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A History of Western Philosophy
A History of Western Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell
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Since its first publication in 1945, Russell's A History of Western Philosophy has been universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject — unparalleled in its comprehensiveness, its clarity, its erudition, its grace and wit... (read more)

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Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
by Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander
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Analogy is the core of all thinking. This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer Prize–winning author Douglas Hofstadter and French psychologist Emmanuel Sander defend in their new work. Hofstadter has been grappling with the mysteries... (read more)

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Experience and Education
Experience and Education
by John Dewey
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Experience and Education is the best concise statement on education ever published by John Dewey, the man acknowledged to be the pre-eminent educational theorist of the twentieth century. Written more than two decades after Democracy and Education (Dewey'... (read more)

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God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales
God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales
by Penn Jillette
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FROM THE LARGER, LOUDER HALF OF THE WORLD-FAMOUS MAGIC DUO PENN & TELLER comes a scathingly funny reinterpretation of The Ten Commandments. They are The Penn Commandments, and they reveal one outrageous and opinionated atheists experience in the... (read more)

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Descartes (Oneworld Philosophers)
Descartes (Oneworld Philosophers)
by Harry M Bracken
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THis is an indispensible guide to the life and philosophy of Rene Descartes, one of the most controversial figures of his age, and the founder of modern rational thought.... (read more)

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Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story
Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story
by Jim Holt
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Tackling the “darkest question in all of philosophy” with “raffish erudition” (Dwight Garner, New York Times), author Jim Holt explores the greatest metaphysical mystery of all: why is there something rather than nothing? This... (read more)

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I and Thou
I and Thou
by Martin Buber
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Martin Buber's I and Thou has long been acclaimed as a classic. Many prominent writers have acknowledged its influence on their work; students of intellectual history consider it a landmark; and the generation born since World War II considers Buber as... (read more)

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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
by Douglas R. Hofstadter
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This groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize-winning book sets the standard for interdisciplinary writing, exploring the patterns and symbols in the thinking of mathematician Kurt Godel, artist M.C. Escher, and composer Johann Sebastian Bach.... (read more)

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Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God
Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God
by Greg Graffin
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In this passionate polemic, Greg Graffin argues that art and science have a deep connection. He describes his own coming-of-age as an artist and the formation of his naturalist worldview over the past three decades. Anarchy Evolution sheds new light on... (read more)

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Good Book
Good Book
by A C C Grayling
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Few, if any, thinkers and writers today would have the imagination, the breadth of knowledge, the literary skill, and-yes-the audacity to conceive of a powerful, secular alternative to the Bible. But that is exactly what A.C. Grayling has done by... (read more)

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Becoming William James
Becoming William James
by Howard M Feinstein
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For William James work was the problem. Ultimately, going to work was the resolution, and James's quest for meaningful work remains as relevant at the end of the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth. Weaving letters, diaries, drawings, and... (read more)

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Thus Spake Zarathustra
Thus Spake Zarathustra
by Friedrich Nietzsche
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The World Literature series reproduces the greatest books the world over with only the highest production standards. History, philosophy, psychology, political theory, fiction, and ancient texts are now accessible to everyone at an extremely affordable... (read more)

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Rhetorical Homologies: Form, Culture, Experience (Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique)
Rhetorical Homologies: Form, Culture, Experience (Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique)
by Barry Brummett
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One of the most widely used ideas in scholarship of the humanities and social sciences is that of homology: a formal pattern structuring different kinds of texts, ideas, and experiences.  Rhetorical Homologies explores the central meaning of this... (read more)

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One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society
One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society
by Herbert Marcuse
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Originally published in 1964, One-Dimensional Man quickly became one of the most important texts in the ensuing decade of radical political change. This second edition, newly introduced by Marcuse scholar Douglas Kellner, presents Marcuse's best-selling... (read more)

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Toward Perpetual Peace and Other Writings on Politics, Peace, and History (Rethinking the Western Tradition)
Toward Perpetual Peace and Other Writings on Politics, Peace, and History (Rethinking the Western Tradition)
by Immanuel Kant
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Immanuel Kant’s views on politics, peace, and history have lost none of their relevance since their publication more than two centuries ago. This volume contains a comprehensive collection of Kant’s writings on international relations theory... (read more)

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God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales
God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales
by Penn Jillette
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Not only can the man rant, he can write. From the larger, louder half of the world-famous magic duo Penn & Teller comes a scathingly funny reinterpretation of The Ten Commandments. They are The Penn Commandments, and they reveal one outrageous and... (read more)

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Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche
Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche
by James Miller
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A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 We all want to know how to live. But before the good life was reduced to ten easy steps or a prescription from the doctor, philosophers offered arresting answers to the most fundamental questions about who we are... (read more)

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On Violence (Harvest Book)
On Violence (Harvest Book)
by Hannah Arendt
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An analysis of the nature, causes, and significance of violence in the second half of the twentieth century. Arendt also reexamines the relationship between war, politics, violence, and power. “Incisive, deeply probing, written with clarity and... (read more)

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Appositions of Jacques Derrida and Emmanuel Levinas (Studies in Continental Thought)
Appositions of Jacques Derrida and Emmanuel Levinas (Studies in Continental Thought)
by John Llewelyn
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This is a book of scintillating intelligence, a book whose range of references, whose extraordinary ethical sensibility and linguistic creativity, set a standard for philosophy that few if any contemporary thinkers other than Derrida and Levinas... (read more)

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On the Plurality of Actual Worlds
On the Plurality of Actual Worlds
by Andrew L Blais
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This work offers a rigorously reasoned defense of the metaphysical relativism often associated with the "postmodern" condition. Andrew L. Blais takes as his point of departure our occasional suspicion that others live in different worlds, and the... (read more)

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