On Tocqueville: Democracy and America by Alan Ryan
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Liveright Classics
In On Tocqueville, Alan Ryan brilliantly illuminates the observations of the French sociologist Alexis de Tocqueville, who first journeyed to the United States in 1831 and went on to catalog the unique features of the American social contract in his two-volume masterpiece, Democracy in America. Often th ...Show more
Days of Reading by Marcel Proust
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: good
In these inspiring essays about why we read, Proust explores all the pleasures and trials that we take from books, as well as explaining the beauty of Ruskin and his work, and the joys of losing yourself in literature as a child. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transform ...Show more
Great Ideas: Revolution and War by Karl Marx
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Written during Karl Marx's brilliant career as a polemical journalist, these blazing pieces tackle subjects ranging from the strikes of angry British workers to insurrection in Europe, from the American Civil War to the misery of colonial rule in India, demonstrating the radical spirit and outrage at so ...Show more
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
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Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
"The God Delusion" caused a sensation when it was published in 2006. Within weeks it became the most hotly debated topic, with Dawkins himself branded as either saint or sinner for presenting his hard-hitting, impassioned rebuttal of religion of all types. His argument could hardly be more topical. Whil ...Show more
This is Not a Book : Adventures in popular philosophy by Michael Picard
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Category: Philosophy
Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates: Using Philosophy (and Jokes!) to Explore Life, Death, the Afterlife, and Everything in Betweeen by Thomas Cathcart
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Category: Philosophy
A hilarious take on the philosophy, theology and psychology of mortality and immortality. That is, death. The authors pry open the coffin lid on this one, looking at the Big D, its prequel, Life, and its sequel, the Hereafter. Philosophers such as Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Camus and Sartre have been wres ...Show more
Thinking of Answers - Questions in the Philosophy of Everyday Life by A C Grayling
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Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
The essays in this book, drawn mainly from A. C. Grayling's columns in Prospect, the Dubliner and The Times, are in fact responses to questions set by editors and readers. If beauty existed only in the eye of the beholder, would that make it an unimportant quality? Are human rights political? Can ethics ...Show more
Kabbalah: An Introduction to the Esoteric Heart of Jewish Mysticism by Tim Dedopulos
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Category: Philosophy
For centuries Kabbalah has been considered too sacred for the general public. Now it is becoming widely known and widely studied. Here, in one volume, is an introduction to its perennial wisdom and its practical application to your life. The unique map of consciousness central to Kabbalah is the so-call ...Show more
Religion for Atheists - A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion by Alain de Botton
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Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
The boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved on by Alain de Botton's inspiring new book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are of course entirely false - and yet that religions still have important things to teach the secular world. Rat ...Show more
Fifty Thinkers Who Shaped the Modern World by Stephen Trombley
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Category: Philosophy
"Fifty Thinkers Who Shaped the Modern World" profiles fifty landmark philosophers, scientists, political and social theorists as well as spiritual leaders whose ideas have defined the age we live in. It offers a crisp analysis of their key ideas, and in some cases a re-evaluation of their importance as ...Show more
101 Philosophy Problems by Martin Cohen
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Category: Philosophy
Does Farmer Field really know his prize cow, Daisy, is in the field? When is an unexpected exam not wholly unexpected? Are all bachelors (really) unmarried? Martin Cohen's 101 Philosophy Problems, Fourth Edition introduces philosophy in an entertaining but informative and stimulating way. Using philosop ...Show more
Why Does the World Exist?: One Man's Quest for the Big Answer by Jim Holt
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Category: Philosophy
'Why is there a world rather than nothing at all?' remains the most curious and most enduring of all metaphysical mysteries. Moving away from the narrower paths of Christopher Hitchens, Roger Penrose and Stephen Hawking, the celebrated essayist Jim Holt now enters this fascinating debate with his broad, ...Show more