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| The Problems of Philosophy (1912) is one of Bertrand Russell's attempts to create a brief and accessible guide to the problems of... George Berkeley also known as Bishop Berkeley , was an Anglo-Irish philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory...
Xenophon (430 - 354 BC), was a soldier, mercenary, and a contemporary and admirer of Socrates. He is known for his writings on the... John Owen was essentially a pastoral theologian, and in his best work, his pastoral concern and acute doctrinal instinct are inseparable....
Excerpt: "Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward;" therefore we all need to learn the same lesson as Paul. "I have learned,"... Star Maker is a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon, published in 1937. Star Maker tackles philosophical themes such as the essence...
Ethel Dench Puffer Howes (1872-1950) was an American psychologist and feminist organizer. The ideal life must be that in which every... C. L. R. James (1901-1989), one of the most important intellectuals of the twentieth century, expressed his postcolonial and socialist...
In this collection of interviews, Derrick Jensen discusses the destructive dominant culture with ten people who have devoted their lives... Constructed around five major themes--play, organization, self, emergence, and coherence--this book offers a "vigorous, path-breaking...
By the author of "Money and the Meaning of Life" comes a popular guide to experiencing time more purposefully and meaningfully. In this wise little parable, readers follow a narrator who ventures into the Land of No in search of Yes. He learns by watching others as...
Hegel's philosophy is essential to the history of ideas and to the development of philosophy and thought ever since. His "Philosophy of... This book provides perspectives of the passions of the 17th century. The contributors suggest that fundamental questions about the nature...
Assembled here for the first time in English translation, Sigrid Weigel and Georgina Paul offer illuminating new insights into Benjamin's... It is difficult to imagine a world without common sense, the distinction between truth and falsehood, the belief in some form of morality...
Mark Morford provides a lively, succinct, and comprehensive survey of the philosophers of the Roman World, from Cato the Censor in 155... "Augustine and Modernity" is a fresh and challenging addition to current debates on the 'continuity theory' Michael Hanby reveals the...
"Desiring Whiteness" provides a compelling new interpretation of how we understand race. Race is often presumed to be a social... "Foucault and Religion" seeks to unearth a new dimension of Foucault scholarship. Renowned Foucault scholar Jeremy Carrette reveals not...
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