History & Schools of Thought

From the "chop-sockey" kung-fu epics on the big screen to practices like tae kwon do at local community centers, the martial arts have become a major phenom...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves—and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent,...

James Keeler And Peter Wothers. Includes Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Philosophy History & Schools of ThoughtWestern

A wonderfully readable account of scientific development over the past five hundred years, focusing on the lives and achievements of individual scientist...

Philosophy Is Thinking Critically About Questions That Matter. But Many People Find Philosophy Intimidating, So They Never Discover How It Can Help Them Eng...

In just 196 short aphorisms, this classic work of Indian philosophy spells out succinctly how the mind works, and how it is possible to use the mind to at...

engaging And Compelling On Every Page, Velasquez's Text Is A Fascinating Exploration Of Philosophy That Helps Readers Appreciate How The Subject Is Releva...

In Made for Happiness, Jean Vanier offers us an uplifting, contemporary, and practical application of philosophy to our human needs and yearnings. Having d...

Discover The Japanese Secret To A Long And Happy Life With The Internationally Bestselling Guide To Ikigai. The People Of Japan Believe That Everyone Has An...

16th-century classic by English ecclesiastic and scholar envisioned a tolerant, patriarchal island kingdom free of private property, violence, bloodshed a...

New Seeds of Contemplation is one of Thomas Merton's most widely read and best-loved books. Christians and non-Christians alike have joined in praising it ...

The beautiful practicality of her teaching has made Pema Chödrön one of the most beloved of contemporary American spiritual authors among Buddhists and n...

Brief, inviting, and provocative, this book is a perfect introduction to the burgeoning field of environmental ethics. It animates the basic questions, tell...

David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature, composed before the author was twenty-six years old, was published in 1739 and 1740. Its importance was not generally...

both An Introduction To The Multitude Of Philosophies In The Indian Tradition And Also A Carefully Selected Sampling Of The Writings Of These Thinkers. the...

German Idealism was one of the most fertile and important movements in the history of Western philosophy. This volume includes eleven chapters on all aspect...

The Great Philosopher's Major Work On Ethics, Along With Ecce Homo, Nietzche's Remarkable Review Of His Life And Works. Translated By Walter Kaufmann. ...

Describes How The Author Journeyed To Greece With A Suitcase Full Of Philosophy Books In Order To Learn How To Achieve A Fulfilling Old Age, Explaining How ...

Chakras are psychic centers of subtle energy in the human body, and doorways to a powerful process of transformation. Knowledge of the chakra system comes f...

Examines Japanese thought through the traditions of Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism, liberalism, nationalism, and socialism from earliest times to the presen...

Vol. I. The Earliest Records Of Japan -- Early Shinto -- Prince Shōtoku And His Constitution -- Chinese Thought And Institutions In Early Japan -- Nara Bud...

Philosophy is an exciting and accessible subject, and this engaging text acquaints students with the core problems of philosophy and the many ways in whic...

Joyful Effort, Right Livelihood, Compassionate Living, Freedom from Suffering---such principles offer healing balance to the hectic pursuit of the America...

Michel Foucault ; Translated From The French By Robert Hurley. Reprint. Originally Published: New York : Pantheon Books, 1985. Includes Bibliographical Refe...

Dr. Wayne Dyer Is An Extraordinary Sensor Of What People Want -- And He Moves With The Ever-changing Times. He Lasered In On The Heart Of The Spiritual With...

One of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture, The Book of Five Rings analyzes the process o...

Studies Similarities Between The Concept Of A Harmonious Universe That Emerges From The Theories Of Modern Physics And The Vision Of A Continuously Interact...

What is success? What does it look like? How does one achieve it? In Life is Setting Me Up for Success, author Victor Levy takes an in-depth look at success...

Here are The Prince and the most important of the Discourses newly translated into spare, vivid English. Why a new translation? Machiavelli was never the du...

Edited And Introduced By Everett F. Bleiler. ... An Unabridges And Unaltered Republication Of The Work Originally Published By Fox, Duffield And Company In...

A revised edition of this successful book, updated for the new specifications of A-level English Literature. Aimed at those studying for both the AS and the...

At the age of eight, Karl Popper was puzzling over the idea of infinity and by fifteen was beginning to take a keen interest in his father's well-stocked ...

At a time when America debates its values and the world braces for religious war, Bruce Feiler, author of the New York Times bestsellers Walking the Bible...

One of America's most respected Buddhist teachers distills a lifetime of practice and teaching in this groundbreaking exploration of the new Buddhist tradit...

About the AuthorRichard Carson lives near Dallas with his wife, Leti, and their son, Jonah. He writes out of his thirteen years as a psychotherapist and as ...

Practising The True Spirit Of Zen. not Always So Is Based On Shunryu Suzuki's Lectures And Is Framed In His Own Inimitable, Allusive, Paradoxical Style, ...

Daoist Phenomenology: A Vertical Reading (Daoism and the Human Experience)Categories: Religion & Spirituality Buddhism ZenPhilosophy

A Distillation Of The Author's Years Of Scholarship And Teaching Demonstrates How Violence Is An Inappropriate Response On Every Level, Offering Spiritual G...

For us to perceive any of the worlds that exist beside our own, not only do we have to covet them but we need to have sufficient energy to seize them. In ...

How Does One Live? How Does One Do The Good Or Honorable Thing, While Flourishing And Feeling Happy? This Question Obsessed Renaissance Writers, None More T...

Translated By Eva Wong.Categories: Religion & Spirituality Other Eastern Religions & Sacred TextsTaoism

National Bestseller This inspiring book by Wayne Dyer, author of the bestselling classics Your Erroneous Zones and Pulling Your Own Strings, delves into th...

Composed by two prominent statesmen-generals of classical China, this book develops the strategies of Sun Tzu's classic, The Art of War, into a complete ha...

Collected here in a single volume for the first time are John Stuart Mill's On Liberty, Utilitarianism, Considerations on Representative Government, and T...

The Care of the Self is the third and possibly final volume of Michel Foucault's widely acclaimed examination of "the experience of sexuality in Western s...

One of the most important books in the history of Oriental culture, the I Ching seems to have been prepared before 1000 B.C., in the last days of the Shang ...

How philosophy transformed human knowledge and the world we live in Philosophical investigation is the root of all human knowledge. Developing new concepts...

The Human Genome, The Complete Set Of Genes Housed In Twenty-three Pairs Of Chromosomes, Is Nothing Less Than An Autobiography Of Our Species. Spelled Out I...