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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Harley-Davidson and Philosophy: Full-Throttle AristotleIt's no wonder descriptions of riding often resemble the words of Asian mystics and Jedi knights: The ride causes your senses to open completely. You experience only the present, the now. Readers who prefer revving a Harley to meditating in a Zen garden know...
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The Stoic Art of Living: Inner Resilience and Outer ResultsTom Morris's exuberant seminars and presentations to business leaders have taken the commanding heights of corporate America by storm and his books on philosophy for businesspeople have sold millions. Dr. Morris shows how the ideas of Stoic Philosophy - which emphasizes goals like gaining...
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Tom Petty and Philosophy: We Need to KnowSeventeen curious, well-tuned writers (they're fans, too) turn their philosophical attention to Tom Petty in this intellectually rigorous and wildly fun 'little box set of big ideas'. In his hits, deep cuts, and videos they find complexity, ideas, and plenty of questions--plus some answers--about...
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Faces of Moderation: The Art of Balance in an Age of ExtremesAristotle listed moderation as one of the moral virtues. He also defined virtue as the mean between extremes, implying that moderation plays a vital role in all forms of moral excellence. But moderation's protean character--its vague and ill-defined omnipresence in judgment and action--makes it...
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Philosophical Profiles: Essays in a Pragmatic ModePhilosophical Profiles brings together ten important essays by Richard Berstein. Each focuses on the work of a thinker or group of thinkers at the center of contemporary developments in philosophy, including Hannah Arendt, John Dewey, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Jurgen Habermas, G.W.F. Hegel, Alasdair MacIntyre, Herbert...
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The Later Works of John Dewey, Volume 9, 1925 - 1953: 1933-1934, Essays, Reviews, Miscellany, and a Common Faith Volume 9This ninth volume in The Later Works of John Dewey, 1925--1953, brings together sixty items from 1933 and 1934, including Dewey's Terry Lectures at Yale University, published as A Common Faith.In his introduction, Milton R. Konvitz concludes that A Common Faith remains a provocative...
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The Middle Works of John Dewey, Volume 9, 1899-1924: Democracy and Education, 1916 Volume 9John Dewey's best-known and still-popular classic, Democracy and Education, is presented here as a new edition in Volume 9 of the Middle Works. Sidney Hook, who wrote the introduction to this volume, describes Democracy and Education: "It illuminates directly or indirectly all the basic...
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Apocalyptic SpiritualityIn its breadth of vision and seriousness of purpose, the series leaves little room for complaint or cavil...An editorial program of real vision; series like this are what makes religious publishing the exciting intellectual and spiritual venture it is called to be. Theology Today...
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Essays in MetaphysicsMartin Heidegger was a philosopher most known for his contributions to German phenomenological and existential thought. Heidegger was born in rural Messkirch in 1889 to Catholic parents. While studying philosophy and mathematics at Albert-Ludwig University in Freiburg, Heidegger became the assistant for philosopher Edmund...
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The Light Within UsThe selections contained in this volume were made by Richard Kik. The original edition Vom Licht in uns was published by Verlag J.F. Steinkopf, Stuhgart. It contains sayings of things highly spiritual nature as well as a description of the life of Richard Kik....
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Zen and Shinto: A History of Japanese PhilosophyHow do the Japanese about their native philosophy, Shinto, a decade and a half after its abolishment as a state religion by the Western Allies? // What is its relationship to Buddhism, and particularly to Zen? // How modern can this very ancient creed...
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The Murmuring Deep: Reflections on the Biblical UnconsciousA book that enhances our appreciation of the Bible--explaining, exploring, and deepening our sense of what it means to be a human being of faith in a world as fractured and fragmentary as ours" (Forward). Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg informs her literary analysis of the...
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Highest PovertyWhat is a rule, if it appears to become confused with life? And what is a human life, if, in every one of its gestures, of its words, and of its silences, it cannot be distinguished from the rule? It is to these questions...
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The One-State Condition: Occupation and Democracy in Israel/PalestineSince the start of the occupation of Palestinian territories in 1967, Israel's domination of the Palestinians has deprived an entire population of any political status or protection. But even decades on, most people speak of this rule--both in everyday political discussion and in legal...
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Malfeasance: Appropriation Through Pollution?In this highly original and provocative book, Michel Serres reflects on the relation between nature and culture and analyzes the origins of the world's contemporary environmental problems. He does so through the surprising proposition that our cleanliness is our dirt. While all living beings...
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The Kingdom and the Glory: For a Theological Genealogy of Economy and GovernmentArguing that Western power is both "government" and "glory," this book reveals the "theological-economic" paradigm at the origin of several of the most important components of modern politics and illuminates the function of consent and the media in today's democracies.Author: Giorgio AgambenPublisher: Stanford University...
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Communitas: The Origin and Destiny of CommunityRoberto Esposito, a leading Italian philosopher, deconstructs the notion of community by examining its etymological roots in the Latin munus, or gift, and then reads against classical political interpretations of community.Author: Roberto EspositoPublisher: Stanford University PressPublished: 10/29/2009Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w...
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On the Name: Jacques Derrida"The name: What does one call thus? What does one understand under the name of name? And what occurs when one gies a name? What does one give then? One does not offer a thing, one delivers nothing, and still something comes to be,...
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Nine Essential Things I've Learned about LifeFrom the #1 national bestselling author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People--"a lifetime of wisdom from someone who has studied, suffered, celebrated, and through it all, taught an entire generation" (Rabbi David Wolpe, author of Why Faith Matters).In this compassionate and deeply...
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Worldview: The History of a ConceptConceiving of Christianity as a -worldview- has been one of the most significant events in the church in the last 150 years. In this new book David Naugle provides the best discussion yet of the history and contemporary use of worldview as a totalizing...
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