It seems like everywhere we turn, we're confronted by shaking heads, thumbs down, brick walls, brush-offs, and closed doors. "No" surround us--in our workplaces, in our communities and places of worship, in government, in...
PHILOSOPHY / General
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Author:Gallagher, BJ, Ventura, SteveSummary: -
Author:Needleman, JacobSummary:Jacob Needleman uses stories-of a middle-aged psychiatrist going back in time to encounter his younger self; of a mysterious meeting in the Central Asian desert; of the mystic master Hermes Trimegistus; as well as stories from the...
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Author:De George, Richard T.Summary:Moral problems are unique to humans, and moral awareness is a fundamental aspect of the human experience. Yet questions continue about whether morals are innate or acquired, and whether moral laws are human or divine. Are some actions...
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Author:Wald, GeorgeSummary:"All men, everywhere, have asked the same questions: Whence we come, what kind of thing we are, and at least some intimation of what may become of us..." So begins Nobel Prize-winning scientist George Wald's 1970 Massey...
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Author:Smith, Bruce A.Summary:In today's culture wars and the everyday struggle of individuals to make sense of the world around them, the question of how we can understand the world becomes a vital one. In order to make the best decisions in life, we need the...
- Author:Levenstein, Michael DavidSummary:
The End of Knowledge is a revolutionary work in several regards, most especially in its reinvention of reason as both a theoretical and practical tool able to identify and craft ideal axiological judgments. Equally important is its...
- Author:Dyken, J. J.Summary:
J.J. Dyken takes commonly-asserted religious claims and applies each of them to modern-day examples to demonstrate the often fallacious nature of religious belief. He uses a mixture of common sense and scrupulous logic to mount an...
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Author:Circelli, CarmelaSummary:Sweet Nothing is an eco-feminist, spiritual and philosophical lament against the increasing speed and fragmentation of modern life. It draws parallels between some of the central ideas of existential phenomenology, psychoanalysis and...
- Author:Maxwell, NicholasSummary:
How can the world we live in and see, touch, hear, and smell, the world of living things, people, consciousness, free will, meaning, and value - how can all of this exist and flourish embedded as it is in the physical universe, made up...
- Author:Gonzalez, Pedro BlasSummary:
This book is first and foremost a detailed and meticulous study of Ortega y Gasset's The Revolt of the Masses (1930). No other relevant, up-to-date books explore this thinker and his great work. Most importantly, the author...
- Author:Pappas, Nicholas J.Summary:
Drawing on the tradition of the Platonic dialogue, On Freedom explores what freedom is and what it means through the discussions of two characters, Director and Friend. Director plays the role of a modern-day Socrates. Friend is his...
- Author:Peery, Rebekah S.Summary:
In this book a new interpretation of Nietzsche's writings weaves together several issues: power, value, nature, sexuality and sexual politics and religion. This is perhaps the first book to address all these issues, and it offers the...
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Author:Vanier, JeanSummary:National Bestseller In Made for Happiness, Jean Vanier examines the basis for modern moral philosophy and its role in our lives today. Having discovered through his work with the intellectually disabled the degree to which our society...
- Author:Levy, Jacob, Maclure, Jocelyn, Weinstock, Daniel M.Summary:
There are few philosophical questions to which Charles Taylor has not devoted his attention. His work has made powerful contributions to our understanding of action, language, and mind. He has had a lasting impact on our understanding...
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Author:Stark, AllanSummary:We all boast a weath of beliefs, from the philosophically weighty ideals we hold close to our hearts to the whimsical opinions that crop up in everyday life. Author Allan Stark took the time to catalog his convictions as an...
