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Sep 29, 2005 · Directed by Franz Reichle. With Francisco Varela, The Dalai Lama, Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Amy Cohen Varela. How is it possible for body and mind to exist as an integrated whole? the Chilean neurobiologist Francisco Varela devoted his entire life - from childhood to death - to answering this question.
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- Documentary
- Franz Reichle
- 2005-09-29
This is the story of a man that is told affectionately and gently, touchingly and astutely. Varela spent his life building bridges: between Western science and Eastern wisdom, neurobiology and philosophy, abstract theory and practical life.
- 2 min
- 4.1K
- Franz Reichle
How is it possible for body and mind to exist as an integrated whole? the Chilean neurobiologist Francisco Varela devoted his entire life - from childhood to death - to answering this question.
- Franz Reichle
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Mar 29, 2018 · Documentary account of a man’s life in the face of imminent death – Francisco Varela's story told affectionately and gently, touchingly and astutely. Varela spent his life building bridges: between Western science and Eastern wisdom, neurobiology and philosophy, abstract theory and practical life.
How is it possible for body and mind to exist as an integrated whole? The Chilean neurobiologist Francisco Varela devoted his entire life - from childhood to death to answering this question.
After a simple childhood in the village of Monte Grande in the north of Chile, then a rapid, successful period of study at Harvard, Pinochet's 1973 coup, during which his father-in-law and friends were murdered, confronted Varela with death for the first time in his life.
Nov 18, 2008 · This film shows a charming guy living a charmed life - with family, friends, a womanizer with a series of girlfriends, wives and children... playing the superstar "scientist" for throngs of New Age sympathizers and Tibetan Buddhists.
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