Philosophy - Essays

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The Socrates Express: In Search of Li...

Eric Weiner

The New York Timesbestselling author of The Geography of Blissembarks on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history’s greatest thinkers and showing us how each—from Epicurus to Gandhi, Thoreau...

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Published: Aug 2021

Dark Deleuze

Andrew Culp

French philosopher Gilles Deleuze is known as a thinker of creation, joyous affirmation, and rhizomatic assemblages. In this short book, Andrew Culp polemically argues that this once-radical canon of joy has lost its resistance to the...

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Published: Jun 2016

In Search of the Highest Truth: Adven...

Hari-Kirtana Das

If you want to understand the philosophy of yoga, this book is for you. In Search of the Highest Truth is a trip into yoga's spiritual dimension that offers readers an unconventional approach to discovering the enduring relevance of ...

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Published: Mar 2017

The Trouble with Reality: A Ruminatio...

Brooke Gladstone

Reality. It used to seem so simple—reality just was, like the weather. Why question it, let alone disagree about it? And then came the assault, an unending stream of "fake news," "alternative facts," and lies dis...

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Published: May 2017

The Principal Contradiction

Torkil Lauesen

In The Principal Contradiction, Torkil Lauesen introduces readers to the philosophy of dialectical materialism as a tool for changing the world. Dialectical materialism allows us to understand the dynamics of world history and to draw...

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Published: Jul 2020

The Virus in the Age of Madness

Bernard-Henri Levy

A trenchant look at how the coronavirus reveals the dangerous fault lines of contemporary society As seen on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS: “A stirring alarm addressed to an unsettled world.” (Kirkus Reviews)  ...

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Published: Jul 2020

Elements of Natural Philosophy (Grape...

John Locke

"An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" is a landmark philosophical work by John Locke that delves into the nature of human knowledge, perception, and understanding. This influential treatise serves as a cornerstone of mod...

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Published: Dec 2023

Anti-Education

Frederich Nietzche

In 1869, at the age of twenty-five, the precociously brilliant Friedrich Nietzsche was appointed to a professorship of classical philology at the University of Basel. He seemed marked for a successful and conventional academic career....

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Published: Sep 2015

The Case of Wagner

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Originally published in 1888, this book is a critique of Richard Wagner heralding Nietzsche's rupture with him and presenting Wagner as a particular symptom of a broader "disease" affecting Europe - nihilism. Nietzsche shows...

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Published: Jul 2016

The Usefulness of the Useless

Nuccio Ordine

"A little masterpiece of originality and clarity."-George Steiner"A necessary book."-Roberto Saviano"A wonderful little book that will delight you."-François BusnelInternational Best Seller / Now in Engl...

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Published: Mar 2017

Plato - Charmides: "he Who Commits In...

Plato

For someone whose influence has been so profound on Western thinking remarkably little is known of the Greek philosopher and thinker Plato. Due to the means and social status of his family Plato was most probably educated by some of ...

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Published: Feb 2018

Plato - Cratylus: Tyranny Naturally A...

Plato

For someone whose influence has been so profound on Western thinking remarkably little is known of the Greek philosopher and thinker Plato. Due to the means and social status of his family Plato was most probably educated by some of A...

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Published: Mar 2018

Plato - Laches: For a Man to Conquer ...

Plato

For someone whose influence has been so profound on Western thinking remarkably little is known of the Greek philosopher and thinker Plato. Due to the means and social status of his family Plato was most probably educated by some of A...

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Published: Mar 2018

Plato - Lysis: Astronomy Compels the ...

Plato

For someone whose influence has been so profound on Western thinking remarkably little is known of the Greek philosopher and thinker Plato. Due to the means and social status of his family Plato was most probably educated by some of A...

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Published: Mar 2018

Plato - Parmenides: "death Is Not the...

Plato

For someone whose influence has been so profound on Western thinking remarkably little is known of the Greek philosopher and thinker Plato. Due to the means and social status of his family Plato was most probably educated by some of ...

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Published: Feb 2018

Plato - Phaedo: "better a Little Whic...

Plato

For someone whose influence has been so profound on Western thinking remarkably little is known of the Greek philosopher and thinker Plato. Due to the means and social status of his family Plato was most probably educated by some of ...

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Published: Feb 2018

Plato - Philebus: "to Be Sure I Must;...

Plato

For someone whose influence has been so profound on Western thinking remarkably little is known of the Greek philosopher and thinker Plato. Due to the means and social status of his family Plato was most probably educated by some of A...

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Published: Feb 2018

Plato - Sophist: "whatever Deceives M...

Plato

For someone whose influence has been so profound on Western thinking remarkably little is known of the Greek philosopher and thinker Plato. Due to the means and social status of his family Plato was most probably educated by some of A...

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Published: Feb 2018

Plato - Statesman: "man - A Being in ...

Plato

For someone whose influence has been so profound on Western thinking remarkably little is known of the Greek philosopher and thinker Plato. Due to the means and social status of his family Plato was most probably educated by some of ...

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Published: Feb 2018

Reveries of the Solitary Walker

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Rousseau's last great work, Reveries of the Solitary Walker is part reminiscence, part meditation, as the philosopher tries to come to terms with his isolation and to find happiness in solitude and nature. The Reveries are an importan...

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Published: Sep 2011

Letters from a Stoic (Collins Classic...

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. No man can live a happy life, or even a supportable life, without the study of wisdom Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65) is one of the most fa...

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Published: Sep 2020

How to Live: 27 conflicting answers a...

Derek Sivers

Not quite non-fiction, not quite self-help. It's a work of art about conflicting philosophies. Many books believe they know how you should live. But each book disagrees with the next. In "How to Live", each chapter believ...

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Published: May 2022

On Civil Disobedience & Life Without ...

Henry David Thoreau

While Walden can be applied to almost anyone's life, On Civil Disobedience is like a venerated architectural landmark: it is preserved and admired, and sometimes visited, but for most of us there are not many occasions when it can act...

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Published: Jul 2015

Befriending Death: Over 100 Essayists...

Michael Vocino

It's not easy to speak about death in our culture. As children of revolution, we think of our country as young, energetic, and future oriented. Our ideals of progress and vigor seem contradicted by the concept of death. But the silenc...

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Published: Jul 2014

Event

Slavoj Zizek

Probably the most famous living philosopher, Slavoj Žižek explores the meaning of events in this short and digestible book An event can be an occurrence that shatters ordinary life, a radical political rupture, a transformation of ...

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Published: Sep 2014

Žižek's Jokes: (Did you hear the on...

Slavoj Zizek

Žižek as comedian: jokes in the service of philosophy."A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes."―Ludwig WittgensteinThe good news is that this book offers an entertaining but e...

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Published: Feb 2018
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