A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
Author: Alain de Botton
The boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved on by Alain de Botton's inspiring new book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are of course entirely false ... |
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Author: Susan Blackmore
"Conversations on Consciousness" is just that - a series of twenty lively and challenging conversations between Sue Blackmore and some of the world's leading philosophers and scientists. Written in a colloquial and engag ... |
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The 50 Most Thought-provoking Philosophies, Each Explained in Half a Minute
Author: Barry Loewer
Cogito ergo sum. Cynicism. Dialectical Materialism. Existentialism. The Socratic Method. Deconstructionism. Everybody knows what they mean. Or thinks they know what they mean. At least you have probably heard of them and ... |
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Author: Stephanie Dowrick
In this groundbreaking book Stephanie Dowrick reconsiders the six great humane virtues that can literally transform the way we see ourselves and others; the way we meet and move through difficulties or grief; the way tha ... |
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Using Philosophy (and Jokes!) to Explore Life, Death, the Afterlife, and Everything in Betweeen
Author: Thomas Cathcart & Daniel Klein
A hilarious take on the philosophy, theology and psychology of mortality and immortality. That is, death. The authors pry open the coffin lid on this one, looking at the Big D, its prequel, Life, and its sequel, the Here ... |
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Applying Epistemology to Contemporary Issues
Author: David Coady
What can we know and what should we believe about today's world? What to Believe Now: Applying Epistemology to Contemporary Issues applies the concerns and techniques of epistemology to a wide variety of contemporary i ... |
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Author: Alain de Botton
Why do so many of us love or hate our work? How has it come to dominate our lives? And what should we do about it? Work makes us. Without it we are at a loss; in work we hope to have a measure of control over our lives. ... |
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An Inquiry into Values
Author: Robert Pirsig
"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" caused a sensation when it was first published in 1974. The story of the narrator, his son Chris and their month-long motorcycle odyssey from Minnesota to California profoundly ... |
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A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
Author: Sarah Bakewell
How to get on well with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love? How to live? This question obsessed Renaissance nobleman Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92), who wrote free-roaming e ... |
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Author: Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue is a hymn to the English language. In examining how a second-rate, mongrel tongue came to be the undisputed language of the globe, Bryson explores English from America to Australia and looks a ... |
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Author: Alain de Botton
Alain de Botton's The Consolations of Philosophy takes the discipline of logic and the mind back to its roots. Drawing inspiration from six of the finest minds in history - Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenh ... |
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Author: Alain de Botton
Bestselling author, Alain de Botton has written about love, travel, status and how philosophy can console us. Now, he turns his attention to one of our most intense but often hidden love affairs: with our houses and thei ... |
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Author: Iris Murdoch
The decline of religion and ever increasing influence of science pose acute ethical issues for us all. Can we reject the literal truth of the Gospels, yet still retain a Christian morality? Can we defence any moral value ... |
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Author: Alain de Botton
'Witty, thoughtful, entertaining ...a stylish book, which manages to make philosophy both enjoyable and relevant, at the same time providing a very sensible digest of consolations for many of our current psychological il ... |
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Curious Histories of How to Live
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Showing the lessons that can be learned from the cultural historian, this title explores twelve universal topics, from work and love to money and creativity, and reveals the wisdom that we've been missing. It focuses on ... |
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Author: Marcus Aurelius
These spiritual reflections of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) show a leader trying to make sense of himself and the universe, and cover diverse topics such as the question of virtue, human rationality and the ... |
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Ethics for a Whole World
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Argues that religion is not a necessity for pursuing a spiritual life. This title focuses on tolerance and understanding between religions, as well as tolerance and understanding between believers (of any faith) and non- ... |
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Author: Sun Tzu & Tzu Sun
Offering ancient wisdom on how to use skill, cunning, tactics and discipline to outwit your opponent, this bestselling 2000-year-old military manual is still worshipped by soldiers on the battlefield and managers in the ... |
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On Nomadic Ethics
Author: Rosi Braidotti
This major new book offers a highly original account of ethical and political subjectivity in contemporary culture. It makes a strong case for a non-unitary or nomadic conception of the subject, in opposition to the clai ... |
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Author: Virgil
One of the greatest poems of the classical world, Virgil's "Georgics" is a glorious celebration of the eternal beauty of the natural world, now brought vividly to life in a powerful new translation. 'Georgic' means 'to w ... |
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