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Buddha Nature Now: Discovering Your Buddha Nature
Buddha Nature Now: Discovering Your Buddha Nature
by Henry Landry
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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)

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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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Spider-Man and Philosophy: The Web of Inquiry
Spider-Man and Philosophy: The Web of Inquiry
by William Irwin
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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)

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What Is Ignostic Judaism?: Thoughts of a Secular, Humanistic, Cultural, Ignostic Jew regarding Science, Religion and Faith
What Is Ignostic Judaism?: Thoughts of a Secular, Humanistic, Cultural, Ignostic Jew regarding Science, Religion and Faith
by Ed Brody
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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)

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Spider-Man and Philosophy: The Web of Inquiry
Spider-Man and Philosophy: The Web of Inquiry
by William Irwin
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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)

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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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The Big Bang Theory and Philosophy: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Aristotle, Locke
The Big Bang Theory and Philosophy: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Aristotle, Locke
by William Irwin
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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)

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What's the Point?: A Guide to Life and Happiness
What's the Point?: A Guide to Life and Happiness
by Anthony Peters
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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)

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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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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 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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Introduction to Presocratics: A Thematic Approach to Early Greek Philosophy with Key Readings
Introduction to Presocratics: A Thematic Approach to Early Greek Philosophy with Key Readings
by Giannis Stamatellos
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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)

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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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Rethinking Pragmatism: From William James to Contemporary Philosophy
Rethinking Pragmatism: From William James to Contemporary Philosophy
by Robert Schwartz
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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)

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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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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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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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