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This 2007 volume presents a selection of the philosophical papers which Richard Rorty has written over the past decade, and complements three previous volum...

Great philosophy meets powerful biography in this entertaining and immensely readable portrait of mid-20th century Paris and the fascinating characters of S...

The seventeenth century saw a major revolution in our ways of thinking about such issues as the method appropriate to philosophy and science, the relation ...

In Aquinas on Being and Essence: A Translation and Interpretation, Joseph Bobik interprets the doctrines put forth by St. Thomas Aquinas in his treatise On ...

From The Internationally Heralded Author Of How Proust Can Change Your Life Comes This Remarkable New Book That Presents The Wisdom Of Some Of The Greatest ...

Seeing Through the World introduces the reader to the work of German-Swiss philosopher, poet, and intellectual mystic Jean Gebser (1905-1973). Writing in t...

A Collection Of Essays From Contributors Including Martin Jay, Hubert Dreyfus And David Hoy, This Text Offers A Look At The Ways In Which Nature And Culture...

Be creative. Be ordinary. The golden rule for life is that there are no golden rules.” The wisdom of Osho, one of the best-loved spiritual teachers of our...

In the tradition of Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris's recent bestseller, The End of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultim...

Buddhism is all about training the mind, and boot camp is an ideal training method for this generation's short attention span. The chapters in this small b...

'A compelling and provocative read . . . With a soldier’s eye, Jim Lacey re-creates the battle of Marathon in all its brutal simplicity.'-Barry Strauss...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic for Time magazine comes the tremendously controversial, yet highly persuasive, argument that our devotion ...

For decades the accepted wisdom has been that America's mainline Protestant churches are in decline, eclipsed by evangelical mega-churches. Church and rel...

The Heartwarming And Unforgettable Story Of A Family In The Making And The Wondrously Neurotic Dog Who Taught Them What Really Matters In Life John And Jenn...

Jacques the Fatalist is a provocative exploration of the problems of human existence, destiny, and free will. In the introduction to this brilliant transla...

“Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.” — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass Leaves of Grass is a timeless collection of poems and essays penned by influen...

An acclaimed philosopher  and new father argues that engaging with beauty can make life worth living\You didn't choose to live this life, in this body, in...

From Msnbc Correspondent Steve Kornacki, A Lively And Sweeping History Of The 1990s--one That Brings Critical New Understanding To Our Current Political Lan...

Here are the most remarkable stories imaginable of maroons, castaways, and other survivors from the 1500s to the present - their moral dilemmas, their per...

This isn’t your grandmother’s book on meditation. It’s about integrating that “spiritual practice” thing into a life that includes beer, sex, and ...

In The Art of Power, world-renowned Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh offers a surprising and radical new understanding of how we attain true power. He teache...

Deepak Chopra brings the Buddha back to life in this gripping New York Times bestselling novel about the young prince who abandoned his inheritance to dis...

Refuge Recovery Is A Proven Practice, A Process, A Set Of Tools, A Treatment, And A Path To Healing Addiction. Refuge Recovery Is A Buddhist-oriented, Nonth...

BKS Iyengar’s translation and commentary on these ancient yoga sutras has been described as the “bible” of yoga. This new edition of the classic text...

An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise, based on the popular blog of the same name. Whether you’re deciding which sm...

"Forty-four percent of the American population is convinced that Jesus will return to judge the living and the dead sometime in the next fifty years," write...

Bishop John Shelby Spong, author of Jesus for the Non-Religious, Why Christianity Must Change or Die, Sins of Scripture, and many other books, is known fo...

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A Collection Of Essays Explores Philosophical Aspects Of The Beatles' Music, Lyrics, And Political Acitivities. Topics Addressed Include: Skepticism And Epi...

Nelson Goodman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences PhilosophyMovements

Over the past three decades, the challenge that conscious experience poses to physicalism--the widely held view that the universe is a completely physical s...

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, which equates the ultimate end of human life with happiness (eudaimonia), is thought by many readers to argue that this hi...

In This Short Book, Acclaimed Writer And Philosopher Roger Scruton Presents An Original And Radical Defense Of Human Uniqueness. Confronting The Views Of Ev...

The Bhagavad Gita, also called The Song of the Lord, is a 700-line section of a much longer Sanskrit war epic, the Mahabharata, about the legendary conflict...

Elsewhere 1 we were concerned with fundamental aspects of the question how man can comprehend his fellow-men. We analyzed man's subjective experiences of th...

in This Book, The Author Is Attempting To Make Sense, As A Philosopher, Of The Ideas Of Rationality Put Forward By Economists, Sociologists, And Political T...

Bringing The Ancient Matchmaking Tool Of Astrology Into The 21st Century, The Astrology Of Love & Sex Explores The Romantic And Sensual Sides Of The Zod...

Edited By E.d. Klemke, Steven M. Cahn. Includes Bibliographical References.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Philosophy MovementsHumanism

With great spiritual insight and unparalleled scholarship, Dr. Taitetsu Unno—the foremost authority in the United States on Shin or Pure Land Buddhism—int...

This work identifies the important areas according to ancient yoga wisdom - and shows how we can be happy and fulfilled once we understand and pay attention...

Critically analyzes and revitalizes agrarian philosophy by tracing its evolution. Today, most historians, philosophers, political theorists, and scholars ...

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...

Guiding readers in learning how to respond to difficult situations with a positive, peaceful mind, this resource educates on how to turn challenges into opp...

The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Awakening Upon Dying, with introductory commentary by Dzogchen Buddhist master Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, is a new translation of ...

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...

In the End of Faith, Sam Harris delivers a startling analysis of the clash between reason and religion in the modern world. He offers a vivid, historical to...

A Preeminent Scientist Asserts The Irrationality Of Belief In God And The Grievous Harm Religion Has Inflicted On Society From The Crusades To 9/11. He Crit...