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Report copyright infringementby George Field (Author)Chromatics: Or The Analogy, Harmony, And Philosophy Of Colors is a book written by George Field in 1845. The book is an in-depth exploration of the science of colors and their significance in various aspects of life. The author delves into the history of color theory, discussing the works of prominent philosophers and scientists who have contributed to the field. The book is divided into several sections, each of which focuses on a differen...

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Report copyright infringementby Werner Speiser (Author)The Art of China: Spirit and Society is a comprehensive book by Werner Speiser that provides a detailed exploration of Chinese art and its relationship with the country's culture and society. The book covers a wide range of artistic forms, including painting, sculpture, ceramics, calligraphy, and architecture, and analyzes their significance within the broader context of China's history and social development.The author begins with an ove...

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Report copyright infringementby Herbert Edward Read (Author)The Philosophy of Modern Art is a book written by Herbert Read, a British poet, critic, and philosopher. The book is a comprehensive study of the philosophical foundations of modern art and aims to provide a theoretical framework for understanding the art movements of the 20th century. Read explores the various philosophical ideas that have influenced modern art, including existentialism, phenomenology, and Marxism. He also discusses...

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Report copyright infringementby John 1888 Baragwanath (Created by)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is ...

Real Deceptions: The Contemporary Reinvention of Realism

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Report copyright infringementby Jennifer Friedlander (Author)Real Deceptions develops a new theory of realism through close consideration of myriad contemporary art, media, and cultural practices. Rather than focusing on transgressing deceptions which distort reality, the book argues that reality lies within the deceptions themselves. That is to say, realism's political potential emerges not by revealing deception but precisely by staging deceptions--particularly deceptions that imperil the v...

How to Win an Argument: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion - Hardcover

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by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Author), James M. May (Editor), James M. May (Translator)Timeless techniques of effective public speaking from ancient Rome's greatest orator All of us are faced countless times with the challenge of persuading others, whether we're trying to win a trivial argument with a friend or convince our coworkers about an important decision. Instead of relying on untrained instinct--and often floundering or failing as a result--we'd win more arguments if we learned the timele...

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by The Classics Cave (Author)ARETĒ EXCELLENCE OR VIRTUE is an anthology-like book that presents "what the ancient Greeks thought and said about aretē"-about "excellence" or "virtue." In Homer's ILIAD, Achilles' father urges him to "be the best" (to possess aretē, excellence or virtue). In the ODYSSEY, old Laertes rejoices that his son Odysseus and his grandson Telemachus are "battling over aretē." Hundreds of years later, the poet Theognis of Megara counselled his friend to "wear [himself] ou...

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Report copyright infringementby Reinder 1901-1975 Blijstra (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is...

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by Niccolo Machiavelli (Author), George Bull (Translator), Anthony Grafton (Introduction by)Machiavelli's highly influential treatise on political power The Prince shocked Europe on publication with its advocacy of ruthless tactics for gaining absolute power and its abandonment of conventional morality. Niccol Machiavelli drew on his own experience of office under the turbulent Florentine republic, rejecting traditional values of political theory and recognizing the complicated, transient n...

Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Andrew Clapham (Author)Today it is usually not long before a problem gets expressed as a human rights issue. Indeed, human rights law continues to gain increasing attention internationally, and must move quickly in order to keep up with a social world that changes so rapidly. This Very Short Introduction, in its second edition, brings the issue of human rights up to date, considering the current controversies surrounding the movement. Discussing torture and arbitrary detention in the conte...

The Upanishads: Breath from the Eternal - Paperback

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by Anonymous (Author), Swami Prabhavanada (Translator), Frederick Manchester (Translator) The Wisdom of the Hindu Mystics The principal texts selected and translated from the original Sanskrit, Upanishad means "sitting near devotedly", which conjures images of the contemplating student listening with rapt attention to the teachings of a spiritual master. These are widely considered to be philosophical and spiritual meditations of the highest order. Number of Pages: 160 Dimensions: 0.6 x 6.7...

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Report copyright infringementby Charles Isaac Elton (Author), Mary Augusta Elton (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the or...

Foucault: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Gary Gutting (Author)Born in 1926 in France, Foucault is one of those rare philosophers who has become a cult figure. Over the course of his life he dabbled in drugs, politics, and the Paris SM scene, all whilst striving to understand the deep concepts of identity, knowledge, and power. From aesthetics to the penal system; from madness and civilisation to avant-garde literature, Foucault was happy to reject old models of thinking and replace them with versions that are still widely debated...

Descartes: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Tom Sorell (Author)Descartes is perhaps best known for his statement, "Cogito, ergo sum, " the cornerstone of his metaphysics. But he did not intend the metaphysics to stand apart from his scientific work, which included important investigations into physics, mathematics, and optics. In this book, Sorell shows that Descarates was, above all, an advocate and practitioner of the new mathematical approach to physics, and that he developed his philosophies to support his discoveries in the sci...

Locke: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by John Dunn (Author)John Locke (1632-1704) one of the greatest English philosophers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, argued in his masterpiece, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, that our knowledge is founded in experience and reaches us principally through our senses; but its message has been curiously misunderstood. In this book John Dunn shows how Locke arrived at his theory of knowledge, and how his exposition of the liberal values of toleration and responsible...

Reality: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Jan Westerhoff (Author)Is matter real? Are persons real? Is time real? This Very Short Introduction discusses what, if anything, is "real" by looking at a variety of arguments from philosophy, physics, and cognitive science. Jan Westerhoff shows that the question "what is real?" is not some esoteric puzzle that only philosophers ponder. Scientists also ask this question when they investigate whether candidates for the fundamental constituents of matter are actually "out there" or just a me...

Basic Writings of Nietzsche PB - Paperback

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by Friedrich Nietzsche (Author), Peter Gay (Introduction by), Walter Kaufmann (Translator)Introduction by Peter GayTranslated and edited by Walter Kaufmann Commentary by Martin Heidegger, Albert Camus, and Gilles Deleuze One hundred years after his death, Friedrich Nietzsche remains the most influential philosopher of the modern era. Basic Writings of Nietzsche gathers the complete texts of five of Nietzsche's most important works, from his first book to his last: The Birth of Tragedy, Beyond...

How to Be a Leader: An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership - Hardcover

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by Plutarch (Author), Jeffrey Beneker (Translator), Jeffrey Beneker (Editor)Timeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any field The ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch thought deeply about the leadership qualities of the eminent Greeks and Romans he profiled in his famous--and massive--Lives, including politicians and generals such as Pericles, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Mark Antony. Luckily for us, Plutarch distilled what he learned about wise leadership in a hand...

Hagakure: The Secret Wisdom of the Samurai - Paperback

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by Yamamoto Tsunetomo (Author), Alexander Bennett (Translator)The comprehensive and accurate edition of the Hagakure is a must-have for serious martial artists or fans of samurai and the bushido code. The Hagakure is one of the most influential of all Japanese texts--written nearly 300 years ago by Yamamoto Tsunetomo to summarize the very essence of the Japanese Samurai bushido ("warrior") spirit. Its influence has been felt throughout the world, and yet its existence is scarcely known to man...

Health Problems: Philosophical Puzzles about the Nature of Health - Hardcover

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by Elizabeth Barnes (Author)Health is weird. Health is weird in a way that resists simple explanations or elegant theorizing. This book is a philosophical explanation of that weirdness, and an argument that grappling with the distinctive weirdness of health can give us insight into how we might approach difficult questions about social reality. After examining extant theories of health - and finding them lacking - the book explores some particularly intractable puzzles about the nature of hea...

Derrida: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Simon Glendinning (Author)Jacques Derrida, the French philosopher, wrote such famed works as Writing and Difference, Speech and Phenomena, and On Grammatology, has made important contributions to both post-structuralism and post-modern philosophy, and indeed has challenged some of the unquestioned assumptions of our philosophical tradition. But he is most renowned--or condemned--for his critical technique known as "deconstruction." In this Very Short Introduction, Simon Glendinning explore...

Unbecoming Persons: The Rise and Demise of the Modern Moral Self

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Report copyright infringementby Ladelle McWhorter (Author)A damning genealogy of modern personhood and a bold vision for a new ethics rooted in belonging rather than individuality. In the face of ecological crisis, economic injustice, and political violence, the moral demands of being a good person are almost too much to bear. In Unbecoming Persons, Ladelle McWhorter argues that this strain is by design. Our ideas about personhood, she shows, emerged to sustain centuries of colonialism, slav...

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by Martin Heidegger (Author)Poetry, Language, Thought collects Martin Heidegger's pivotal writings on art, its role in human life and culture, and its relationship to thinking and truth. Essential reading for students and anyone interested in the great philosophers, this book opens up appreciation of Heidegger beyond the study of philosophy to the reaches of poetry and our fundamental relationship to the world. Featuring "The Origin of the Work of Art," a milestone in Heidegger's canon, this ...

Then I Am Myself the World: What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It - Hardcover

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by Christof Koch (Author)"Deeply personal and infinitely digestible, Then I Am Myself the World is a remarkable must-read for anyone interested in knowing their mind."―Judson Brewer MD, PhD, New York Times-bestselling author of Unwinding Anxiety The world's leading investigator of consciousness argues that by understanding what consciousness does--cause change in the world--we can understand its origins and its future  In Then I Am Myself the World, Christof Koch explores the only thing we ...

Classical Philosophy: A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Volume 1 - Paperback

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by Peter Adamson (Author)Classical Philosophy is the first of a series of books in which Peter Adamson aims ultimately to present a complete history of philosophy, more thoroughly but also more enjoyably than ever before. In short, lively chapters, based on the popular History of Philosophy podcast, he offers an accessible, humorous, and detailed look at the emergence of philosophy with the Presocratics, the probing questions of Socrates, and the first full flowering of philosophy with the di...

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by L. A. Paul (Author)As we live our lives, we repeatedly make decisions that shape our future circumstances and affect the sort of person we will be. When choosing whether to start a family, or deciding on a career, we often think we can assess the options by imagining what different experiences would be like for us. L. A. Paul argues that, for choices involving dramatically new experiences, we are confronted by the brute fact that we can know very little about our subjective futures. This h...

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by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Author), Patrick Coleman (Editor), Angela Scholar (Author)In his Confessions Jean-Jacques Rousseau tells the story of his life, from the formative experience of his humble childhood in Geneva, through the achievement of international fame as novelist and philosopher in Paris, to his wanderings as an exile, persecuted by governments and alienated from the world of modern civilization. In trying to explain who he was and how he came to be the object of others' admirati...

You Are Still Alive, Now Act Like It: Empower, Elevate, and Enlighten Your Consciousness - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Ray Catania (Author)Many years after a near-death experience, a former atheist becomes a spiritual warrior determined to overcome past traumas and discover the true nature of reality. (Winner of 8 Literary Awards to date) You are Still Alive, Now Act Like It, offers an inspiring, non-fictional, account of one man's unintended journey from atheism to spiritualism and the knowledge he uncovered along the way. Ray Catania's remarkable 2nd installment of his Awake...

Anger and Forgiveness: Resentment, Generosity, Justice - Hardcover

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by Martha C. Nussbaum (Author)Anger is not just ubiquitous, it is also popular. Many people think it is impossible to care sufficiently for justice without anger at injustice. Many believe that it is impossible for individuals to vindicate their own self-respect or to move beyond an injury without anger. To not feel anger in those cases would be considered suspect. Is this how we should think about anger, or is anger above all a disease, deforming both the personal and the political? In this ...

Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and Nobody - Paperback

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by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (Author), Graham Parkes (Translator)hus Spake Zarathustra is a masterpiece of literature as well as philosophy. It was Nietzsche's own favorite and has proved to be his most popular. In this book he addresses the problem of how to live a fulfilling life in a world without meaning, in the aftermath of "the death of God." His solution lies in the idea of eternal recurrence, which he calls "the highest formula of affirmation that can ever be attained." A successful...

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by Plato (Author), Robin Waterfield (Translator), Andrew Gregory (Author)'The god wanted everything to be good, marred by as little imperfection as possible.' Timaeus, one of Plato's acknowledged masterpieces, is an attempt to construct the universe and explain its contents by means of as few axioms as possible. The result is a brilliant, bizarre, and surreal cosmos - the product of the rational thinking of a creator god and his astral assistants, and of purely mechanistic causes based on th...

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by René Descartes (Author), Ian MacLean (Author)Descartes' Discourse marks a watershed in European thought; in it, the author sets out in brief his radical new philosophy, which begins with a proof of the existence of the self (the famous "cogito ergo sum"). Next he deduces from it the existence and nature of God, and ends by offering a radical new account of the physical world and of human and animal nature. Written in everyday language and meant to be read by common people of the day, it sw...