...NTHROPOLOGY By Antonio Mercurio Editions Solaris Institute of SOPHIA UNIVERSITY OF ROME Creative Commons Licence - Attribution-... ...censor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Noncommercial — You may not use this work for commercial pur... ...ian by Martha S. Bache-Wiig, authorized by the author. 2 Table of Contents CHAPTER I: THE EMERGENCE OF THE PERSON ...... ...of my being and have managed to make my SELF emerge? Some examples come to mind that I find myself wondering about. Let’s look at Baudelaire: I woul... ... not just for women. Today we are all alienated from our bodies. Today the mind, the psyche, has completely taken over our bodies and our spirits, t... ...ation. Let’s compare the psyche with the invention of the atomic bomb: the mind once again was exploited to create a destructive weapon. By whom? By... ...sonal and Cosmic SELF and not to God, to that God that has been created by philosophy and theology, in other words by other men like you and me. ...

...Do we really know what meaning to give to the term PERSON? In this book, the author proposes, through an in depth dialog with the students of the S.U.R. (Sophia University of Rome), the following answer: a PERSON is a spiritual, unifying principle that is endowed with its own freedom and its own identity, it is an end unto itself and unto no other, and its const...

... 2 Published by The SOLARIS INSTITUTE of The SOPHIA UNIVERSITY OF ROME. (S.U.R.) Creative Commons Licence -... ...censor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Noncommercial — You may not use this work for commercial pu... ...O MERCURIO HYPOTHESES ON ULYSSES This book presents a new way of interpreting the Odyssey that is ingenious, beautiful and elegant. It ... ... thinking, that no one else has ever thought of? The alternative he has in mind is the alchemical transformation of Ulysses (transforming lead into ... ...ers. The only right thing that she should have done doesn’t even cross her mind. Why didn’t she go into the palace hall where the Suitors were campe... ...MATERNAL TO THE PATERNAL AND FROM THE EARTH TO THE COSMOS Keeping in mind this initial theme that introduces the reader to the story that Ulys...

...“The Odyssey is not an adventure story. It is, rather, a book of wisdom that explains the art of humanity’s journey toward becoming artists of life and of the life of the universe. It tells the tale of a love story that is based on love as a decision and as a project. It is not a tale o...