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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Civilization and the Culture of Science: Science and the Shaping of Modernity, 1795-1935How did science come to have such a central place in Western culture? How did cognitive values--and subsequently moral, political, and social ones--come to be modelled around scientific values? In Civilization and the Culture of Science, Stephen Gaukroger explores how these values were shaped...
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Beyond the Troubled Water of ShifeiIn recent decades, a growing concern in studies in Chinese intellectual history is that Chinese classics have been forced into systems of classification prevalent in Western philosophy and thus imperceptibly transformed into examples that echo Western philosophy. Lin Ma and Jaap van Brakel offer...
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The Codex Regius: A Conception in Medieval Futhark Runic Script from Ancient ArtifactsIf you are an artifact lover then this book is exactly what you are looking for. An exclusively crafted collector's item, this Old Norse book is more than just appearance. It is a close transcription of sacred texts, written down to match the original...
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Tractatus Logico-PhilosophicusLudwig Wittgenstein's influential Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus explores the assumption that it is philosophy's task to 'sanitize' language. Therefore, it is necessary for philosophy to develop an artificial language that avoids the pitfalls of ordinary language. This is the only philosophical work Wittgenstein published in his...
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Night: A Philosophy of the After-DarkThis short book engages the myriad dimensions of Night, through ancient rituals, medieval storytelling, modern philosophy, and futuristic images, in order to explore the human experience of the after-dark. It thereby tracks Night through the prisms of its most fascinating practitioners: namely, those who...
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The Urantia Book: Book Four, Vol II: The Life and Teachings of Jesus: New Edition, single column formatting, larger and easier to read fThe UrantiaBookProject.Com is pleased to re introduce a true spiritual classic in a new, easier to read format including single column printing, larger text, new easier to read font and cream paper to make your reading experience easier on the eyes. The massive 2200...
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Lived Time: Phenomenological and Psychopathological StudiesEug ne Minkowski's Lived Time articulates a phenomenology of time that is as inspired by the philosophical writings of Henri Bergson and Edmund Husserl as it is by the psychiatric descriptions of Eugen Bleuler. After providing a phenomenological description of the experience of time...
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21 Secrets of Attracting Money: Metaphysical Insights For Physical And Spiritual Wealth-Including 9 Do-It-Yourself Energy ExperimentsHave you ever wondered why some people easily attract money... and you don't? Are you eager to discover hidden insights to attract physical and spiritual wealth? Are you prepared to learn about the secrets and truths behind manifesting wealth?This book will teach you how...
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The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the StateThe Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State: in the Light of the Researches of Lewis H. Morgan (German: Der Ursprung der Familie, des Privateigenthums und des Staats) is an 1884 historical materialist treatise by Friedrich Engels. It is partially based on...
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The Diamond Cutter Sutra: A Commentary by Dzogchen Master Khenpo SodargyeKhenpo Sodargye translates and provides commentary on the Diamond Cutter Sutra, the oldest printed book in China, shedding light on the Buddha's teachings on how to destroy attachment without being led astray; the author is a household name in China and his books and...
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Vishoka Meditation: The Yoga of Inner RadianceImagine a life free from pain, sorrow, and negativity and infused with joy and tranquility. The ancient yogis called this state vishoka and insisted that we all can achieve it. The key is a precise set of meditative techniques designed to unite mind and...
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Cosmological Koans: A Journey to the Heart of Physical RealityCould there be a civilization on a mote of dust? How much of your fate have you made? Using pleasingly paradoxical vignettes, known as Koans, that follow the ancient Zen tradition and have a flair for explaining complex science, physicist Anthony Aguirre tackles cosmic...
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Democracy Without Shortcuts: A Participatory Conception of Deliberative DemocracyThis book articulates a participatory conception of deliberative democracy that takes the democratic ideal of self-government seriously. It aims to improve citizens' democratic control and vindicate the value of citizens' participation against conceptions that threaten to undermine it. The book critically analyzes deep pluralist,...
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Aristotle's Ontology of ChangeThis book investigates what change is, according to Aristotle, and how it affects his conception of being. Mark Sentesy argues that the analysis of change leads Aristotle to develop first-order metaphysical concepts such as matter, potency, actuality, sources of being, epigenesis, and teleology. He...
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Science and the Good: The Tragic Quest for the Foundations of MoralityWhy efforts to create a scientific basis of morality are neither scientific nor moral In this illuminating book, James Davison Hunter and Paul Nedelisky trace the origins and development of the centuries-long, passionate, but ultimately failed quest to discover a scientific foundation for morality....
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Can Asians Think?Contrary to the prevailing view in the West that the 500-year dominance of Western civilization points to it being the only universal civilization, Can Asians Think? argues that other civilizations may yet make equal contributions to the development and growth of mankind. Hailed as...
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World As I See ItThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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A History of PhilosophyThis book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks...
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Meister Eckhart, the German Works: 64 Homilies for the Liturgical Year. 1. de Tempore: Introduction, Translation and NotesThis volume (based on Loris Sturlese's Italian collection from the year 2014) contains the vernacular texts and English translations of 64 of Eckhart's German sermons, which can be linked with the cycle of preaching during the liturgical year (De tempore). A second volume, currently...
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Why Look at Plants?: The Botanical Emergence in Contemporary ArtWinner of the 2019 Outstanding Academic Titles award in Choice, a publishing unit of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Why Look at Plants? proposes a thought-provoking and fascinating look into the emerging cultural politics of plant-presence in contemporary art. Through the...
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