Philosophical traditions and schools of thought

Today, humanity is caught up in the mad complexity of the mind, and as never before, there is an urgent need to rediscover simplicity and innocence.

Painting, according to Jean-Luc Marion, is a central topic of concern for philosophy, particularly phenomenology.

Does God play cards with the universe?

Did you know that for the longest time women were considered inferior to men?

This book is of vital interest to anyone who yearns to know how science, theology, ethics, art, and politics do really afford objective truths.

What does a truly democratic experience of political action look like today?

Did you know that there's so much you can learn from the early civilizations that are applicable today?

Working from the original Persian sources, translators and scholars David and Sabrineh Fideler offer faithful, elegant translations that represent the full scope of Sufi poetry.

In this educational book, we're going to go over the Roman and Greek gods of Jupiter and Mars.

Yogananda was one of the most significant spiritual teachers of the 20th century.

Government are governed by laws.

Your child must learn to like history and you are the key to making it happen.

The interaction between philosophy and theater or performance has recently become an important and innovative area of inquiry.

This is an original reading of Mikhail Bakhtin in the context of Western philosophical traditions and counter-traditions.

Transparency is the order of the day.

Our competitive, service-oriented societies are taking a toll on the late-modern individual.

Before a great discovery, the Renaissance scientists had to endure long days of working in sometimes unhygienic places.

This book investigates what Bataille, in "e;The Pineal Eye,"e; calls mythological representation: the mythological anthropology with which this unusual thinker wished to outflank and undo scientific (and philosophical) anthropology.

Twelve scholars take us on a journey through twelve books that have defined the methodologies and orthodoxies of key disciplines within the university curriculum.

The primary purpose of Prophetic Liturgy is to inquire into the prophetic dimension of the liturgy.

In this wide-ranging and engaging collection of interviews, Brian Brock discusses how Christian faith makes a difference for life in the modern world.

The Perfection of Freedom seeks to respond to the impoverished conventional notion of freedom through a recovery of an understanding rich with possibilities yet all but forgotten in contemporary thought.

As the host of one of National Public Radio's most popular interview programs, Michael Krasny has spent decades leading conversations on every imaginable topic and discussing life's most important questions with the foremost thinkers of our time.

Very few masters of Zen have been writers; very few writers about Zen have been masters.

There are infinite stories about New York City, here are 41 in haiku form.

An inspiring guide about how our daily decisions can turn hate and fear into hope and love.

What impact does our relentless fixation on gadgets have on the struggle for new kinds of solidarity, political articulation and intelligence?

In the twenty-first century, religion is making a comeback, bringing in its wake extremism of all kinds.

This seminal text in the history of moral philosophy elaborates the basic themes of Kant's moral theory, gives the most complete statement of his highly original theory of freedom of the will, and develops his practical metaphysics.

When Intellectual Impostures was published in France, it sent shock waves through the Left Bank establishment.

Twenty-three essays by young professional philosophers examine crucial ethical and metaphysical aspects of the Buffyverse (the world of Buffy).

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The gods have always looked out for the Middle Kingdom, and that's evident through the years of successes and failures.

Inject the very wonderful and lively Greek and Roman myths in your children's systems because they have tons to learn from them.

An exploration of the roots of beauty in Japanese aesthetics.

In this companion to his best-selling translation ofThe Dhammapada, Eknath Easwaran explains howThe Dhammapadais a perfect map for the spiritual journey.

A blast to the past could be what your child needs in order to fully comprehend the present and know what to expect in the future.

The oeuvre of the Greek historian Xenophon, whose works stand with those of Plato as essential accounts of the teachings of Socrates, has seen a new surge of attention after decades in the shadows.

The substance of this present work is liberation semiology.

Conversations with YoganandaThis is an unparalleled firsthand account of Paramhansa Yogananda and his teachings, written by one of his closest students.

Wisdom, humor, and dark observations by the founder of the Church of Satan.

A quick scan of any newsstand is enough to confirm the widespread preoccupation with technological change.

We live in an age of distraction.

Dan Barker, ex-preacher and co-founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, travels widely, arguing in debates and speaking on his beliefs that Christianity is false, God does not exist, and the Bible is filled with errors and mythology.

Said to contain the words of the Buddha on the nature of ultimate wisdom, the Lankavatara was influential in the general doctrines of Mahayana Buddhism, in particular Zen.

The small book acquaints the readers with the fundamentals of life, which include the human body and the soul, pleasure and pain, God and nature, good and evil, the different qualities inherent in human beings, yoga, meditation, desires and similar other aspects.

Explore the Influence of Yoga for Sure Cure!

Proverbs 22:22 enjoins the reader, "e;Don't take advantage of the poor just because you can.

The Trees of Pride is another bestselling novella by the G.

In this volume we venture to the East.