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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Hildegard of Bingen: On Natural Philosophy and Medicine: Selections from Cause Et CureMedieval attitudes to health and treatment revealed in Hildegard's treatise. Hildegard of Bingen [1098-1179], an important figure in her own time, has come increasingly to critical attention in recent years. Cause et Cure, attributed to Hildegard, is both a cosmological text and a medical...
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Spiritual Activism: Leadership as ServiceOver the past half century the issues facing activists have changed, as has our understanding and awareness of spirituality. For activists, spiritual philosophy is rising up the agenda because it offers distinct, tried and tested approaches to deep questions: Where did it all go...
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Changing Reality: Huna Practices to Create the Life You WantReality is experience, and experience is reality, says Hawaiian shaman Serge King, speaking of Huna, the esoteric tradition in which he was reared.King emphasizes that all of us have the ability to shift from one world to another. The difference is that shamans do...
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Becoming Dallas Willard: The Formation of a Philosopher, Teacher, and Christ FollowerECPA 2019 Christian Book Award Finalist 2018 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalists - Biography Dallas Willard was a personal mentor and inspiration to hundreds of pastors, philosophers, and average churchgoers. His presence and ideas rippled through the lives of many prominent...
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Prelude to Philosophy: An Introduction for Christians"The unexamined life is not worth living," according to Socrates, but pursuing the examined life strikes many as daunting, unappealing and even unnecessary. Is philosophy important? Why do I need philosophy if I have the Bible? Aren't philosophers simply engaged in meaningless disputes that...
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Seeing Through Cynicism: A Reconsideration of the Power of SuspicionWe live in a cynical age. Cynicism is in the air we breathe; it is a cultural norm; it is the default setting and lens through which many of us view the world. Why is cynicism so pervasive? What does it promise? How does...
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Modern Psychotherapies: A Comprehensive Christian AppraisalThe wide variety of psychotherapies that psychologists and students of psychology face can make for a confusing picture. The level of complexity is multiplied for Christians since they must ask how a particular psychotherapy fits (or doesn't fit) with a Christian understanding of persons...
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Zen Gifts to ChristiansRobert Kennedy is one of three Jesuits in the world who answer to both the titles Father and Roshi, or venerable Zen teacher. In 1991, after ten years of practicing Zen meditation, he was installed as a Zen teacher at the recommendation of his...
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Anamnesis, Volume 6: On the Theory of History and PoliticsVolume 6 of The Collected Works of Eric Voegelin offers the first translation of the full German text of Anamnesis published in 1966. The previous English edition, translated by Gerhart Niemeyer, focused largely on the sections of Anamnesis dealing directly with Voegelin's philosophy of...
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Japanese Temple Buddhism: Worldliness in a Religion of RenunciationThere have been many studies that focus on aspects of the history of Japanese Buddhism. Until now, none have addressed important questions of organization and practice in contemporary Buddhism, questions such as how Japanese Buddhism came to be seen as a religion of funeral...
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Wandering on the Way: Early Taoist Tales and Parables of Chuang TzuIn this vivid, contemporary translation, Victor Mair captures the quintessential life and spirit of Chuang Tzu while remaining faithful to the original text.Author: ZhuangziPublisher: University of Hawaii PressPublished: 04/01/2000Pages: 464Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.41lbsSize: 8.64h x 5.54w x 1.17dISBN: 9780824820381About the AuthorMair, Victor H.: -...
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A Brief Introduction to Karl RahnerKaren Kilby has successfully taken the difficult and obscure work of Karl Rahner and presented it in a clear, fascinating way that explains the man and his religious quest.Author: Karen KilbyPublisher: Herder & HerderPublished: 06/01/2007Pages: 128Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 8.51h x 5.56w x 0.39dISBN:...
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The Fall of SleepPhilosophers have largely ignored sleep, treating it as a useless negativity, mere repose for the body or at best a source for the production of unconscious signs out of the night of the soul. In an extraordinary theoretical investigation written with lyric intensity, The...
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What Would Animals Say If We Asked the Right Questions?: Volume 38"You are about to enter a new genre, that of scientific fables, by which I don't mean science fiction, or false stories about science, but, on the contrary, true ways of understanding how difficult it is to figure out what animals are up to."...
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Adorno in America"For those inclined to dismiss Adorno's take on America as the uncomprehending condescension of a mandarin elitist, David Jenemann's splendid new book will come as a rude awakening. Exploiting a wealth of new sources, he persuasively shows the depth of Adorno's engagement with the...
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Thinker on Stage: Nietzsche's Materialism Volume 56Author: Peter SloterdijkPublisher: University of Minnesota PressPublished: 06/30/1989Pages: 136Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 8.98h x 6.07w x 0.42dISBN: 9780816617654This title is only available via back order
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Reverence for Life: The Ethics of Albert Schweitzer for the Twenty-First CenturyThis collection of essays builds on the contributions of Albert Schweitzer's philosophy of "Reverence for Life" as it pertains to our world today.Author: Marvin MeyerPublisher: Syracuse University PressPublished: 10/01/2002Pages: 368Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.09lbsSize: 9.42h x 6.22w x 0.90dISBN: 9780815629771Review Citation(s): Library Journal 09/15/2002 pg....
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An Introduction to Political Philosophy: Ten Essays by Leo StraussA reissue of the 1975 edition, with four added essays, this collection offers a clear introduction to Strauss' views regarding the nature of political philosophy, its chief contemporary antagonists, its classical forms, and its modern version. It gives the reader Strauss' thoughts on what...
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System of Transcendental Idealism (1800)System of Transcendental Idealism is probably Schelling's most important philosophical work. A central text in the history of German idealism, its original German publication in 1800 came seven years after Fichte's Wissenschaftslehre and seven years before Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit.Author: F. W. J. SchellingPublisher:...
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Climate Trauma: Foreseeing the Future in Dystopian Film and FictionEach month brings new scientific findings that demonstrate the ways in which human activities, from resource extraction to carbon emissions, are doing unprecedented, perhaps irreparable damage to our world. As we hear these climate change reports and their predictions for the future of Earth,...
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