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by Victor Eremita (Author), Alastair Hannay (Translator), Alastair Hannay (Introduction by)The infamous and controversial work that made a lasting impression on both modern Protestant theology and existentialist philosophers such as Sartre and Camus Writing under the pseudonym of "Johannes de silentio," Kierkegaard expounds his personal view of religion through a discussion of the scene in Genesis in which Abraham prepares to sacrifice his son Isaac at God's command. Believing Abraham's unres...

Meditaciones: Marco Aurelio (Edición de Regalo) / Marcus Aurelius Meditations (GI FT Edition) - Hardcover

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by Marco Aurelio (Author)La edición de lujo, maravillosamente ilustrada, del bestseller más estoico. Una invitación a desprendernosde lo incontrolable y tomar las riendas de lo que sí depende de nosotros para convertirnos en «escultores de nuestros pensamientos, nuestros juicios y nuestros deseos. Escritas en griego por un emperador romano e intelectual que no tenía intención alguna de publicarlas, estas píldoras de sabiduría práctica, repletas de encanto y expresividad, han sido consult...

Laozi's DAO de Jing: A New Interpretation for a Transformative Time - Hardcover

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by Laozi (Author), Ken Liu (Author)A fresh, graceful translation of one of the most important and timeless classics--the foundational work of Daoism--by award-winning novelist Ken Liu, who contextualizes and demystifies this famously enigmatic text. Laozi's Dao De Jing was written around 400 BC by a compassionate soul in a world torn by hatred and ambition, dominated by those that yearned for apocalyptic confrontations and prized ideology over experience. By speaking out against the clevernes...

Anton Wilhelm Amo's Philosophical Dissertations on Mind and Body - Hardcover

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by Stephen Menn (Editor), Stephen Menn (Translator), Justin E. H. Smith (Editor)Anton Wilhelm Amo (c.1703-after 1752) was the first African philosopher in the modern period to write in the European philosophical tradition and study and teach in European universities. At the dawn of the eighteenth century, while still a small boy, he was sent from his home in present-day Ghana to Amsterdam. From there he was sent to Germany as a court attendant of Duke Anton Ulrich of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel...

Afterwar: Healing the Moral Wounds of Our Soldiers - Hardcover

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by Nancy Sherman (Author)Movies like American Sniper and The Hurt Locker hint at the inner scars our soldiers incur during service in a war zone. The moral dimensions of their psychological injuries--guilt, shame, feeling responsible for doing wrong or being wronged-elude conventional treatment. Georgetown philosophy professor Nancy Sherman turns her focus to these moral injuries in Afterwar. She argues that psychology and medicine alone are inadequate to help with many of the most painful qu...

Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson: All and Everything, First Series - Paperback

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by G. I. Gurdjieff (Author)A landmark exploration of the human condition with the goal of bringing self-awareness in one's daily life With Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson, G. I. Gurdjieff intended to "destroy, mercilessly . . . the beliefs and views about everything existing in the world." This novel beautifully brings to life the visions of humanity for which Gurdjieff has become esteemed. Beelzebub, a man of worldly (and other-worldly) wisdom, shares with his grandson the anecdotes, perso...

Fatal Strategies, New Edition - Paperback

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by Jean Baudrillard (Author), Dominic Pettman (Introduction by)An early work in which Baudrillard became Baudrillard.When Fatal Strategies was first published in French in 1983, it represented a turning point for Jean Baudrillard: an utterly original, and for many readers, utterly bizarre book that offered a theory as proliferative, ecstatic, and hallucinatory as the postmodern world it endeavored to describe. Arguing against the predetermined outcomes of dialectical thought with his renowned...

Cicero: Political Philosophy - Paperback

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by Malcolm Schofield (Author)This book offers an innovative analytic account of Cicero's treatment of key political ideas: liberty and equality, government, law, cosmopolitanism and imperialism, republican virtues, and ethical decision-making in politics. Cicero (106-43 BC) is well known as a major player in the turbulent politics of the last three decades of the Roman Republic. But he was a political thinker, too, influential for many centuries in the Western intellectual and cultural tradit...

There Is No Other: The Way to Harmony and Wholeness

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Report copyright infringementby Ram Dass (Author), Parvati Markus (Author), Parvati Markus (Introduction by)An essential balm for these tumultuous times, this thoughtful and inspiring guide features newly gathered teachings to abandon the idea there is an "other," bridging differences and cherishing our lives in the world, from beloved spiritual leader Ram Dass.With the world seeming to teeter between democracy and authoritarianism, between humanitarianism and individualism, Ram Dass's teachi...

Capturing Kahanamoku: How a Surfing Legend and a Scientific Obsession Redefined Race and Culture

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Rossi (Author)"A haunting, quietly devastating excavation of a story we should all know but don't: how a surfing legend became the target of eugenic obsession... Gorgeously written and brilliantly researched, this book is both a warning and a wonder." -- Laurie Gwen Shapiro, author of The Aviator and the Showman"[A] strange and captivating account... Rossi excels at exposing the bunk pseudoscience at the heart of eugenicists' mystical fascination with r...

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Report copyright infringementby Hanna Wise Heiting (Author)Hanna Wise Heiting's My Problems With Empathy is a poetic-philosophical dance that burrows deeply into the mind of the moment. Each moment is a universe, a pearl, Hanna Wise Heiting's My Problems With Empathy is a poetic-philosophical dance that burrows deeply into the mind of the moment. Each moment is a universe, a pearl, a microcosm that Heiting explores through the medium of words. Yet, in her hands, words become images, and image...

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Report copyright infringementby Keith Lincoln Cook (Author)Keith Lincoln Cook's essay centres on his diagram of the monad: a circular diagram, showing the relationship between external stimuli, the intellect and the emotions. Although everyone should be able to freely respond to the vast amount of external stimuli collected by the senses, many people will block off their responses, collecting the stimuli in the band of intellect and thereby preventing it from reaching the emotions. These peop...

Postmodernism and Its Discontents: Theories, Practices

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Report copyright infringementby Ann E. Kaplan (Editor) Number of Pages: 208 Dimensions: 0.61 x 9.23 x 6.02 IN Publication Date: November 17, 1988

Fanged Noumena: Collected Writings 1987-2007 - Paperback

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by Nick Land (Author), Robin MacKay (Introduction by), Ray Brassier (Introduction by)A dizzying trip through the mind(s) of the provocative and influential thinker Nick Land.During the 1990s British philosopher Nick Land's unique work, variously described as "rabid nihilism," "mad black deleuzianism," and "cybergothic," developed perhaps the only rigorous and culturally-engaged escape route out of the malaise of "continental philosophy" --a route that was implacably blocked by the academy. Ho...

The Archaeology of Knowledge: And the Discourse on Language - Paperback

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by Michel Foucault (Author)Madness, sexuality, power, knowledge--are these facts of life or simply parts of speech? In a series of works of astonishing brilliance, historian Michel Foucault excavated the hidden assumptions that govern the way we live and the way we think. The Archaeology of Knowledge begins at the level of "things aid" and moves quickly to illuminate the connections between knowledge, language, and action in a style at once profound and personal. A summing up of Foucault's ow...

Mind-Society: From Brains to Social Sciences and Professions (Treatise on Mind and Society) - Paperback

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by Paul Thagard (Author)How do minds make societies, and how do societies change? Paul Thagard systematically connects neural and psychological explanations of mind with major social sciences (social psychology, sociology, politics, economics, anthropology, and history) and professions (medicine, law, education, engineering, and business). Social change emerges from interacting social and mental mechanisms. Many economists and political scientists assume that individuals make rational choices...

The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Liberation Through Understanding in the Between - Paperback

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by Robert Thurman (Author)The most accessible and informative version of the Buddhist classic available in English, with instruction in meditation, illuminating commentary, and guidance in the practical use of the prayers The so-called "Tibetan Book of the Dead" has been renowned for centuries as a cornerstone of Buddhist wisdom and religious thought. More recently, it has become highly influential in the Western world for its psychological insights into the processes of death and dying--an...

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by Lao Tzu (Author), Gia-Fu Feng (Translator), Jane English (Translator)The most accessible and authoritative modern English translation of this esoteric but infinitely practical bestselling book. "No one has done better in conveying Lao Tsu's simple and laconic style of writing, so as to produce an English version almost as suggestive of the many meanings intended." --Alan WattsFor nearly two generations, Gia-fu Feng and Jane English's bestselling translation of the Tao Te Ching has been the...

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by Ralph Waldo Emerson (Author), Larzer Ziff (Editor), Larzer Ziff (Introduction by)An indispensible look at Emerson's influential life philosophy Through his writing and his own personal philosophy, Ralph Waldo Emerson unburdened his young country of Europe's traditional sense of history and showed Americans how to be creators of their own circumstances. His mandate, which called for harmony with, rather than domestication of, nature, and for a reliance on individual integrity, rather than o...

AI is much more than Technology: Reflections on Artificial Intelligence - (Thought-Provoking Quotes, Essays & Articles)

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Report copyright infringementby Murat Durmus (Author)In a world where artificial intelligence is rapidly advancing, it's easy to focus on the technology and its capabilities. But there's so much more to AI than just machines and algorithms. This book, "AI is Much More Than Technology," explores the philosophical and ethical implications of AI and its impact on society and our humanity. Through a collection of thought-provoking quotes, essays, and articles, you'll be challenged to think deeply...

Steering AI: How can we give artificial intelligence a purpose?

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Report copyright infringementby Maurice N'Diaye (Author)"I fully share Maurice N'Diaye's view that the AI revolution has the potential to be a tremendous accelerator for the common good." Xavier NielAround 300 billion dollars will be invested in AI worldwide in 2025, almost twice as much as in 2023. With such huge investments, how can we not question AI? For what purposes will we use-or not use- this technological revolution? In what areas and for what challenges will it really be able to hel...

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Report copyright infringementby Gray Cox (Author)Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming every aspect of our lives. Smarter Planet or Wiser Earth analyzes the challenges and proposes systematic dialogical strategies to address them. Using the best of contemporary research on conflict resolution and peacemaking including Quaker, Gandhian, Indigenous, and other traditions, methods of collaborative reasoning and ethical choice are proposed, including specific ways to teach ethics and run ou...

Digital Dilemmas: Navigating Ethics in the Age of AI and Surveillance

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Report copyright infringementby Ethan Ray (Author)In an age where technology is evolving at breakneck speed, this book dives deep into the ethical complexities that come with our digital advancements. Ethan Ray explores the delicate balance between innovation and integrity. This book examines how artificial intelligence, data privacy, surveillance, and digital rights intersect with our daily lives. Through clear, engaging prose and insightful analysis, the author challenges us to consider how...

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by Augustine (Author), Marcus Dods (Translator), Thomas Merton (Introduction by)One of the great cornerstones in the history of Christian philosophy, The City of God provides an insightful interpretation of the development of modern Western society and the origin of most Western thought. Contrasting earthly and heavenly cities--representing the omnipresent struggle between good and evil--Augustine explores human history in its relation to all eternity. In Thomas Merton's words, "The City of G...

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Report copyright infringementby Masudul Alam Choudhury (Author), Mohammad Shahadat Hossain (Author)Computing Reality is a rare and challenging research output in the area of cybernetic and system theory explaining the meaning behind the understanding, interpretation and application of scientific methodology for knowing scientific truth. The fundamental goal of Computing Reality is to explain how knowledge in scientific investigation can be derived, organized and deciphered in the light of uni...

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Report copyright infringementby Masudul Alam Choudhury (Author), Mohammed Shahadat Hossain (Author)>Computing Reality is a rare and challenging research output in the area of cybernetic and system theory explaining the meaning behind the understanding, interpretation and application of scientific methodology for knowing scientific truth. The fundamental goal of Computing Reality is to explain how knowledge in scientific investigation can be derived, organized and deciphered in the light of...

The Same Paragraph Over and Over: Zephyr - The Art of Being

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Report copyright infringementby Barak Ben Dov (Author)To you, This Book contains Forwards and The Same Paragraph Over and Over Again. Every time the paragraph appears, it might be in a different font and size.I will post the Paragraph, that you wouldn't need to buy the book for the Paragraph itself.This Book was made to test a few things. One of them is how to publish a book.Like many other tests in life, also this one brought me more than I expected.This book is inspiring and thought-provoki...

Witnessing Trauma Black Youth on Social Media

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Report copyright infringementby Nick E. Evans (Author)This project delves into the intersection of past and present modes of curating Black trauma, specifically examining the transition from traditional scrapbooking methods used by the Emmett Till Generation to contemporary practices on social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter by the Trayvon Generation. The central argument posits that these digital spaces serve as an extension of historical scrapbooking, revealing paralle...

The Clockwork of Civilization, How History, Technology, and Philosophy Shape Human Progress

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Report copyright infringementby Emmanuel Joseph Joseph (Author)The Clockwork of Civilization: How History, Technology, and Philosophy Shape Human ProgressIn "The Clockwork of Civilization," readers embark on an enlightening journey through the pivotal moments and forces that have shaped human history. Spanning from the dawn of civilization to the digital age, this book delves into the intricate interplay of history, technology, and philosophy that drives human progress.Each chapter provides a...

A Mutant Ape? The Origin of Man's Descent

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Pitman (Author)This volume is the umbilical offshoot of its 'mother book', Science and the Soul. Both are truly original works. We begin by linking with the latter. Then, using facts from palaeoanthropology, biology (classical and molecular), information theory, design theory and philosophy, A Mutant Ape? assesses the two main interpretations of your human origin.The simple difference between these interpretations is identified. So also are the differen...

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Report copyright infringementby Ingrid Seabra (Author), Pedro Seabra (Author), Angela Chan (Author)Let's Ask AI explores philosophical questions through the lens of Artificial Intelligence. The brilliance of AI answers questions from centuries-old philosophy questions, ranging from existentialism, ethics, life, God, and more recent ideas of qualia and singularity. By approaching this subject matter philosophically, Let's Ask AI is accessible to those without a technical background or an inter...

Reviving Beethoven: The Greatest Book Ever Published 2

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Report copyright infringementby Miodrag Radovanovic (Author)Reviving Beethoven Book 2 is a kind of final part of my greatest invention in history, MR Natural Superintelligence software design formula, together with my website mrworldpeace.com and my profile on Quora, everything is a basis for the greatest software in history, software tool for reaching perfection. To help individuals and the whole humanity reach perfection in mind and life, reach healthy longevity and world peace and endless ...