The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
by Pico Iyer




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In The Open Road, Pico Iyer gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the Dalai Lama. This is more than a history book, though. The author shares his personal day-to-day spiritual journey in a way that will speak to Westerners. It's a wonderful book; I couldn'... (read more)

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Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View
by Richard Tarnas


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From a philosopher whose magisterial history of Western thought was praised by Joseph Campbell and Huston Smith comes a brilliant new book that traces the connection between cosmic cycles and archetypal patterns of human experience. Drawing on years of... (read more)

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Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson
by Jennifer Mich Hecht


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The Great Philosophers: An Introduction to Western Philosophy
by Bryan Magee


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Beginning with the death of Socrates in 399 BC, and following the strand of philosophical inquiry through the centuries to recent figures such as Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein, Bryan Magee's conversations with fifteen contemporary writers and... (read more)

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Penguin Dictionary of Philosophy
by Thomas Mautner


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With contributions from over a hundred leading philosophers, full cross-references, and unique usage notes, this is an ideal reference for any student or teacher of philosophy, or anyone with a general interest. Special features include: -- Clear and... (read more)

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Screened Out
by Jean Baudrillard


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In this collection of journalistic essays, Baudrillard addresses subjects ranging from those he has already established as his trademark (virtual reality, Disneyworld, television) to unusual topics such as children's rights, AIDS and genetic cloning.... (read more)

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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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Occasions of Identity: A Study in the Metaphysics of Persistence, Change, and Sameness
by Andre Gallois


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Occasions of Identity is an exploration of timeless philosophical issues about persistence, change, time, and sameness. Andre Gallois offers a critical survey of various rival views about the nature of identity and change, and puts forward his own... (read more)

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Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
by Bertrand Russell


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Dedicated as few men have been to the life of reason, Bertrand Russell has always been concerned with the basic questions to which religion also addresses itself -- questions about man's place in the universe and the nature of the good life, questions... (read more)

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Emile (Everyman Paperback Classics)
by Jean Jacqu Rousseau


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Part of the "Everyman" series which has been re-set with wide margins for notes and easy-to-read type. Each title includes a themed introduction by leading authorities on the subject, life-and-times chronology of the author, text summaries, annotated... (read more)

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What's It All About?: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life
by Julian Baggini


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'What is the meaning of life? It is a question that has intrigued the great philosophers--and has been hilariously lampooned by Monty Python. Indeed, the whole idea strikes many of us as vaguely pompous, a little absurd. Is there one profound and... (read more)

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The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (Oxford Paperback Reference)
by Simon Blackburn


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The Gambler's Fallacy, the Dirty Hands Argument, Pascal's Wager, Buridan's Ass, Wittgenstein's Beetle in the Box--philosophical terms can be both intriguing and baffling. Now, eminent philosopher Simon Blackburn offers the most authoritative and up-to... (read more)

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The Essential Davidson
by Donald Davidson


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The Essential Davidson compiles the most celebrated papers of one of the twentieth century's greatest philosophers. It distills Donald Davidson's seminal contributions to our understanding of ourselves, from three decades of essays, into one thematically... (read more)

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John Stuart Mill: A Biography
by Nicholas Capaldi


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A biography of John Stuart Mill, the most influential British philosopher of the 19th century.... (read more)

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Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View
by Richard Tarnas


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Richard Tarnas's The Passion of the Western Mind--acclaimed by leading voices in philosophy, religion, psychology, and history--sets the stage for this major work, thirty years in the making, that dramatically reframes our understanding of the universe... (read more)

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The World As Will & Idea, Abridged in One Volume
by Arthur Schopenhauer


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Part of the "Everyman" series which has been re-set with wide margins for notes and easy-to-read type. Each title includes a themed introduction by leading authorities on the subject, life-and-times chronology of the author, text summaries, annotated... (read more)

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Problems from Locke
by John L Mackie


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This book deals with problems raised in Locke's Essay concerning Human Understanding that remain of interest to contemporary philosophers. The main topics discussed are primary and secondary qualities, representative theories of perception, substance... (read more)

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Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington: Understanding Political Doublespeak Through Philosophy and Jokes
by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein


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Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein, authors of the national bestseller Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar, aren't falling for any election year claptrap — and they don't want their readers to either! In Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington... (read more)

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