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Pursuits of Wisdom
Pursuits of Wisdom
by John M. Cooper
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This is a major reinterpretation of ancient philosophy that recovers the long Greek and Roman tradition of philosophy as a complete way of life--and not simply an intellectual discipline. Distinguished philosopher John Cooper traces how, for many ancient... (read more)

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The Pocket Guide to Critical Thinking Fourth Edition
The Pocket Guide to Critical Thinking Fourth Edition
by Richard L Epstein
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First comes clear thinking, then comes clear writing. The extraordinarily clear explanations in the Pocket Guide to Critical Thinking provide the essential skills to reason better-for classwork, for writing, and for use in everyday life. The book employs... (read more)

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What Philosophy Can Tell You About Your Lover
What Philosophy Can Tell You About Your Lover
by Sharon Kaye
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Be warned--in your journey through this volume you will encounter many true stories. Some will make you laugh, others could make you cry, and all are enough to thoroughly embarrass the authors. These stories would never be allowed to see the light of day... (read more)

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Chuck Klosterman and Philosophy
Chuck Klosterman and Philosophy
by Seth Vannatta
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Since he burst on the world with his heavy-metal memoir Fargo Rock City in 2001, Chuck Klosterman has been one of the most successful novelists and essayists in America. His collections of essays Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and Chuck Klosterman IV: A... (read more)

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The Third Turning of the Wheel
The Third Turning of the Wheel
by Reb Anderson
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In his previous book, Being Upright: Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts, Reb Anderson Roshi described how we must become thoroughly grounded in conventional truth through the practice of compassion before we can receive the teachings of the... (read more)

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The Rights of Nature: A History of Environmental Ethics
The Rights of Nature: A History of Environmental Ethics
by Roderick Nash
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Traces the development of the concept that nature has rights, and examines the work of environmental... (read more)

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The Whole-Brain Path to Peace: The Role of Left- and Right-Brain Dominance in the Polarization and Reunification of America
The Whole-Brain Path to Peace: The Role of Left- and Right-Brain Dominance in the Polarization and Reunification of America
by James Olson
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We've long known that our brain's division into distinct hemispheres results in two divergent ways of responding to our world. One hemisphere's perspective always seems to rule: For example, the holistic, compassionate right brain dominates in most women,... (read more)

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Loneliness in Philosophy, Psychology, and Literature
Loneliness in Philosophy, Psychology, and Literature
by Ben Lazare Mijuskovic
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Drawing on the fields of psychology, literature, and philosophy, Loneliness in Philosophy, Psychology, and Literature argues that loneliness has been the universal concern of mankind since the Greek myths and dramas, the dialogues of Plato, and the... (read more)

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Death
Death
by Shelly Kagan
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There is one thing we can be sure of: we are all going to die. But once we accept that fact, the questions begin. In this thought-provoking book, philosophy professor Shelly Kagan examines the myriad questions that arise when we confront the meaning of... (read more)

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The Uses of Argument
The Uses of Argument
by Stephen E. Toulmin
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This reissue of the modern classic on the study of argumentation features a new Introduction by the author.... (read more)

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Nature and Landscape: An Introduction to Environmental Aesthetics
Nature and Landscape: An Introduction to Environmental Aesthetics
by Allen Carlson
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The roots of environmental aesthetics reach back to the ideas of eighteenth-century thinkers who found nature an ideal source of aesthetic experience. Today, having blossomed into a significant subfield of aesthetics, environmental aesthetics studies and... (read more)

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Maxims Minimus
Maxims Minimus
by T. Byram Karasu
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Maxims Minimus is the sedimentation of over forty years of experience in teaching, writing, and treating patients. As many other poets, T. Byram Karasu dares to be just so clear, and no clearer. Thus, Dr. Karasu s Maxims is well suited for this age of... (read more)

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God in Pain
God in Pain
by Slavoj Zizek
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A brilliant dissection and reconstruction of the three major faith-based systems of belief in the world today, from one of the world's most articulate intellectuals, Slavoj Zizek, in conversation with Croatian philosopher Boris Gunjevic. In six chapters... (read more)

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Biodiversity and Environmental Philosophy
Biodiversity and Environmental Philosophy
by Sahotra Sarkar
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This book explores the epistemological and ethical issues at the foundations of environmental philosophy, emphasizing the conservation of biodiversity. Sahota Sarkar criticizes previous attempts to attribute intrinsic value to nature and defends an... (read more)

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Nobility of Spirit: A Forgotten Ideal
Nobility of Spirit: A Forgotten Ideal
by Rob Riemen
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In the pages of this slim, powerful book Rob Riemen argues with passion that “nobility of spirit” is the quintessence of a civilized world. It is, as Thomas Mann believed, the sole corrective for human history. Without nobility of spirit, culture... (read more)

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The American Evasion of Philosophy: A Genealogy of Pragmatism
The American Evasion of Philosophy: A Genealogy of Pragmatism
by Cornel West
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Cornel West is the Class of 1943 University Professor of Religion at Princeton University, and author of the influential Race Matters. His recent work includes two books he coauthored on public policy issues: The Future of American Progressivism and The... (read more)

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The Essential Huainanzi
The Essential Huainanzi
by John S. Major
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Columbia University Press's widely anticipated, complete translation of the Huainanzi, published in 2010, opened exciting new pathways in the study of classical Chinese philosophy and literature. Compiled in the second century B.C.E., the Huainanzi is a... (read more)

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Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist
Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist
by Walter Kaufmann
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"Mr. Kaufmann has produced what may be called the definitive study of Nietzsche's life and thought-an informed, scholarly, and lustrous work." (The New Yorker)... (read more)

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Han Feizi
Han Feizi
by Burton Watson
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Trenchant, sophisticated, and cynical, Han Feizi has been read in every age and is still of interest today when people are more than ever concerned with the nature and use of power. Han Feizi (280?-233 B.C.), a prince of Han, was a representative of the... (read more)

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Religious Experience and the End of Metaphysics
Religious Experience and the End of Metaphysics
by Jeffrey Bloechl
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Does religious thinking stand in opposition to postmodernity? Does the existence of God present the ultimate challenge to metaphysics? Strands of continental thought, especially those running from Kant, Husserl, and Heidegger, focus on individual... (read more)

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