Best Philosophy In Life - April 2024

The Best Things in Life

What are the best things in life? Questions like that may boggle your mind. But they don't boggle Socrates. The indomitable old Greek brings his unending questions to Desperate State University. With him come the same mind-opening and spirit-stretching challenge that disrupted ancient Athens. What is the purpose of education?Why do we make love?What good is money?Can computers think like people?Is there a difference between Capitalism and Communism?What is the greatest good?Is belief in God like belief in Santa Claus? In twelve short, Socratic dialogues Peter Kreeft explodes contemporary value... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0877849226
• ASIN: 0877849226
• ISBN: 0877849226
• Manufacturer: IVP Books

The Best Things in Life: A Guide to What Really Matters (Philosophy in Action)

For centuries, philosophers, theologians, moralists, and ordinary people have asked: How should we live? What makes for a good life? In The Best Things in Life, distinguished philosopher Thomas Hurka takes a fresh look at these perennial questions as they arise for us now in the 21st century. Should we value family over career? How do we balance self-interest and serving others? What activities bring us the most joy? While religion, literature, popular psychology, and everyday wisdom all grapple with these questions, philosophy more than anything else uses the tools of reason to make important... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0190228318
• ASIN: 0190228318
• ISBN: 0190228318
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

Astonish Yourself: 101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life

Say your name aloud to yourself in a quiet room. Imagine peeling an apple in your mind. Take the subway without trying to get anywhere. The simple meditations in this book have the potential to shake us awake from our preconceived certainties: our own identity, the stability of the outside world, the meanings of words. At once entertaining and startling, irreverent and wise, this book will provoke moments of awareness for readers in any situation and in all walks of life. Enter the space of your favorite painting. Watch someone sleeping. The world won't look the same again.

• ASIN: 0142003131
• ASIN: 0142003131
• ISBN: 0142003131
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Human Experience: Philosophy, Neurosis, and the Elements of Everyday Life (SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy)

Proposes that philosophy is the proper cure for neurosis.John Russon’s Human Experience draws on central concepts of contemporary European philosophy to develop a novel analysis of the human psyche. Beginning with a study of the nature of perception, embodiment, and memory, Russon investigates the formation of personality through family and social experience. He focuses on the importance of the feedback we receive from others regarding our fundamental worth as persons, and on the way this interpersonal process embeds meaning into our most basic bodily practices: eating, sleeping, sex, and so... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0791457540
• ASIN: 0791457540
• ISBN: 0791457540
• Brand: Brand: State University of New York Press
• Manufacturer: SUNY Press

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

#1 New York Times BestsellerOver 6 million copies soldIn this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorel... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062457713
• ASIN: 0062457713
• ISBN: 0062457713
• Brand: HARPER ONE
• Manufacturer: Harper

The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

An instant New York Times bestsellerTwo spiritual giants. Five days. One timeless question.  Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have survived more than fifty years of exile and the soul-crushing violence of oppression. Despite their hardships—or, as they would say, because of them—they are two of the most joyful people on the planet.In April 2015, Archbishop Tutu traveled to the Dalai Lama's home in Dharamsala, India, to celebrate His Holiness's eightieth birthday and to create what they hoped would be a gift for others. They looked back on... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0399185046
• ASIN: 0399185046
• ISBN: 9780399185045
• Brand: Avery Publishing Group
• Manufacturer: Avery

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWhat does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research.Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on the street.      What does the nervous system of the ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0345816021
• ASIN: 0345816021
• ISBN: 0345816021
• Brand: Random House Canada
• Manufacturer: Random House Canada

The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Everybody tells you to live for a cause larger than yourself, but how exactly do you do it? The author of The Road to Character explores what it takes to lead a meaningful life in a self-centered world. Every so often, you meet people who radiate joy—who seem to know why they were put on this earth, who glow with a kind of inner light. Life, for these people, has often followed what we might think of as a two-mountain shape. They get out of school, they start a career, and they begin climbing the mountain they thought they were meant to climb. Their goals o... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0812993268
• ASIN: 0812993268
• ISBN: 0812993268
• Manufacturer: Random House

The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

• ASIN: 0767903692
• ASIN: 0767903692
• ISBN: 0767903692
• Brand: Thich Nhat Hanh
• Manufacturer: Harmony

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results. Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep work will make you better at what you do and provide the sense of true fulfillment that comes from craftsmanship. In short, deep work is like a super power in our increasingly competitive twenty-first century economy. And yet, most people have lost the ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1455586692
• ASIN: 1455586692
• ISBN: 1455586692
• Brand: Grand Central Pub
• Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDo you ever suspect that everyone else has life figured out and you don’t have a clue? If so, Rachel Hollis has something to tell you: that’s a lie.As the founder of the lifestyle website TheChicSite.com and CEO of her own media company, Rachel Hollis developed an immense online community by sharing tips for better living while fearlessly revealing the messiness of her own life. Now, in this challenging and inspiring new book, Rachel exposes the twenty lies and misconceptions that too often hold us back from living joyfully and productively, lies we’ve told ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1400201659
• ASIN: 1400201659
• ISBN: 9781400201655
• Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
• Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

The classic collaboration from the internationally bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, soon to be an original series starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant."Good Omens . . . is something like what would have happened if Thomas Pynchon, Tom Robbins and Don DeLillo had collaborated. Lots of literary inventiveness in the plotting and chunks of very good writing and characterization. It’s a wow. It would make one hell of a movie. Or a heavenly one. Take your pick."—Washington PostAccording to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (the world's only completel... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0060853980
• ASIN: 0060853980
• ISBN: 0060853980
• Brand: Gaiman, Neil/ Pratchett, Terry
• Manufacturer: William Morrow

The 48 Laws of Power

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control – from the author of The Laws of Human Nature. In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinge... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0140280197
• UPC: 725638107234
• ASIN: 0140280197
• ISBN: 0140280197
• Brand: Penguin Putnam
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

#1 New York Times Bestseller What would it be like to free yourself from limitations and soar beyond your boundaries? What can you do each day to discover inner peace and serenity? The Untethered Soul offers simple yet profound answers to these questions.Whether this is your first exploration of inner space, or you’ve devoted your life to the inward journey, this book will transform your relationship with yourself and the world around you. You’ll discover what you can do to put an end to the habitual thoughts and emotions that limit your consciousness. By tapping into traditions of med... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1572245379
• UPC: 971487957524
• ASIN: 1572245379
• ISBN: 1572245379
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: New Harbinger Publications/ Noetic Books

The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition)

• ASIN: 0060555661
• ASIN: 0060555661
• ISBN: 9780060555665
• Brand: HarperBusiness
• Manufacturer: Collins Business

The Best Things in Life : A Guide to What Really Matters

For centuries, philosophers, theologians, moralists, and ordinary people have asked: How should we live? What makes for a good life? In The Best Things in Life, distinguished philosopher Thomas Hurka takes a fresh look at

• UPC: 43770888

The Essential Writer's Guide : Spotlight on Karl Heinrich Marx, Including His Personal Life, Best Sellers Such as the Communist Manifesto, Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right, Scandals and Controversies, and More

The Essential Writer's Guide

• UPC: 303956681

Manifesting Miracles: 30 Best Ways to Live a Life You Love and Makeover Your Life Everyday - eBook

30 Best Ways to Live a Life You Love and Makeover Your Life EverydayMiracles can be easily manifested. You do this be doing all things in order to make a dream a reality. You can

• UPC: 623817283

Unleashing Your Dog : A Field Guide to Giving Your Canine Companion the Best Life Possible

An acclaimed animal-behavior expert and a leading bioethicist present practical tips to improve dogs' lives by understanding their true

• UPC: 960052518

The Best Things in Life : A Contemporary Socrates Looks at Power, Pleasure, Truth the Good Life

Peter Kreeft's Socrates probes the contemporary values of success, power and

• UPC: 25659112

A Treatise on the Nature of Man, Regarded as Triune : With an Outline of a Philosophy of Life

A Treatise On the Nature of Man, Regarded As Triune: With an Outline of a Philosophy of

• UPC: 427615203

A Treatise on the Nature of Man, Regarded as Triune; With an Outline of a Philosophy of Life

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A Treatise on the Nature of Man, Regarded as Triune; With an Outline of a Philosophy of Life

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• UPC: 983096820

Kierkegaard and Nietzsche on the Best Way of Life - eBook

Kierkegaard and Nietzsche revive an ancient approach to ethics that evaluates different ways of life considered as a whole. Comparing and contrasting their respective ideals of faith and individual sovereignty, this work reveals a valuable

• UPC: 766987147

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