Philosophy

25001 books

$63.25

by Derek Parfit (Author)On What Matters is a major work in moral philosophy. It is the long-awaited follow-up to Derek Parfit's 1984 book Reasons and Persons, one of the landmarks of twentieth-century philosophy. In this first volume Parfit presents a powerful new treatment of reasons and rationality, and a critical examination of three systematic moral theories -- Kant's ethics, contractualism, and consequentialism -- leading to his own ground-breaking synthetic conclusion. Along the way he ...

Hume: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

$12.99

by James A. Harris (Author)David Hume, philosopher, historian, economist, librarian, and essayist, was one of the great figures of the European Enlightenment. Unlike some of his famous contemporaries, however, he was not dogmatically committed to idealised conceptions of reason, liberty, and progress. Instead, Hume was a sceptic whose arguments questioned the reach and authority of human rationality, and who put the rivalrous passions of commercial life at the centre of his theory of human na...

The Ages of Man: A Study in Medieval Writing and Thought - Paperback

$50.38

by J. A. Burrow (Author)A profoundly organic view of humanity in nature, the concept of ages of man made itself felt in nearly all forms of medieval discourse--sermons, Bible commentaries, moral and political treatises, encyclopedias and lexicons, medical and astrological handbooks, didactic and courtly poems, andeven stained glass windows. J.A. Burrow's analysis ranges over the many manifestations of this idea, and considers the ways in which such ideas of natural order entered into medieval...

The Humanism of Coluccio Salutati - Paperback

$64.78

by B. L. Ullman (Author) Number of Pages: 364 Dimensions: 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 07, 2008

$66.58

by Roland H. Bainton (Author) Number of Pages: 328 Dimensions: 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 07, 2008

Storytelling: Ideas and Insights from Modern Tales - Paperback

$21.58

by Roemer McPhee (Author)Storytelling is a book of ideas. It is a large collection of short essays that identify and analyze timeless ideas and universal insights; insights into humanity and life. Wisdom and truth of all kinds are found in modern stories, of all kinds. It is an amazing resource-available to everybody. Storytelling goes where the artists go, examining most all of the major themes and issues and concerns that people have always faced.From "Aliens" to "Cabaret" to "Lolita" to "M...

Illuminations: Essays and Reflections - Paperback

$18.99

by Walter Benjamin (Author)A selection of works from one of the most original cultural critics of the twentieth century--as selected by Hannah Arendt and including a classic essay of her own about Walter Benjamin's life and philosophy. "There has been no more original, no more serious critic and reader in our time."--George Steiner An icon of criticism, Walter Benjamin was renowned for his insights on art, literature, and philosophy. This volume includes his views on Kafka, with whom he fe...

Storytelling: Ideas and Insights from Modern Tales - Hardcover

$28.78

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

$14.95

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...

Ride the Tiger: A Survival Manual for the Aristocrats of the Soul - Hardcover

$25.00

by Julius Evola (Author), Joscelyn Godwin (Translator), Constance Fontana (Translator)Julius Evola's final major work, which examines the prototype of the human being who can give absolute meaning to his or her life in a world of dissolution - Presents a powerful criticism of the idols, structures, theories, and illusions of our modern age - Reveals how to transform destructive processes into inner liberation The organizations and institutions that, in a traditional civilization and society, ...

More Than Meets the Eye: What Blindness Brings to Art - Paperback

$82.06

by Georgina Kleege (Author)In the quarter century following the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act, art museums, along with other public institutions, were tasked with making their facilities and collections more accessible to people with disabilities. Although blind and other disabled people have become marginally more visible in recent years, the vast majority of blind Americans remain undereducated and unemployed. In More Than Meets the Eye, Georgina Kleege shows how the scru...

The Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics - Paperback

$119.70

by George G. Brenkert (Editor), Tom L. Beauchamp (Editor)Business ethics raises many important philosophical issues. A first set of issues concerns the methodology of business ethics. What is the role of ethical theory in business ethics? To what extent, if at all, can thinking in business ethics be enhanced by philosophy, so as to provide real moral guidance? Another set of issues involves questions regarding markets, capitalism, and economic justice. There are related concerns about the nat...

$15.95

by José Ortega Y. Gasset (Author)Social upheaval in early 20th-century Europe is the historical setting for this seminal study by the Spanish philosopher, Jos Ortega y Gasset. Continuously in print since 1932, Ortega's vision of Western culture as sinking to its lowest common denominator and drifting toward chaos brought its author international fame and has remained one of the influential books of the 20th century.Back JacketSocial upheaval in early twentieth-century Europe is the historica...

$20.50

by Jorge Perez (Author) Number of Pages: 246 Dimensions: 0.52 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: October 21, 2024

$20.95

by Elaine Scarry (Author)Have we become beauty-blind? For two decades or more in the humanities, various political arguments have been put forward against beauty: that it distracts us from more important issues; that it is the handmaiden of privilege; and that it masks political interests. In On Beauty and Being Just Elaine Scarry not only defends beauty from the political arguments against it but also argues that beauty does indeed press us toward a greater concern for justice. Taking inspir...

Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

$14.02

by Thomas Flynn (Author)One of the leading philosophical movements of the twentieth century, existentialism has had more impact on literature and the arts than any other school of thought. Focusing on the leading figures of existentialism, including Sartre, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Kierkegaard, de Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty, and Camus, Thomas Flynn offers a concise account of existentialism, explaining the key themes of individuality, free will, and personal responsibility, which marked the movemen...

$32.38

by David R. Shlim (Author)Finding a fascinating and gratifying medical practice in Kathmandu saved his medical career, but befriending a reincarnate Tibetan lama transformed his life.This compellingly written memoir is a grand adventure tale of travel in Nepal and Tibet, tense and highly emotional medical encounters, new romances, and ground-breaking medical research. But all these eventually take a back seat to what the author learns about Tibetan Buddhism and the ability to train in compass...

$19.99

by Richard Dawkins (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER In the seminal text on atheism in the twenty-first centuy, renowned scientist Richard Dawkins examines the irrationality of believing in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society. From the sex-obsessed tyrant in the Old Testament to the more benign Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment thinkers, Dawkins rigorously analyzes God in all his forms, eviscerating the major arguments for relig...

The Art of Everyday Ecstasy: The Seven Tantric Keys for Bringing Passion, Spirit, and Joy into Every Part of Your Life - Paperback

$22.00

by Margot Anand (Author)Using spiritual exercises, rituals, and meditations, Anand offers a new vision for living that nurtures creativity, love, empowerment, and healing.Front JacketEcstasy is about waking up and finding that you are in love with life. Most people think of ecstasy in terms of sexual ecstasy, which Tantric sex expert Margot Anand wrote about in her bestselling The Art of Sexual Ecstasy. Now, in The Art of Everyday Ecstasy, Anand expands our definition of ecstasy and shows how...

$7.99

by Kahlil Gibran (Author), Kahlil Gibran (Illustrator)Read Gibran's masterpiece in print! Set in the mythic city of Orphalese, The Prophet is a poetic treatise on all facets of life, from the daily realities of clothes and houses, to questions of love, beauty, and self-knowledge. Featuring 12 original illustrations by the author, Gibran's lyric exploration of the human condition is as relevant today as it was nearly a century ago. Dimensions: 0.63 x 7.64 x 4.57 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication...

The History of Sexuality: An Introduction - Paperback

$17.00

by Michel Foucault (Author)Why we are so fascinated with sex and sexuality--from the preeminent philosopher of the 20th century.Michel Foucault offers an iconoclastic exploration of why we feel compelled to continually analyze and discuss sex, and of the social and mental mechanisms of power that cause us to direct the questions of what we are to what our sexuality is.Front JacketThe author turns his attention to sex and the reasons why we are driven constantly to analyze and discuss it. An i...

Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future - Paperback

$11.95

by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (Author), Marion Faber (Editor), Marion Faber (Translator)Nietzsche's mature masterpiece, Beyond Good and Evil considers the origins and nature of Judeo-Christian morality; the end of philosophical dogmatism and beginning of perspectivism; the questionable virtues of science and scholarship; liberal democracy, nationalism, and women's emancipation. A superb new translation by Marion Faber, this highly annotated edition is complemented by a lucid introduction by ...

Les Étapes De La Philosophie Mathématique, Par Léon Brunschvicg. - Paperback

$54.70

by Léon Brunschvicg (Author) Number of Pages: 600 Dimensions: 1.21 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: September 13, 2006

The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness - Paperback

$18.00

by Simon Wiesenthal (Author)A Holocaust survivor's surprising and thought-provoking study of forgiveness, justice, compassion, and human responsibility, featuring contributions from the Dalai Lama, Harry Wu, Cynthia Ozick, Primo Levi, and more. You are a prisoner in a concentration camp. A dying Nazi soldier asks for your forgiveness. What would you do? While imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, Simon Wiesenthal was taken one day from his work detail to the bedside of a dying member of th...

Meditations: The Philosophy Classic - Hardcover

$15.00

by Marcus Aurelius (Author), Tom Butler-Bowdon (Editor), Donald Robertson (Introduction by)A deluxe special edition of the ancient classic written by the Roman Emperor known as "The Philosopher" Meditations is a series of personal journals written by Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome from 169 to 180 AD. The last of the "Five Good Emperors," he was the most powerful and influential man in the Western world at the time. Marcus was one of the leaders of Stoicism, a philosophy of personal ethics w...

How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking - Paperback

$19.00

by Jordan Ellenberg (Author)"Witty, compelling, and just plain fun to read . . ." --Evelyn Lamb, Scientific American The Freakonomics of math--a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our hands The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us how terribly limiting this view is: Math isn't confined to abstract incidents that n...

The Tibetan Book of the Dead: First Complete Translation (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - Paperback

$25.00

by Gyurme Dorje (Translator), Graham Coleman (Editor), Thupten Jinpa (Editor)The first complete translation of a classic Buddhist text on the journey through living and dying Graced with opening words by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, the Penguin Deluxe Edition of The Tibetan Book of the Dead is "immaculately rendered in an English both graceful and precise." Translated with the close support of leading contemporary masters and hailed as "a tremendous accomplishment," this book faithfully prese...

$10.73

by Plato (Author), Robin Waterfield (Editor), Robin Waterfield (Translator)The central work of one of the West's greatest philosophers, The Republic of Plato is a masterpiece of insight and feeling, the finest of the Socratic dialogues, and one of the great books of Western culture. This new translation captures the dramatic realism, poetic beauty, intellectual vitality, and emotional power of Plato at the height of his powers. Deftly weaving three main strands of argument into an artistic wh...

Create Dangerously: The Power and Responsibility of the Artist - Paperback

$9.00

by Albert Camus (Author), Sandra Smith (Translator)A call to arms for artists, in particular those who came from an immigrant background, like he did. - "To create today means to create dangerously. Every publication is a deliberate act, and that act makes us vulnerable to the passions of a century that forgives nothing." In 1957, Nobel Prize-winning philosopher Albert Camus gave a speech entitled "Create Dangerously." Camus understood the necessity of those making art as a part of civil soci...

A Minimally Good Life: What We Owe to Others and What We Can Justifiably Demand - Hardcover

$153.90

by Nicole Hassoun (Author)What do we owe to each other simply out of respect, or concern, for our common humanity? What can we claim? The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as many states' constitutions embody competing answers to these questions. Different accounts of what we owe to others out of concern for our common humanity ground divergent accounts of the basic minimum just societies and the international community must he...

Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation - Paperback

$15.99

by Stephen Mitchell (Author)Stephen Mitchell is widely known for his ability to make ancient masterpieces thrillingly new, to step in where many have tried before and create versions that are definitive for our time. His celebrated version of the Tao Te Ching is the most popular edition in print, and his translations of Jesus, Rilke, Genesis, and Job have won the hearts of readers and critics alike. Stephen Mitchell now brings to the Bhagavad Gita his gift for breathing new life into sacred t...

The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali: A New Edition, Translation, and Commentary - Paperback

$37.00

by Edwin F. Bryant (Author)A landmark new translation and edition Written almost two millennia ago, Pata jali's work focuses on how to attain the direct experience and realization of the purusa: the innermost individual self, or soul. As the classical treatise on the Hindu understanding of mind and consciousness and on the technique of meditation, it has exerted immense influence over the religious practices of Hinduism in India and, more recently, in the West. Edwin F. Bryant's translation i...