Philosophy
Explore our collection of philosophy books at our online bookstore, featuring the best books on philosophy, philosophical novels, and famous works on stoicism and political philosophy. Discover must-read and best-selling titles that offer deep insights into the world of philosophy.
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Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender DiscoursesConsiders the meaning of gender in an African context. The "woman question," this book asserts, is a Western one, and not a proper lens for viewing African society. A work that rethinks gender as a Western construction, The Invention of Women offers a new...
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Theory of ReligionTheory of Religion brings to philosophy what Georges Bataille's earlier book The Accursed Share brought to anthropology and history, namely, an analysis based on notions of excess and expenditure. No other work of Bataille's, and perhaps no other work anywhere since Weber's Protestant Ethic...
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The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead PhilosophersThe New York Times bestselling author of The Geography of Bliss and The Geography of Genius embarks on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history's greatest thinkers and showing us how each--from Epicurus to Gandhi, Thoreau to Beauvoir--offers practical and spiritual...
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Searching for Stars on an Island in MaineFrom the bestselling author of Einstein's Dreams--"an elegant and moving paean to our spiritual quest for meaning in an age of science" (The New York Times Book Review). - The basis for the public television series SEARCHING with Alan Lightman.As a physicist, Alan Lightman...
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Hegel Contra SociologyGillian Rose is among the twentieth century's most important social philosophers. In perhaps her most significant work, Hegel Contra Sociology, Rose mounts a forceful defence of Hegelian speculative thought. Demonstrating how, in his criticisms of Kant and Fichte, Hegel supplies a preemptive critique of...
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From Aristotle to Christ: How Aristotelian Thought Clarified the Christian FaithDiscover how Aristotelian thought has shaped Christianity through history and remains relevant for Christians todayWhen Christians of any age, country, or denomination debate the nature of the good life, the soul, free will, or design, Aristotle lies behind their logic as well as their...
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Sun Tzu's The Art of WarA new edition of the trusted Lionel Giles translation of the Ancient Chinese treatise on warfare. It has defined the tactics and strategies on the battlefield and more recently the business world, for the last 2500 years.Author: Sun TzuPublisher: Prohyptikon Publishing Inc.Published: 03/11/2009Pages: 72Binding...
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The Apocalypse of Peter: A Vision of Judgment, Redemption, and EternityWhat happens after death? What does divine justice look like?The Apocalypse of Peter: A Vision of Judgment, Redemption, and Eternity offers a modern translation of one of the earliest Christian apocalyptic texts. Attributed to Peter the Apostle, this extraordinary work provides a vivid and...
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But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking about the Present as If It Were the Past"Klosterman is outlining the ideology of a contrarian here and reminding us of the important role that revisionism plays in cultural writing. What matters is the way he thinks about thinking--and the way he makes you think about how you think. And, in the...
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Zeno and the Tortoise: How to Think Like a PhilosopherFor those who don't know the difference between Lucretius's spear and Hume's fork, Zeno and the Tortoise explains not just who each philosopher was and what he thought, but exactly how he came to think in the way he did.Nicholas Fearn presents philosophy as...
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Philosophy of Science: A Very Short IntroductionHow much faith should we place in what scientists tell us? Is it possible for scientific knowledge to be fully "objective?" What, really, can be defined as science? In the second edition of this Very Short Introduction, Samir Okasha explores the main themes and...
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Zen and the Birds of Appetite"Zen enriches no one," Thomas Merton provocatively writes in his opening statement to Zen and the Birds of Appetite--one of the last books to be published before his death in 1968. "There is no body to be found. The birds may come and circle...
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What World Is This?: A Pandemic PhenomenologyThe pandemic compels us to ask fundamental questions about our place in the world: the many ways humans rely on one another, how we vitally and sometimes fatally breathe the same air, share the surfaces of the earth, and exist in proximity to other...
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The Two Hands of God: The Myths of PolarityThe forgotten book on world mythology by Alan Watts Alan Watts is today remembered as a trailblazing interpreter of Eastern philosophy, but The Two Hands of God reveals a different side of his multifaceted genius. In this ambitious work, Watts takes readers on a...
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The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Everybody tells you to live for a cause larger than yourself, but how exactly do you do it? The author of The Road to Character explores what it takes to lead a meaningful life in a self-centered world....
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The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of the Teachings of Jesus and How They Have Been CorruptedWho was Jesus? And how was this first-century political revolutionary, whose teachings are meant to lead the way to freedom, turned into a meek and mild servant of the status quo? How is it possible to profess a belief in Jesus, yet ignore the...
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The Meaning of Happiness: The Quest for Freedom of the Spirit in Modern Psychology and the Wisdom of the EastDeep down, most people think that happiness comes from having or doing something. Here, in Alan Watts's groundbreaking third book (originally published in 1940), he offers a more challenging thesis: authentic happiness comes from embracing life as a whole in all its contradictions and...
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The Great ReturnNominal Christianity is not enough. We can't sustain the ethics and norms we take for granted in societies that have been formed through a Christian worldview, for the long term, without Christianity itself - this book calls for a full-blooded, believing 'return' to Christianity...
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The Essential KierkegaardA comprehensive anthology of Kierkegaard's writings that offers an unmatched introduction to one of the most original and influential modern philosophers This is the most comprehensive anthology of S ren Kierkegaard's works ever published in English. Drawn from the volumes of Princeton's authoritative Kierkegaard's...
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The Essential Guidebook to Mindfulness in RecoveryA self-paced curriculum that integrates mindfulness and its practices with twelve-step recovery.Author: John BrunaPublisher: Central Recovery PressPublished: 01/15/2019Pages: 248Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 9.90h x 7.90w x 0.90dISBN: 9781942094852About the AuthorJohn Bruna is a counselor, educator, and mindfulness and spiritual teacher. He has been in...
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