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A provocative and positive response to Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and other New Atheists, Good Without God makes a bold claim for what nonbelievers do share and believe. Author Greg Epstein, the Humanist chaplain at Harvard, offers a world view for nonbelievers that dispenses with the hostility and intolerance of religion prevalent in national bestsellers like God is Not Great and The God Delusion. Epstein's Good Without God...
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Embark on a profound intellectual journey with "Echoes of Wisdom: Exploring Philosophy and Ethics." This thought-provoking anthology delves into the realms of human understanding, unraveling the intricate threads of philosophical inquiry and ethical contemplation.From the timeless questions of existence to the complexities of moral decision-making, each page resonates with the echoes of centuries-old wisdom. Readers will traverse diverse landscapes,...
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"We should be grateful to Schopenhauer for managing to express the truth about life so beautifully." -Alain De Botton, author of The Consolations of Philosophy
"Schopenhauer's philosophy has had a special attraction for those who wonder about life's meaning, along with those engaged in music, literature, and the visual arts." -Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Essential Schopenhauer delivers the first comprehensive English anthology...
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Peter Singer is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University and the recipient of the Berggruen Prize for ideas that shape human self-understanding. His books include Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, and The Life You Can Save.
Provocative essays on real-world ethical questions from the world's most influential philosopher
Peter Singer is often described as the world's most influential...
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"A Seminary Co-Op Notable Book of the Year" "A Prospect Book of the Year: Lives" "A FiveBooks Best Philosophy Book of the Year" David Edmonds is a writer and philosopher whose many critically acclaimed books have been translated into more than two dozen languages. He is the author of The Murder of Professor Schlick and Would You Kill the Fat Man? (both Princeton) and the coauthor, with John Eidinow, of the international bestseller Wittgenstein's Poker....
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Reexamining Emmanuel Levinas's essays on Jewish education, Claire Elise Katz provides new insights into the importance of education and its potential to transform a democratic society, for Levinas's larger philosophical project. Katz examines Levinas's "Crisis of Humanism," which motivated his effort to describe a new ethical subject. Taking into account his multiple influences on social science and the humanities, and his various identities as a...
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A comprehensive and theory-rich investigation of the history and philosophy of yoga, from its Indian origins to the contemporary context.
Clear, accessible, and meticulously annotated, Tracing the Path of Yoga offers a comprehensive survey of the history and philosophy of yoga that will be invaluable to both specialists and to nonspecialists seeking a deeper understanding of this fascinating subject. Stuart Ray Sarbacker argues that yoga can be understood...
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Western philosophy which is the philosophical thought of the western world is divided into four main sections; Ancient, Medieval, Modern and Contemporary. Each period have done a great impact towards the development of western philosophical thought. There are clear link of influence of greek throughout the western philosophy because it was a highly intellectual period. However, when it comes to medieval philosophy, there was a suppression of thought....
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Este é o último texto filosófico de René Descartes, publicado em 1649, o único que trata diretamente dos problemas da vida moral. O livro foi escrito para a princesa Elizabeth e também é conhecido pelo título de Tratado das Paixões. Sem dúvida o autor pretende com esse Tratado sobre a vida moral esclarecer as relações entre a alma e o corpo.
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An enlightening exploration of the concept of listening and the evolving role of the listener from Beethoven to Charlie Parker to contemporary remixing.
In this intimate meditation on listening, Peter Szendy examines what the role of the listener is, and has been, through the centuries. The roles of the composer and the musician are clear, but where exactly does the listener stand in relation to music? What is the responsibility of the listener?...
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Pioneering essays that demonstrate the significance of the seasons for philosophy, environmental thought, anthropology, cultural studies, aesthetics, poetics, and literary criticism.
Although the seasons have been a perennial theme in literature and art, their significance for philosophy and environmental theory has remained largely unexplored. This pioneering book demonstrates the ways in which inquiry into the seasons reveals new and illuminating...
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Draws on two different but strikingly similar streams in our world tradition to argue for the contemporary philosophical relevance of "culture."
In A Philosophical Defense of Culture, Shuchen Xiang draws on the Confucian philosophy of "culture" and Ernst Cassirer's philosophy of symbolic forms to argue for the importance of "culture" as a philosophic paradigm. A defining ideal of Confucian-Chinese civilization, culture (wen) spans everything from...
14) Praise of Folly
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Nesta obra de Erasmo, quem fala é a Loucura. Sempre vista apenas como uma doença ou como uma característica negativa e indesejada, aqui ela é personificada na forma mais encantadora. E, já que ninguém mais lhe dá crédito por tudo o que faz pela humanidade, ela tece elogios a si mesma. O que seria da raça dos homens se a insanidade não os impulsionasse na direção do casamento? Seria suportável a vida, com suas desilusões e desventuras,...
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Um dos trabalhos filosóficos mais lidos e influentes de todos os tempos, "Assim falou Zaratustra" talvez deva sua extraordinária fortuna ao seu caráter híbrido: filosofia, religião e literatura nele se juntam de maneira complexa e atraente.
O livro narra as andanças e ensinamentos de um filósofo, que se auto-nomeou Zaratustra após a fundação do Zoroastrismo na antiga Pérsia. Para explorar muitas das ideias de Nietzsche, o livro usa uma...
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead has its origins in the treasure texts said to have been hidden away by Padmasambhava, the Lotus Guru, in Tibet in the 8th century AD so that they could be revealed at an appropriate later time. As a funerary text and guide to the afterlife, The Tibetan Book of the Dead was read aloud to the dying or recently deceased so that they could recognize the true nature of the mind and thus attain enlightenment and liberation from...
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Filósofo, historiador, profesor, controvertido, reservado, gay. Ícono asociado con la izquierda que, sin embargo, criticó duramente al freudomarxismo y al feminismo de su tiempo. Mucho se dijo sobre Michel Foucault, y sus ideas todavía resuenan con fuerza en la actualidad, tanto dentro como fuera de la academia. En La creación del placer, Luis Diego Fernández traza un recorrido de tres partes para: explicar la forma en que Foucault piensa los...
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"Dive into the timeless wisdom of Marcus Aurelius with 'Notes on the Book 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius.' In this insightful collection, readers will discover a curated selection of notes that distill the profound philosophy and reflections found within Aurelius' classic work, 'Meditations.' Offering clarity and context to Aurelius' musings on life, virtue, and the human condition, these notes serve as a valuable companion for both seasoned students...
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In Sin Sick, Joshua Pederson draws on the latest research about identifying and treating the pain of perpetration to advance and deploy a literary theory of moral injury that addresses fictional representations of the mental anguish of those who have injured or killed others. Pederson's work foregrounds moral injury, a recent psychological concept distinct from trauma that is used to describe the psychic wounds suffered by those who breach their own...
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