Fourth Way (book)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| The Fourth Way | |
|---|---|
 The Fourth Way |
|
| Author | P.D. Ouspensky |
| Country | US |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Fourth Way |
| Genre(s) | Philosophy Spiritual Self-help |
| Publisher | Random House(2000) |
| Publication date | 1957 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 480 (paperback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0394716728 (2000) |
| OCLC Number | 10441619 |
| Preceded by | In Search of the Miraculous |
- For the system based on the teachings of G. I. Gurdjieff see Fourth Way.
The Fourth Way (1957) is a book about the Fourth Way of Self-development as suggested by Greek-Armenian philosopher G.I. Gurdjieff and is a verbatim compilation of the lectures of P. D. Ouspensky at London and New York, 1921-1946, published posthumously by his students in 1957. [1][2]
Since Ouspensky appears as the author of that book, people often think he wrote it, but he did not. The term "The Fourth Way" has also come to be used as a general descriptive term for the body of ideas and teachings of Gurdjieff, which are also sometimes called "The Work" or "The Gurdjieff Work".
Gurdjieff recorded his ideas for posterity in the form of the 'All and Everything' book series, much of which is deliberately written so as to deter the casual reader, but also charged Ouspensky with the task of bringing the work to a wider audience as a systematic whole and in an unadulterated form. 'The Fourth Way' is considered to be the most comprehensive statement of Gurdjieff's ideas as taught by Ouspensky. The book consists of adaptations of Ouspensky's lectures, and the accompanying question and answer sessions.
Contents |
[edit] The Fourth Way
The 'Fourth Way' to which the title refers is a method of inner development - "the way of the sly man," as Gurdjieff described it. This way is to be followed under the ordinary conditions of everyday life, as opposed from the three traditional ways that call for retirement from the world: those of the fakir, the monk, and the yogi, which Gurdjieff maintained could only result in partial, unbalanced development of man's potential.
[edit] References
- ^ The Fourth Way: A Record of Talks and Answers to Questions Based on the Teaching of G. I. Gurdjieff (Prepared under the general supervision of Sophia Ouspensky). New York: Knopf, 1957; London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1957.
- ^ P. D. Ouspensky - A Brief Bibliography gurdjieff.org.
[edit] Further reading
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
 |
This philosophy book-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
