Philosophy

Fourteen centuries of Islamic thought have produced a legacy of interpretive readings of the Qu'ran written almost entirely by men. Now, with Qu'ran and Wom...

In the spirit of the mega-selling On Bullshit, philosopher Aaron James presents a theory of the asshole that is both intellectually provocative and existen...

Describes a voyage down the Hudson River undertaken by Phaedrus and a troubled companion, who provokes a philosophical crisis as the philosopher-narrator wr...

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...

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...

Jan Zwicky ; With A New Afterword By The Author And A New Introduction By Sue Sinclair. Poems. Includes Bibliographical References.Categories: Politics &...

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

Explores A New Phase Of Human Evolution That Reflects A Growing Understanding About Authentic, Spiritual Power Based On Cooperative Beliefs And A Reverence ...

Political consultant Doug Schoen has been the power-behind-the-throne to Presidents, Prime Ministers and even a politician-priest whose brother was a mafia ...

"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...

Detailed plates from the Bible: the Creation scenes, Adam and Eve, horrifying visions of the Flood, the battle sequences with their monumental crowds, depic...

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

With this book, Jacques Barzun pays what he describes as an "intellectual debt" to William James—psychologist, philosopher, and, for Barzun, guide and men...

Publisher's Description: Religious Diversity Exists Whenever Seemingly Sincere, Knowledgeable Individuals Hold Incompatible Beliefs On The Same Religious Is...

When Fatal Strategies was first published in French in 1983, it represented a turning point for Jean Baudrillard: an utterly original, and for many readers...

This revised edition of the standard history of the first great period in Christian thought has been thoroughly updated in the light of the latest historic...

The Socialist Phenomenon Is A Powerful Survey Of Socialism And Socialist Thought From Ancient Times To The Present Day. Most Assume That Socialism And Commu...

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

Americans are joiners. They are members of churches, fraternal and sororal orders, sports leagues, community centers, parent-teacher associations, professi...

Why Believe: Essays on Religion, Rationality and Belief is a collection of essays on the role of interpretive reasoning in the formation and expression of r...

Harry G. Frankfurt. Includes Bibliographical References.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Philosophy MovementsHumanism

One of Canada's hippest, smartest cultural critics takes on the West's defining value.We live in a world increasingly dominated by the fake, the prepackage...

A five-alarm fire alert that could help save Canada's promise.The legal framework that supports our way of life is being deconstructed and rewritten before ...

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...

'the Chinese Believe That Before You Can Conquer A Beast, You Must First Make It Beautiful.' This Chinese Proverb Has Been The Key To Sarah Wilson Understan...

Discover the strategies to quiet your traumas and struggles… and build a life full of joy and peace.Do you ever get the sense that you have an unseen side...

Williamson Reveals How We Each Can Become A Miracle Worker By Accepting God And By The Expression Of Love In Our Daily Lives. Whether Psychic Pain Is In The...

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

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...

In Post-Truth? Facts and Faithfulness, Jeffrey Dudiak explores the fissures and fractures that vex our so-called “post-truth” era, searching for a deepe...

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...

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Strivers; 1. Recognizing The Ethical Costs Of Upward Mobility; 2. Situating Ethical Costs In Context; 3. Nav...

SQuire Rushnell teaches you how to use the power of “Godwinks”—divine coincidences—to seize certainty in uncertain times, and enrich your career an...

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

"The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are in themselves exceedingly brief, less than ten pages of large type in the original. Yet they contain the essence of practi...

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

Jarvis Jay Masters Has Taken An Extraordinary Journey Of Faith. Strangely Enough, His Moment Of Enlightenment Came Behind The Bars Of San Quentin's Death Ro...

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...

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...

[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...

Arthur Ripstein's lectures focus on the two bodies of rules governing war: the jus ad bellum, which regulates resort to armed force, and the jus in bello, w...

The idea that prompted the conferenee for which many of these papers were written, and that inspired this book, is stated in the Editorial Introduction repr...

Helen Adams Keller was an American writer and social activist; an illness (possibly scarlet fever or meningitis) at the age of 19 months left her deaf and b...

Il simposioCategories: Politics & Social Sciences PhilosophyGeneral

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...

In fall 2015, the newly elected Trudeau government endorsed the Paris Agreement and promised to tackle global warming. In 2016, it released a major report w...