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  Aleister Crowley's Tao Teh King [translated from the Chinese]: Liber CLVII
  

  by Lao-Tzu, Stephen Skinner, Aleister Crowley

  ISBN 0950387649 (0-9503876-4-9)
  Hardcover, Askin Publishers

  
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  Canon of Reason and Virtue: (Lao-Tze's Tao Teh King) Chinese and English
  

  by Lao-Tzu, Paul Carus, Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

  ISBN 0875480640 (0-87548-064-0)
  Softcover, Open Court Pub Co

  
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  This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition. [via]

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  Dao De Jing: A New-Millennium Translation
  

  by David H. Li, Laozi

  ISBN 0971169004 (0-9711690-0-4)
  Softcover, Premier Pub

  
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  This new-millennium translation of Lao Tzu's Dao De Jing (also known as Tao Te Ching) has many features, some unique, as follows:

  1 - Interlinear Presentation. A short passage of two or three lines in Chinese is immediately translated into English before moving onto another short passsage in Chinese. In this way, a Chinese-literate reader can easily assess the level of the translator's competence, the appropriateness of his rendition, and the extent of his fidelity to the original -- whether it is an entire passage, a full sentence, a short phrase, or a single word. (A unique feature)

  2 - Rhymed Passages. Lao Tzu uses rhymed expression for emphasis. Of the essay's 364 passages, at least 59 passages are rhymed -- these 59 passages are all rhymed in this translation. Since one can learn a great deal by reading just these rhymed passages, they are also collected as Appendix C at the back of this volume. (Another unique feature)

  3 - Reference-Specific Annotations. This volume has 500+ foonotes.

  4 - Comparison With Confucius's Analects. Dao De Jing was written to challenge Confucius and his school of thought. This volume culls 71 direct quotations from the Analects (as translated by the translator in an earlier work) for comparison. These quotations, along with other comments, are collected as Appendix E. (A unique feature)

  5 - Comparison With Sun Tzu's Art of War. Dao De Jing is also regarded as a treatise on war. This volume culls 46 directo quotations from Sun Tzu's Art of War (as translated by the translator from another of his earlier works) for comparison. These quotations, along with other comments, are collected as Appendix F. (A unique feature)

  6 - Lao Tzu's year-by-year chronology. Appendix A, on five pages. (A unique feature)

  7 - List of Dao De Jing in English translation. Appendix H, on 14 pages, listing 124 unduplicated work.

  8 - Key-word index. Appendix I, on 20 pages. [via]

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  The Daodejing of Laozi
  

  by Laozi, Philip J. Ivanhoe

  ISBN 0872207013 (0-87220-701-3)
  Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc

  
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  A Daoist classic that has had a profound influence on Chinese thought, the Laozi or Daodejing, evolved into its present form sometime around the third century BCE and continues to enjoy great popularity throughout East Asia and beyond. Philip J Ivanhoe's lucid and philosophically-minded interpretation and commentary offer fresh insights into this classic work. In the substantial introduction and numerous notes, Ivanhoe draws attention to the issues at play in the text, often relating them to contemporary philosophical discussions and directing the reader to related passages within the Daodejing and to other works of the period. The Language Appendix, unique to this edition, offers eight translations of the opening passage by well-known and influential scholars and explains, line-by-line, how each might have reached his particular interpretation. [via]

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  The Dialogues of Plato: The Republic
  

  by Plato, R.E. Allen

  ISBN 0300114508 (0-300-11450-8)
  Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr

  
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  El mundo de Sofia
  

  by Joslein Gaarder

  ISBN 8478448152 (84-7844-815-2)
  Softcover, Grupo Anaya Comercial

  
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  Esta extraordinaria obra de divulgacion que se ha convertido ya en una obra de culto aporta una coherente vision de conjunto sobre aquellos aspectos imprescindibles para comprender la historia de la filosofia occidental. El mundo de Sofia tiene el merito de haber conjugado, acertadamente, rigor y amenidad en una narracion donde una joven ira conociendo su propia identidad mientras descubre la capacidad humana de hacer preguntas. «Si no sabemos en todo momento a donde vamos, puede resultar util saber de donde venimos. Para manejar mi propia vida tambien necesito entender mis raices en la historia. La mision de la filosofia es estimular el analisis critico para poder ayudar en el avance de la comprension de aquello que tiene valor y por lo cual merece la pena luchar.» [via]

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  El Mundo de Sofia/ Sophie's World: Novela Sobre La Historia De La Filosofia / a Novel About the History of Philosophy
  

  by Jostein Gaarder

  ISBN 8478443223 (84-7844-322-3)
  Softcover, Siruela

  
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  Esta extraordinaria obra de divulgacion que se ha convertido ya en una obra de culto aporta una coherente vision de conjunto sobre aquellos aspectos imprescindibles para comprender la historia de la filosofia occidental. El mundo de Sofia tiene el merito de haber conjugado, acertadamente, rigor y amenidad en una narracion donde una joven ira conociendo su propia identidad mientras descubre la capacidad humana de hacer preguntas. [via]

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  Illustrated Tao Te Ching
  

  by Martin Palmer, Jay Ramsay, Man-Ho Kwok, Kwok-Lap Chan

  ISBN 1843336278 (1-84333-627-8)
  Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc

  
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  Acknowledged to be one of the definitive versions of the influential Chinese classic, this new translation reveals the text in its full glory and recaptures the flow and power of the original writings. One of the most important books in Chinese literature, its significance has reverberated throughout the centuries since the Han dynasty. Its powerful effect on Western society is second to none in terms of non-Western books. Here the Tao Te Ching's 80 chapters of wise sayings and commentaries on the self and our relation to society are sumptuously illustrated with contemporary works of art and are viewed not only individually but as part of a unifying pattern. Text in both English and Chinese includes background on Lao Tzu, the recognized author of the Tao Te Ching, plus a brief history of Taoism. Essential reading for anyone--even those who have read previous translations--with an interest in ancient wisdom.
  

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  Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching
  

  by Ursula K. Le Guin, J. P. Seaton, Lao Tzu

  ISBN 1570623333 (1-57062-333-3)
  Hardcover, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated

  
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  Like Stephen Mitchell, acclaimed author and poet Ursula K. Le Guin has attempted a nonliteral, poetic rendition of the Tao Te Ching. She brings to it a punctuated grace that can only have been hammered out during long trials of wordsmithing. The wisdom that she finds in the Tao Te Ching is primal, and her spare, undulating phrases speak volumes. By making the text her own, Le Guin avoids such questions as "Is it accurate?" By making it her own, she has made it for us--a new, uncarved block from which we are free to sculpt our own meaning. [via]

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  Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching: A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way
  

  by Ursula K. Le Guin, Lao-Tzu, Jerome P Seaton

  ISBN 1570623953 (1-57062-395-3)
  Softcover, Random House Inc

  
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  Like Stephen Mitchell, acclaimed author and poet Ursula K. Le Guin has attempted a nonliteral, poetic rendition of the Tao Te Ching. She brings to it a punctuated grace that can only have been hammered out during long trials of wordsmithing. The wisdom that she finds in the Tao Te Ching is primal, and her spare, undulating phrases speak volumes. By making the text her own, Le Guin avoids such questions as "Is it accurate?" By making it her own, she has made it for us--a new, uncarved block from which we are free to sculpt our own meaning. [via]

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  Lao-tzu's Taoteching: Translated by Red Pine with Selected Commentaries of the Past 2,000 Years
  

  by Red Pine

  ISBN 1562790854 (1-56279-085-4)
  Softcover, Mercury House

  
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  Red Pine (a.k.a. Bill Porter) offers a new perspective on the Chinese classic Taoteching. A competent translator and interpreter of Chinese religion, he renders his work with an eye for detail and a spiritualism cultivated during years of Zen monastery living. It's odd that many read translations of Chinese classics as bare-bones texts, whereas no Chinese would tackle such obscurity in the absence of a helping hand from previous pundits. Fortunately, it is no longer necessary to rely on mystical insight in order to understand the Taoteching. Instead, we can look to the 12 or so commentators that Red Pine resurrects from Chinese history. With its clarity and scholarly range, this version of the Taoteching works as both a readable text and a valuable resource of Taoist interpretation. [via]

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  Monarch Notes on Plato's the Republic and Selected Dialogues
  

  by Leo Rauch

  ISBN 0671005057 (0-671-00505-7)
  Hardcover, Peterson's

  
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  Plato's Republic
  

  by Plato, G.M.A. Grube, C.D.C. Reeve

  ISBN 0872201368 (0-87220-136-8)
  Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc

  
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  A collection of unique portraits by British born, New York based, fashion photographer Platon, which includes over 120 photographs constituting a unique and dynamic cross-section through the cult of fame and power. Platon's subjects are all leaders in their field and include Al Pacino, Bill Clinton, Vivienne Westwood, Leonard Cohen and David Beckham. A collection of unique portraits by British born, New York based, fashion photographer Platon. Over 120 photographs have been selected from an enormous range of powerful images taken over the last decade and together they constitute a unique and dynamic cross-section through the cult of fame and power. Platon's Republic is a window into today's media-led culture that bombards, and sometimes overwhelms, us with images of world-wide importance juxtaposed with frivolity. Platon's Republic replicates the same intense and sometimes surreal experience with portraits of Al Pacino, Bill Clinton, Vivienne Westwood, Leonard Cohen as well as more documentary photographs of Jesse Jackson and Bianca Jagger demonstrating against the death penalty and football supporters. Granted extraordinary access to some of the west's most powerful people, Platon's subjects are all leaders in their field. Whether they are from the TV industry, politicians, actors, fashion designers, writers or musicians, they all wield enormous influence within their arena. Platons' portraits are graphic and intimate, but the unusual angles and revealing expressions are his hallmark. [via]

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  • Platon's Republic: ISBN 071484408X (0-7148-4408-X)
    Hardcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
  • Plato: Republic: ISBN 0140440488 (0-14-044048-8)
    Softcover, Penguin USA
  • Plato's Republic: ISBN 0804901724 (0-8049-0172-4)
    Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
  • Plato's Republic: ISBN 0812034368 (0-8120-3436-8)
    Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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  The Republic
  

  by Plato, Benjamin Jowett

  ISBN 1406831700 (1-4068-3170-0)
  Softcover, Echo Library

  
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  Republic, by Plato, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:

  All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.

   

  One of the greatest works of philosophy, political theory, and literature ever produced, Platos Republic has shaped Western thought for thousands of years, and remains as relevant today as when it was written during the fourth century B.C.
  
  Republic begins by posing a central question: "What is justice, and why should we be just, especially when the wicked often seem happier and more successful?" For Plato, the answer lies with the ways people, groups, and institutions organize and behave. A brilliant inquiry into the problems of constructing the perfect state, and the roles education, the arts, family, and religion should play in our lives, Republic employs picturesque settings, sharply outlined characters, and conversational dialogue to drive home the philosophers often provocative arguments.

  
  It has been said that the entire history of Western philosophy consists of nothing more than "a series of footnotes to Plato." Vastly entertaining, occasionally shocking, and always stimulating, Republic continues to enrich and expand the outlook of all who read it.
  

  Elizabeth Watson Scharffenberger holds degrees from the University of Chicago and Columbia University. A specialist in the culture and literature of Athens during the fifth and fourth centuries B.C., she teaches at Columbia University and New York Universitys Gallatin School.

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  • The Republic: ISBN 1593080972 (1-59308-097-2)
    Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
  • The Republic: ISBN 1853264830 (1-85326-483-0)
    Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
  • The Republic: ISBN 1593083599 (1-59308-359-9)
    Hardcover, Barnes & Noble
  • The Republic: ISBN 0192833707 (0-19-283370-7)
    Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
  • The Republic: ISBN 0393314677 (0-393-31467-7)
    Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
  • The Republic: ISBN 0486411214 (0-486-41121-4)
    Softcover, Dover Pubns
  • The Republic: ISBN 052148443X (0-521-48443-X)
    Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
  • The Republic: ISBN 0679733876 (0-679-73387-6)
    Softcover, Vintage Books
  • The Republic: ISBN 0872207366 (0-87220-736-6)
    Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
  • The Republic: ISBN 0879753455 (0-87975-345-5)
    Softcover, Prometheus Books
  • The Republic: ISBN 0882951181 (0-88295-118-1)
    Softcover, Harlan Davidson
  • The Republic: ISBN 0521481732 (0-521-48173-2)
    Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
  • The Republic: ISBN 0679413308 (0-679-41330-8)
    Hardcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
  • The Republic: ISBN 0872201376 (0-87220-137-6)
    Hardcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
  • The Republic: ISBN 0872207374 (0-87220-737-4)
    Hardcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
  • The Republic: ISBN 0140449140 (0-14-044914-0)
    Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • The Republic: ISBN 0192829092 (0-19-282909-2)
    Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
  • The Republic: ISBN 039395501X (0-393-95501-X)
    Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
  • The Republic: ISBN 0760714835 (0-7607-1483-5)
    Softcover, Barnes & Noble
  • The Republic: ISBN 0192126040 (0-19-212604-0)
    Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
  • The Republic: ISBN 0393019721 (0-393-01972-1)
    Hardcover, Norton
  • The Republic: ISBN 0394608135 (0-394-60813-5)
    Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
  • The Republic: ISBN 0460871528 (0-460-87152-8)
    Hardcover, J.M. Dent
  • The Republic: ISBN 1406831700 (1-4068-3170-0)
    Softcover, Echo Library
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  The Republic
  

  by John Hall, Plato, Terence Irwin

  ISBN 0460873822 (0-460-87382-2)
  Softcover, Tuttle Pub

  
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  A newly designed second edition of the classic translation of Plato's timeless work, "The Republic," by the author of "The Closing of the American Mind." [via]

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  Republic and Other Works
  

  by Plato

  ISBN 0385094973 (0-385-09497-3)
  Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group

  
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  A compilation of the essential works of Plato in  one paperback volume: The Republic, The  Symposium, Parmenides, Euthyphro, Apology,  Crito, and Phaedo. [via]

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  The Republic of Plato
  

  by Plato, Richard W. Sterling, William C. Scott

  ISBN 0195003640 (0-19-500364-0)
  Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr

  
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  Long regarded as the most accurate rendering of Plato's Republic that has yet been published, this widely acclaimed work is the first strictly literal translation of a timeless classic. This second edition includes a new introduction by Professor Bloom, whose careful translation and interpretation of The Republic was first published in 1968. In addition to the corrected text itself there is also a rich and valuable essay-as well as indexes-which will better enable the reader to approach the heart of Plato's intention. [via]

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  • The Republic of Plato: ISBN 0465069347 (0-465-06934-7)
    Softcover, Basic Books
  • The Republic of Plato: ISBN 0465069363 (0-465-06936-3)
    Softcover, Perseus Books Group
  • The Republic of Plato: ISBN 0525470042 (0-525-47004-2)
    Softcover, Penguin USA
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  Republic of Plato
  

  by Thomas Taylor

  ISBN 1564590240 (1-56459-024-0)
  Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

  
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  This is Thomas Taylor's adept translation of Plato's Republic. Plato's "crowning achievement of art and philosophy." "The idea that runs through the Republic is that the individual presents almost the same features and qualties as society, on a smaller scale, and in his argument Plato first considers the state and thence makes his deductions as to the individual." "Besides the enduring value of the Republic as a work of art, its philosophical and ethical teaching is of particular interest in the present disordered condition of social and speculative ideas. [via]

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  The Republic: Plato
  

  by Reginald E. Allen, Plato

  ISBN 0300114516 (0-300-11451-6)
  Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr

  
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  R. E. Allens highly regarded translations of the dialogues of Plato have been praised for their faithfulness and readability. Many years in the making, his translation of The Republic has been eagerly awaited. It comes now to crown a distinguished classicists efforts to make Platos works available in readable and accurate translations. This new, lucid translation of Platos greatest dialogue is the first major translation in English since the publication of F. M. Cornfords and G. M. A. Grubes renditions more than a generation ago. It is likely to be the standard translation for years to come.
  
  This edition, intended for the student and general reader, is accompanied by Allens notes and introduction. The Republic is, of course, many things: metaphysics and epistemology, moral psychology and ethics, educational theory and aesthetics, and poetry and eschatology. In his introduction, Allen takes up its threshold question—the political—and argues that its particular formulation by Plato had a direct and profound influence on the Founding Fathers and the development of American constitutional law.

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  Sophie's World
  

  by Jostein Gaarder, Paulette Moller

  ISBN 0374530718 (0-374-53071-8)
  Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux

  
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  Wanting to understand the most fundamental questions of the universe isn't the province of ivory-tower intellectuals alone, as this book's enormous popularity has demonstrated. A young girl, Sophie, becomes embroiled in a discussion of philosophy with a faceless correspondent. At the same time, she must unravel a mystery involving another young girl, Hilde, by using everything she's learning. The truth is far more complicated than she could ever have imagined. [via]

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  • Sophie's World: ISBN 0425152251 (0-425-15225-1)
    Softcover, Boulevard
  • Sophie's World: ISBN 0425156842 (0-425-15684-2)
    Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
  • Sophie's World: ISBN 0374266425 (0-374-26642-5)
    Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
  • Sophie's World: ISBN 0374530718 (0-374-53071-8)
    Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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  Tao Te Ching
  

  by Lao-Tzu, David Hinton

  ISBN 1582431825 (1-58243-182-5)
  Softcover, Counterpoint

  
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  Written more than two thousand years ago, the Tao Teh Ching , or "The Classic of the Way and Its Virtue," has probably had a greater influence on Asian thought than any other single book. It is also one of the true classics of the world of spiritual literature.
  
  Traditionally attributed to the near-legendary "Old Master," Lao Tzu, the Tao Teh Ching teaches that the qualities of the enlightened sage or ideal ruler are identical with those of the perfected individual. Today, Lao Tzu's words are as useful in mastering the arts of leadership in business and politics as they are in developing a sense of balance and harmony in everyday life. To follow the Tao or Way of all things and realize their true nature is to embdy humility, spontaneity, and generosity.
  
  John C. H. Wu has done a remarkable job of rendering this subtle text into English while retaining the freshness and depth of the original. A jurist and scholar, Dr. Wu was a recognized authority on Taoism and the translator of several Taoist and Zen texts and of Chinese poetry. [via]

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  • Tao Teh Ching: ISBN 159030246X (1-59030-246-X)
    Softcover, Random House Inc
  • Tao Teh Ching: ISBN 1590304055 (1-59030-405-5)
    Softcover, Bantam Books
  • Tao Te Ching: ISBN 1593082568 (1-59308-256-8)
    Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
  • Tao Te Ching: ISBN 1842930567 (1-84293-056-7)
    Softcover, Duncan Baird Publishers
  • Tao Te Ching: ISBN 1853264717 (1-85326-471-7)
    Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
  • Tao Te Ching : A New Translation: ISBN 1590300114 (1-59030-011-4)
    Hardcover, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
  • Tao Te Ching: ISBN 1852309164 (1-85230-916-4)
    Hardcover, Element Books Ltd
  • Tao Te Ching: ISBN 1582430470 (1-58243-047-0)
    Hardcover, Counterpoint
  • Tao Teh Ching: ISBN 0877733880 (0-87773-388-0)
    Softcover, Random House Inc
  • Tao Teh Ching: ISBN 0877735425 (0-87773-542-5)
    Softcover, Shambhala Pubns
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    Hardcover, Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
  • Tao Te Ching: ISBN 0886950074 (0-88695-007-4)
    Softcover, Concord Grove Pr
  • Tao Te Ching: ISBN 9622014674 (962-201-467-4)
    Hardcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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  The Tao Te Ching: A New Translation With Commentary
  

  by Ellen M. Chen

  ISBN 1557782385 (1-55778-238-5)
  Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group

  
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  This incisive, illuminating translation of the Tao Te Ching treats these sacred writings as religious philosophy having as their central message the value of peace. Refreshing and challenging, this is a landmark work for all those investigating Eastern religion and philosophy.

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  Tao Te Ching: The Definitive Edition
  

  by Jonathan Star

  ISBN 158542269X (1-58542-269-X)
  Softcover, J P Tarcher

  
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  In a new approach to the Tao Te Ching, this acclaimed translator explores the full range of meaning for each Chinese character, allowing readers, in effect, to interpret the ancient wisdom book for themselves.
  
  Not only is Ancient Chinese a challenge to translate, but it contains a minefield of arcane terms and expressions that often have no counterparts in English. So while the Tao Te Ching is one of the most widely read books in the world, it remains also one of the most misunderstood.
  
  Tao Te Ching: The Definitive Edition helps to remedy this situation. In addition to his own masterful translation, Jonathan Star supplies the multiple meanings of each Chinese character. Readers can use Star's translation in the first half of the book, can create their own by using the multiple definitions in the second half, or can combine the two to discover the most profound.
  
  Star's work elucidates how translators arrive at diffuse meanings, as well as how the ancient Chinese regarded different concepts and what they meant within the context of the Tao. The volume also includes useful commentary, a character dictionary, and other tools that illuminate the different meanings of the Tao. This definitive edition enables Westerners to comprehend the Tao more deeply than ever before. [via]

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  Tao Te Ching
  

  by Aleister Crowley, Hymenaeus Beta

  ISBN 0877288461 (0-87728-846-1)
  Softcover, Red Wheel/Weiser

  
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  Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) was uniquely qualified to produce a translation of Lao-tzus Tao Te Ching. He was called the finest English metrical poet of his generation by some of his contemporaries, and his work is anthologized in the Oxford Book of Mystical Verse. He was also a profound and experienced magician, mystic, and philosopher, trained in western esotericism, Hermeticism, the Qabalah and more traditional western philosophy, but with a deep and abiding interest in the ancient philosophies of the Orient. Crowley traveled widely in the East, and he actually walked across Southern China in 1906. His first-hand experience of the Orient made him one of the first students in the West to grasp oriental philosophy on its own terms, without a Eurocentric or Judeo-Christian cultural bias. The Chinese scholar Hellmut WIlhelp acknowledged the primacy of Crowleys work in Taoist studies. Crowley had no Chinese, and his translation is that of a poet interpreting the dry and scholastic translation of James Legge, as Ezra Pound would later do with the Confucian Analects. He contributes and autobiographical and critical introduction that discusses his religious philosophy and his lifelong attraction to Taoism, and his extensive notes and commentary to his translation help to amplify the meaning of the Chinese classic. This edition includes Crowleys verse translation of the Ching-ching Ching (Liber XXI, The Classic of Purity) as an appendix. This edition includes an editorial forward by Hymenaeus Beta, Frater Superior of O.T.O., as well as bibliography and index. [via]

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  Tao Te Ching
  

  by Derek Lin

  ISBN 1594732043 (1-59473-204-3)
  Softcover, Skylight Paths Pub

  
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  Reportedly written by a sage named Lao Tzu over 2,500 years ago, the Tao Te Ching is one of the most succinct--and yet among the most profound--spiritual texts ever written. Short enough to read in an afternoon, subtle enough to study for a lifetime, the Tao Te Ching distills into razor-sharp poetry centuries of spiritual inquiry into the Tao--the "Way" of the natural world around us that reveals the ultimate organizing principle of the universe.

  Derek Lin's insightful commentary, along with his new translation from the original Chinese--a translation that sets a whole new standard for accuracy--will inspire your spiritual journey and enrich your everyday life. It highlights the Tao Te Ching's insights on simplicity, balance, and learning from the paradoxical truths you can see all around you: finding strength through flexibility (because bamboo bends, it is tough to break); achieving goals by transcending obstacles (water simply flows around rocks on its way to the sea); believing that small changes bring powerful results (a sapling, in time, grows into a towering tree).

  Now you can experience the wisdom and power of Lao Tzu's words even if you have no previous knowledge of the Tao Te Ching. SkyLight Illuminations provides insightful yet unobtrusive commentary that describes helpful historical background, explains the Tao Te Ching's poetic imagery, and elucidates the ancient Taoist wisdom that will speak to your life today and energize your spiritual quest. [via]

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  Tao Te Ching
  

  by James Legge, Lao Tzu

  ISBN 1406509981 (1-4065-0998-1)
  Softcover, Dodo Pr

  
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  The Tao Te Ching, roughly translated as The Book of the Way and its Virtue, is an ancient Chinese scripture. Tradition has it that the book was written around 600 BC by a sage called Lao Tzu ("Old Master", also transliterated as Laozi, Lao Tse, Laotze, and in other ways) a record-keeper in the Emperor's Court of the Zhou Dynasty. The short work is one of the most important in Chinese philosophy and religion, especially in Taoism, but also in Buddhism. Many Chinese artists, including poets, painters, calligraphers and even gardeners have used the book as a source of inspiration. Its influence has also spread widely outside the Far East, aided by many different translations of the text into western languages. The book covers large areas of philosophy from individual spirituality and inter-personal dynamics to political techniques. The Tao Te Ching is said to contain 'hidden' instructions for Taoist adepts (often in the form of metaphors) relating to Taoist meditation and breathing. [via]

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  Tao Te Ching
  

  by Lao-Tse

  ISBN 1419184873 (1-4191-8487-3)
  Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

  
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  The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name. [via]

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  Tao Te Ching: The New Translation
  

  by Martin Palmer, Jay Ramsay, Man-Ho Kwok

  ISBN 1852303220 (1-85230-322-0)
  Softcover, Penguin Group USA

  
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  For more than 2,500 years, the Tao Te Ching has been the major underlying influence in Chinese thought and culture. This outstanding collector's edition is a completely fresh translation, meticulously drawn from the earliest known Chinese manuscript, and rendered into a powerful text by poet John Ramsay. Illustrated in full color with calligraphy and 14th-century Chinese paintings. [via]

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  Tao Te Ching
  

  by Stephen Addiss, Lao-Tzu, Burton Watson, Stanley Lombardo

  ISBN 0872202321 (0-87220-232-1)
  Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc

  
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  With this edition of the Tao Te Ching, an unlikely team of a Japanese art expert and a Greek translator pull off a uniquely powerful version of the text. If one thing marks the language of the original Tao Te Ching, it is linguistic spareness. Stephen Addiss and Stanley Lombardo are the first to succeed in duplicating the language in English, and although their search for just the right word occasionally goes far afield, they are mostly successful. The effect can be quite liberating as the full ambiguity of meaning comes through and you are afforded the freedom to interpret in a variety of ways. The translators also enhance the atmosphere of the book with Addiss's expressive calligraphy and the two lines in the original Chinese that are retained in each chapter. Addiss and Lombardo's rendering of the Tao Te Ching gets you right down into the primary source, and from there you're free to wander where you will. [via]

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  The Tao Te Ching: 81 Verses by Lao Tzu with Introduction and Commentary
  

  by Watkins

  ISBN 1842931237 (1-84293-123-7)
  Hardcover, Duncan Baird Publishers

  
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  The Tao Te Ching is universally renowned as a sublimely poetic spiritual teaching by the legendary sage, Lao Tzu.  Its easily assimilated aphorisms provide a continuous source of spiritual nourishment, its insights on statesmanship are practical guides for our own time, and, in the West, the Taoist systems of the I Ching, Tai Chi, Qui Gong, and Feng Shui are becoming increasingly popular. Ralph Alan Dales brilliant translation uniquely captures, as never before, the essential meaning of this profound text.

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  Tao Te Ching: About the Way of Nature and Its Powers
  

  by Lao Tzu

  ISBN 0895295067 (0-89529-506-7)
  Softcover, Avery Pub Group

  
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  Tao Te Ching: An Authentic Taoist Translation = Lao-Tzu
  

  by Laozi, J. Bright-Fey

  ISBN 158173333X (1-58173-333-X)
  Hardcover, Sweetwater Press

  
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  Tao Te Ching : The Cornerstone of Chinese Culture
  

  by Lao Tzu, Abe Bellenteen

  ISBN 9654941562 (965-494-156-2)
  Softcover, Astrolog Publishing House

  
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  Written nearly 2,500 years ago, this ancient text served as the basis for Chinese and other Eastern philosophies for generations, as well as for the I Ching. Meaning "the way that has to be followed," this version was translated in 2001 and is based on two scientific editions that were published in China at the beginning of the 20th century, as well as on the English translation rendered by the Buddhist Association in London. This version includes terms that are explained for and accessible to the modern reader. [via]

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  Tao Teh Ching
  

  by Laozi, Jingxiong Wu, John C. H. Wu

  ISBN 1570629617 (1-57062-961-7)
  Hardcover, Random House Inc

  
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  The most widely known and read Chinese classic in the West, the Tao Teh Ching is a series of insightful comments on life and nature. Part poetry, part paradox, always forceful and profound, the Tao Teh Ching has been leading its readers to expand their view of life since it was written over two thousand years ago.
  
  The Tao Teh Ching teaches that the qualities of the enlightened sage or ideal ruler are identical with those of the perfected individual. This lucid translation demonstrates that these teachings are as useful in the arts of leadership as they are in developing a sense of balance and harmony in everyday life. John C. H. Wu has done a remarkable job rendering this difficult and subtle text into English while retaining the freshness and depth of the original. This edition features the Chinese text alongside the English translation.
  
  The Shambhala Library is a series of exquisitely designed and produced cloth editions of the world's spiritual and literary classics, both ancient and modern. Perfect for collecting or as gifts, each volume features a sewn binding, decorative endsheets, and a ribbon markera delightful-to-hold 4 ¼ x 6 ¾ trim size. [via]

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  Tao Teh King
  

  by Archie J. Bahm, Lao-Tzu

  ISBN 087573040X (0-87573-040-X)
  Softcover, Jain Pub Co

  
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  Widely recognized as one of the world's great literary classics, Tao Teh King is one of the simplest yet most profound interpretations of man and nature. As a religion, it provides one of the sanest and most enduring of the major religions of mankind. Interpreted here by one of the foremost Western scholars of Eastern philosophies. [via]

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  The Tao Teh King: Liber CLVII a New Translation
  

  by Aleister Crowley, Lao-Tzu

  ISBN 0913576069 (0-913576-06-9)
  Hardcover, Thelema Publications

  
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  The Way: According to Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, and Seng Tsan
  

  by Gerald Schoenewolf

  ISBN 0875730825 (0-87573-082-5)
  Softcover, Jain Pub Co

  
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  A poetic rendering of the Taoistic classic Tao Teh Ching by Lao Tzu, aimed at recapturing the tone and substance of the original. It is also the only work that assembles together the three major works of Taoism, including the most well known selections from Chuang Tzu and "Trusting the Inner Self" by Seng Tsan. The author has embellished each page containing the verses, with a beautiful, contemporary and theme specific illustration to create a dramatic impact. [via]

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  The World's Great Classics
  

  ISBN 0717200019 (0-7172-0001-9)
  Hardcover, Xs Books

  
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  Odyssey, The: The World's Great Classics, by Homer; tr. by S.H. Butcher and Andrew Lang [via]

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  Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
  

  by Robert M. Pirsig

  ISBN 0688032079 (0-688-03207-9)
  Hardcover, Harpercollins

  
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  In his now classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Pirsig brings us a literary chautauqua, a novel that is meant to both entertain and edify. It scores high on both counts.

  Phaedrus, our narrator, takes a present-tense cross-country motorcycle trip with his son during which the maintenance of the motorcycle becomes an illustration of how we can unify the cold, rational realm of technology with the warm, imaginative realm of artistry. As in Zen, the trick is to become one with the activity, to engage in it fully, to see and appreciate all details--be it hiking in the woods, penning an essay, or tightening the chain on a motorcycle.

  In his autobiographical first novel, Pirsig wrestles both with the ghost of his past and with the most important philosophical questions of the 20th century--why has technology alienated us from our world? what are the limits of rational analysis? if we can't define the good, how can we live it? Unfortunately, while exploring the defects of our philosophical heritage from Socrates and the Sophists to Hume and Kant, Pirsig inexplicably stops at the middle of the 19th century. With the exception of Poincaré, he ignores the more recent philosophers who have tackled his most urgent questions, thinkers such as Peirce, Nietzsche (to whom Phaedrus bears a passing resemblance), Heidegger, Whitehead, Dewey, Sartre, Wittgenstein, and Kuhn. In the end, the narrator's claims to originality turn out to be overstated, his reasoning questionable, and his understanding of the history of Western thought sketchy. His solution to a synthesis of the rational and creative by elevating Quality to a metaphysical level simply repeats the mistakes of the premodern philosophers. But in contrast to most other philosophers, Pirsig writes a compelling story. And he is a true innovator in his attempt to popularize a reconciliation of Eastern mindfulness and nonrationalism with Western subject/object dualism. The magic of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance turns out to lie not in the answers it gives, but in the questions it raises and the way it raises them. Like a cross between The Razor's Edge and Sophie's World, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance takes us into "the high country of the mind" and opens our eyes to vistas of possibility. --Brian Bruya [via]

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  Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
  

  by Robert M. Pirsig

  ISBN 0060589469 (0-06-058946-9)
  Softcover, Harpercollins

  
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  In his now classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Pirsig brings us a literary chautauqua, a novel that is meant to both entertain and edify. It scores high on both counts.

  Phaedrus, our narrator, takes a present-tense cross-country motorcycle trip with his son during which the maintenance of the motorcycle becomes an illustration of how we can unify the cold, rational realm of technology with the warm, imaginative realm of artistry. As in Zen, the trick is to become one with the activity, to engage in it fully, to see and appreciate all details--be it hiking in the woods, penning an essay, or tightening the chain on a motorcycle.

  In his autobiographical first novel, Pirsig wrestles both with the ghost of his past and with the most important philosophical questions of the 20th century--why has technology alienated us from our world? what are the limits of rational analysis? if we can't define the good, how can we live it? Unfortunately, while exploring the defects of our philosophical heritage from Socrates and the Sophists to Hume and Kant, Pirsig inexplicably stops at the middle of the 19th century. With the exception of Poincaré, he ignores the more recent philosophers who have tackled his most urgent questions, thinkers such as Peirce, Nietzsche (to whom Phaedrus bears a passing resemblance), Heidegger, Whitehead, Dewey, Sartre, Wittgenstein, and Kuhn. In the end, the narrator's claims to originality turn out to be overstated, his reasoning questionable, and his understanding of the history of Western thought sketchy. His solution to a synthesis of the rational and creative by elevating Quality to a metaphysical level simply repeats the mistakes of the premodern philosophers. But in contrast to most other philosophers, Pirsig writes a compelling story. And he is a true innovator in his attempt to popularize a reconciliation of Eastern mindfulness and nonrationalism with Western subject/object dualism. The magic of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance turns out to lie not in the answers it gives, but in the questions it raises and the way it raises them. Like a cross between The Razor's Edge and Sophie's World, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance takes us into "the high country of the mind" and opens our eyes to vistas of possibility. --Brian Bruya [via]

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  Zen Art of Motorcycle
  

  by Robert Pirsig

  ISBN 055325748X (0-553-25748-X)
  Softcover, Bantam Books

  
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  In his now classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Pirsig brings us a literary chautauqua, a novel that is meant to both entertain and edify. It scores high on both counts.

  Phaedrus, our narrator, takes a present-tense cross-country motorcycle trip with his son during which the maintenance of the motorcycle becomes an illustration of how we can unify the cold, rational realm of technology with the warm, imaginative realm of artistry. As in Zen, the trick is to become one with the activity, to engage in it fully, to see and appreciate all details--be it hiking in the woods, penning an essay, or tightening the chain on a motorcycle.

  In his autobiographical first novel, Pirsig wrestles both with the ghost of his past and with the most important philosophical questions of the 20th century--why has technology alienated us from our world? what are the limits of rational analysis? if we can't define the good, how can we live it? Unfortunately, while exploring the defects of our philosophical heritage from Socrates and the Sophists to Hume and Kant, Pirsig inexplicably stops at the middle of the 19th century. With the exception of Poincaré, he ignores the more recent philosophers who have tackled his most urgent questions, thinkers such as Peirce, Nietzsche (to whom Phaedrus bears a passing resemblance), Heidegger, Whitehead, Dewey, Sartre, Wittgenstein, and Kuhn. In the end, the narrator's claims to originality turn out to be overstated, his reasoning questionable, and his understanding of the history of Western thought sketchy. His solution to a synthesis of the rational and creative by elevating Quality to a metaphysical level simply repeats the mistakes of the premodern philosophers. But in contrast to most other philosophers, Pirsig writes a compelling story. And he is a true innovator in his attempt to popularize a reconciliation of Eastern mindfulness and nonrationalism with Western subject/object dualism. The magic of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance turns out to lie not in the answers it gives, but in the questions it raises and the way it raises them. Like a cross between The Razor's Edge and Sophie's World, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance takes us into "the high country of the mind" and opens our eyes to vistas of possibility. --Brian Bruya [via]

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  El Mundo de Sofia/ Sophie's World: Novela Sobre La Historia De La Filosofia / a Novel About the History of Philosophy
  

  by Jostein Gaarder

  ISBN 8478442510 (84-7844-251-0)
  Hardcover, Grupo Anaya Comercial

  
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  Esta extraordinaria obra de divulgacion que se ha convertido ya en una obra de culto aporta una coherente vision de conjunto sobre aquellos aspectos imprescindibles para comprender la historia de la filosofia occidental. El mundo de Sofia tiene el merito de haber conjugado, acertadamente, rigor y amenidad en una narracion donde una joven ira conociendo su propia identidad mientras descubre la capacidad humana de hacer preguntas. «Si no sabemos en todo momento a donde vamos, puede resultar util saber de donde venimos. Para manejar mi propia vida tambien necesito entender mis raices en la historia. La mision de la filosofia es estimular el analisis critico para poder ayudar en el avance de la comprension de aquello que tiene valor y por lo cual merece la pena luchar.» [via]

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  LA Republica
  

  ISBN 8420636738 (84-206-3673-8)
  Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa

  
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  Sofies Verden: Roman Om Filosofiens Historie
  

  by Jostein Gaarder

  ISBN 8203168418 (82-03-16841-8)
  Hardcover, Aschehoug

  
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  Tao-Te-King
  

  by Lao-Tzu, Hans Knospe, Odette Brandli

  ISBN 3257218753 (3-257-21875-3)
  Hardcover, Diogenes

  
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  Das Tao- Te- King von Lao Tse dürfte nach der Bibel das am weitesten verbreitete und meistübersetzte Buch sein. Und seitdem die Lehre vom Tao im Westen bekannt geworden ist, hat sie dort Menschen angesprochen und auch politische Wirkungen gezeigt. [via]

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