Table of Contents
Foreword James O'Dea xi
Preface xv
Introduction xxi
Part 1 Origin: Is It Possible to Come Up with an Original Thought? 1
Chapter 1 Original Thought, Time, and the Unfolding of Consciousness 3
Chapter 2 Looking Backward to Go Forward 17
Chapter 3 Wheels within Wheels 27
Chapter 4 It's About Time 45
Part 2 Departure: What Does It Mean to Be Human? 55
Chapter 5 Purpose, Potential, and Responsibility of Being Human in the World 61
Chapter 6 Rational Thought and Human Identity 71
Chapter 7 Rethinking Language 91
Chapter 8 Beyond Rationality 111
Chapter 9 A Tale of Two Directions 125
Part 3 Return: How Has Our Thinking Created the World Today, and What Is Now Emerging? 135
Chapter 10 The Essence of Thought 141
Chapter 11 To Make Thought Whole Again 155
Chapter 12 To Think without Separation 163
Chapter 13 Rethinking the "Dismal Science" 175
Chapter 14 Toward an Original Economics 185
Part 4 Renewal: Can Education Promote the Renewal of Original Thinking? 205
Chapter 15 Education as Renewal 211
Chapter 16 Childhood and Education 217
Chapter 17 Higher Education 227
Chapter 18 A New (and Ancient) Vision 235
Chapter 19 A Vision for Original Thinking 249
Notes 269
Index 287
Acknowledgments 299
Circle for Original Thinking 305
About the Author 307