Man, Nature, and the Nature of Man (Abridged) Audiobook, by Alan Watts Play Audiobook Sample

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Read By: Alan Watts Publisher: Macmillan Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 1.00 hours at 1.5x Speed 0.75 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: November 2004 Format: Abridged Audiobook ISBN:

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Drawn from hundreds of hours of rare archival recordings from the personal collection of his son, Mark Watts, this program presents the essential message of Alan Watts. Here is Alan Watts, recorded live in seminars conducted in America and Japan, personally explaining how the Eastern view of man and his place in the world can be made meaningful to the contemporary Westerner.

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"I could be strangled by scientific knowledge. This book describes truth, and the need to feel to know. This book gives me the courage to strive for life without inner conflict, but rest with the paradox that life wouldn't exist without contradictions. "

— Charlotte (5 out of 5 stars)

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  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Can't go wrong with Alan Watts. Can't go right either. Opposites implied and all. "

    — Greg, 1/5/2013
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " This man abounds with theories on the historical meanderings of the roles of men and women and nature... and religion. It gets preachy, just to warn you. "

    — Vanessa, 10/28/2012
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Watts describes this book as his personal favorite. I don't think so. Still pretty good though! "

    — Artie, 10/12/2012
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " This may have been the last Watts I read. If so, it was the one where he took Oneness to an extreme where good and evil seemed to meet. "

    — Rob, 6/5/2012
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " Tons of wisdom, and for a book written pre-1960's, it reads as if it was a live commentary on today. "

    — Leonardo, 5/11/2012
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " I could be strangled by scientific knowledge. This book describes truth, and the need to feel to know. This book gives me the courage to strive for life without inner conflict, but rest with the paradox that life wouldn't exist without contradictions. "

    — Charlotte, 9/6/2011
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " One of my favorite authors, his writing is pure poetry; the abstract of the East captured by the English language, something that remains effortless in his writing, effortless as Zazen, something that is incredibly difficult. "

    — Katalin, 8/14/2011
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " Tons of wisdom, and for a book written pre-1960's, it reads as if it was a live commentary on today. "

    — Leonardo, 3/9/2011
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " This may have been the last Watts I read. If so, it was the one where he took Oneness to an extreme where good and evil seemed to meet. "

    — Rob, 8/23/2009
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " One of my favorite authors, his writing is pure poetry; the abstract of the East captured by the English language, something that remains effortless in his writing, effortless as Zazen, something that is incredibly difficult. "

    — Katalin, 12/29/2008
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " This book really did it for me...had me going for quite awhile. It still flavors any physics, evolution, or economics that I read. Follwed it up with Aikido and the Harmony of Nature and I'd say that was good choice. "

    — Curt, 9/15/2007
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Can't go wrong with Alan Watts. Can't go right either. Opposites implied and all. "

    — Greg, 8/15/2007
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Watts describes this book as his personal favorite. I don't think so. Still pretty good though! "

    — Artie, 8/6/2007

About Alan Watts

Alan W. Watts (1915–1973) was instrumental in introducing Eastern thought to Western civilization. He held both a master’s degree in theology and a doctorate of divinity and is best known as an interpreter of Indian and Chinese philosophy in general and Zen Buddhism in particular. He earned his reputation as one of the most original philosophers of the century and was the author of thirty-three books, and hundreds of articles, on philosophy and religion.