Thoughts on Fire: Life Lessons of a Volunteer Firefighter - Hardcover

McCluskey Dr PhD, Frank Bryce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0595757901 ISBN 13: 9780595757909

Publisher: iUniverse, 2004

Synopsis

They can walk through fire. They would sacrifice their own lives to save yours.

In the tradition of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Thoughts on Fire is a meditation on how to live a life that matters. Drawing on his dual life as a philosophy professor and firefighter, "Dr. Frank" begins a journey not just into the fire, but inside himself. The lessons of this voyage are not just about axes and hoses but hope, forgiveness and love.

"As a professor and a firefighter, Dr. McCluskey shifts gears easily between the metaphysical and the macho, pontificating in a pin striped suit by day and plunging into a smoky, flaming house by night."

-The New York Times

"It is a book that you will want to read again and again. It is a remarkable story that you will want to share with those you love."

-Dr. Robert Schachat, author of The Seven Conditions of Trust

"Thoughts on Fire is a book that is at once entertaining and enlightening"

-Dr. John Briggs, author of The Seven Life Lessons of Chaos

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Thoughts on Fire They can walk through fire. They would sacrifice their own lives to save yours. In the tradition of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Thoughts on Fire" is a meditation on how to live a life that matters. Drawing on his dual life as a philosophy professor and firefighter, "Dr. Frank" begins a journey not just into the fire, but inside himself. The lessons of this voyage are not just about... Full description

Review

"THOUGHTS ON FIRE proves that firefighting is really a form of philosophical meditation." -- Dr. John Briggs author of THE LOOKING GLASS UNIVERSE, THE TURBULANT MIRROR and SEVEN LIFE LESSONS OF CHAOS

A wonderful journey and homecoming that cuts through the arcane and the obscure and joins together meditation and action. -- Dr. Michael Brannagan, Director, Center for Ethics, LaRoche College

It is a book you will pass on to your friends. It is a book that can change the way you see the world. -- Dr. Bob Schachat, Author of Recapturing the Trust

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595757901
• ISBN 13: 9780595757909
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 212