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Walden
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Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau's classic account of the solitary life, describing his attempts to simplify his life and sort out his priorities by living alone in a cabin beside Walden Pond for nearly two years, is one of the most influential books ever written. The bible of the environmental movement, WALDEN vividly portrays Thoreau's reverence for nature, and his ...
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The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
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Alexander McCall Smith
In this fabulous fifth installment in a bestselling series, Isabel Dalhousie is asked to help a doctor who has been disgraced by allegations of scientific fraud. Whatever the outcome, Isabel's combination of spirit, smarts, and unabashed nosiness guarantees a delightful adventure.
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Story of Philosophy
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Will Durant
This concise survey, first published in 1967, offers students of philosophy ample introductory material to understand the essence of major thinkers from Aristotle to Dewey.
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The Right Mistake: The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow
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Walter Mosley
Living in South Central L. A. , Socrates Fortlow is a sixty-year-old ex-convict, still strong enough to kill men with his bare hands. Now freed after serving twenty-seven years in prison, he is filled with profound guilt about his own crimes and disheartened by the chaos of the streets. Along with his gambler friend Billy Psalms, Socrates calls ...
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There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind
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Antony Flew, Roy Abraham Varghese
A wave of modern atheists have taken center stage and brought the long-standing debate about the existence of God back into the headlines. Spearheaded by Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens, this 'new atheism' has found a powerful place in today's culture wars. Although this movement has been billed as 'new,' the foundation of ...
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From Socrates to Sartre: The Philosophic Quest
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Thelma Z Lavine
"From Socrates To Satre" presents a rousing and readable introduction to the lives, and times of f he great philosophers. This thought-provoking book takes us from the inception of Western society Plato's Athens to today when the commanding power of Marxism has captured one third of the world. T.Z. Lavine, Elton Professor of Philosophy at George ...
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William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism
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Robert D Richardson
Prize-winning biographer Richardson has written the definitive work on the fascinating William James, whose life and writing put an indelible stamp on psychology, philosophy, teaching, and religion--and on modernism itself.
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The Story of Philosophy
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Bryan Magee
Philosophy is a subject that influences many aspects of our lives and our understanding of our experiences yet it can seem dauntingly inaccessible. Unrivalled in its clarity and insight, "The Story of Philosophy" guides us expertly through the history of ideas and thinking. It features history of Western philosophy. Professor Bryan Magee traces ...
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Classics of Philosophy
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Louis P Pojman (Editor)
Classics of Philosophy, 2/e is the most comprehensive anthology of writings in western philosophy in print. Spanning 2,500 years of thought, it is ideal for introduction to philosophy and history of philosophy courses that are structured chronologically. Over seventy-five works by forty-three philosophers as well as fragments from the Pre ...
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Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers
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David Edmonds, John Eidinow
On 25th October 1946, in a crowded room in Cambridge, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper came face to face for the first and only time. The meeting was a disaster, their loud and aggressive confrontation became the stuff of legend. This book tells what really went on in that room.
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Confessions
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
'No one can write a man's life except himself.' In his Confessions Jean-Jacques Rousseau tells the story of his life, from the formative experience of his humble childhood in Geneva, through the achievement of international fame as novelist and philosopher in Paris, to his wanderings as an exile, persecuted by governments and alienated from the ...
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The German Ideology
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Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels
This edition makes easily accessible the most important parts of Marx's and Engels's major early philosophical work, "The German Ideology", a text of key importance for students.
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The story of philosophy; the lives and opinions of the greater philosophers
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Will Durant
"The Story of Philosophy" chronicles the ideas of the great thinkers, the economic and intellectual environments which influenced them, and the personal traits and adventures out of which each philosophy grew.
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Autobiography of Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell, Earl
Bertrand Russell was born in 1872 and died in 1970. An influential figure of the 20th century, he transformed philosophy and can lay claim to being one of the greatest philosophers of all time. He was a Nobel Prize winner for Literature and was imprisoned several times as a result of his pacifism. His views on religion, education, sex, politics ...
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The Oxford Companion to Philosophy
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Professor Ted Honderich (Editor)
Over 50 extended entries on the key areas of philosophy and the great philosophers 80 black and white portraits Almost 2,000 entries by 249 distinguished contributors 'The brave, large aim of this book,' writes Ted Honderich, 'is to bring philosophy together between two covers better than ever before. That is not a job for one man or one woman, or ...
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Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic
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Osho
This collection of writings by the popular spiritual leader Osho--formerly known as Rajneesh--reflects his joyous and free-spirited approach to sexuality, his humor, and his unique approach to meditation.
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Intellectuals
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Paul Johnson
Do the private practices of intellectuals match the standard of their public principles? How great is their respect for truth? What is their attitude to money? How do they treat their spouses and children - legitimate and illegitimate? How loyal are they to their friends? Rousseau, Shelley, Marx, Ibsen, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Bertrand Russell, Brecht ...
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A Short History of Philosophy
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Robert C Soloman, Robert C Solomon, Kathleen M Higgins
This is a general history of philosophy, written in an accessible style. It focuses on Western philosophy but also discusses non-Western philosophical traditions. The authors cover major philosophers and movements as well as minor but interesting figures. They treat serious religious thought as philosophical, and include information about the ...
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Life Is Real Only Then, When I Am
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G I Gurdjieff
This is one of the few records published by Gurdjieff in which he offers guidance to his 'community of seekers', the pupils from many countries who joined him in Paris and New York. The first section is mainly autobiographical, relating material crucial to an understanding of the nature and intensity of personal effort required for an all ...
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The Book of Dead Philosophers
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Simon Critchley
Starting from the premise that philosophers' deaths have been as interesting as their lives, Simon Critchley pulls readers in with quirky stories of how philosophers died and then confronts the big themes - in this case, what 'a good death' means and how to live with the knowledge of death and free from what he calls 'delusions and sophistries'. ...
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Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius
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Ray Monk
Born in 1889, Wittgenstein grew up in one of the wealthiest families in Vienna, and here emerged an all-consuming preoccupation with spiritual, ethical and cultural questions. His development as a philosopher began in 1922 when he became a student of Bertrand Russell at Cambridge. The work which he started then culminated in "Tractatus Logico ...
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A Presocratics Reader
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Patricia Curd
Ideal for a two-to-three week introduction to the Presocratics and Sophists, this volume offers a selection of the extant remains of early Greek philosophical thought on cosmology, metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics, together with unobtrusive, minimally interpretive editorial material: an introduction, brief headnotes, maps, and a concordance.
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The philosopher's pupil
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Iris Murdoch
In the healing waters of Ennistone the townspeople seek health and regeneration, righteousness and ritual cleansing. To this town of subterranean inspiration the Philosopher returns. And there he exerts an almost magical influence, especially over George McCaffrey, his old pupil.
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Unknown Woman
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Alice Koller
A woman's version of Thoreau's Walden, this universal, timeless book explores the philosophical and psychological issues of self-identity--equally relevant to men and women today. Companion volume to the simultaneously released follow-up novel The Stations of Solitude.
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Hypatia of Alexandria
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Maria Dzielska, F Lyra (Translator)
Hypatia - mathematician, Neoplatonist and renowned beauty - was brutally murdered by a mob of Christians in Alexandria in 415. This volume searches behind the legend to provide a new perspective on Hypatia's life and death. Historians and poets, Victorian novelists and contemporary feminists have seen Hypatia as a symbol - of the waning of ...
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