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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Wisecracks: Humor and Morality in Everyday LifeA philosopher's case for the importance of good--if ethically questionable--humor. A good sense of humor is key to the good life, but a joke taken too far can get anyone into trouble. Where to draw the line is not as simple as it may...
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William James's Radically Empirical Philosophy of ReligionAuthor: J. Edward HackettPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublished: 02/13/2025Pages: 270Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9783031791376About the AuthorJ. Edward Hackett is an Assistant Professor at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Specializing in ethical theory, phenomenology, and American philosophy he is the co-editor of an anthology...
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When Wish Replaces ThoughtThis rigorous analysis of current social issues exposes the ways in which public debate has been confused by moral and political dogma.Among educated people there is a constellation of accepted "truths" about the world. Often only superficially plausible, they are uncontested because they reflect...
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Vital Nourishment: Departing from HappinessAn intellectual history of the concept of life and body politics in Chinese philosophy The philosophical tradition in the West has always subjected life to conceptual divisions and questions about meaning. Although this process has given rise to a rich history of inquiry, it...
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Truth Without TruthsIn the context of debates about truth, nihilism is the view that nothing is true. This is a very striking and (at first) implausible thesis, which is perhaps why it is seldom discussed. Truth without Truths applies nihilism to the philosophical debates on truth...
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Transcendentalism Collection: Thoreau's Walden, Civil Disobedience & Walking, and Emerson's Nature, The American Scholar & Self-RelianceESSENTIAL WORKS OF TRANSCENDENTALISM IN ONE CONVENIENT VOLUMEHenry David Thoreau's masterwork, Walden, is a collection of his reflections on life and society.Civil Disobedience is an essay in which he argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that...
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The Way Without MastersThis collection of nondualist texts by R?mi Boyer forms an anthology that is both classic and singular, traditional and avant-garde, in response to a suggestion made to the author in 1998 by Lima de Freitas: "The avant-gardes widen the breach in opacity so that...
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The Theory And Practice Of Oligarchic Collectivism: Not By Emmanuel Goldsteinold & new journal entries, culled from my blogs Xvarenah & MozarabkulturAuthor: Graywyvern G. GraywyvernPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 05/02/2008Pages: 102Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.21dISBN: 9781438212852About the Authori was raised by wolves on the city dump; i knew nothing of...
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The Sickness Unto Death: A Modern Translation for the 21st CenturyUnveil the depths of despair, selfhood, and faith in a transformative exploration by renowned philosopher S ren Kierkegaard.Modern Translation for a New Era: This new translation of Kierkegaard's masterpiece, The Sickness Unto Death, brings his profound ideas on despair, self-discovery, and the human condition...
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The Right and the GoodThe Right and the Good, a classic of twentieth-century philosophy by the eminent scholar Sir David Ross, is now presented in a new edition with a substantial introduction by Philip Stratton-Lake, a leading expert on Ross. Ross's book is the pinnacle of ethical intuitionism,...
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The Politics of Not SpeakingAccording to a common conception, modern politics is based on speaking, on discussion and rational argumentation--on "logos." In contrast, The Politics of Not Speaking argues that politics is based not on speaking but on the suspension of conversation, on the break of rational discourse,...
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The Olavo de Carvalho ReaderThe Olavo de Carvalho Reader, a far-reaching selection of philosophical essays by the celebrated Brazilian philosopher available for the first time in English, presents indispensable writings that have generated an intellectual revival in Brazil and beyond. Following Carvalho's definition of philosophy as the "search...
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The New Ego Theory: Evolving Consciousness Through the Divine Operating SystemThe New Ego Theory: Evolving Consciousness Through the Divine Operating SystemAre you ready to break free from limiting beliefs and patterns, reclaim your potential, and consciously shape your reality? The New Ego Theory offers a revolutionary approach to personal mastery and spiritual transformation through...
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The Moral Foundation of RightKant defined 'Right' (Recht) as the condition that obtains among a population of physically embodied persons capable of setting their own ends who live on a finite surface and therefore cannot avoid interaction with each other if each is as free to set their...
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The Ideology of Work: Theoretical Humanism, Work and LabourIn On the Reproduction of Capitalism, Louis Althusser cited an appendix which, it seems, remains lost or was never completed. This appendix was titled 'the Ideology of Work'. This book takes inspiration from this appendix, to think about what is at stake for both...
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The Humanist Way - An Introduction to Ethical Humanist Religion"Humanism is a view of the world, of each person's relation to other people, of the unity of humanity, of its place in the whole fabric of life against the background of our planet and our universe, of - but read Ed Ericson's book...
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The Harvard Classics: Volume 2 - Plato, Epictetus, & Marcus Aurelius (Rogershaven Facsimile Edition)This is a 100% accurate reproduction of Volume Two of the landmark Harvard Classics series. This volume contains "The Apology, Phaedo, and Crito," by Plato, "The Golden Sayings of Epictetus," by Epictetus, and "The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius," by Marcus Aurelius.The Harvard Classics went...
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The Harvard Classics: Volume 1 - Franklin, Woolman, & Penn (Rogershaven Facsimile Edition)This is a 100% accurate reproduction of Volume One of the landmark Harvard Classics series. This volume contains "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin," by Benjamin Franklin, "The Journal of John Woolman," by John Woolman, and "Fruits of Solitude," by William Penn. The Harvard Classics...
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The HandbookNo writings of Epictetus himself are really known. His discourses were transcribed and compiled by his pupil Arrian (author of the Anabasis Alexandri). The main work is The Discourses, four books of which have been preserved (out of an original eight). Arrian also compiled...
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The Fundamentals of EthicsIn The Fundamentals of Ethics, author Russ Shafer-Landau employs a uniquely engaging writing style to introduce students to the essential ideas of moral philosophy. Offering more comprehensive coverage of the good life, normative ethics, and metaethics than any other text of its kind, this...
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