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Religion & Philosophy
Religion & Philosophy
Religious studies and Philosophy about the meaning of life and how the great thinkers, poets and writers.of yesteryear fathomed things out.
| ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE Book Number: 28847 |
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Hailed as the finest book ever written on the nature of democracy, it continues to be an influential text on both sides of the Atlantic, above all in the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe. De ...
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New HOLY QUR'AN |
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The Holy Qu'ran (also known as The Koran) is the sacred book of Islam. It is the word of God whose truth was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel over a period of 23 years. Th...
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| JÜRGEN MÜLLER Book Number: 88638 |
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Prepare to be shocked by the grotesque and grimacing series of paintings like The Triumph of Death with murdering skeleton figures slaying the population by hanging, throat cutting and barbarous ac...
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| F. NIETZSCHE Book Number: 27113 |
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This astonishing series of aphorisms, put into the mouth of the Persian sage Zarathustra, or Zoroaster, contains the kernal of Nietzsche's thought. God is dead, he tells us. Christianity is decaden...
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| DAVID HUME Book Number: 65536 |
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David Hume (1711-1776) was the most important philosopher ever to write in English, as well as a master stylist. This volume contains his major philosophical works. A Treatise of Human Nature (173...
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New TAO TE CHING |
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Dating from around 300BC, this is the first great classic of the Chinese school of philosophy called Taoism. Within its pages is summed up a complete view of the cosmos and how human beings should ...
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| JAMES WATERSON Book Number: 89994 |
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The conflict between Christians and Muslims in the early medieval period is full of resonance for our own times. We are used to hearing the story from a British perspective, including the exploits ...
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New REPUBLIC |
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The ideas of Plato (c.429-347BC) have influenced Western philosophers for over 2,000 years. The Republic deals with the great range of Platonic thought combining argument and myth to advocate a lif...
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| LOCKE Book Number: 30592 |
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John Locke (1632-1704) was a key figure in 17th century philosophy, politics and society. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding was his greatest achievement, and encompasses a broad spectrum of ...
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New ETHICS |
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Benedict de Spinoza lived a life of blameless simplicity as a lens-grinder in Holland. And yet in his lifetime he was expelled from the Jewish community in Amsterdam as a heretic, and after his dea...
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| PHILP PULLMAN Book Number: 90860 |
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Two brothers: Jesus, the good and reserved man, Christ, the calculating and impassioned figure who will go down in history. Philip Pullman has reimagined the New Testament. Picture Jesus, a travell...
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| CASPAR WALSH Book Number: 90874 |
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'How is being a mindful man different to a mindful woman? Surely the road to enlightenment is the same for our entire species regardless of gender? Do we need a separate focus to become Zen men? ...
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| MARTIN HAGGLUND Book Number: 90894 |
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"What I do and what I love can matter to me only because I understand myself as mortal." This meditation comes from the Swedish philosopher Martin Hägglund who questions, if this life is all there ...
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| MITCH ALBOM Book Number: 90913 |
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A tender, transporting and deeply moving story of a young man asked to give the eulogy of his childhood rabbi, intersected with sermons and fables and meetings with his pastor. We see that both th...
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| MOHANDAS K. GANDHI Book Number: 91012 |
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Known as Mahatma Gandhi, this popular and influential book covers the period from his birth in 1869 to the year 1921, describing his childhood, schooldays, early marriage, journeys abroad, legal st...
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| GEOFFREY PARRINDER Book Number: 91140 |
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The Bhagavad Gita is one of the most widely read Hindu scriptures in the Western world. Taking the form of a dialogue between the warrior Arjuna and the divine Krishna on the eve of battle, it is ...
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| INTRODUCED BY TIM PARKS Book Number: 91160 |
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A new selection of Montaigne's most resonant essays translated by Michael Screech, Michel de Montaigne is one of the founding fathers of the essay. Retreating to his chateau to write and often neg...
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| FARID ESACK Book Number: 91168 |
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No one has placed the noble Qur'an more fully in its historical and contemporary context. Especially useful for those new to the study of Islam, this book's clarity is suitable for students of all...
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| JEAN COOPER Book Number: 90783 |
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Chinese alchemy was nourished by Taoism with its two distinct branches: the classical Tao Chia, grounded in mysticism, and the popular Tao Chiao, with its magical, alchemical bias, arising traditio...
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| HUBERT KRIVINE Book Number: 91459 |
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To understand the Universe we must first comprehend the language and read the letters in which it is composed, the language of mathematics. The book is not merely a history of scientific learning ...
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| MILES KELLY Book Number: 91485 |
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Slipcased softback with quality ridged cover and dedication page, the stories have been retold by Vic Parker from the Old and New Testaments of the world's bestselling book. From the Creation of t...
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| GARRY WILLS Book Number: 91324 |
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'Punchy, clear, well-argued, and beautifully translated, both linguistically and culturally.' - Peter Brown, Princeton University. Sensitive and informed, this is an appreciation of and introducti...
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| DAN JONES Book Number: 91334 |
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Sub-titled 'The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands', when Christian armies seized Jerusalem in 1099, they began the most notorious period of conflict between Christianity and Islam in hist...
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| EDITED BY MAURIZIO VIROLI Book Number: 91390 |
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Machiavelli's great work of political theory The Prince is one of the most influential European books, the product of his experience of the courts of the Renaissance including the Vatican, the Holy...
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| JANIE BROWN Book Number: 91614 |
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Most people under 60 have never seen a person die, so have become deeply fearful about death; both their own, and the deaths of their beloved others. They have no role models to show them how to c...
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| ALEC RYRIE Book Number: 91617 |
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The Professor of History of Christianity at Durham University asks why have Western societies that were once overwhelmingly Christian become so secular? Drawing on the feelings and faith of ordina...
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| RUDOLF STEINER Book Number: 91748 |
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'The Living Gifts of Anthroposophy and the Need for New Forms of Consciousness' is the sub-title of this, the Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner from a series of authoritative lectures delivered dur...
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| MATT COLLINS & ROO LEWIS Book Number: 91750 |
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Ash, Mulberry and Wild Wood, Pine, Hornbeam, Douglas-fir, Oak, Juniper, Birch, Chestnut, Poplar, Beech and Cherry, 'trees to me then were certainly beautiful and compelling things, at times even en...
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| STEFAN GILLOW REYNOLDS Book Number: 91764 |
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The Song of Solomon from the Bible is a poem that has exercised great minds for centuries. Dr Gillow Reynolds explores a difficult and controversial subject bringing his vast knowledge of art, lit...
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| KAZUAKI TANAHASHI Book Number: 91765 |
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A Zen chant is like a compass that sets us in the direction of the awakened life. It is the dynamic, audible counterpart to the silent practice of Zazen or sitting meditation, and it is a powerful...
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