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Daily Practices: 101 tiny steps to reclaim compassion - Paperback

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by Cecilia Huang (Author)Compassion is daily journey that blends joy with discipline. In "Daily Practices: 101 tiny steps to reclaim compassion", you are invited to explore how simple, everyday actions can cultivate a deeper, more meaningful love for yourself.Compassion is about making yourself a priority, setting boundaries, and showing yourself the same compassion you'd offer to a dear friend. This book will help you create a mindset where taking care of yourself is as natural as breathing....

The Destiny Book: Rediscovering the Mother of Spirituality - Hardcover

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by Gregory V. Diehl (Foreword by), Helena Lind (Author)Humanity has never been more vulnerable, imperiled, and in need of evoking a uniting awareness than now.How about the seminal cosmic blueprint that has shaped cultural identities and codified faiths since the dawn of civilization? Which foundational force is synonymous with our universal quest for human purpose? What is the metaphysical paradigm deeply ingrained in the human experience from antiquity to modernity, transcending all boundar...

Hegel: Lectures on Natural Right and Political Science: The First Philosophy of Right - Paperback

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by J. Michael Stewart (Author), Peter C. Hodgson (Author), Otto Poggeler (Author)These lectures constitute the earliest version of Hegel's Philosophy of Right, one of the most influential works in Western political theory. They introduce a notion of civil society that has proven of inestimable importance to diverse philosophical and social agendas. This transcription of the lectures, which remained in obscurity until 1982, presents the philosopher's social thought with clarity and boldness. I...

The History of King Richard the Third: A Reading Edition - Paperback

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by George M. Logan (Editor)The History of King Richard the Third is Thomas More's English masterpiece. With the help of Shakespeare, whose Richard the Third took More's work as its principal model, the History determined the historical reputation of an English king and spawned a seemingly endless controversy about the justness of that reputation. George M. Logan has produced a scholarly yet accessible edition of the History, designed to make More's exhilarating work fully accessible to 21st-c...

The Death of God and the Meaning of Life - Paperback

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by Julian Young (Author)What is the meaning of life? In today's secular, post-religious scientific world, this question has become a serious preoccupation. But it also has a long history: many major philosophers have thought deeply about it, as Julian Young so vividly illustrates in this thought-provoking second edition of The Death of God and the Meaning of Life. Three new chapters explore S ren Kierkegaard's attempts to preserve a Christian answer to the question of the meaning of life, Ka...

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by Michel Foucault (Author)In this remarkable book Michel Foucault, one of the most influential thinkers of recent times, calls us to look critically at specific historical events in order to uncover new layers of significance. In doing so, he challenges our assumptions not only about history, but also about the nature of language and reason, even of truth. The scope of such an undertaking is vast, but by means of his uniquely engaging narrative style, Foucault's penetrating gaze is skilfully...

An Ethic of Care: Feminist and Interdisciplinary Perspectives - Paperback

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by Mary Jeanne Larrabee (Editor)Published in 1982, Carol Gilligan's In a Different Voice proposed a new model of moral reasoning based on care, arguing that it better described the moral life of women. An Ethic of Care is the first volume to bring together key contributions to the extensive debate engaging Gilligan's work. It provides the highlights of the often impassioned discussion of the ethic of care, drawing on the literature of the wide range of disciplines that have entered into the d...

Schopenhauer: Prize Essay on the Freedom of the Will - Paperback

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by Arthur Schopenhauer (Author), Gunter Zoller (Editor), Eric F. J. Payne (Translator)Schopenhauer's Prize Essay is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant and elegant treatments of free will and determinism. He distinguishes the freedom of acting from the freedom of willing, affirming the former while denying the latter. This volume offers the text in a previously unpublished translation by Eric F.J. Payne, the leading twentieth-century translator of Schopenhauer into English, together ...

The Origins of European Thought: About the Body, the Mind, the Soul, the World, Time and Fate - Paperback

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by Richard Broxton Onians (Author), R. B. Onians (Author)Onians' remarkable work of scholarship sought to deal with the very roots of European civilization and thought: the fundamental beliefs about life, mind, body, soul, and human destiny that are embodied in the myths and legends of the ancients. The volume is remains a fascinating collection of ideas and explanations of cultures as diverse as the Greeks and the Norse, the Celts and the Jews, and the Chinese and the Romans. Number of Pages...

Predicting the Future: An Introduction to the Theory of Forecasting - Paperback

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by Nicholas Rescher (Author)Develops a general theory of prediction that encompasses its fundamental principles, methodology, and practice and gives an overview of its promises and problems. Number of Pages: 224 Dimensions: 0.71 x 8.97 x 5.95 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: January 02, 2003

Ibn al-ʿArabī's Barzakh: The Concept of the Limit and the Relationship between God and the World - Paperback

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by Salman H. Bashier (Author)This book explores how Ibn al-'Arabi (1165-1240) used the concept of barzakh (the Limit) to deal with the philosophical problem of the relationship between God and the world, a major concept disputed in ancient and medieval Islamic thought. The term "barzakh" indicates the activity or actor that differentiates between things and that, paradoxically, then provides the context of their unity. Author Salman H. Bashier looks at early thinkers and shows how the synthet...

Christian Faith and the Problem of Evil - Paperback

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by Peter Van Inwagen (Author)This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.Back JacketThe problem of evil has challenged religious minds and hearts throughout the ages. Just how can the presence of suffering, tragedy, and wrongdoing be squared with the all-powerful, all-loving God of faith? This book gathers some of the best, most meaningful recent reflections on the problem of evil, with contributions by shrewd thinkers in the areas of philosophy, theology, literature, ling...

Shouts and Whispers: Twenty-One Writers Speak about Their Writing and Their Faith - Paperback

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by Jennifer L. Holberg (Author)Flannery O'Connor once wrote that "to the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost-blind you draw large and startling figures." Some of the twenty-one well-known writers included in this book prefer to "shout," as O'Connor did, while others offer what Doris Betts calls "whispering hope." Shouts and Whispers contains a fascinating array of reflections on topics surrounding the often-perilous intersection of writing and faith. The authors all agree that lite...

The Philosophy of John Dewey - Paperback

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by Paul Arthur Schilpp (Author), John Dewey (Author)In this volume the writings of John Dewey are subjected to careful scrutiny by seventeen great thinkers. Some have eulogized, some have reinterpreted--but all have respected the work of that great and germinal mind. For thirty years John Dewey has been the most dynamic, arresting figure in American thought. Whereas the "traditional" philosopher too often concerned himself with matters seemingly remote and formalistic, Dewey was ever aware of...

Christian Faith & Human Understanding: Studies on the Eucharist, Trinity, and the Human Person - Paperback

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by Robert Sokolowski (Author)In this collection of essays, renowned philosopher Robert Sokolowski illustrates how Christian faith is not an alternative to reason, but rather an enhancement of it. Reflecting on the mysteries of Creation, the Holy Trinity, the Incarnation, and the Eucharist, he examines in his distinctive lucid style the ways in which Christian faith contributes to the understanding of the human person.The book is divided into four sections. The first directly addresses the rel...

Human Error: Species-Being and Media Machines - Paperback

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by Dominic Pettman (Author)What exactly is the human element separating humans from animals and machines? The common answers that immediately come to mind--like art, empathy, or technology--fall apart under close inspection. Dominic Pettman argues that it is a mistake to define such rigid distinctions in the first place, and the most decisive "human error" may be the ingrained impulse to understand ourselves primarily in contrast to our other worldly companions. In Human Error, Pettman descri...

The Hermetic Deleuze: Philosophy and Spiritual Ordeal - Paperback

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by Joshua Ramey (Author)In his writing, Gilles Deleuze drew on a vast array of source material, from philosophy and psychoanalysis to science and art. Yet scholars have largely neglected one of the intellectual currents underlying his work: Western esotericism, specifically the lineage of hermetic thought that extends from Late Antiquity into the Renaissance through the work of figures such as Iamblichus, Nicholas of Cusa, Pico della Mirandola, and Giordano Bruno. In this book, Joshua Ramey e...

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by Lao- Tzu (Author), Lao Tzu (Author)THE 2500-YEAR-OLD GUIDE FOR LIVING... Written by Chinese prophet Lao-Tzu, the Tao Te Ching (pronounced Dow De Jing) is the guiding force behind Taoism, China's leading school of thought. Consisting of 81 chapters, the Tao Te Ching has been translated into English more times than any other Chinese document. Approach the Tae Te Ching as though it were a poem, meant to be read slowly, internalized, and savored...and it will change your life, just like it has...

Buddha is a Greeter at Walmart: Using Zen in Everyday Life - Paperback

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by Kris Neely (Author)A #1 Amazon Best Seller in Zen Buddhism! -- The idea is simple: everyday items and situations as sources of Zen insight. From a junk drawer to a butterfly. From Ginger Rogers to Colonel Mustard. We're surrounded by items and situations which teach Zen-if we just take the time to see. Zen is a perfect antidote to the noise and untruths of daily life. Yet for many people, Zen is something that requires rigorous study, years of solitary meditation, dressing in odd garb, and...

Volume 10, Tome III: Kierkegaard's Influence on Theology: Catholic and Jewish Theology - Paperback

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by Jon Stewart (Editor)Tome III explores the reception of Kierkegaard's thought in the Catholic and Jewish theological traditions. In the 1920s Kierkegaard's intellectual and spiritual legacy became widely discussed in the Catholic Hochland Circle, whose members included Theodor Haecker, Romano Guardini, Alois Dempf and Peter Wust. Another key figure of the mid-war years was the prolific Jesuit author Erich Przywara. The second part of Tome III focuses on the reception of Kierkegaard's though...

Meditations Of First Philosophy - Paperback

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by Rene Descartes (Author)Meditations of First Philosophy is a philosophical work written by Rene Descartes, a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. The book is divided into six meditations, each of which explores different aspects of human knowledge and existence. In the first meditation, Descartes sets out to doubt all of his previous beliefs and knowledge, including the existence of the physical world and his own body, in order to arrive at certain knowledge. In the second medi...

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by Alvin Boyd Kuhn (Author)The Lens of the Mind is a philosophical exploration of the nature of perception and cognition by Alvin Boyd Kuhn. The book argues that the way we perceive the world is shaped by the lens of our minds, which is in turn shaped by our cultural and historical context. Kuhn draws on a wide range of sources, from ancient myths and religious texts to modern psychology and neuroscience, to explore the ways in which our minds construct reality. He also examines the role of l...

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by Benedict De Spinoza (Author)""Of God"" is a philosophical treatise written by the Dutch philosopher Benedict de Spinoza in the 17th century. The book is divided into two parts, with the first part discussing Spinoza's views on God, nature, and the universe. Spinoza argues that God is not a personal deity, but rather an impersonal force that is present in all things. He believes that everything in the universe, including humans, is a manifestation of God and that there is no distinction bet...

Roads To Rome: Being Personal Records Of Some Of The More Recent Converts To The Catholic Faith - Paperback

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by Various Authors (Author), Cardinal Vaughan (Introduction by)Roads to Rome is a collection of personal stories written by various authors who have converted to the Catholic faith. The book provides an intimate look into the spiritual journeys of these individuals, detailing the reasons behind their conversions, the challenges they faced, and the joys they experienced along the way. Each author shares their unique perspective on what drew them to Catholicism and how it has transformed their ...

Understanding the Analects of Confucius: A New Translation of Lunyu with Annotations - Hardcover

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by Peimin Ni (Author)A new translation and commentary of the Analects for contemporary audiences.Author BiographyPeimin Ni is Professor of Philosophy at Grand Valley State University. His books include Moral Cultivation and Confucian Character: Engaging Joel J. Kupperman (coedited with Chenyang Li), also published by SUNY Press. Number of Pages: 508 Dimensions: 1.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: March 01, 2017

Song of Mind: Wisdom from the Zen Classic Xin Ming - Paperback

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by Chan Master Sheng Yen (Author)"No words can explain enlightenment," says the seventh-century Zen classic Xin Ming, or "Song of Mind," yet, paradoxically, this poem is a masterpiece of expressing the inexpressible. In his commentary on it, Chan Master Sheng Yen takes a practical approach, opening up the language of the Xin Ming to show students how to approach meditation, how to deal with problems that arise in their spiritual practice, and how to accomplish the imperative task of integra...

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by Thomas Paine (Author)An idealist, a radical, and a master rhetorician, Thomas Paine wrote and lived with a keen sense of urgency and excitement. In The Age of Reason, Thomas Paine declares that all religious traditions are ultimately established for the dependence of mankind. He openly criticizes the Bible and many of the fallacies contained within, as well as providing a shrewd analysis of Christianity and how it developed from its pagan ancestry-arguments many critics claim carry weight ...

Chuang-Tzu: The Tao of Perfect Happiness--Selections Annotated & Explained - Hardcover

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by Livia Kohn (Commentaries by), Livia Kohn (Translator)A fresh, modern translation of key selections from this timeless text opens up classic Taoist beliefs and practices with insightful commentary that highlights how you can live a more balanced, authentic and joyful life by following Taoist principles.Author BiographyLivia Kohn, PhD, a leading Taoist scholar, is professor emerita of religion and East Asian studies at Boston University. She is author or editor of over twenty-five books and ...

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by Swami Satyananda Saraswati (Author)The Bhagavad Gita is considered the essence of the Vedas and Upanishads. In Vaishnava tradition there are five jewels which surround the Bhagavad Gita, and these are considered the five jewels, which ornament the Gita.The five jewels are: Gita Mahatmyam, the Greatness of the Gita; Vishnusahasranam, the Thousand Names of Vishnu; Bhishmastavaraja, the King of the Spiritual Songs of Bhishma - the Powerful; Anusmriti, the Remembrance of the Most Subtle; and G...

The Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence: With Extracts from Newton's 'Principia' and 'Optiks' - Paperback

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by Robert Gavin Alexander (Author)n 1715 Leibniz wrote to his friend the Princess of Wales to warn her of the dangers Newton's philosophy posed for natural religion. Seizing this chance of initiating an exchange between the two greatest minds in Europe, the princess showed his letter to the eminent Newtonian scientist and natural theologian, Samuel Clarke. From his reply developed an exchange of papers which was published in 1717. The correspondence was immediately seen as a crucial discussio...

Your Gift from God Is in Your Name - Paperback

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by Delores M. Griggs (Author)Your name is important to God, as He made you unique, like Him. He has gifts, benefits and a purpose for you to share with the rest of the world. Whether or not you are a Christian, the Scripture states that: - Each birth is a gift from God. - God knew who and what each person was going to be prior to his or her birth. - God wants every one of us to know that we are loved, unique and adored by Him, no matter what our nationality or circumstances are in life. Numb...

Five Realities, One Truth: The Human Condition - Paperback

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by Andrew Lohrey (Author)Drawing on the work of David Bohm and Owen Barfield, Andrew Lohrey has sketched out the limits and the freedoms of the human condition through the five principal realities that constitute the psychological make-up of the human mind and its evolutionary path.Five Realities, One Truth argues that reality is a relative and local state of mind, a state that is not fixed but arises out of and is shaped by the manner in which we make meaning. In contrast, the conventional m...