Philosophy

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100 Days to a Stoic Mind: A Roadmap to Resilience and Finding Peace in Discipline - Hardcover

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by Bryan Sena (Author)Unlock your potential and find contentment in the stoic path Look inward, embrace discipline, harness resilience, and level up your life. 100 Days to a Stoic Mind is a no-frills method of embodying the simple principles of Stoicism. Each page presents you with one essential piece of advice from a great Stoic thinker and arms you with a straightforward exercise to apply it. Tap into logic and reason, prepare for, or even embrace, negative outcomes, and welcome the challen...

Neverland: The Pleasures and Perils of Fandom - Hardcover

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by Vanessa Kisuule (Author)The debut work of non-fiction by award-winning slam poet Vanessa Kisuule, this is a love letter to the musicians we adore and an unflinching look at the costs of hero worshipWhy do famous musicians mean so much to us? How does the pop culture industry both mirror and magnify the worst aspects of human nature? Why is it so hard to accept that the people we love, famous or not, can be capable of doing terrible things?As conversations about abuse perpetrated by public ...

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by Nico Vassilakis (Author)Being old and getting old all at the same time.An amalgam of moments and an accumulation of fragments. Birdsong, coyotes howling, tornado warnings instead of honking, bodega vibes and subway stops -A true change indeed.WONDERMENTAL is an amalgamation of musings on the changing landscape - a collection of the ways time passes and people adapt (or don't) in response to a contrary modern world. Vassilakis chronicles the five-year aftermath of picking up and moving from...

Why We Meditate: The Science and Practice of Clarity and Compassion - Paperback

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by Daniel Goleman (Author), Tsoknyi Rinpoche (Author)This "rare and exquisite exploration of the art, science, and practice of meditation" (Roshni Joan Halifax, author of Standing at the Edge) offers a much-needed antidote to the forces of stress that overwhelm so many of us--from New York Times bestselling author Daniel Goleman and renowned meditation teacher Tsoknyi Rinpoche. We all experience negative emotions from time to time. But in a world with as much frenzy and pressure as ours, it's...

Reading Arendt in the Waiting Room: A Philosophy Primer for an Anxious Age - Paperback

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by Jonathan Foiles (Author)Anxiety may be the defining feeling of our current era, and though it affects many people on a deeply personal level, the last few years have also witnessed the rise of more communal feelings of dread and unknowing, problems that sometimes seem too big to face. Will the United States remain a democracy? Can we still have meaningful lives amid the rubble of late capitalism and the inevitable creep of climate change? How do we even start to grapple with a problem so l...

The Daily Tao: 365 Meditations on the Tao Te Ching - Paperback

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by William Martin (Author)Choose peace over distraction and flexibility over fear with this accessible daily guide to the timeless wisdom of the Tao Te Ching. Whether you begin your morning with the Tao or snatch a spare moment of calm in the hurry of the day, The Daily Tao-with a reading from the Tae Te Ching for every day of the year-will create a practice of reflection that will echo through your life. Author William Martin's extensive work on the Tao has been embraced by countless reade...

Ignorance and Bliss: On Wanting Not to Know - Hardcover

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by Mark Lilla (Author)"Mark Lilla is always a challenging, fascinating mind - alert to all the power, paradox, and dangers of ignorance." --Rory Stewart, author of Politics On the Edge and co-host of The Rest Is PoliticsA dazzling exploration of our wish to remain innocent and ignorant--and its consequences. Aristotle claimed that "all human beings want to know." Our own experience proves that all human beings also want not to know. Today, centuries after the Enlightenment, mesmerized crowds ...

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by A. J. Cotnoir (Author), Achille C. Varzi (Author)Is a whole something more than the sum of its parts? Are there things composed of the same parts? If you divide an object into parts, and divide those parts into smaller parts, will this process ever come to an end? Can something lose parts or gain new ones without ceasing to be the thing it is? Does any multitude of things (including disparate things such as you, this book, and the tail of a cat) compose a whole of some sort? Questions such...

The Minority Body: A Theory of Disability - Paperback

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by Elizabeth Barnes (Author)Elizabeth Barnes argues compellingly that disability is primarily a social phenomenon--a way of being a minority, a way of facing social oppression, but not a way of being inherently or intrinsically worse off. This is how disability is understood in the Disability Rights and Disability Pride movements; but there is a massive disconnect with the way disability is typically viewed within analytic philosophy. The idea that disability is not inherently bad or sub-opti...

The Oxford Handbook of Indian Philosophy - Paperback

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by Jonardon Ganeri (Editor)The Oxford Handbook of Indian Philosophy tells the story of philosophy in India through a series of exceptional individual acts of philosophical virtuosity. It brings together forty leading international scholars to record the diverse figures, movements, and approaches that constitute philosophy in the geographical region of the Indian subcontinent, a region sometimes nowadays designated South Asia. The volume aims to be ecumenical, drawing from different locales, l...

Romantic Empiricism: Nature, Art, and Ecology from Herder to Humboldt - Hardcover

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by Dalia Nassar (Author)In Romantic Empiricism, Dalia Nassar distinguishes and explores an understudied philosophical tradition that emerged in Germany in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, traces its development, and argues for its continued significance. Moving from the late Kant's notion of reflecting judgment, to Herder's articulation of the idea of "animal worlds," Goethe's explication of the obligations of the scientist, and Alexander von Humboldt's aesthetic science, N...

Imagination: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei (Author)Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Imagination: A Very Short Introduction explores imagination as a cognitive power and an essential dimension of human flourishing, demonstrating how imagination plays multiple roles in human cognition and shapes humanity in profound ways. Examining philosophical, evolutionary, and literary perspectives on imagination, the author shows how this facility, while potentially distorting, both frees us from im...

An Introduction to Political Philosophy - Paperback

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by Jonathan Wolff (Author)Who should hold political power? Are there any justified limits to people's liberty? What is democracy? Is it really that attractive? An Introduction to Political Philosophy is the beginner's ideal introduction to the field, combining clarity and a conversational style with a thought-provoking account of the central questions in political philosophy. Wolff explores a series of enduring and timeless questions, spanning centuries and millennia to consider a diverse ran...

Be Not Afraid of Life: In the Words of William James - Paperback

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by William James (Author), John Kaag (Editor), Jonathan Van Belle (Editor)A compelling collection of the life-changing writings of William James William James--psychologist, philosopher, and spiritual seeker--is one of those rare writers who can speak directly and powerfully to anyone about life's meaning and worth, and whose ideas not only change how people think, but how they live. The thinker who helped found the philosophy of pragmatism and inspire Alcoholics Anonymous, James famously ask...

The Book of Tea: Beauty, Simplicity and the Zen Aesthetic - Paperback

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by Kakuzo Okakura (Author), Andrew Juniper (Foreword by), Liza Dalby (Introduction by)"Transcending the narrow confines of its title, presents a unified concept of life, art and nature. Along the way exploring topics related to tea appreciation, including Zen, flower arranging and Taoism. An early cultural activist, Okakura's mission was to preserve Japanese art and aesthetic practices from an extinction that seemed imminent." --The Japan Times Now in paperback with a new foreword and new pho...

The Essential Karate Book: For White Belts, Black Belts and All Levels in Between [Online Companion Video Included] - Paperback

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by Graeme Lund (Author), Morne Swanepoel (Foreword by)The Essential Karate Book is an informative, illustrated guide to the techniques, philosophy and practice of karate. With 20 chapters covering practically every aspect of karate, this in-depth reference will assist students and instructors as they plot their course through karate instruction, benefiting those at all levels. The Essential Karate Book contains 200 diagrams mapping out moves with 300 step-by-step photographs and companion vid...

The 30 Day Guide To Inner Peace - Paperback

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by Jared Madison (Author), Katherine Brown (Editor), Kanani Robinson (Cover Design by) Number of Pages: 150 Dimensions: 0.41 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 22, 2024 Large Print: Yes

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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 ...

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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...

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by Shelly Kagan (Author)Most thoughtful people worry at one time or another about whether there can actually be such a thing as objective moral truth. They might wonder, for example, whether the prevalence of moral disagreement makes it reasonable to conclude that there aren't really any moral facts at all. Or they might be bothered by questions like these: What could objective moral facts possibly be like? Isn't it obvious that morality is simply relative to particular societies and particul...

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by Jeff McMahan (Author)Killing a person is in general among the most seriously wrongful forms of action, yet most of us accept that it can be permissible to kill people on a large scale in war. Does morality become more permissive in a state of war? Jeff McMahan argues that conditions in war make no difference to what morality permits and the justifications for killing people are the same in war as they are in other contexts, such as individual self-defence. This view is radically at odds wi...

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

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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 ...

The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy - Hardcover

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by Anand Giridharadas (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An insider account of activists, politicians, educators, and everyday citizens working to change minds, bridge divisions, and fight for democracy--from disinformation fighters to a leader of Black Lives Matter to Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and more--by the best-selling author of Winners Take All and award-winning former New York Times columnist "Anand Giridharadas shows the way we get real progressive change in America...

Demystifying God: Redefining Black Theology in the Age of iGod Shahidi Collection Vol 2 - Paperback

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by Shahidi Islam (Author)The Black Community will be Going Through Some Changes as we Enter the Age of iGodWhat will the Black struggle look like in these times? With the digital revolution underway we are already heading into a world that may look very different. White hostility has also been becoming ever more violent over the years challenging our perception of a post-racial society. Using a six-pronged framework designed based on the ideas of several acclaimed psychologists, sociologists,...

Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by A. C. Grayling (Author)Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was an extraordinarily original thinker, whose influence on twentieth-century thinking far outside the bounds of philosophy alone. In this engaging Introduction, A.C. Grayling makes Wittgenstein's thought accessible to the general reader by explaining the nature and impact of Wittgenstein's views. He describes both his early and later philosophy, the differences and connections between them, and gives a fresh assessment of Wittgenstein...

Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Simon Critchley (Author)In this enlightening new Very Short Introduction, Simon Critchley shows us that Continental philosophy encompasses a distinct set of philosophical traditions and practices, with a compelling range of problems all too often ignored by the analytic tradition. He discusses the ideas and approaches of philosophers such as Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Habermas, Foucault, and Derrida. He also introduces key concepts such as existentialism, nihilism,...

Habermas: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Gordon Finlayson (Author)Jürgen Habermas is the most renowned living German philosopher. This book aims to give a clear and readable overview of his philosophical work. It analyzes both the theoretical underpinnings of Habermas's social theory, and its more concrete applications in the fields of ethics, politics, and law. Finally, it examines how Habermas's social and political theory informs his writing on real, current political and social problems. The author explores Habermas's influen...

Jimmy Dunne Says: 47 Short Stories That Are Sure to Make You Laugh, Cry--And Think - Paperback

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by Jimmy Dunne (Author)Jimmy Dunne is America's new positive, inspiring voice--reminding us all of the absolute wonder right in our own backyards. Jimmy Dunne Says is a collection of author Jimmy Dunne's best bite-sized stories that Americans everywhere are spreading and sharing. These stories are heartfelt, smart, and thought-provoking, and some will have you absolutely belly-laughing. Some stories about navigating everyday life today, some that take you right back to your childhood days. Yo...

The Buckinchere Collection: of short stories - Hardcover

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by B. Lorenzo Buckinchere (Author)Join freelance journalist and Gothic Fiction author, B. Lorenzo Buckinchere, in his debut publication, The Buckinchere Collection of short stories. An anthology of six suspenseful short stories exploring themes of existentialism, and the macabre.The hermit next doorA man tells his friends the story of one of his mysterious former neighbors, an elderly lady who never left her apartment.Scenario for a jacketAn expectant mother tends to harbor male company, much...

Raising Children in the Midst of Global Crisis: A Compassionate Guidebook for New Paradigm Parenting - Paperback

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by Jo Delamor (Author)Empower your kids (and yourself) to thrive in uncertain times Raising children in this time of social, economic and environmental collapse can be downright terrifying. If you're feeling anxious and overwhelmed by the responsibility of raising emotionally and physically healthy children in a chaotic world, you are not alone. Many parents today struggle with climate anxiety, eco-grief and concerns about economic and political stability. They worry about their children's fu...

Debunk: Arm Yourself With the Tenets of Critical Thinking - Hardcover

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by Sam McCollough (Author)DEBUNK is a reference for critical thinking, logical fallacies, and the scientific method. It explores critical thinking from several aspects and provides readers a toolkit for spotting misinformation, disinformation, fake news, and deep fakes. Tenets of critical thinking are noted in the text and then listed in a section at the end of the book. There is an appendix with a detailed list of logical fallacies, with examples. Number of Pages: 130 Dimensions: 0.38 x 8 x...

Post-Punk and Philosophy: Rip It Up and Think Again - Paperback

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by Joshua Heter (Editor), Richard Greene (Editor)Post-Punk andPhilosophyis a collection of twenty chapters by philosophers who are also post-punk fans, discussing many different aspects of the Post-Punk phenomenon. Whendoes simplicity become too simple? Was punk a white proletarian movement? Arethe best post-punk bands really pre-punk? Does technological innovationguarantee musical or artistic innovation? Does rock have a future? Post-Punkand Philosophyis a worthy follow-up to Punk Rock and P...