Philosophy

This book offers a clear, straightforward approach to Buddhism in general and awareness in particular. It is about being awake and in touch with what is go...

This is a spiritual tour de force which explores the relationship between Man and Nature as found in Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam, par...

Mozi (fifth century B.C.) was an important political and social thinker and formidable rival of the Confucianists. He advocated universal love--his most imp...

In politics, you begin by asking theoretically interesting questions. Sometimes statistics can help answer those questions. When it comes to applied statis...

At Three Years Old John Stuart Mill Was Studying Arithmetic And Greek; By The Time He Was Six He Was Enjoying Hume And Gibbon And Writing Roman Histories. D...

Ideal for introductory ethics courses, The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature, Fifth Edition, brings together an extensive and vari...

From the international bestselling author of The Architecture of Happiness and How Proust Can Change Your Life comes this lyrical, erudite look at our world...

A compilation of the essential works of Plato in  one paperback volume: The Republic, The  Symposium, Parmenides, Euthyphro, Apology,  Crito, and Phaedo. ...

Brief yet thorough and affordably priced, The Ethical Life: Fundamental Readings in Ethics and Moral Problems, Third Edition, is ideal for courses in introd...

This Norton Critical Edition includes the three most important of Rousseau's political writings: Discourse on Inequality, Discourse on Political Economy, an...

A Master Class On How To Develop Productive Thinking And Decision-making Skills Draws On The Expertise Of Leading Psychologists And Thinkers, Including Dani...

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

In his widely influential two-volume work, Warrant: The Current Debate and Warrant and Proper Function, Alvin Plantinga argued that warrant is that which ex...

This is Philosophy of Mind presents students of philosophy with an accessible introduction to the core issues related to the philosophy of mind. Includes ...

This concise and accessible book is the perfect introduction to Badiou’s thought. Responding to Tarby’s questions, Badiou takes us on a journey that interr...

O livro Análise de Preços para Investimentos em Ações aborda a Análise Técnica / Gráfica, ferramenta utilizada para analisar a tendência dos preço...

Combines arguments and personal narratives to introduce students to key issues in morality. Contemporary Moral Issues is an anthology that provides a select...

How to reconcile the existence of evil with the belief in a benevolent God has long posed a philosophical problem to the system of Christian theism. This wo...

A founding work of political philosophy with expanded introduction and added explanatory matter. Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics &...

Arguing About Origins' Great Theater And A Grand Distraction -- Ideas And Idea Making -- Beauty And The Arts -- Suffering And Sensation -- The Justice Parad...

Common sense has always been a cornerstone of American politics. In 1776, Tom Paine’s vital pamphlet with that title sparked the American Revolution. And t...

This volume collects a wealth of articles covering a range of topics of practical concern in the field of ethics, including active and passive euthanasia,...

Hrough a dazzling combination of memoir, history, reporting, visual culture, literature, and theology, Sarah Sentilles offers an impassioned defense of life...

Presents A New Approach To Capitalism, Revealing How It's Fully Consistent With Jesus's Teachings And The Christian Tradition, While Also Showing Why This S...

A groundbreaking and accessible history of heaven—from the earliest biblical conceptions of the afterlife to the theologians who frame our understandings ...

In The Years He Served On And Eventually Chaired The House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, Chaffetz Gained Crucial Insight Into The Inner Work...

"This is a dialogue about the notion of a person, of an entity that thinks and feels and acts, that counts and is accountable. Equivalently, it's about the ...

David mccullough, Jr.'s now iconic high school commencement address was a tonic for children, parents, and educators alike. With wit and a perspective earne...

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

The Author Collects Letters And Published Work From Young Intellectuals, Artists, Provocateurs, Filmmakers, Cyberpunks, Visionaries, Fashion Designers, Tren...

military Rule And The Martial Tradition Of The Samurai Dominated Japanese Culture For More Than Eight Hundred Years. According To Thomas Cleary—translator...

101 Questions for Humanity - The supreme coffee table book for armchair philosophers. Designed to provoke, question, and challenge. Crack the cover open dur...

In Wisdom, Information and Wonder, Mary Midgley tackles the question at the root of our civilization: What is knowledge for? The author rejects the fragmen...

What is the self? The question has preoccupied people in many times and places, but nowhere more than in the modern West, where it has spawned debates that ...

U.S. Emergency Management in the 21st Century: From Disaster to Catastrophe explores a critical issue in American public policy: Are the current public sec...

Is it possible to find love again after a breakup, death, or divorce? The end of a relationship can sometimes feel like the end of the world. Devastation, ...

Kwong Kuen Shan has gathered together forty beautiful paintings of the animal many people hold dear to their hearts and accompanied these with Chinese prove...

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

J. Krishnamurti was one of the most influential and widely known spiritual teachers of the twentieth century. Here, he inquires with the reader into how r...

Stop curating! And think what curating is all about. This book starts from this simple premise: thinking the activity of curating. To do that, it distinguis...

'Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the street to th...

Happy Lives, Good Lives offers a thorough introduction to a variety of perspectives on happiness. Among the questions at issue: Is happiness only a state o...

For Four Years, The Author Interviewed Extremist Members Of Three Religions Around The World: Christians, Jews, And Muslims. Traveling Extensively To Refuge...

2017 Books for a Better Life Award Winner: Inspirational Memoir The author of the New York Times bestseller Broken Open returns with a visceral and profoun...

Colin Morris traces the origin of the concept of the individual, not to the Renaissance where it is popularly assumed to have been invented, but farther bac...

A modern philosophy suggests that there are three main forces working to shape our livesCategories: History Modern (16th-21st Centuries)20th Century Po...

George Grant—philosopher, conservative, Canadian nationalist, Christian—was one of Canada's most significant thinkers, and the author of Lament for a Na...

Undeniably, evil exists in our world; we ourselves commit evil acts. How can one account for evil's ageless presence, its attraction, and its fruits? The q...