Cat.No: 140394 Hating perfection; a subtle search for the best possible world. John F. Williams.

Hating perfection; a subtle search for the best possible world

Amherst: Humanity Books, an imprint of Prometheus Books, 2009. Paperback. 359p., trade paperback original, first edition with color cover by artist Jesse Lindsay and two uncredited color plates in the text. Autographed by Williams, fine copy.

From p.149: "Somehow we need evils in variety and profusion.. This cunning world substitutes the ineffable for our banal ambitions.." Amateur philosophical treatise arguing that humans have already achieved our highest heaven; the text is thoroughly interspersed with interesting anecdotes and observations from the author's travels in Asia with his Chinese wife. UC Berkeley philosophy professor Hubert L. Dreyfus calls the book "Astonishing! Lively, well written, highly original" in a cover blurb. The first narrative describes an experience with hallucinogenic "Whiskey Lao" outside of Luang Prabang.

Cat.No: 140394
ISBN: 9781591027324

Price: $10.00