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1	Culture and Values: A Survey of the Humanities more books like this by Lawrence Cunningham add to wishlist CULTURE AND VALUES, Fifth Edition continues to combine balanced coverage of literature, art, music, and philosophy with sociological insight into the daily life of the characters in the unfolding drama of Western civilization. Available in two volumes, or as an alternate single volume without readings, this text remains the most readable and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.55! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Classics of Western philosophy more books like this by Steven M Cahn add to wishlist The seventh edition of Steven Cahn's "Classics of Western Philosophy" features several major additions, including selections from Plotinus' "Enneads", Schopenhauer's "The World as Will and Representation", Husserl's "Paris Lectures", Wittgenstein's "Philosophical Investigations", and a new selection from Hegel's "Phenomenology of Spirit". ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.00! \| first editions
3	Passion of the Western Mind more books like this by Richard Tarnas add to wishlist "[This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' and the 'radically changing world' of the 1990s, offers a new breakthrough for lay and scholarly readers alike....Allows readers to grasp the big picture of Western culture for the first time". SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Here are the great ... see all copies from $2.40! new only from $2.40! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache more books like this by Keith H Basso add to wishlist Explores the connections of place, language, wisdom, and morality among the Western Apache. see all copies from $7.67! new only from $17.83! \| first editions \| SVS
5	History of Western Philosophy more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist First published in 1946, History of Western Philosophy went on to become the best-selling philosophy book of the twentieth century. A dazzlingly ambitious project, it remains unchallenged to this day as the ultimate introduction to Western philosophy. Providing a sophisticated overview of the ideas that have perplexed people from time immemorial, ... see all copies from $2.77! new only from $8.55! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Fundamentals of Philosophy more books like this by David Stewart add to wishlist For freshman/sophomore-level courses in Introduction to Philosophy.An accessible reader/text for beginning students of philosophy, this volume offers a broad scope of diverse classic and contemporary selections -- with a narrative and format that presents difficult issues and readings in a simplified but not condescending manner. The readings are ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.75! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Dreamkeepers: A Spirit-Journey Into Aboriginal Australia more books like this by Harvey Arden add to wishlist Written by the co-author of "Wisdomkeepers", this book reveals the world of the Aborigines of the Kimberley region of Australia - "the land beyond goodby". Harvey Arden introduces readers to aboriginal men and women - rough-edged stockmen and gold hunters, storytellers and healers, poets and artists, spiritual elders and traditional Law Men - as ... see all copies from $2.96! new only from $5.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Art of Worldly Wisdom more books like this by Joseph Jacobs (Translator), Baltasar Gracian y Morales add to wishlist Written in the seventeenth century, this collection of three hundred timeless maxims offers sage advice on how to impress superiors, confound rivals, and get the most from subordinates. Reprint. 50,000 first printing. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.63! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Culture and Values: A Survey of the Humanities, Alternate Edition (with CD-ROM) more books like this by Lawrence S Cunningham, John J Reich add to wishlist Covers Western cultures and non-Western cultures, providing students solid, accessible introductions to art, music, philosophy, literature and more. see all copies from $12.07! new only from $154.58!
10	Art of Worldly Wisdom more books like this by Baltasar Gracian y Morales add to wishlist Written in the seventeenth century by a Spanish Jesuit, The Art of Worldly Wisdom is strikingly modern in sensibility and tone. This timeless collection of maxims addresses universal concerns such as friendship, morality, and effective leadership. This edition features a lengthy introduction by Willis Barnstone, former Distinguished Professor of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The passion of the western mind : understanding the ideas that have shaped our world view. more books like this by Richard Tarnas add to wishlist A collection of the pivotal ideas from the great minds of Western civilization. From Plato to Hegel, from Augustine to Nietzsche, from Copernicus to Freud, their concepts are described simply but without simplifying them. see all copies from $2.29! new only from $16.03! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Philosophy and Contemporary Issues more books like this by John Roy Burr add to wishlist For courses in Introduction to Philosophy or Contemporary Philosophy. One of the most successful texts in its field over the last 20 years, Philosophy and Contemporary Issues introduces today's students to philosophy with timely, approachable readings of philosophical significance. The authors strive to demonstrate how philosophy illuminates and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.31! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Triumph of the Therapeutic: Uses of Faith After Freud more books like this by Philip Rieff add to wishlist A look at the role of faith in the post-Freudian world, by the author of FREUD: The Mind of a Moralist. see all copies from $2.07! new only from $13.76! \| first editions \| SVS
14	A History of Western Philosophy more books like this by W. T. Jones add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Educated Mind: How Cognitive Tools Shape Our Understanding more books like this by Kieran Egan add to wishlist Egan reconceives intellectual development as learning to use particular "intellectual tools"--such as language or literacy--which shape how we make sense of the world. The book concludes with practical proposals for implementing changes in teaching and curriculum. see all copies from $2.98! new only from $23.86!
16	The Western intellectual tradition, from Leonardo to Hegel more books like this by Jacob Bronowski, Bruce Mazlish add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.55! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	We, the People of Europe?: Reflections on Transnational Citizenship more books like this by Etienne Balibar, James Swenson (Translator) add to wishlist Etienne Balibar has been one of Europe's most important philosophical and political thinkers since the 1960s. His work has been vastly influential on both sides of the Atlantic throughout the humanities and the social sciences. In "We, the People of Europe?", he expands on themes raised in his previous works to offer a trenchant and eloquently ... see all copies from $20.95! new only from $23.36! \| SVS
18	Coming to Our Senses: Body and Spirit in the Hidden History of the West more books like this by Morris Berman add to wishlist see all copies from $2.75! first editions
19 view cover	The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Nations more books like this by Miguel De Unamuno, Miguel De Unamuno, Anthony Kerrigan (Editor) add to wishlist Unamuno expressed the anguish of modern man in his passionate concept of the Tragic Sense of life, the continual struggle within the 'man of flesh and blood' between the dictates of reason and the demands of his own heart. This book is his acknowledged masterpiece. see all copies from $7.49! new only from $24.34! \| SVS
20 view cover	Our Natural History more books like this by Daniel B Botkin, Ph.D. add to wishlist Biologist and naturalist Daniel Botkin recreates the journey of Lewis and Clark, using it to draw lessons about the environment and humanity's place within it. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21	Thales to Dewey; a history of philosophy. more books like this by Gordon Haddon Clark add to wishlist see all copies from $25.00! new only from $61.11!
22	The Ominous Parallels: The End of Freedom in America more books like this by Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff add to wishlist A controversial work by a disciple of the philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand. Peikoff maintains that Americans have been seduced by collectivist ideas concerning politics and culture, and that American society in consequence is heading towards a future society that will resemble Nazi Germany in its glorification of the group over the individual. see all copies from $8.48! signed copies \| first editions
23	Great Frontier more books like this by Walter Prescott Webb add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24	Coming to Our Senses more books like this by Morris Berman add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $40.00!
25 view cover	The Humanities, Cultural Roots and Continuities more books like this by Mary Ann Frese Witt add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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