| The Essentials of Universalism Nov 6, 2024: Anne Carlini – Exclusive Magazine Full Review https://annecarlini.com/ex_books.php?id=722 Personally, I have now read this book through twice, albeit as it is nearly 800 pages long, the second time I flirted to chapters/segments that had drawn my attention the first time around, and have to say that it is so powerfully sculpted that, and almost from the off, it re-confirmed my own long-held, but largely secret, universalist hope. Let there be no doubt about it, this book is the most comprehensive collection of modern awareness on the subject matter to hand that there has ever been, or that there is most likely to be (I would imagine). For this extraordinary book’s scope is veritably all-encompassing, diligently uniting rational strands of Western philosophy with the latest findings from physics, cosmology, psychology, biology, and, of course, ecology. This in-depth, but never overly heavy, always lightly informative enough to carry the message without having to burden the reader with the overall weight of the subject matter, prose is unafraid to showcase its unabashed philosophical and scientific ponderings, all within a broad, yet at all times genial manner. Chosen by the author himself, the excerpts include the most important passages in the Hagger canon and are representative of his vast output. Since the book was completed Hagger has brought out The Algorithm of Creation, the first-ever statement of a Theory of Everything and a further development of his Universalism. In conclusion, this expertly curated anthology makes clear the main thrust of his life’s work and is required reading for all interested in seeing how his many innovations connect. |
Nicholas Hagger
writer, poet, man of letters, philosopher, historian
