History & Schools of Thought

What existed before the Universe was created? Where does self-worth come from? Do the ends always justify the means?The Philosophy Book answers the most pr...

For more than seven centuries the Mumonkan has been used in Zen monasteries to train monks and to encourage the religious development of lay Buddhists. It...

this Collection Includes Essays By; William T. Bluhm, Lou Massa, Thomas Payel, John F. Post, Stephen Toulmin And David Weissman. booknews contains English ...

The author of the popular new English version of "Tao te Ching" brings his gift for bringing new life into ancient sacred texts to one of the world's grea...

The eleven papers in this anthology, all by Africans, represent a variety of philosophical positions that are central to the debate in and on African philo...

Unabridged private reflections of the Emperor of Rome, on how one is to exist in a world of chaos. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius and in the most accepted ...

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...

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Constant self-blame for past mistakes, setbacks, or failures, and being unable to forgive others for the pain and hardship that they have caused us, are inn...

With his expert teachings, philosophical insights, and pragmatic imagery, world-class yoga instructor Tias Little turns the anatomy of the physical body in...

Extracted from: Enquiries Concerning the Human Understanding, and Concerning the Principles of Morals, By David Hume. Reprinted from The Posthumous Edition ...

"A Guide to the I Ching" is an interpretive manual to the classic Wilhelm/Baynes translation of the I Ching. Now a classic in its own right and translated i...

Thomas Hobbes' timeless account of the human condition, first developed in The Elements of Law (1640), which comprises Human Nature and De Corpore Politico,...

Bestselling author Pedram Shojai, "The Urban Monk," presents a comprehensive guide on how Taoist alchemical practices can help you release stress, harness ...

The Book Consists Of The Instant Of My Death, A Powerful Short Prose Piece By Blanchot, And An Extended Essay By Derrida That Reads It In The Context Of Que...

An integral part of Chinese thought for more than 2,000 years, the Tao Te Ching teaches individual peace and harmony through meditation. One of the most i...

“Patocka’s contribution to philosophy and, in particular, to post-Heideggerian thought has shaped the European debate about the future of philosophy and...

To Some, Nihilism Is Losing Its Crisis Connotations And Becoming Simply An Unobjectionable Characteristic Of Human Life. Carr Argues That This Transformatio...

Adler Traces 'in The Simplest Language And With Occasional Modern Analogues, The Logic And Growth Of Aristotle's Basic Doctrines.' Publ Wkly Aristotle Taugh...

The Disinterested Witness is a detailed, contextual, and interpretive study of the concept of saksin (or that which directly or immediately perceives) in A...

[translated] By Brian Walker.Categories: Religion & Spirituality Other Eastern Religions & Sacred TextsTaoism

The teachings of Taoism, China's great wisdom tradition, apply to every aspect of life, from the physical to the spiritual—and include instruction on eve...

this Lyrical, Evocative, Thought-provoking Journal Of A Man's Quest For Truth—and For Himself—was An Instant Classic, Now Available Unabridged On Cd villag...

Designated One of the 100 Most Important Spiritual Books of the 20th century, here is a verbatim reprinting of the 1946 first edition, with all its inhere...

Designed for courses in the history of philosophy, social and political theory, government, and Plato specifically, Plato's Republic: Critical Essays will e...

from The Foremost Living Authority On Yoga Comes A Work Of Impeccable Scholarship. The Yoga Tradition. This Is A Complete Overview Of The Great Traditions ...

A ‘Veiled Gazelle’, as the great mystic Ibn Arabi explains in his Interpreter of Desires, is a subtlety, an organ of higher perception.\Sufi experientia...

A religious diatribe written from within the Church against the established order of things in a presumably "Christian" land.Categories: Politics & Soci...

"This book is a virtual case study in the application of hermeneutical principles to illuminate philosophical texts. The book contains translations of eight...

The Trinitarian Self Argues That The Insights Of Three Key Authors-soren Kierkegaard, Eric Voegelin, And Rene Girard-can Be Synthesized To Produce A Trinita...

This volume includes the complete texts of two of John Stuart Mill¹s most important works, Utilitarianism and On Liberty, and selections from his other wr...

gods, Sages And Kings Is A Very Important Book. It Fills A Major Void In Our Understanding Of Human History...it Calls Into Question Our Entire View Of Huma...

Lillian Too. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Religion & SpiritualityOccult & Paranormal

The Emphasis On Duly In Kant's Ethics Is Widely Held To Constitute A Defect. Marcia W. Baron Develops And Assesses The Criticism, Which She Sees As Comprisi...

Martha C. Nussbaum. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. 512-525.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences PhilosophyHistory & Schools of Thought

This Philosophical Critique Of Psychoanalysis Takes Psychoanalysis Seriously But Not As Unchallengeable Dogma. Pt. 1. Under The Rule Of The Reality Principl...

Feinberg, Joel, Shafer-Landau, RussCategories: Education & TeachingSchools & Teaching

Traditional accounts of the feminist history of philosophy have viewed reason as associated with masculinity and subsequent debates have been framed by this...

the Spirit Of The Laws Is Without Question One Of The Central Texts In The History Of Eighteenth-century Thought, Yet There Has Been No Complete Scholarly E...

Harold D. Roth. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 241-251) And Index.Categories: Religion & Spirituality Other Eastern Religions & Sacred Text...

Understanding Poststructuralism presents a lucid guide to some of the most exciting and controversial ideas in contemporary thought. This is the first intro...

Extensively based on fieldwork material, From Tapas to Modern Yoga primarily analyses embodied practices of ascetics belonging to four religious orders hist...

With impeccable clarity and elegance, Blanshard presents a fair-minded yet withering characterization of the schools of philosophy dominant in the Anglophon...

the Political Treatise, Spinoza's Final Work, Is A Largely Theoretical Inquiry Into The Fundamental Principles Of Political Philosophy. This Edition Offers...

This classic is the benchmark against which all modern books about Nietzsche are measured. When Walter Kaufmann wrote it in the immediate aftermath of Worl...

Pt. I. Introduction: What Was The Scottish Enlightenment? -- Pt. Ii. Human Nature. 1. The Science Of Man / David Hume. 2. The Unity Of The Sciences / Dugald...

Fritjof Capra. Previous Ed.: London : Wildwood House, 1975. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 365-369.Categories: Science & Math PhysicsGeneral

Kant's Groundwork Of The Metaphysics Of Morals Is One Of The Most Important Works In Modern Moral Philosophy. This Collection Of Essays, The First Of Its Ki...