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Sociology, Capitalism, Critique - Paperback

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by Hartmut Rosa (Author), Stephan Lessenich (Author), Klaus Dörre (Author)Three radical perspectives on the critique of capitalism For years, the critique of capitalism was lost from public discourse; the very word "capitalism" sounded like a throwback to another era. Nothing could be further from the truth today. In this new intellectual atmosphere, Sociology, Capitalism, Critique is a contribution to the renewal of critical sociology, founded on an empirically grounded diagnosis of society'...

Nectar of Non-Dual Truth #33: A Journal of Religious and Philosophical Teachings - Paperback

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by Babaji Bob Kindler (Author), Rabbi Rami Shapiro (Author), Lex Hixon (Author)Nectar of Non-Dual Truth, A Journal of Universal Religious and Philosophical Teachings is an annual publication that contains articles on the philosophy and spirituality of Vedanta and other religious traditions by authentic practitioners. Issue #33 is dedicated to the methods, practice, and experience of meditation across a variety of religious and spiritual Traditions. We include teachings on meditation from Veda...

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by René Guénon (Author)Los occidentales modernos tienen el h bito de concebir el compuesto humano bajo una forma tan simplificada y tan reducida como es posible, puesto que no le hacen consistir m s que en dos elementos, de los cuales uno es el cuerpo, y al otro se le llama indiferentemente alma o esp ritu; decimos los occidentales modernos, porque, ciertamente, esa teor a dualista no se ha implantado definitivamente sino despu s de Descartes. No podemos emprender hacer aqu una historia, siq...

One World Renaissance: Holistic Planetary Transformation Through a Global Social Contract - Paperback

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by Glen T. Martin (Author)In this masterwork, Dr. Glen T. Martin shows why our predicament requires the creation of a global social contract that can only be adopted through a profound philosophic shift to holism the same evolutionary holism that has swept all of the world s sciences. He explains why this new holism, if applied to global governance, would require a world federation under enforceable global law. Humanity can never flourish, Martin argues, unless we build a well-governed world ...

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by Zhuangzi (Author), James Legge (Translator) The fables and anecdotes in the text attempt to illustrate the falseness of human distinctions between good and bad, large and small, life and death, and human and nature. While other philosophers wrote of moral and personal duty, Chuang Tzu( Zhuangzi) promoted carefree wandering and becoming one with "the Way" (Dao) by following nature.Though primarily known as a philosophical work, the Zhuangzi is regarded as one of the greatest literary works ...

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by John-Roger (Author) Cu l es la clave para una vida exitosa: "As en la tierra como en el cielo"?, C mo se aplica la espiritualidad en las situaciones de cada d a? Esta gu a pr ctica, le muestra a los lectores c mo despertar al Esp ritu en sus vidas y c mo utilizarlo cada d a. Abarca todo lo que se necesita saber acerca del despertar del Alma, el amar con discernimiento, identificar las influencias ps quicas y el conocimiento de la fuerza de la Luz y c mo usarla. M s de 70 claves para la e...

Boethius: The Theological Tractates - Paperback

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by H. F. Stewart (Translator), Boethius (Author)Boethius - The Theological Tractates. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, commonly called Boethius; c. 480 Number of Pages: 190 Dimensions: 0.4 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: November 18, 2017

Cartesianische Meditationen und Pariser Vorträge: Eine Einleitung in die Phänomenologie - Paperback

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by Edmund Husserl (Author)Cartesianische Meditationen und Pariser Vortr ge ist ein Werk von Edmund Husserl, einer der einflussreichsten Denker des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er forderte von der Philosophie, sich vorschneller Weltdeutungen zu enthalten und sich bei der analytischen Betrachtung der Dinge an das zu halten, was dem Bewusstsein unmittelbar (ph nomenal) erscheint. "Erkenntnis" ist zwar an psychische und physiologische Prozesse gebunden, sie ist aber nicht mit diesen identisch. Aus einem emp...

Theology and Philosophy in Eastern Orthodoxy - Hardcover

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by Christoph Schneider (Editor)Even in the twenty-first century, critical and creative engagement with modern and postmodern philosophy is still a rarity in Orthodox circles. This collection of essays makes a contribution to overcoming this deficit. Eight scholars from six different countries, working on the intersection between Orthodox thought and philosophy, present their research in short and accessible essays. The range of topics spans from political philosophy to phenomenology, metaphys...

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by Swami Vivekananda (Author)Like fire in a piece of flint, knowledge exists in the mind; suggestion is the friction which brings it out. So with all our feelings and actions--our tears and our smiles, our joys and our griefs, our weeping and our laughter, our curses and our blessings, our praises and our blames--every one of these we may find, if we calmly study our own selves, to have been brought out from within ourselves by so many blows. The result is what we are; all these blows taken t...

A Veiled Gazelle: Seeing How to See - Paperback

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by Idries Shah (Author) A 'Veiled Gazelle', as the great mystic Ibn Arabi explains in his Interpreter of Desires, is a subtlety, an organ of higher perception. Sufi experientialists refer to the activation of these centres of awareness as the awakening of real knowledge of Truth beyond form. A Veiled Gazelle considers the symbolic and instrumental employment of its literature in Sufi studies. Seldom didactic, and never meant only as entertainment, such works are regarded as some of the world...

The Routledge Handbook of Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy - Paperback

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by Stuart Glennan (Editor), Phyllis Illari (Editor)An outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of science, the Handbook will also be of interest to those in related fields such as metaphysics, philosophy of psychology and history of sAuthor BiographyStuart Glennan is the Harry T. Ice Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean of the College...

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by Pekka Karkkainen (Editor), Olli-Pekka Vainio (Editor)This volume collects together articles which engage a variety of themes related to human and divine love. The title of this book "apprehending love" employs the notion of apprehensio and especially its medieval background. For example, Martin Luther built his understanding of justification around this concept, which, on the one hand, refers to intellectual comprehension but, on the other hand, means becoming one with the object itself. I...

A Reader in Early Franciscan Theology: The Summa Halensis - Paperback

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by Oleg Bychkov (Editor), Lydia Schumacher (Editor)This Reader presents translations of key passages from the Summa Halensis. This text was collaboratively authored mostly between 1236-45 by the founding members of the Franciscan school at the University of Paris, who sought to lay down their own distinctive intellectual tradition for the first time.Author BiographyOleg Bychkov (Edited By) Oleg Bychkov is Professor of Theology at Saint Bonaventure University, New York. The most recent of his...

A L I G N: A Guide to a Philosophy-Based Chiropractic Practice - Hardcover

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by Denis R. Paris D. C. (Author)The process of integration in the health system has overshadowed the original intent of Chiropractic. Its vitalistic approach needs to be embraced and promoted. Through a look at the philosophy, art and science and practice in the current health paradigm, this will guide the reconciliation of all chiropractors' practice interests and all patients' needs and expectations. While preserving Chiropractic unique contribution, it offers a place that will allow all ch...

El conflicto de las interpretaciones: Ensayos de hermenéutica - Obras selectas de Paul Ricoeur 3 - Paperback

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by Paul Ricoeur (Author)En este tomo de las Obras Selectas de Paul Ricoeur, los ensayos de El conflicto de las interpretaciones, escritos a lo largo de una década, recuperan con rigurosa consecuencia las reflexiones centrales de Paul Ricoeur -uno de los filósofos más influyentes de la contemporaneidad- acerca de la interpretación y la crítica del sentido.Resuelto a legitimar la hermenéutica frente a otras disciplinas, Ricoeur explora inicialmente las sendas que se abren a la filosofía contemp...

The Simulation Unplugged: A Critical Assessment of Bostrom's Simulation Argument - Hardcover

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by Sasha Zouev (Author)This book provides a critical assessment of Nick Bostrom's simulation argument. The argument states that at least one of these statements must be true: [P1] Almost all civilizations will not reach a posthuman stage. [P2] Almost all posthuman civilizations will have no interest in creating ancestor simulations. [P3] We are almost definitely living in a computer simulation. I examine the soundness of Bostrom's argument by questioning some of his premises. I then propose...

Divrei Torah Darash David al haTorah - Hardcover

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by David B. Levy (Author)Divrei Torah Darash David al haTorah, dedicated to my beloved daughter Ruth. Number of Pages: 360 Dimensions: 0.81 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: May 16, 2021

Real, Not Perfect How to Become Your Happy, Authentic Self - Paperback

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by Holly R. Hughes (Author)This book is for every person who lost themselves along the way. It's for the woman who made herself smaller in a marriage, the caretakers who feel invisible and exhausted, and the people who can't say no to anyone. It's for individuals who play a role in their family, at work, and with their friends but bite their tongue, keeping their true thoughts and feelings hidden. Real, Not Perfect will guide you to recover your authentic self through the process of setting i...

Aristotle: The Theory of Metaphysics - Paperback

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by Aristotle (Author), William David Ross (Translator), John Alexander Smith (Translator)In "Aristotle: The Theory of Metaphysics," Aristotle delves into the intricacies of existence, substance, and the nature of reality, establishing a foundational text that shapes philosophical discourse. Through a dialectical approach, Aristotle employs a rigorous analytical style, painstakingly dissecting concepts such as being, causality, and the essence of things. This work emerges within the rich tapes...

From Sin to Psychiatry, and Interview on the Way to Mental Health With Dr. Karl A. Menninger; 1585 - Paperback

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by L. M. (Leon Milton) 1885-1 Birkhead (Created by), Karl a. (Karl Augustus) 1. Menninger (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 believ...

Asgard and the Gods; the Tales and Traditions of Our Northern Ancestors, Forming a Complete Manual of Norse Mythology; - Hardcover

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by Wilhelm 1800-1886 Wägner (Author), M. W. Macdowall (Created by), W. S. W. Anson (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 ...

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by Edward Maurice 1865- Blackwell (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 important enough to be p...

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by Juan M. Valenzuela (Author)A father's legacy for his kids to celebrate his 50th birthday.An easy-reading book that goes straight to the point, To My Kids consists of little pieces of advice for living a happy life. Divided into two parts, recommendations for living a happy life, and advice for success related to work and money, this book covers topics like love, health, money, joy, altruism, business, spirituality, decision making, and all the things that really matter. Based on the author...

Toward Afrodiasporic and Afrofuturist Philosophies of Religion - Hardcover

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by Jon Ivan Gill (Editor), Ytasha L. Womack (Foreword by)Based on the categories of mainstream philosophy of religion, we must ask the question if said categories are adequate to describe the conceptual frameworks of traditions not philosophically dependent on Western theistic understandings, such as religious traditions and philosophies of life emerging from the continent of Africa and appearing in the United States, the Caribbean, North, Central, and South America, and Europe. This book hos...

Comparative Philosophy and Method: Contemporary Practices and Future Possibilities - Paperback

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by Steven Burik (Editor), Robert Smid (Editor), Ralph Weber (Editor)Addressing arguments that comparative philosophy is itself impossible, or that it is indistinguishable from philosophy more generally, this collection challenges myopic understandings of comparative method and encourages a more informed consideration. Bringing together a wide variety of methodological options, it features scholars spread across the globe representing multiple philosophical traditions. From the beginnings of c...

Reflections On War and Death - Hardcover

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by Sigmund Freud (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 important enough to be preserved, repro...

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by Ae Taylor (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 important enough to be preserved, reproduce...

The Organon, Or: Logical Treatises, of Aristotle. With the Introduction of Porphyry. Literally Translated, With Notes, and Introduction - Hardcover

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by Aristotle (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 important enough to be preserved, reproduce...

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by Franz 1858-1942 Boas (Author), Henry W. Tate (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 importan...

Kant y la conciencia moral: Un comentario de los textos principales - Paperback

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by Alejandro Gustavo Vigo Pacheco (Author)Este libro del profesor Alejandro G. Vigo ofrece un comentario lúcido y riguroso a los textos en los que Kant aborda el tema de la conciencia moral (Gewissen). Ello comprende las Lecciones de filosofía moral, La Religión en los límites de la mera razón y la "Doctrina de la virtud" que es la segunda parte de la Metafísica de las costumbres.Vigo explica tanto el papel sistemático de la conciencia moral en la filosofía kantiana como la evolución del tópi...

The Existence Puzzles: An Introduction to Population Ethics - Hardcover

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by M. a. Roberts (Author)Population ethics challenges moral theories we previously considered compelling and throws into relief the practical problems--including those relating to climate change and procreative privacy--moral agents all face. Population ethics has thus emerged in recent years as among the most significant areas in moral philosophy. M. A. Roberts introduces the newcomer to population ethics while at the same time investigating the key issues in a way that will be of interest t...