Torn Between Two Worlds: Wisdom and Rhetoric - Softcover

Murphy, Shawn T

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1976225582 ISBN 13: 9781976225581

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

So, even if science and religion work together to break down barriers and expand the understanding of the universe, there is another battle, on different dimension that we need to examine. Knowledge without wisdom can be even more dangerous when coupled with someone talented in rhetoric. Rhetoric in this book is defined as the use of knowledge and beautiful speech to achieve a political objective. Philosophy is defined as the “love of wisdom” and the search for it among the rhetoric will prove difficult.I must admit that it took me many years to be able to understand and verbalize this dimension. Trying to understand the difference between an argument based in laws and one that is almost all based in laws is often impossible without looking at the personal motivations and character. Often this cannot be known in time and can only be studied after the fact. This book will analyze some key moments in history, starting with the master of this topic, Socrates. Thanks to Plato, the words of the master of logic have been preserved and we can examine the battle he fought between wisdom and rhetoric, and the impact of his loss on the world. The subtleness of this loss is symbolized on the cover of this book by the difference between the Ionic- and Doric-order. The Erechtheion is an Ionic-order temple built by the enlightened of Athens. The six Karyatides staring out to the ocean depicting the women of Athens carrying the weight of society while their men were defending Athens from foreign invasion. In his early life, it was Socrates who carved these six images of his wife, the wife who was stolen from him by a Spartan as he was away defending his country. It was this materialistic society who built the monstrous Parthenon, with none of this subtle symbolism of the value of women to the enlightened Greeks.

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About the Author

Shawn Murphy received his bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1982 while working part-time as machinist for Ramar Engineering. While working full-time as an engineer for General Dynamics Ft. Worth division, Mr. Murphy completed his Master in Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1985 and his Master in Business Administration from Texas Christian University 1989. At age 30, he moved to Liechtenstein to run the investment team for PRP Performa Ag and started to study German. He received his CFA charter in 1994 and then started studying philosophy in German. After moving the investment team to Bermuda in 2000, he started publishing his philosophic works in the Bermuda Sun, following the attack on 9/11/01. He published a series of six articles speaking out against the rhetoric that had erupted. The final article in this series was entitled: "We all have the same spiritual ancestry". After a long pause, following his publication "Origen: Heretic of Prophet" in 2004, Shawn was inspired to write following the stroke of his twenty-year-old daughter, to share with others the wisdom he has gained in his life's journey that gave him strength in this trying time.

From the Back Cover

In a world where long and pompous speeches are often what defines a good leader to have them questioned like Shawn Murphy does it is refreshing. Because he is right, there is a serious gap between a passionate speech that comes from wisdom and it is done for the greater good and a speech that has minimal base in science, but it is very persuasive but lacks truthfulness and usefulness. Many of us are painfully aware of this truth and we often block out the words of our leaders because we question their reasons.

Shawn Murphy shows us how everything can be twisted and turned and how wisdom is a rare commodity, very difficult to find. We are being pushed into patterns and uniqueness is not encouraged. The battle between science and religion is being done with the help of rhetoric while it should be in fact a discussion based on wisdom. We find some answers between the pages of this book and so many other questions as well. A reading for the inquisitive mind. - Blue Librarian

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1976225582
• ISBN 13: 9781976225581
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 46