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by: Thomas a Kempis
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 242
EAN: 9780143036265
ISBN: 0143036262
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: September 06, 2005
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Sales Rank: 139292
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Rating:  - Imitate Christ by living a spiritual life
This wonderful book was written by the priest Thomas a Kempis in the 1400's and is very reminecient of the Apostle Paul's writings by encouraging readers to live a simple spiritual life. It recommends that peace is found in the heart of the humble and that in overcoming the ego you overcome the world. Joy is found in a quiet conscience and you are only happy when you have done what is right. This may also be the original source of the advice to choose the less of two evils. It also warns that pleasure ... Read More
Rating: - It was great!
This book is one of the best books that I've read in a while. It reasons with philosophy from a religious perspective. I'm not a religious person and I appreciate his views on morality and life. So far, it's second only to Seneca.
Rating:  - Jesus wouldn't practice deceptive advertising - unlike this publisher
If you're thinking about buying this book, you ought to know that this isn't really a full-length book, it's actually an excerpt from "Imitation of Christ" by Thomas a Kempis. I think it's really deceptive for the publisher to take a piece out of a Kempis' book (I doubt a Kempis would have approved), change the title, and market it as a new book ("hey, maybe we can get people to think it's actually a new book instead of just an excerpt!").
Don't buy this book, buy the full-length one, which ... Read More
Rating: - Instruction on how to know God.
To characterize this book as a "literary classic" ignores the fact that it was never intended to be read as great literature. Rather, it was written for the sole purpose of offering simple instruction to cloistered monks on how to know God, and as such, the spiritual wisdom contained here will surely cause any reader to pause in quiet contemplation of his or her own life in relation to God. "It is vanity to wish for long life, if you care little for a good life" (p. 2). "A true understanding and humble ... Read More
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