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Buddha Nature Now: Discovering Your Buddha Nature by Henry Landry Publisher Comments From the 1950's onward the Buddhist philosophy has grown in our Western world. This philosophy underlies one of the oldest spiritual practices on earth, the faith of compassion and peaceful means. The reason for its existence is to enable all people to... (read more) List Price $3.99 Your price: $3.54 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Pursuits of Wisdom by John M. Cooper Publisher Comments 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) List Price $35.00 Your price: $31.06 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Pocket Guide to Critical Thinking Fourth Edition by Richard L Epstein Publisher Comments 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) List Price $17.95 Your price: $16.60 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Spider-Man and Philosophy: The Web of Inquiry by William Irwin Publisher Comments Is Peter Parker to blame for the death of Uncle Ben? What does spider-sense reveal about the nature of perception? Does great power really bring great responsibility? How should Spider-Man fight villains who are former friends? Can Spidey champion... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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What Is Ignostic Judaism?: Thoughts of a Secular, Humanistic, Cultural, Ignostic Jew regarding Science, Religion and Faith by Ed Brody Publisher Comments An atheist does not believe in God. An agnostic is uncertain about the existence of a God. The scientific community agrees that the Universe was formed with the "Big Bang" and that it is impossible to determine where, how or why this took place. Rabbi... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $8.87 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Spider-Man and Philosophy: The Web of Inquiry by William Irwin Publisher Comments Is Peter Parker to blame for the death of Uncle Ben? What does spider-sense reveal about the nature of perception? Does great power really bring great responsibility? How should Spider-Man fight villains who are former friends? Can Spidey champion... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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What Philosophy Can Tell You About Your Lover by Sharon Kaye Publisher Comments 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) List Price $19.95 Your price: $17.71 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Big Bang Theory and Philosophy: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Aristotle, Locke by William Irwin Publisher Comments What would Aristotle make of Sheldon Cooper's life? Why would Thomas Hobbes applaud the roommate agreement? Why would Immanuel Kant heap haughty derision upon weaving un-unravelable webs? Is Sheldon's "scientistic" approach to everyday life healthy or... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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What's the Point?: A Guide to Life and Happiness by Anthony Peters Publisher Comments This is a book about the meaning of life and achieving lasting happiness. Incorporating religion, spirituality and science, this is an essential read for those who want to find that little bit extra into an ordinary life. By reading this book you will... (read more) List Price $3.99 Your price: $3.54 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Third Turning of the Wheel by Reb Anderson Publisher Comments 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) List Price $18.95 Your price: $16.82 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Chuck Klosterman and Philosophy by Seth Vannatta Publisher Comments 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) List Price $19.95 Your price: $17.71 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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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 by James Olson Publisher Comments 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) List Price $9.95 Your price: $9.20 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Introduction to Presocratics: A Thematic Approach to Early Greek Philosophy with Key Readings by Giannis Stamatellos Publisher Comments Despite what is commonly taught, Western philosophy did not begin with Socrates. The roots of Western philosophy and science, in fact, run much deeper than this watershed philosophical figure -- to a series of innovative Greek thinkers of the 6th and 5th... (read more) Your price: $59.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Death by Shelly Kagan Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $18.00 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Uses of Argument by Stephen E. Toulmin Publisher Comments This reissue of the modern classic on the study of argumentation features a new Introduction by the author.... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $25.02 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Rethinking Pragmatism: From William James to Contemporary Philosophy by Robert Schwartz Publisher Comments Rethinking Pragmatism explores the work of the American Pragmatists, particularly James and Dewey, challenging entrenched views of their positions on truth, meaning, instrumentalism, realism, pluralism and religious beliefs. It clarifies pragmatic... (read more) Your price: $74.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Essential Huainanzi by John S. Major Publisher Comments 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) List Price $19.99 Your price: $17.74 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist by Walter Kaufmann Review "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) Your price: $14.95 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Rights of Nature: A History of Environmental Ethics by Roderick Nash Publisher Comments Traces the development of the concept that nature has rights, and examines the work of environmental... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $13.27 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Maxims Minimus by T. Byram Karasu Publisher Comments 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) List Price $17.99 Your price: $15.97 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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