Name: The Fifth Revelation
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Author: Michael Scott
ISBN: 9781910406403

Type

Physical Book

Author

Michael Scott

Publisher

Fisher King Publishing

Language

English

Pages

246

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.0 x 14.8 x 1.3 cm

Weight

0.30 kg.

ISBN13

9781910406403

Synopsis "The Fifth Revelation"

This book started as an analysis of the heroic fallacy but became several other kinds of story. Primarily, the portrait of a protracted breakdown in the author Michael Scott's psychological and physical make-up, although he struggles hard not to go under, making his account more useful for others to read. It's neither pathological, nor self-indulgently self-pitying. There are useful accounts of coping strategies, particularly appropriate to age-related weakness and physical infirmity, especially when their onset is sudden as it was for Scott. The book focuses on puzzling features of human behaviour, and whether the species Homo sapiens is anything like the triumphant evolutionary achievement we pretend it to be. We are repeatedly warned about our anthropic megalomania, amply illustrated by unflinching description of the author's own egotism. Two other primary considerations in the book are consciousness and love. Scott questions the airy assumptions made about consciousness, arguing that it is fundamentally unknown and unanalysable. He claims that consciousness is part of life itself, and possibly non-living systems too. He evidences Daniel Dennett writing that the human brain creates a "narrative of consciousness", Scott believes the universe itself is the set of brain-narratives we choose to regard as 'reality'. As for love, Scott is a passionate advocate of it as the only saving grace in our collective and individual behaviour: the supreme brain-narrative, but believes that we are superficial and hypocritical in our attempts to give love its full majesty. In a vivid sense, therefore, The Fifth Revelation becomes a love story. Scott's deeply cherished wife of sixty years marriage died a short time after the book was finished.

Michael Scott

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Famous for his works in the fantasy and mythological genre, Irish author Michael Dillon Scott, known as Michael Scott, was born in Dublin in 1959

His first book, Irish Folk and Fairy Tales, was published in 1983. Since then, he has authored over a hundred works including novels for adults, young adults, and children in various genres such as science fiction, romance, and especially folklore and fantasy. Within the latter category falls his most famous series, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. This six-book series begins with The Alchemist, a hit from its release. The series is completed by The Magician, The Sorceress, The Necromancer, The Warlock, and The Enchantress

The Nicholas Flamel books have been featured in several online games, and their film rights are held by Lorenzo di Bonaventura

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