The Meaning of Life - Perspectives from the World's Great Intellectual Traditions
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No Excuses: Existentialism And The Meaning Of Life
What is life? What is my place in it? What choices do these questions obligate me to make? More than a half-century after it burst upon the intellectual scene - with roots that extend to the mid-19th …
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The Foundations of Western Civilization
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Was King Arthur a real person? What about Robin Hood? Is the Holy Grail a cup, or something else, altogether? Did Europeans really burn millions of people at the… -
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The Order of Time
Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists and poets have long explored its meaning while scientists have found that its structure is different from the simple intuition…
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Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence
Better Never to Have Been argues for a number of related, highly provocative, views: (1) Coming into existence is always a serious harm. (2) It is always wrong to have children. (3) It is wrong not to…
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Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the science and philosophy of decision-making to mount a devastating case against free will, an argument …
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The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.”
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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Why do we do the things we do?
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The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
With poetry and clarity, Thich Nhat Hanh imparts comforting wisdom about the nature of suffering and its role in creating compassion, love, and joy – all qualities of enlightenment.
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The Practicing Stoic
The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings them all together for the first time. It systematically presents what the various Stoic philosophers …
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