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Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes

Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through...

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    • Philosophy has always stumped me; I can never remember what Nietzsche stood for and who Sartre was pissed at. Yet I continue to read books that might clear the fog; Sophie's World Sophie's World: A...
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    • A GREAT READ
    • I sure hope we used this as our class textbook on the subject of Introduction to Philosophy back in college. At first glance, you'd think the authors are kidding. But they sure as hell know what...
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    • Light and funny
    • Like most Liberal Arts undergrads, I took a few philosophy courses while I was in college. In fact, my sophomore philosophy final has the distinction of being the only one I have ever actually...
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Consolation of Philosophy (Boethius)

Consolation of Philosophy (Boethius)

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    • I chose this book in order to gain a better understanding of Taoism, but honestly, I'm more confused than ever. All the stories and poetry are good, but the "explanations" seem to be nothing more...
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Lovelock and Gaia: Signs of Life (Revolutions in Science)

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The Commanding Self

The Commanding Self

Described by the author as a key to the entire corpus of his work, The Commanding Self describes the mixture of... more

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    The Commanding Self

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    • A Big Waste of Money
    • This is a very negative book which states many times that Westerners and academics just don't get Sufism and are incapable of learning. It's very frustrating because it never once talks about what...
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    • Already a classic
    • THE COMMANDING SELF is for what Harold Bloom, author of THE WESTERN CANON, called the "strong reader". In fact, you will find the phrase, "commanding self", hardly at all within the covers. The...
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Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine

Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine

Harold Bloom has written about religion and the Bible throughout his career, but now, with Jesus and Yahweh, he has... more

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    Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine

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    • Interesting insights into the mind of Harold Bloom
    • Here Harold Bloom puts his highly respected literary mind to work sharing what he gleans of the character of three literary figures - Jesus of Nazareth, Yahweh of the J author and Jesus Christ the...
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    • A meticulous writer with colorful insight
    • Uninformed reviewers are claiming that the author has lost track. But those who are familiar with his previous books and writings see it differently. Because the theme itself is elusive and...
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    • A bit of literary review and much Jewish Angst
    • Mr. Bloom has rented out his brain to Freud. Pity he has not spent as much energy studing the many volumes of Jung. He may find something enlightening. Instead he is like a dog chasing its tail,...
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On Living and Dying

On Living and Dying

Reveals that the fear of death is not rooted in physical pain, or in leaving loved ones, but in the fear that some... more

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    • On Living and Dying - J. Krishnamurti
    • Once in a while, a book comes along that causes radical changes in your approach to the important life issues. This is one of those books. A friend gave me a copy ten years ago, which I read...
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De La Mettrie's Ghost: The Story of Decisions

De La Mettrie's Ghost: The Story of Decisions

This book is about how we make choices. It is a compelling analysis of the nature of free will, drawing together... more

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    • Nice try at explaining Free Will, but ultimately a failure
    • De La Mettrie's Ghost seeks to provide a scientific explanation for free will. The books author, Chris Nunn, argues that "stories," recorded in memory, provide the nexus for choice. Unfortunately,...
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    • An Outstanding Book!
    • This is a rare "must read" book for anyone with even a passing interest in choice and free will. So many writers know the extent of their knowledge and expertise, and remain within their comfort...
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Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue

Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue

Reverence is an ancient virtue dating back thousands of years. It survives among us in half-forgotten patterns of... more

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    • This book had a profound effect on me. The virtue to achieve.
    • I am not sure that we think about reverence out of the context of spirituality. We should. Reverence is all about our relationship with our world, our community, our selves, and our spirituality....
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    • Starts off nice....
    • The book has a great basic premise. It's spot-on. But it begins to unravel in his chapter on "Relativism" when he criticizes one of his colleagues. His colleague may simply feel that he can't...
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    • Caveat Emptor
    • I feel compelled to issue a warning here. This is by no means the "treasure" that other reviewers are suggesting that it is. I bought it largely on the strength of Woodruff's excellent record as...
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How Are Things?

How Are Things?

Can we learn anything from the objects that surround us, the things we use in everyday life? If you look closely,... more

Freedom Evolves

Freedom Evolves

Daniel C. Dennett is a brilliant polemicist, famous for challenging unexamined orthodoxies. Over the last thirty... more

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    • can freedom go beyond horizon?
    • Dennett is using the analogy that free will is like atmosphere and that how it has evolved to support the life on earth is associated with free will (our free will started journey as infant and is...
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    • Dennett's Incoherent Idea
    • Dennett holds with 'Freedom Evolves' that humans have more and more options as a consequence of evolution but this is at odds with the adaptionist version of evolution which Dennett adheres too....
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    • Posted:Dec-08-2007
    • Compatibilism Defended Weakly
    • For the last part of this book, all the author seems to need is free will. I think we can all accept that (except, perhaps, for a few dreary philosophers with little or no influence). This book...
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Why Can't We Be Good?

Why Can't We Be Good?

The widely respected social philosopher embarks on his most gripping and broadly appealing work, asking the ultimate... more

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    • Why Can't This Book Be Good?
    • Jacob Needleman's book asks an important and troubling question. Needleman is a professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University and is the author of many books about timely subjects that...
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    • Marvelous Insights, But A Puzzling Pluralism
    • Needleman does a tremendous job of exposing the stark reality of what is inside all of us - a knowledge of what is good, but a lack of power to do what we know is good. This is one of the most...
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The Sacred Art of Bowing: Preparing to Practice

The Sacred Art of Bowing: Preparing to Practice

The Sacred Art of Bowing serves as a welcoming introduction to the whys and ways of bowing. This ancient... more

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Lethe: The Art and Critique of Forgetting

Lethe: The Art and Critique of Forgetting

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The Politics of Everyday Life: Making Choices, Changing Lives

The Politics of Everyday Life: Making Choices, Changing Lives

Concern over the present state of the world?its tensions and disparities--fosters in many people the uneasy... more

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The Master: Teachings for Enlightenment

The Master: Teachings for Enlightenment

Become an apprentice and travel with the Master on a path to spiritual enlightenment. A modern telling of a... more

Gems of Wisdom from the Seventh Dalai Lama (Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy)

Gems of Wisdom from the Seventh Dalai Lama (Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy)

The Seventh Dalai Lama (1708-1757) stands as one of the most beloved Buddhist masters in Tibet's long and illustrious... more

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