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Achieving Our Country: Leftist Thought in Twentieth-Century Americaby Richard RortyISBN 0674003128 (0-674-00312-8)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Achieving Our Country: Leftist Thought in Twentieth-Century America'Book summary:There are many shameful incidents in America's past: the institution of slavery, genocidal assaults on the indigenous peoples of this continent, the escalation of the Vietnam War, and so on. What should our response to such acts be? Should we regard the nation as irredeemably tainted by sin and spend our time cataloging its evils, or should we acknowledge its shortcomings and make a conscious effort to turn it into a better nation?
Philosopher Richard Rorty believes that there is hope for America, but that today's Left is not meeting the challenge. He contrasts the cultural, academic Left's focus on our heritage of shame (which, he admits, has to the extent that it makes hatred intolerable had the positive effect of making America a more civil society) with the politically engaged reformist Left of the early part of this century. "The distinction between the old strategy and the new is important," he writes. "The choice between them makes the difference between what Todd Gitlin calls common dreams and what Arthur Schlesinger calls disuniting Americans. To take pride in being black or gay is an entirely reasonable response to the sadistic humiliation to which one has been subjected. But insofar as this pride prevents someone from also taking pride in being an American citizen, from thinking of his or her country as capable of reform, or from being able to join with straights or whites in reformist initiatives, it is a political disaster."
Not everyone, to be sure, is going to agree with Rorty's ideas. But his approach to civic life, which is pragmatic in the tradition of John Dewey and visionary in the tradition of Walt Whitman, is bound to provoke increased discussion of what it is to be a citizen, and his call for a renewed awareness of the history of American reformist activism can only be applauded. [via]
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The Age of Spiritual Machines : When Computers Exceed Human Intelligenceby Ray KurzweilISBN 0670882178 (0-670-88217-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Age of Spiritual Machines : When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence'Book summary:How much do we humans enjoy our current status as the most intelligent beings on earth? Enough to try to stop our own inventions from surpassing us in smarts? If so, we'd better pull the plug right now, because if Ray Kurzweil is right we've only got until about 2020 before computers outpace the human brain in computational power. Kurzweil, artificial intelligence expert and author of The Age of Intelligent Machines, shows that technological evolution moves at an exponential pace. Further, he asserts, in a sort of swirling postulate, time speeds up as order increases, and vice versa. He calls this the "Law of Time and Chaos," and it means that although entropy is slowing the stream of time down for the universe overall, and thus vastly increasing the amount of time between major events, in the eddy of technological evolution the exact opposite is happening, and events will soon be coming faster and more furiously. This means that we'd better figure out how to deal with conscious machines as soon as possible--they'll soon not only be able to beat us at chess, but also likely demand civil rights, and might at last realize the very human dream of immortality.
The Age of Spiritual Machines is compelling and accessible, and not necessarily best read from front to back--it's less heavily historical if you jump around (Kurzweil encourages this). Much of the content of the book lays the groundwork to justify Kurzweil's timeline, providing an engaging primer on the philosophical and technological ideas behind the study of consciousness. Instead of being a gee-whiz futurist manifesto, Spiritual Machines reads like a history of the future, without too much science fiction dystopianism. Instead, Kurzweil shows us the logical outgrowths of current trends, with all their attendant possibilities. This is the book we'll turn to when our computers first say "hello." --Therese Littleton [via]
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Alone With Others: An Existential Approach to Buddhismby Stephen BatchelorISBN 0802151272 (0-8021-5127-2)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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An Aquinas Readerby Mary T. Clark, ThomasISBN 082322029X (0-8232-2029-X)
Softcover, Fordham Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Aquinas Reader'Book summary:This new edition of An Aquinas Reader contains in one closely knit volume representative selections that reflect every aspect of Aquinas's philosophy. Divided into three section - Reality, God, and Man - this anthology offers an unrivaled perspective of the full scope and rich variety of Aquinas's thought. It provides the general reader with an overall survey of one of the most outstanding thinks or all time and reveals the major influence he has had on many of the world's greatest thinkers. This revised third edition of Clark's perennial still has all of the exceptional qualities that made An Aquinas Reader a classic, but contains a new introduction, improved format, and an updated bibliography. [via]
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An Aquinas Reader : Selections from the Writings of Thomas Aquinasby Mary T. ClarkISBN 0823212068 (0-8232-1206-8)
Softcover, Fordham University Press
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Billions and Billions : Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millenniumby Carl SaganISBN 0679411607 (0-679-41160-7)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Billions and Billions : Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium'Book summary:* This is a used book in great condiditon! The jacket is missing but there are no other signs of wear. In this book, his last, Carl Sagan shows once again his extraordinary ability to interpret the mysteries of life and the majesty of the universe for the general reader. Brilliant, eloquent, and imbued with Sagan's uniquely childlike sense of awe, this entertaining collection of essays captures the authors spirit at its best.
In Billions and Billions Sagan applies what we know about science, mathematics, and space to everyday life, as well as to the exploration of many essential questions concerning the environment and our future. Ranging far and wide in subject matter, he takes his readers on a soaring journey, from the invention of chess to the possibility of life on Mars, from Monday Night Football to the relationship between the United States and Russia, from global warming to the abortion debate. And, on a more intimate note, we are given a rare glimpse of the author himself as he movingly describes his valiant fight for his life, his love of his family, and his personal beliefs about death and God.
Throughout these essays, Sagan provides clarity and understanding for an audience eager to make sense of the world around it as it prepares for the challenges of the coming millennium, and in the process he illuminates his strongly held belief that we have the ability to change the world and our lives for the better.
Sagan has said, We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers. With this book, as in his magnificent career, he makes this world significant indeed. [via]More editions of Billions and Billions : Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium:
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Black Elk Speaksby John G. NeihardtISBN 0671452215 (0-671-45221-5)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Elk Speaks'Book summary:The most famous Native American book ever written, Black Elk Speaks is the acclaimed story of Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (18631950) and his people during the momentous, twilight years of the nineteenth century. Black Elk grew up in a time when white settlers were invading the Lakotas homeland, decimating buffalo herds and threatening to extinguish their way of life. Black Elk and other Lakotas fought back, a dogged resistance that resulted in a remarkable victory at the Little Bighorn and an unspeakable tragedy at Wounded Knee.[via]Beautifully told through the celebrated poet and writer John G. Neihardt, Black Elk Speaks offers much more than a life story. Black Elks profound and arresting religious visions of the unity of humanity and the world around him have transformed his account into a venerated spiritual classic. Whether appreciated as a collaborative autobiography, a history of a Native American nation, or an enduring spiritual testament for all humankind, Black Elk Speaks is unforgettable.
This special edition features all three prefaces to Black Elk Speaks that John G. Neihardt wrote at different points in his life, a map of Black Elks world, a reset text with Lakota words reproduced using the latest orthographic standards, and color paintings by Lakota artist Standing Bear that have not been widely available for decades.
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Black Elk Speaksby Black Elk, John G. NeihardtISBN 0803233019 (0-8032-3301-9)
Hardcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Elk Speaks'Book summary:The most famous Native American book ever written, Black Elk Speaks is the acclaimed story of Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (18631950) and his people during the momentous, twilight years of the nineteenth century. Black Elk grew up in a time when white settlers were invading the Lakotas homeland, decimating buffalo herds and threatening to extinguish their way of life. Black Elk and other Lakotas fought back, a dogged resistance that resulted in a remarkable victory at the Little Bighorn and an unspeakable tragedy at Wounded Knee.[via]Beautifully told through the celebrated poet and writer John G. Neihardt, Black Elk Speaks offers much more than a life story. Black Elks profound and arresting religious visions of the unity of humanity and the world around him have transformed his account into a venerated spiritual classic. Whether appreciated as a collaborative autobiography, a history of a Native American nation, or an enduring spiritual testament for all humankind, Black Elk Speaks is unforgettable.
This special edition features all three prefaces to Black Elk Speaks that John G. Neihardt wrote at different points in his life, a map of Black Elks world, a reset text with Lakota words reproduced using the latest orthographic standards, and color paintings by Lakota artist Standing Bear that have not been widely available for decades.
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Black Elk Speaksby Vine Deloria, Black Elk, John G. Neihardt, Lori Utecht, Alexis N. Petri, Standing BearISBN 0803283857 (0-8032-8385-7)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Elk Speaks'Book summary:Black Elk Speaks is the story of the Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863-1950) and his people during the momentous twilight years of the nineteenth century. Black Elk met the distinguished poet, writer, and critic John G. Neihardt (1881-1973) in 1930 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and chose Neihardt to tell his story. Neihardt understood and conveyed Black Elks experiences in this powerful and inspirational message for all humankind.[via]When Black Elk received his great vision, white settlers were invading the Lakotas homeland, decimating buffalo herds, and threatening to extinguish the Lakotas way of life. The Lakotas fought fiercely to retain their freedom and way of life, a dogged resistance that resulted in a remarkable victory at the Little Bighorn and an unspeakable tragedy at Wounded Knee. Black Elk Speaks offers much more than a precious glimpse of a vanished time, however. As related by Neihardt, Black Elks searing visions of the unity of humanity and the earth have made this book a venerated spiritual classic. Whether appreciated as the poignant tale of a Lakota life, a history of a Native nation, or an enduring spiritual testament, Black Elk Speaks is unforgettable.
This new edition features two additional essays by John G. Neihardt that further illuminate his experience with Black Elk; an essay by Alexis Petri, great-granddaughter of John G. Neihardt, that celebrates Neihardts remarkable accomplishments; and a look at the legacy of the special relationship between Neihardt and Black Elk, written by Lori Utecht, editor of Knowledge and Opinion: Essays and Literary Criticism of John G. Neihardt.
For more information on John G. Neihardt, visit www.neihardt.com
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Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Ogalala Siouxby Black Elk, John G. NeihardtISBN 0803261705 (0-8032-6170-5)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux'Book summary:Named one of the ten best spiritual books of the twentieth century by Philip Zaleski of HarperSanFrancisco, Black Elk Speaks is the acclaimed story of Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (18631950) and his people during the momentous, twilight years of the nineteenth century. Black Elk grew up in a time when white settlers were invading the Lakotas' homeland, decimating buffalo herds and threatening to extinguish the Lakotas' way of life. Black Elk and other Lakotas fought back, a dogged resistance that resulted in a remarkable victory at the Little Bighorn and an unspeakable tragedy at Wounded Knee.[via]Beautifully told by the celebrated poet and writer John G. Neihardt, Black Elk Speaks offers much more than a life story. Black Elk's profound and arresting religious visions of the unity of humanity and the world around him have transformed his account into a venerated spiritual classic. Whether appreciated as a collaborative autobiography, a history of a Native American nation, or an enduring spiritual testament for all humankind, Black Elk Speaks is unforgettable.
This special edition features all three prefaces to Black Elk Speaks that John G. Neihardt wrote at different points in his life, a map of Black Elk's world, a reset text, a listing of Lakota words newly translated and reproduced using the latest orthographic standards, and color paintings by Lakota artist Standing Bear that have not been widely available for decades.
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- Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Ogalala Sioux: ISBN 0783517505 (0-7835-1750-5)
Hardcover, Time-Life Books - Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Ogalala Sioux: ISBN 0809489007 (0-8094-8900-7)
Hardcover, Time-Life Books - Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux: ISBN 0803261705 (0-8032-6170-5)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
- Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Ogalala Sioux: ISBN 0783517505 (0-7835-1750-5)
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Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Siouxby John G. Neihardt, Deloria, Vine, Jr.ISBN 0803283598 (0-8032-8359-8)
Softcover, University of Nebraska Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux'Book summary:Named one of the ten best spiritual books of the twentieth century by Philip Zaleski of HarperSanFrancisco, Black Elk Speaks is the acclaimed story of Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (18631950) and his people during the momentous, twilight years of the nineteenth century. Black Elk grew up in a time when white settlers were invading the Lakotas' homeland, decimating buffalo herds and threatening to extinguish the Lakotas' way of life. Black Elk and other Lakotas fought back, a dogged resistance that resulted in a remarkable victory at the Little Bighorn and an unspeakable tragedy at Wounded Knee.[via]Beautifully told by the celebrated poet and writer John G. Neihardt, Black Elk Speaks offers much more than a life story. Black Elk's profound and arresting religious visions of the unity of humanity and the world around him have transformed his account into a venerated spiritual classic. Whether appreciated as a collaborative autobiography, a history of a Native American nation, or an enduring spiritual testament for all humankind, Black Elk Speaks is unforgettable.
This special edition features all three prefaces to Black Elk Speaks that John G. Neihardt wrote at different points in his life, a map of Black Elk's world, a reset text, a listing of Lakota words newly translated and reproduced using the latest orthographic standards, and color paintings by Lakota artist Standing Bear that have not been widely available for decades.
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The Blackwell Companion to Philosophyby Nicholas Bunnin, E. P. Tsui-JamesISBN 0631219080 (0-631-21908-0)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Blackwell Companion to Philosophy'Book summary:In this comprehensive and authoritative volume, philosophers explore the issues, controversies and problems which arise from the study of philosophy - from specific specialized subject areas to the work of great historical figures. Personal overviews by John Searle and Bernard Williams establish an emphasis on developments over recent decades.
The Companion functions primarily as a flexible and distinctive introductory textbook, but even advanced students will welcome its stimulating and accessible chapters and the guidance provided by cross references, glossary entries, boxed highlights, bibliographies, discussion questions, and further reading. [via]
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Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spiritualityby Donald MillerISBN 0785263705 (0-7852-6370-5)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality'Book summary:I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve...I used to not like God because God didn't resolve. But that was before any of this happened.In Donald Miller's early years, he was vaguely familiar with a distant God. But when he came to know Jesus Christ, he pursued the Christian life with great zeal. Within a few years he had a successful ministry that ultimately left him feeling empty, burned out, and, once again, far away from God. In this intimate, soul-searching account, Miller describes his remarkable journey back to a culturally relevant, infinitely loving God. [via]
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Candide and Other Storiesby F. M. Voltaire, Roger PearsonISBN 067941746X (0-679-41746-X)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Candide : Or, Optimismby Peter Constantine, Voltaire, Diane JohnsonISBN 0679643133 (0-679-64313-3)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Candide : Or, Optimism'Book summary:In this splendid new translation of Voltaires satiric masterpiece, all the celebrated wit, irony, and trenchant social commentary of one of the great works of the Enlightenment is restored and refreshed.
Voltaire may have cast a jaundiced eye on eighteenth-century Europea place that was definitely not the best of all possible worlds. But amid its decadent society, despotic rulers, civil and religious wars, and other ills, Voltaire found a mother lode of comic material. And this is why Peter Constantines thoughtful translation is such a pleasure, presenting all the books subtlety and ribald joys precisely as Voltaire had intended.
The globe-trotting misadventures of the youthful Candide; his tutor, Dr. Pangloss; Martin, and the exceptionally trouble-prone object of Candides affections, Cunégonde, as they brave exile, destitution, cannibals, and numerous deprivation, provoke both belly laughs and deep contemplation about the roles of hope and suffering in human life.
The transformation of Candides outlook from panglossian optimism to realism neatly lays out Voltaires philosophythat even in Utopia, life is less about happiness than survivalbut not before providing us with one of literatures great and rare pleasures. [via]More editions of Candide : Or, Optimism:
Cicero: De Officiisby Cicero, Walter MillerISBN 0674990331 (0-674-99033-1)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Classic Philosophical Questionsby James A. GouldISBN 0675099102 (0-675-09910-2)
Softcover, Merrill
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- Classic Philosophical Questions: ISBN 0675202647 (0-675-20264-7)
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Hardcover, Merrill - Classic Philosophical Questions: ISBN 0675213681 (0-675-21368-1)
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Derridaby Christopher NorrisISBN 0674198247 (0-674-19824-7)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Ethicsby Brenda StalcupISBN 0737703385 (0-7377-0338-5)
Hardcover, Greenhaven Pr
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Ethicsby Laurie Di MauroISBN 0737733195 (0-7377-3319-5)
Hardcover, Greenhaven Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ethics'Book summary:Explore America's global influence through expert opinions in a unique pro/con format that exposes many sides of the debate to promote critical thinking. [via]
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The Ethics of Identityby Kwame Anthony AppiahISBN 0691130280 (0-691-13028-0)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ethics of Identity'Book summary:Race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, sexuality: in the past couple of decades, a great deal of attention has been paid to such collective identities. They clamor for recognition and respect, sometimes at the expense of other things we value. But to what extent do "identities" constrain our freedom, our ability to make an individual life, and to what extent do they enable our individuality? In this beautifully written work, renowned philosopher and African Studies scholar Kwame Anthony Appiah draws on thinkers through the ages and across the globe to explore such questions.
The Ethics of Identity takes seriously both the claims of individuality--the task of making a life---and the claims of identity, these large and often abstract social categories through which we define ourselves.
What sort of life one should lead is a subject that has preoccupied moral and political thinkers from Aristotle to Mill. Here, Appiah develops an account of ethics, in just this venerable sense--but an account that connects moral obligations with collective allegiances, our individuality with our identities. As he observes, the question who we are has always been linked to the question what we are.
Adopting a broadly interdisciplinary perspective, Appiah takes aim at the clichés and received ideas amid which talk of identity so often founders. Is "culture" a good? For that matter, does the concept of culture really explain anything? Is diversity of value in itself? Are moral obligations the only kind there are? Has the rhetoric of "human rights" been overstretched? In the end, Appiah's arguments make it harder to think of the world as divided between the West and the Rest; between locals and cosmopolitans; between Us and Them. The result is a new vision of liberal humanism--one that can accommodate the vagaries and variety that make us human.
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Experience and Natureby John DeweyISBN 0766173208 (0-7661-7320-8)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Experience and Nature'Book summary:Mr. Dewey believes that the method of empirical naturalism presented in this volume provides the way, and the only way by which one can freely accept the standpoint and conclusions of modern science. Contents: experience and philosophic method; existence as precarious and as stable; nature, ends and histories; nature, means and knowledge; nature, communication and as meaning; nature, mind, and the subject; nature, life and body-mind; existence, ideas and consciousness; experience, nature and art; existence value and criticism. [via]
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The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes-And Its Implicationsby David Deutsch, David DeutchISBN 0713990619 (0-7139-9061-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes-And Its Implications'Book summary:"Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense," writes physicist David Deutsch. In The Fabric of Reality, Deutsch traces what he considers the four main strands of scientific explanation: quantum theory, evolution, computation, and the theory of knowledge. "The four of them taken together form a coherent explanatory structure that is so far-reaching, and has come to encompass so much of our understanding of the world, that in my view it may already properly be called the first Theory of Everything." Deutsch covers some difficult material with unusual clarity. Each chapter ends with a summary and definitions of important terms, which makes the work an invaluable sourcebook. [via]
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Guidebook to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenanceby Thomas J. Steele, Ronald L. DisantoISBN 0688060692 (0-688-06069-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islamby Karen ArmstrongISBN 0679426000 (0-679-42600-0)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam'Book summary:Armstrong, a British journalist and former nun, guides us along one of the most elusive and fascinating quests of all time--the search for God. Like all beloved historians, Armstrong entertains us with deft storytelling, astounding research, and makes us feel a greater appreciation for the present because we better understand our past. Be warned: A History of God is not a tidy linear history. Rather, we learn that the definition of God is constantly being repeated, altered, discarded, and resurrected through the ages, responding to its followers' practical concerns rather than to mystical mandates. Armstrong also shows us how Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have overlapped and influenced one another, gently challenging the secularist history of each of these religions. --Gail Hudson [via]
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How to Read a Bookby Mortimer Jerome AdlerISBN 0671212095 (0-671-21209-5)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Read a Book'Book summary:How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. And now it has been completely rewritten and updated.
You are told about the various levels of reading and how to achieve them -- from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading, you learn how to pigeonhole a book, X-ray it, extract the author's message, criticize. You are taught the different reading techniques for reading practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science.
Finally, the authors offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests whereby you can measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension and speed. [via]
How to Think About the Great Ideas: From the Great Books of Western Civilizationby Mortimer Adler, Max WeismannISBN 0812694120 (0-8126-9412-0)
Softcover, Open Court Pub Co
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Imitation of Christby Thomas KempisISBN 0766164969 (0-7661-6496-9)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Of the Imitation of Christ'Book summary:A classic treasure on prayer, devotion, and communion that will aid believers in cultivating the riches of the inner life with God.[via]More editions of Imitation of Christ:
- Imitation of Christ: ISBN 0802440053 (0-8024-4005-3)
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Hardcover, STL - Imitation of Christ: ISBN 0801001846 (0-8010-0184-6)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group - Of the Imitation of Christ: ISBN 0802725708 (0-8027-2570-8)
Softcover, Walker Large Print - Imitation of Christ: ISBN 0785242473 (0-7852-4247-3)
Hardcover, Thomas Nelson Inc - The Imitation of Christ: ISBN 0802440045 (0-8024-4004-5)
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Intentionby G. E. M. AnscombeISBN 0674003993 (0-674-00399-3)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Intention'Book summary:Intention is one of the masterworks of twentieth-century philosophy in English. First published in 1957, it has acquired the status of a modern philosophical classic. The book attempts to show in detail that the natural and widely accepted picture of what we mean by an intention gives rise to insoluble problems and must be abandoned. This is a welcome reprint of a book that continues to grow in importance.
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Knowledge Management Foundationsby Steve FullerISBN 0750673656 (0-7506-7365-6)
Softcover, Butterworth-Heinemann
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Laches and Charmidesby PlatoISBN 0672603799 (0-672-60379-9)
Softcover, Macmillan Pub Co
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Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphonyby Lewis ThomasISBN 0670703907 (0-670-70390-7)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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The Levinas Readerby Sean HandISBN 0631164472 (0-631-16447-2)
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Myths to Live byby Joseph CampbellISBN 0670503592 (0-670-50359-2)
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Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Ageby Frances Amelia YatesISBN 0744800013 (0-7448-0001-3)
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On Human Natureby Edward O. WilsonISBN 0674016386 (0-674-01638-6)
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On the Aesthetic Education of Manby Friedrich SchillerISBN 0804468192 (0-8044-6819-2)
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The Open: Man and Animalby Giorgio Agamben, Kevin AttellISBN 0804747385 (0-8047-4738-5)
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In The Open, contemporary Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben considers the ways in which the human has been thought of as either a distinct and superior type of animal, or a kind of being that is essentially different from animal altogether. In an argument that ranges from ancient Greek, Christian, and Jewish texts to twentieth-century thinkers such as Heidegger, Benjamin, and Kojève, Agamben examines the ways in which the distinction between man and animal has been manufactured by the logical presuppositions of Western thought, and he investigates the profound implications that the man/animal distinction has had for disciplines as seemingly disparate as philosophy, law, anthropology, medicine, and politics.More editions of The Open: Man and Animal:
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Otherwise Than Being: Or Beyond Essenceby Emmanuel LevinasISBN 0820702994 (0-8207-0299-4)
Softcover, Duquesne Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Otherwise Than Being: Or Beyond Essence'Book summary:A sequel to Levinas's Totality and Infinity, this work is generally considered Levinas's most important contribution to the contemporary debate surrounding the closure of metaphysical discourse, much commented upon by Jacques Derrida. This work contains a fundamentally original theory of the ethical relationship and describes the face-to-face relationship, sensibility, responsibility and speech. Renowned Levinas scholar Richard A. Cohen has contributed a new foreword to this edition of Otherwise than Being, which is also the first time the work is available in an affordable paperback edition. This foreword, along with Alphonso Lingis's extensive introduction to the work, is a valuable tool for researchers and students of Levinas's philosophy. [via]
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Philosophical Remarksby Ludwig WittgensteinISBN 0631191305 (0-631-19130-5)
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The Philosophy of Humanismby Corliss LamontISBN 0804463794 (0-8044-6379-4)
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Philosophy of Religionby Louis P. PojmanISBN 0767408195 (0-7674-0819-5)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Potentialities: Collected Essays in Philosophyby Giorgio Agamben, Daniel Heller-RoazenISBN 0804732787 (0-8047-3278-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Potentialities: Collected Essays in Philosophy'Book summary:This book collects fifteen major philosophical essays written over a period of more than twenty years by acclaimed Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben. The volume opens with an introduction in which the editor situates Agamben's work with respect to both the history of philosophy and contemporary European thought. The essays that follow articulate a series of theoretical confrontations with privileged figures in the history of philosophy, politics, and criticism, from Plato to Spinoza, Aristotle to Deleuze, Carl Schmitt to Benjamin, Hegel to Aby Warburg, and Heidegger to Derrida. Three fundamental concepts organize the collection as a whole: language, in the sense not of particular statements but rather the very taking place of speech, the pure fact of language's existence; history, as it appears from a perspective in which tradition, transmission, and memory reach their messianic fulfillment; and potentiality, understood as a fundamental problem of metaphysics, ethics, and the philosophy of language. All these topics converge in the final part of the book, in which Agamben offers an extensive reading of Melville's short story "Bartleby the Scrivener" as a work that puts potentiality and actuality, possibility and reality, in an altogether new light.[via]More editions of Potentialities: Collected Essays in Philosophy:
The Psychic Life of Power: Theories in Subjectionby Judith P. ButlerISBN 0804728127 (0-8047-2812-7)
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The Reasons of Loveby Harry FrankfurtISBN 0691126240 (0-691-12624-0)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Harry Frankfurt writes that it is through caring that we infuse the world with meaning. Caring provides us with stable ambitions and concerns; it shapes the framework of aims and interests within which we lead our lives. The most basic and essential question for a person to raise about the conduct of his or her life is not what he or she should care about but what, in fact, he or she cannot help caring about.
The most important form of caring, Frankfurt writes, is love, a nonvoluntary, disinterested concern for the flourishing of what is loved. Love is so important because meaningful practical reasoning must be grounded in ends that we do not seek only to attain other ends, and because it is in loving that we become bound to final ends desired for their own sakes.
Frankfurt argues that the purest form of love is self-love. This sounds perverse, but self-love--as distinct from self-indulgence--is at heart a disinterested concern for whatever it is that the person loves. The most elementary form of self-love is nothing more than the desire of a person to love. Insofar as this is true, self-love is simply a commitment to finding meaning in our lives.
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The Reprieveby Jean Paul SartreISBN 0679740783 (0-679-74078-3)
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Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatryby O. BarfieldISBN 081956205X (0-8195-6205-X)
Softcover, Wesleyan Univ Pr
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Selected Writings: 1927-1934by Gary Smith, Rodney Livingstone, Walter Benjamin, Michael W. Jennings, Howard Eiland, Marcus Paul BullockISBN 0674945867 (0-674-94586-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Selected Writings: 1927-1934'Book summary:A leading German critic from the generation of Europeans scarred by the First World War, Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) had a writing career marked by deep philosophical insights and tumultuous emotional crises. But until recently, most of his work was unavailable in English; the handful of essays that could be read in English, like "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction," were undisputed classics, but the full spectrum of Benjamin's thought remained untapped. That has changed with Harvard University's publication of the multivolume Selected Writings. This second volume covers Benjamin's work from 1927 to 1934, the period in which he established himself as a leading public intellectual, and encompasses a wide variety of literary forms addressing an even wider variety of subject matter. From interviews with André Gide to film reviews of work by Chaplin and Eisenstein, from the autobiographical recollections of "A Berlin Chronicle" to his reflections on the cultural nostalgia for children's literature and toys, Benjamin wrote with perception and unflagging inquisitiveness. The editors have provided a chronological essay, which helps place the assembled writings in the context of Benjamin's life; the collection considered as a whole will undoubtedly be of vital importance to any scholar of modern European philosophy. [via]
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The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dickby Philip K. Dick, Lawrence SutinISBN 0679747877 (0-679-74787-7)
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The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick : Selected Literary and Philosophical Writingsby Philip K. Dick, Lawrence Sutin, Sutin LawrenceISBN 0679426442 (0-679-42644-2)
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The Souls of Black Folkby W. E. B. Du BoisISBN 0679725199 (0-679-72519-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Souls of Black Folk'Book summary:William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) is the greatest of African American intellectuals--a sociologist, historian, novelist, and activist whose astounding career spanned the nation's history from Reconstruction to the civil rights movement. Born in Massachusetts and educated at Fisk, Harvard, and the University of Berlin, Du Bois penned his epochal masterpiece, The Souls of Black Folk, in 1903. It remains his most studied and popular work; its insights into Negro life at the turn of the 20th century still ring true.
With a dash of the Victorian and Enlightenment influences that peppered his impassioned yet formal prose, the book's largely autobiographical chapters take the reader through the momentous and moody maze of Afro-American life after the Emancipation Proclamation: from poverty, the neoslavery of the sharecropper, illiteracy, miseducation, and lynching, to the heights of humanity reached by the spiritual "sorrow songs" that birthed gospel and the blues. The most memorable passages are contained in "On Booker T. Washington and Others," where Du Bois criticizes his famous contemporary's rejection of higher education and accommodationist stance toward white racism: "Mr. Washington's programme practically accepts the alleged inferiority of the Negro races," he writes, further complaining that Washington's thinking "withdraws many of the high demands of Negroes as men and American citizens." The capstone of The Souls of Black Folk, though, is Du Bois' haunting, eloquent description of the concept of the black psyche's "double consciousness," which he described as "a peculiar sensation.... One ever feels this twoness--an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder." Thanks to W.E.B. Du Bois' commitment and foresight--and the intellectual excellence expressed in this timeless literary gem--black Americans can today look in the mirror and rejoice in their beautiful black, brown, and beige reflections. --Eugene Holley Jr. [via]
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State and Revolutionby V.I. LeninISBN 0717801969 (0-7178-0196-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'State and Revolution'Book summary:In July 1917, when the Provisional Government issued a warrant for his arrest, Lenin fled from Petrograd; later that year, The October Revolution swept him to supreme power. In the short intervening period he spent in Finland, he wrote his impassioned, never-completed master work on The State and Revolution ... This powerfully argued book offers both the rationale for the new regime and a wealth of insights into Leninist politics. It was here that Lenin justified his personal interpretation of Marxism, savaged his opponents and set out his trenchant views on class conflict, the lessons of earlier revolutions, the dismantling of the bourgeois state and the replacement of capitalism by the, dictatorship of the proletariat. The result, as Robert Service suggests in his stimulating Introduction, is 'a choral ode to action, intolerance, combat and collectivism, the anthem of Bolshevism in its revolutionary era'. Immediately established as a standard text, it was selectively cited by leaders from Stalin to Gorbachev in support of programmes which differed in important ways. As both historical document and political statement, its importance can hardly be exaggerated.[via]More editions of State and Revolution:
The State and Revolution: The Marxist Theory of the State and the Tasks of the Proletariat in the Revolutionby Vladimir Ilich LeninISBN 0714704687 (0-7147-0468-7)
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Symbolism of Evilby P. RicoeurISBN 0807015679 (0-8070-1567-9)
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The Theory of Communicative Action: Reason and the Rationalization of Societyby Jurgen HabermasISBN 0807015075 (0-8070-1507-5)
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Time and the Otherby Emmanuel Levinas, Richard A. CohenISBN 0820702331 (0-8207-0233-1)
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Time and the Other and Additional Essaysby Emmanuel LevinasISBN 0820701831 (0-8207-0183-1)
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Tragedy and Philosophyby Walter KaufmannISBN 0691020051 (0-691-02005-1)
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Training in Christianityby Kierkegaard SISBN 0691019592 (0-691-01959-2)
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Truth & Truthfulness: An Essay in Genealogyby Bernard Arthur Owen WilliamsISBN 0691117918 (0-691-11791-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Truth & Truthfulness: An Essay in Genealogy'Book summary:At the heart of Truth and Truthfulness lie a number of questions about truth. What does it mean to be truthful? What role does truth play in our lives? What do we lose if we reject truthfulness? Bernard Williams sets out to answer these questions by identifying two prominent and conflicting currents of ideas in modern thought and culture. On the one hand there is the commitment to truthfulness and on the other there is a pervasive suspicion about truth itself. The suspicion amounts to a questioning of the idea that there is such a thing as truth and, if there is, a doubt as to whether it can be more than subjective or relative.
The commitment to the idea of truthfulness on the other hand relates to what Williams calls "the two basic virtues of truth", which he calls Accuracy and Sincerity: "you do the best you can to acquire true beliefs, and what you say reveals what you believe." The tension between truthfulness and truth is, Williams suggests, expressed in a familiar contrast between two different and opposed ways of doing philosophy. Williams highlights the strengths and weaknesses of both positions while giving his own virtuoso philosophical display during the course of the book.
The real problems for the reader begin with the overall explanatory framework. Having differentiated between "truth" and "truthfulness" and between the two different philosophical outlooks Williams states that his main concern throughout is with what "may summarily be called 'the value of truth'". It is with the introduction of this term that the equivocation--between "truth" understood as a philosophical term (the idea of "truth itself") and "truthfulness" understood as a virtue, or set of virtues--begins.
Williams talks as if "truth itself" and the virtue of truthfulness, while conceptually distinct, are somehow all of a piece. It is one thing to say, with Williams, that we (as individuals and as a society) stand to lose a great deal (and "possibly everything") if the virtues of being truthful were discarded throughout western liberal democracies. But it is quite another to say that to stop talking about "truth itself" would mean the end of liberal democracy. In other words it is difficult to share Williams' conviction that something as big and important as the fate of liberal democracy might depend on the resolution of these philosophical disputes.
For all the impressive display of philosophical expertise Williams' way of mapping the present philosophical terrain is not as useful as he might have hoped and the book as a whole requires a good deal of time and sustained concentration to get through to the end. Try reading Rorty's Truth and Progress alongside Williams' Truth and Truthfulness for illuminating contrast effects. --Larry Brown [via]
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The Visible and the Invisible: Followed by Working Notesby Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Douglas LowISBN 0810104571 (0-8101-0457-1)
Softcover, Northwestern Univ Pr
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Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings 1927-1930by Walter Benjamin, Michael W. Jennings, Rodney LivingstoneISBN 0674015886 (0-674-01588-6)
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Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings 1931-1934by Walter Benjamin, Gary Smith, Michael W. Jennings, Marcus Bullock, Howard EilandISBN 0674017463 (0-674-01746-3)
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In Part 1, Benjamin is represented by two of his greatest literary essays, "Surrealism" and "On the Image of Proust," as well as by a long article on Goethe and a generous selection of his wide-ranging commentary for Weimar Germany's newspapers.
Part 2 contains, in addition to the important longer essays, "Franz Kafka," "Karl Kraus," and "The Author as Producer," the extended autobiographical meditation "A Berlin Chronicle," and extended discussions of the history of photography and the social situation of the French writer, previously untranslated shorter pieces on such subjects as language and memory, theological criticism and literary history, astrology and the newspaper, and on such influential figures as Paul Valery, Stefan George, Hitler, and Mickey Mouse.
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What the Buddha Taughtby Walpola RahulaISBN 0802130313 (0-8021-3031-3)
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This edition contains a selection of illustrative texts from the Suttas and the Dhammapada (specially translated by the author), sixteen illustrations, and a bibliography, glossary, and index.More editions of What the Buddha Taught:
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When Things Fall Apart: Qualitative Studies of Poverty in the Former Soviet Unionby Alexandre Marc, Kathleen Kuehnast, Nora Dudwick, Elizabeth Gomart, Ravi KanburISBN 0821350676 (0-8213-5067-6)
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This report presents specific examples drawn from World Bank work completed in the countries of the former Soviet Union. Each of these examples illustrates the gains that can be derived from combining the use of quantitative and qualitative research methods." [via]
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