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by Robert Clear (Author) Te gustaría desarrollar una fortaleza mental inquebrantable y mantener la calma en cualquier situación, como lo hizo un emperador romano? Estoicismo: Doble Beneficio es tu llave a una vida guiada por la sabiduría estoica, una filosofía atemporal que transformó a Marco Aurelio en uno de los líderes más respetados de la historia.Este libro te ofrece dos poderosos beneficios: Una mente resiliente capaz de enfrentar las adversidades con serenidad.Una vida basada en la vir...
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by Dawn Moneyhan (Author)It's not a secret that Native American people share a special relationship with our planet. But what is that connection and how can the rest of the world's population share it?Tribal citizen, teacher, and knowledge keeper Dawn Moneyhan, of the Odaawa Nation, takes you on a journey using 10 easy steps to reconnect with the natural world from an indigenous perspective. On this journey you'll be reintroduced to nature, meeting relatives you may be unaware are relatives....
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by Thomas E. Wartenberg (Editor)Released in 1999, Fight Club is David Fincher's popular adaption of Chuck Palahniuk's cult novel, and one of the most philosophically rich films of recent years. This is the first book to explore the varied philosophical aspects of the film. Beginning with an introduction by the editor that places the film and essays in context, each chapter explores a central theme of Fight Club from a philosophical perspective. Topics discussed include:
Fight Club, Plato'...
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by Tarl Warwick (Author)The Occult Compendium compiles several originally shorter works into one text. The purpose of this work, simply put, is to expound several occult philosophical musings, related to one another by virtue of their content. From a topical overview of the archetypes associated with Satan, to the applied archetypes thereof (and of the occult) to pop culture, and exploring deeper into Sumerian mythology and the psychic arts, this text is part guide and part philosophical comp...
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by Gary Rogowski (Author)"Gary Rogowski leads us gently but surely upon the path to a type of success we may not have previously considered. (Hint: it involves blisters)." --Nick Offerman In an era when there are countless competing claims on one's attention, how does one find the internal focus to be creative? For master furniture craftsman Gary Rogowski, the answer is in the act of creative work itself. The discipline of working with one's hands to create unnecessarily beautiful things shap...
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by Cassandra Eason (Author)A universal symbol of transformation, the labyrinth was created in ancient times to represent humankind's search for the core of divinity. Unlike a maze, which may have a confusion of tracks leading in all directions, a labyrinth has a single, winding pathway that spirals inward to the center. In The Complete Guide to Labyrinths, renowned British psychic and folklorist Cassandra Eason explores the mystery of this sacred symbol and explains how to harness its power ...
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by Slavoj Zizek (Author)Slavoj iek, the maverick philosopher, author of over 30 books, acclaimed as the "Elvis of cultural theory", and today's most controversial public intellectual. His work traverses the fields of philosophy, psychoanalysis, theology, history and political theory, taking in film, popular culture, literature and jokes--all to provide acute analyses of the complexities of contemporary ideology as well as a serious and sophisticated philosophy. His recent films The Pervert'...
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by Shunryu Suzuki (Author)Named one of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century (Spirituality & Practice) A 50th Anniversary edition of the bestselling Zen classic on meditation, maintaining a curious and open mind, and living with simplicity."In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few." So begins this most beloved of all American Zen books. Seldom has such a small handful of words provided a teaching as rich as has this famous open...
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by Hans Bynagle (Author)A newly reorganized, up-to-date overview of key reference works in philosophy, reflects a veritable explosion of reference sources, both print and online, published over the past decade. Nearly 300 of the 700+ entries consist of new material, with an additional 50 entries substantially revised and updated. English-language sources are emphasized, but important non-English works are also well represented. For professional philosophers, philosophy educators, students fro...
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by Katherine Smits (Author)Fully revised and extended, the new edition of this innovative and engaging textbook introduces the central elements of political theory from an applied perspective. Focusing on 12 high-profile contemporary social and political case studies, both domestic and global, this text shows how political theory illuminates and helps makes sense of important debates in public life. This is the perfect introduction for students interested in how political theory can be used t...
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by Neil Badmington (Editor)What is posthumanism and why does it matter? This book offers an introduction to the ways in which humanism's belief in the natural supremacy of the Family of Man has been called into question at different moments and from different theoretical positions. What is the relationship between posthumanism and technology? Can posthumanism have a politics-postcolonial or feminist? Are postmodernism and poststructuralism posthumanist? What happens when critical theory meets...
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by Luis Navia (Author)Luis E. Navia provides a comprehensive examination of the ideas and contributions of a Greek philosopher who was influential in the development of classical Cynicism. Based on both primary and secondary sources as well as the findings of modern scholarship, it is a unique contribution to the study of Antisthenes. An important philosopher, only two English-language books about him have been published in the last eighty years. With his clear and accessible narrative style,...
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by David Lewis Schaefer (Editor), Michael P. Platt (Author)This volume contains five articles by prominent scholars of French literature and political philosophy that examine the relation between Montaigne's Essays, one of the classic works of the French philosophical and literary traditions, and the writings attributed by Montaigne to his friend, the French humanist Etienne de La Boétie's. Three contributors to the volume suggest that Montaigne was the real author of the revolutionary tract ...
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by Eric Kramer (Author)One of the most original and influential thinkers of the twentieth century was Jean Gebser, whose varied writings on the philosophy of culture gave birth to postmodernist thought. In spite of his prominence internationally, much of his work has not been translated into English. This book is the first collection of essays on Gebser to appear in English. The contributors, who are experts in architecture, philosophy, modern languages, fine arts, communications studies, and...
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by Gary Brent Madison (Author), G. B. Madison (Author)Political liberalism has increasingly come under fire from both the right and the left, in politics as well as in philosophy. In this new study, G.B. Madison offers a systematic rebuttal to these contemporary critics, attempting to demonstrate that the basic principles of classical liberal philosophy are not only internally valid and coherent but also directly relevant to the problems faced by society in the post-industrial age. Building o...
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by Phillip Cole (Author)The Myth of Evil explores a contradiction at the heart of modern thought about what it is to be human: the belief that a human being cannot commit a radically evil act purely for its own sake and the evidence that radically evil acts are committed not by inhuman monsters, but by human beings. This contradiction can be seen most clearly when we consider the most extreme forms of evil: war crimes, serial murders, sex offences, murders committed by children. Taking the tr...
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by Alija Izetbegovic (Author)As the leading Muslim political spokesman and intellectual, Izetbegovi'c was imprisoned by the Yugoslavian government in 1983 for a 14-year sentence. During the six years he served in prison, Izetbegovi'c wrote notes on life issues, religion and culture, and politics and political philosophy. These reflections were smuggled out of prison and edited for publication along with a selection of letters from his family. After describing prison life, Izetbegovi'c has org...
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by Shunmyo Masuno (Author), Allison Markin Powell (Translator), Harriet Lee-Merrion (Illustrator)"Does for mental clutter what Marie Kondo has done for household clutter." --Publishers Weekly Relax and find happiness amid the swirl of the modern world with this internationally bestselling guide to simplifying your life by the renowned Zen Buddhist author of Don't Worry and How to Let Things Go. In clear, practical, easily adopted lessons--one a day for 100 days--renowned Buddhist monk Shunmyo...
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by Matthew Gabriele (Author), David M. Perry (Author)"The beauty and levity that Perry and Gabriele have captured in this book are what I think will help it to become a standard text for general audiences for years to come....The Bright Ages is a rare thing--a nuanced historical work that almost anyone can enjoy reading."--Slate"Incandescent and ultimately intoxicating." --The Boston GlobeA lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions of the European Middle Ages, ...
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by Geoffrey Wilkinson (Author)We want to believe that the world is intelligible - that there is some reason why it is as it is, or exists at all. But the belief is unsustainable now we know that ultimately the world is unintelligible, made of fundamental particles that just burst into being 13.8 billion years ago and behave in ways that baffle us. How do we reconcile ourselves to the reality that in the beginning was no design, no purpose, reason or reasonableness? This essay proposes that we...
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by Thich Nhat Hanh (Author)The secret to happiness is to acknowledge and transform suffering, not to run away from it. Here, Thich Nhat Hanh offers practices and inspiration transforming suffering and finding true joy. Thich Nhat Hanh acknowledges that because suffering can feel so bad, we try to run away from it or cover it up by consuming. We find something to eat or turn on the television. But unless we're able to face our suffering, we can't be present and available to life, and happiness...
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by Slavoj Zizek (Author)To define 'progress' is to lay claim to the future. Seminal thinker Slavoj Zizek turns essayist to interrogate the competing visions which form the horizons of human possibility and ask: Can things, which have never seemed worse, get better? What would a better world be? And how, when we are constantly besieged by doomers, degrowthers and disorienting relativisms can we make any headway at all in the face of unprecedented ecological, social and political crises?In thir...
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by Andrew Feenberg (Author), Robert Pippin (Author), Charles Webel (Author)Distinguished scholars--Jurgen Habermas, Claus Offe, Douglas Kellner, and Martin Jay, among others--draw upon historical, theoretical, and biographical information to assess Marcuse's philosophy, from its grounding in classical German idealism, through the break with Heidegger, to his role in the American counterculture of the sixties and seventies. Indispensable for anyone interested in an in-depth understanding of on...
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by G. E. H. Palmer (Translator), Philip Sherrard (Translator), Kallistos Ware (Translator)The Philokalia is a collection of texts written between the fourth and the fifteenth centuries by spiritual masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition. First published in Greek in 1782, then translated into Slavonic and later into Russian, The Philokalia has exercised an influence in the recent history of the Orthodox Church far greater than that of any book apart from the Bible. It is concerned with th...
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by Arthur Schopenhauer (Author)Volume 1 of the definitive English translation of one of the most important philosophical works of the 19th century, the basic statement in one important stream of post-Kantian thought.Back JacketArthur Schopenhauer's Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung is one of the most important philosophical works of the nineteenth century, the basic statement of one important stream of post-Kantian thought. It is without question Schopenhauer's greatest work. Conceived and p...
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by Judd Levingston (Author)A rabbi and educator shows how moral education can be crafted to address each of the three main branches of the moral life: philosophy, civics, and ethics. Sowing the Seeds of Character: The Moral Education of Adolescents in Public and Private Schools is a book for all teachers and parents. It rests on the premise that the moral education of students falls within the purview of schools, whether they assume responsibility for it or not. Regardless of the place of mor...
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by David Robinson (Author)It consists of a narrative text, an extensive series of biographical sketches...and a comprehensive bibliographical essay....The narrative itself is a very able analysis of the intellectual and theological development of Unitarianism and Universalism in America....What it does...it does extremely well.... Choice
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Dimensions: 1.1 x 9.1 x 6.09 IN
Publication Date: April 10, 1985
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by Osho (Author)The principles and practices of Tantra are revealed by one of the greatest spiritual teachers of the twentieth century in The Book of Secrets: 112 Meditations to Discover the Mystery Within. In this comprehensive and practical guide, the secrets of the ancient science of Tantra become available to a contemporary audience. Confined to small, hidden mystery schools for centuries, and often misunderstood and misinterpreted today. Tantra is not just a collection of techniques to e...
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by Shlomit Schuster (Author)Throughout the ages philosophers have examined their own lives in an attempt both to find some meaning and to explain the roots of their philosophical perspectives. This volume is an introduction to philosophical autobiography, a rich but hitherto ignored literary genre that questions the self, its social context, and existence in general. The author analyzes representative narratives from antiquity to postmodernity, focusing in particular on three case studies: th...
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Report copyright infringementby Joseph De Maistre (Author)En este ensayo, el escritor Joseph de Maistre presenta una crítica al liberalismo y propone un gobierno autoritario y religioso. A través de diálogos entre personajes ficticios, Maistre explora temas como la naturaleza humana, la justicia y la libertad. Este libro es una obra clásica del pensamiento contrarrevolucionario y una lectura obligatoria para aquellos interesados en la teoría política.This work has been selected by scholars as...
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Report copyright infringementby John Stuart Mill (Author)Este tratado es una obra maestra de la filosofía analítica, que establece los fundamentos de la lógica moderna. A través de una argumentación rigurosa, el autor explica las nociones de verdad, prueba y conocimiento, y demuestra cómo se pueden aplicar en la investigación científica y en la vida cotidiana. Con una claridad y precisión incomparables, esta obra es un referente obligado para los estudiosos de la lógica, la epistemología y la...
