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The Oxford Handbook of Plato: Second Edition - Paperback

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by Gail Fine (Volume Editor)Plato is the best known, and continues to be the most widely studied, of all the ancient Greek philosophers. The updated and original essays in the second edition of The Oxford Handbook of Plato provide in-depth discussions of a variety of topics and dialogues, all serving several functions at once: they survey the current academic landscape; express and develop the authors' own views; and situate those views within a range of alternatives. The result is a useful s...

The Mystique of Enlightenment: The Radical Ideas of U.G. Krishnamurti

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Report copyright infringementby U. G. Krishnamurti (Author)An underground spiritual classic distributed widely for the first time in the U.S., this is the story of one of the most unusual figures in contemporary spirituality, U.G. Krishnamurti, in his own words. The Mystique of Enlightenment is a scathing critique of contemporary spirituality. In a world in which spiritual techniques, teachers, concepts, and organizations are legion, U. G. stands nearly alone in his rejection of it all: "I am...

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Report copyright infringementby Anastasia Martin (Author), Historium Press (Author)A Pencraft Award-winning BookThis book will explore explanations of Earth and the universe such as The Big Bang, Creationism, The Ancient Astronaut Theory, The Theory of Evolution, and The Theory of Genetic Memory to name a few. This is merely a collection of questions and thoughts intended to elaborate and speculate on current theories and introduce new concepts and contradictory explanations. May this collect...

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Report copyright infringementby Anastasia Martin (Author) Number of Pages: 248 Dimensions: 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: June 21, 2024

Pragmatist Semantics: A Use-Based Approach to Linguistic Representation - Hardcover

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by José L. Zalabardo (Author)José L. Zalabardo defends a pragmatist account of what grounds the meaning of central semantic discourses--ascriptions of truth, of propositional attitudes, and of meanings. He argues that it is the procedures that regulate acceptance and rejection that give the sentences of these discourses their meanings, and explores the application of the pragmatist template to ethical discourse. The pragmatist approach is presented as an alternative to representationalist ac...

How to Tell a Story: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Storytelling for Writers and Readers - Hardcover

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by Aristotle (Author), Philip Freeman (Commentaries by), Philip Freeman (Translator)An inviting and highly readable new translation of Aristotle's complete Poetics--the first and best introduction to the art of writing and understanding stories Aristotle's Poetics is the most important book ever written for writers and readers of stories--whether novels, short fiction, plays, screenplays, or nonfiction. Aristotle was the first to identify the keys to plot, character, audience perception, trag...

How to Live: Or a Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer - Paperback

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by Sarah Bakewell (Author)Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography, from the author of Humanly PossibleHow to get along with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love--such questions arise in most people's lives. They are all versions of a bigger question: How do you live? This question obsessed Renaissance writers, none more than Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, considered by many to be the first truly modern individual. He wrote free-roamin...

Revolt Against the Modern World: Politics, Religion, and Social Order in the Kali Yuga - Hardcover

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by Julius Evola (Author)With unflinching gaze and uncompromising intensity Julius Evola analyzes the spiritual and cultural malaise at the heart of Western civilization and all that passes for progress in the modern world. As a gadfly, Evola spares no one and nothing in his survey of what we have lost and where we are headed. At turns prophetic and provocative, Revolt against the Modern World outlines a profound metaphysics of history and demonstrates how and why we have lost contact with the...

A History of Western Philosophy - Paperback

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by Bertrand Russell (Author)Hailed as "lucid and magisterial" by The Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy. Considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time, the History of Western Philosophy is a dazzlingly unique exploration of the ideologies of significant philosophers throughout the ages--from Plato and Aristotle through to Spinoza, Kant and the twentieth century. Written by a man who ...

Thailand Tales: A coming of age story filled with cultural shock anecdotes

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Report copyright infringementby Hugh Van Es (Author) Number of Pages: 148 Dimensions: 0.32 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN Publication Date: September 16, 2025

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by Red Pine (Translator)Winner of the Thornton Wilder Prize for Translation The most influential Buddhist sutra in the Mahayana tradition, from one of the world's preeminent translators of religious texts The Heart Sutra is Buddhism in a nutshell. It has had the most profound and wide-reaching influence of any text in Buddhism. This short text covers more of the Buddha's teachings than any other scripture, and it does so without being superficial or hurried. Although the original author is u...

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Report copyright infringementby B. Strawser (Author)Strawser examines several possible ethical justifications for the killing of Osama bin Laden and finds nearly all of them wanting. One, however, he argues is sound: that bin Laden was liable to be killed as a necessary and proportionate act of defensive harm on behalf of innocent people.Author BiographyDr. Bradley J. Strawser is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Naval Postgraduate School, USA, and Research Associate with Oxford Univer...

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Report copyright infringementby Christopher Gill (Editor), Tim Whitmarsh (Editor), John Wilkins (Editor)Galen is the most important medical writer in Graeco-Roman antiquity, and also extremely valuable for understanding Graeco-Roman thought and society in the second century AD. This volume of essays locates him firmly in the intellectual life of his period, and thus aims to make better sense of the medical and philosophical 'world of knowledge' that he tries to create. How did Galen present h...

The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication Part Two

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Report copyright infringementby Charles Darwin (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 original work. Number o...

heartbeats of PRAYER: Finding Grace in Sacred Conversations

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Report copyright infringementby Juan P. Aquino (Author)Your heart beats with a purpose, giving birth and life. The enigmatic rhythm of your heart mysteriously engages you in deep spiritual conversations with God. Are you struggling to find words to say in prayer? Heartbeats of Prayer - Finding Grace In Sacred Conversations directs you to your innermost being. It inspires you to pray from the heart. It challenges you to reflect on unique, uplifting reflections and perspectives about prayer, of...

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas D. Wilson (Author), Teri Norris (Cover Design by) Number of Pages: 348 Dimensions: 0.78 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: September 16, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Boris Groys (Author)Author BiographyBoris Groys is Professor of Aesthetics, Art History and Media Theory at the Center for Art and Media Technology in Karlsruhe, and, since 2005, the Global Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science, NYU. He has published numerous books, including On the New, Introduction to Antiphilosophy, The Total Art of Stalinism, and The Communist Postscript. Number of Pages: 208 Dimensions: 0.9 x ...

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Report copyright infringementby Theodor Adorno (Author), Rodney Livingstone (Translator), Slavoj Zizek (Foreword by)Written in exile from Germany, this potent study of Europe's most controversial composer explodes the frontiers of musical and cultural analysis. Measuring key elements of Wagner's oeuvre with patent musical dexterity, Adorno sheds light on a nineteenth-century bourgeois figure whose operas betray the social gestures and high-culture fantasies that helped plant the seeds of the ...

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Report copyright infringementby Swami Pranavamritananda Puri (Author), Amma (Other), Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Other)Son, Whatever You Have Been Seeking In Your Wanderings, Amma Will Show It To You! This Was The Promise Amma Gave Venugopal, A Young College Student Caught In A Crossroads Of Life. In This Book, Swami Pranavamritananda Puri Reflects On The Influences Preceding His Providential Meeting With Amma More Than 32 Years Ago, And The Impact She Had On His Life. Swami Pranavamritana...

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Report copyright infringementby Henry Pemberton (Author), Richard Glover (Author)Explore the foundations of modern science with "A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy," a fascinating glimpse into the groundbreaking ideas of one of history's greatest minds. This meticulously prepared print republication delves into Newton's revolutionary work, particularly his "Principia," offering insights into the principles of Newtonian physics and the philosophical underpinnings that shaped 17th-century ...

Unlike No Other: A Memoir of the Unlikely, Yet Successful Career of a United States Marine Corps Aviator

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Wemheuer (Author)Unlike No Other: Book Two (1974-1990)A Marine Colonel's Journey Through Command, Bureaucracy, and the Human Side of LeadershipIn Unlike No Other: Book Two, Colonel Robert Wemheuer continues the story of his remarkable military career-picking up after three Vietnam combat tours and following his rise through the ranks to full command.This second installment in his two-part memoir traces Wemheuer's "field-grade" years, from his promotion t...

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Report copyright infringementby Jeff McMahan (Editor)At the time of his death in January 2017, Derek Parfit was widely regarded among philosophers as the best and most important moral philosopher in well over a century. He was also both legendarily eccentric and legendarily generous. In his later years he became increasingly reclusive in his obsessive struggle to develop his ideas and arguments about an extensive set of philosophical problems before he died. His perfectionism, meticulous conc...

Near Enemies of the Truth: Avoid the Pitfalls of the Spiritual Life and Become Radically Free - Hardcover

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by Christopher D. Wallis (Author)Tantric philosopher and Oxford scholar Christopher Wallis calls out the seemingly helpful spiritual teachings dominating our current culture and demonstrates how these near truths stand in the way of a more radically free and meaningful life--and ultimately, a deeper spiritual awakening. Have you ever been told, "You create your own reality"? Have you been encouraged to "be your best self" or "follow your bliss"? Nowadays these slogans are everywhere, but wh...

You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself - Paperback

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by David McRaney (Author)An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise, based on the popular blog of the same name. Whether you're deciding which smartphone to purchase or which politician to believe, you think you are a rational being whose every decision is based on cool, detached logic. But here's the truth: You are not so smart. You're just as deluded as the rest of us--but that's okay, because being deluded is part of being human. Growing out of David McRaney'...

Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth - Hardcover

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by Catherine Pakaluk (Author)A portrait of America's most interesting yet overlooked women. In the midst of a historic "birth dearth," why do some 5 percent of American women choose to defy the demographic norm by bearing five or more children? Hannah's Children is a compelling portrait of these overlooked but fascinating mothers who, like the biblical Hannah, see their children as their purpose, their contribution, and their greatest blessing. The social scientist Catherine Pakaluk, herself ...

Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope - Paperback

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by Sarah Bakewell (Author)The New York Times bestseller - One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2023 - A New York Times Notable Book "A book of big and bold ideas, Humanly Possible is humane in approach and, more important, readable and worth reading. . . Bakewell is wide-ranging, witty and compassionate." -Wall Street Journal"Sweeping . . . linking philosophical reflections with vibrant anecdotes." -- The New York Times The bestselling author of How to Live and At the Existentialist Café...

At the Threshold of the Image: From Narcissus to Virtual Reality

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Report copyright infringementby Andrea Pinotti (Author)An exploration of the impact of immersive experiences on visual practices from cave painting to virtual reality In this groundbreaking book, philosopher Andrea Pinotti explores the impacts of a desire that has motivated human beings since prehistory: the desire to enter an image. He proposes that over the centuries, every culture has tried to realize this wish with whatever visual resources were available at the time, and today's virtual ...

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Report copyright infringementby Alison Peterman (Author)Dazzlingly original but deeply engaged with the philosophical currents of her time, Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673) was one of the most ingenious and exciting philosophers of the seventeenth century. In Cavendish, Alison Peterman provides a systematic reading of Cavendish's natural philosophy. While highlighting interpretations of Cavendish that present her as an anthropomorphic thinker, Peterman advocates instead for reading Cavendish in...

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas Ryckman (Author)Albert Einstein was the most influential physicist of the 20th century. In this much-needed book, Tom Ryckman demystifies Einstein's revolutionary theories of time and space and provides a brilliant philosophical introduction to his work and legacy. Author BiographyThomas Ryckman is Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University, USA. He is author of The Reign of Relativity: Philosophy in Physics 1915-1925 (2005). Number of P...

Ben & Me: From Temperance to Humility--Stumbling Through Ben Franklin's Thirteen Virtues, One Unvirtuous Day at a Time

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Report copyright infringementby Cameron Gunn (Author)Thirteen weeks. Thirteen virtues. Cameron Gunn considered himself a regular guy-a pretty good husband, father, attorney, and friend. But was there room for improvement? A reader of history and a fan of Ben Franklin (and weary of self-help advice that never seems to offer much help), Gunn decided to try a little experiment. He would attempt to live by Franklin's thirteen virtues, a list of lofty ideals the Founding Father held dear, as e...

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Raphael Arts (Author)The Syntax Of The Confessions Of Saint Augustine is a book written by Mary Raphael Arts. This book is a detailed analysis of the syntax used in Saint Augustine's Confessions. The Confessions is a spiritual autobiography written by Saint Augustine, one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. The book is divided into 13 chapters, each of which focuses on a different aspect of the syntax used in the Confe...

Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You

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Report copyright infringementby Guenter Klaus Walter (Author)The cover of this book emphasises as the world should be. This book is a true Life History of a person who grew up in the shadows of discrimination - which nearly killed him, he took that lesson to heart and fought his whole life to teach people "No more discrimination to anyone." We all are Humans with needs and wants and one of of those wants is the need of Human equality and the other is a need to be treated the way you treat oth...