal To Free Thought How much of what you believe are your ou>n thoughts? of Greece declared that the world is wholly one of man’s making. All values lie within t he human mind not within things themselves. It is we, these ancient teachers said, who determine what is g oo d and w hat is bad . Thoug ht alone, they proclaimed, makes one thing seem true and another false. How false are many of our accepted  be li efs a n d tr a d it io n s? S h ou ld we retu rn to this Sophist view are many of our problems today the result of obsolete thinking ? What is your view of time, consciousness, immortality, will— how much of these and countless ot her subj ects which shape your life are inherited ideas? Here is an invitation to inquire into some new and different con- cepts. Y ou will find them readi ly acce ptabl e for th ey will prove to y ou the substance and real worth of what you have long believed. ^LOltcit b e y o n d  ^ U e de ^ i ve   v S e w < * e « > ? Shut your eyes and a great  portion of yo ur worl d is lost to you. Cover you r ears so as not to hear and another great part of reality disap-  pear s. But, what is the rea lity that you do experience actually like? For, after all, during each conscious mo- ment you are only interpret- ing indirect impressions of  somet hing. Man s Moment   In E t erni t y  and the one ahead of us. Our whole span of life is  b u t a consci ous interlude — literally an infinitesimal moment of existence. How we live this split second of existen ce depe nds upon our consciousness our vie w , our interpretation of life’s experience. We cannot hope to know all things as they are. But we can organize our experiences into a personal, intelligent, useful arrangement that will faithfully serve us. That is the  purpose of th is unusu al book, The Conscious Interlude  how to make the most of th is interva l of lif e. •v’s ’ n n i oH in

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Is Man The Measure

Of   AlThings?THE ANCIENT SOPHISTS...

An Appeal To

Free ThoughtHow much of what you believe are your ou>n thoughts?

of Greece declared that the world iswholly one of man’s making. All valueslie within the human mind —not withinthings themselves. It is we, theseancient teachers said, who determinewhat is good and what is bad. Thoughtalone, they proclaimed, makes one thing

seem true and another false.How false are many of our accepted

 be liefs and tr adit io ns? Shou ld wereturn to this Sophist view —are manyof our problems  today the result ofobsolete thinking ?

What is your view of time, consciousness, immortality,

will—how much of these and countless other subjects

which shape your life are inherited ideas? Here is an

invitation to inquire into some new and different con-

cepts. You will find them readily acceptable —for they

will prove to you the substance and real worth of what

you have long believed.

‘̂ LOltcit ‘b e y o n d 

^ U e d e ^ i v e    v S e w < * e « > ?

Shut your eyes and a great portion of your world is lostto you. Cover your ears soas not to hear and another

great part of reality disap- pears. But, what is the realitythat you do experienceactually  like? For, after all,during each conscious mo-ment you are only interpret-ing indirect impressions of

 something.

M a n ’s M om en t  

In Eterni t y 

and the one ahead of us. Our whole span of life but a conscious interlude — literally an infinitesim

moment of existence. How we live this split second

existence depends upon our consciousness —our v

our interpretation of life’s experience. We cannot h

to know all things as they are. But we can organ

our experiences into a personal, intelligent, us

arrangement that will faithfully serve us. That is

 purpose of this unusual book, The Conscious Interl

 —how to make the most of this interval of life.

• v ’ s ’n n i o H i n

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Go On This 

Men ta l A dven t u re 

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C h a p t e r t i t l e

This book, T/ie Conscious Interlude, provides stimu-

These are topics you have perhaps thought and read abBut in The Conscious Interlude  you will find them presenwith many new, challenging   ideas.

lating adventure. It affords new and different

channels of thought. It presents a liberal philosophy

of life. Figuratively, this study places you on the

threshold of reality —surveying with an open mind

all that you experience. The book opens a world of

radical  thought —radical only in that the author has

succeeded in freeing himself of all traditional ideas

and honestly reappraises what we have been told

and are accustomed to believe. Follow him in this

adventure, over the interesting pages of this book — 

nearly 400 of them in easily read type!

P R E F A C E IX Mysteries of Time

I N T R O D U C T I O NSpace

X Fourth Dimension1 Inquiry in fo

XI Conscience andConsciousness Morals

II Adventure in to Sel f   X II Immortality

III Inqu iry into X II I The Dilemma of  

Knowledge Religion

IVNature of Truth

X IV The M ystica l

ConsciousnessV Wi l l

XV The Ph ilosophy o fVI Is Absolute Reality Beauty

Mind? XVI Psychology o f Con

VII Illusions of Law and XVI I The Human IncenOrder

X V III Conclusion

V III Causality Index

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related subjects which circulate throughout the world.Conscious Interlude  is considered one of his most thought-proing and fascinating works. It is the culmination of yearoriginal thought—a book that you will be proud to haveyour library.

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