In Search of True Virtue

Maths

březen 2012 · Author House

Podrobnosti o e‑knize

In search of true virtue is written in the spirit of engagement, and not indoctrination. It is intended to engage the reader, rather than dictating to the reader what ought to be. As life is full of mysteries and speculations, followers and conformers are bound to get the short end of the stick. This book is a culmination of multiple and diverse schools of thought, ranging from music, gymnastics, mass-media, philosophy, politics, religion, social sciences, mathematics, relationships to love, and many more related subjects of human interest. All these above-mentioned disciplines have inspired this noble crusade to seek true virtue, for without it - there is no hope for humanity at salvation. The book's key argument and submission is that, if something is upright, it is upright, and if something is tilted, it is tilted, it does not matter the amount of noise one can nake in contestation of that premise. The book is more a social and spiritual movement aimed at conscience, and sparking the nerve to re-examine our loyalties and allegiances in life. This book is not just a semi-literary work intending to pass some few good comments, and leave things at that. The idea is for people to get into the habit of observation, analysis, reflection and examination. In all we do, we ought to return to ourselves and ask this question - is this the best I have to offer, or was that the best I could do? The book intends to facilitate discourse with regard to spiritual engineering from a social and partly philosophical perspective, and not from the traditional-religious perspective. Enjoy.

O autorovi

Potata Matthews Mothiba, popularly known as "Maths", is a young adult who was born in South Africa, Limpopo Province in Mankweng. He is inspired by the indomitable drive to die standing, rather than living on his knees. If he is not writing he is reading, and that is the order of his life on this planet, while on his crusade to search for true virtue. The quest to make friends with wisdom is what keeps him going through all tribulations and jubilations in life. Self-study has been at the heart of his persona ever since he could remember. Maths Mothiba is a voracious reader and confident in his depth of knowledge, especially regarding matters and affairs relating to being, and the whole of human existence and experience. He has and still is self-studying disciplines ranging from politics, philosophy, religion, basic economics, and social sciences as part of his drive to befriend wisdom. Regarding formal or liberal education, he has studied Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Freelance Journalism and Creative Writing. He is a non-conformer and his inclinations together with stances, are borne of thorough examination, analysis and observation based on reason - be it on subjects like religion, politics, sociology, philosophy and any other topic of interest. He is an advocate of tolerance; hence he firmly believes that tolerance equals co-existence. His understanding of existentialism with regard to reason is in brief based on engagement and deduction. That is to say - he believes that all is but ideas, which is why he holds that it is imperative to engage all ideas borne of credible research, and then make his own deductions. Post exhaustion, if he cannot defend an ideal to the latter, he simply will not co-opt it into his vault of reason and convictions. Lastly, he is a private, genuine and non-vindictive humble person.