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Sometimes it seems like you need a PhD just to open a book of philosophy. We leave philosophical matters to the philosophers in the same way that we leave science to scientists. Scott Samuelson thinks this is tragic, for our lives as well as for philosophy. In The Deepest Human Life he takes philosophy back from the specialists and restores it to its proper place at the center of our humanity, rediscovering it as our most profound effort toward understanding,...
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The Universe May Be a Mystery,But It's No SecretMichael Schneider leads us on a spectacular, lavishly illustrated journey along the numbers one through ten to explore the mathematical principles made visible in flowers, shells, crystals, plants, and the human body, expressed in the symbolic language of folk sayings and fairy tales, myth and religion, art and architecture. This is a new view of mathematics, not the one we learned at school but a comprehensive...
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"A totally real, genuine, authentic book about why you shouldn't believe any of those words. And it's genuinely good."
- Gregg Easterbrook, author of Sonic Boom
Exploring a number of trends in our popular culture-from Sarah Palin to Antiques Roadshow, organic food to the indignation over James Frey's memoir-Andrew Potter follows his successful Nation of Rebels with a new book that argues that our pursuit of the authentic is fraught with irony and...
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Shakespeare's plays are usually studied by literary scholars and historians and the books about him from those perspectives are legion. It is most unusual for a trained philosopher to give us his insight, as Colin McGinn does here, into six of Shakespeare's greatest plays–A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, and The Tempest.
In his brilliant commentary, McGinn explores Shakespeare's philosophy of life and illustrates...
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Get the Summary of Ryan Holiday's Discipline Is Destiny in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Discipline Is Destiny" by Ryan Holiday explores the pivotal role of discipline in achieving greatness and self-mastery. The book draws on historical figures like Lou Gehrig, whose consistent performance and modest lifestyle exemplified discipline, and Toni Morrison, who maintained a disciplined writing routine amidst challenges....
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"Rubin loves the beautiful sounds that are played by the orchestra. He wants to learn to play the violin and make his own music. But when Rubin plays, it doesn't sound like he imagines it should. Rubin goes into the forest to practice alone and despite only getting the violin to screech, he finds an unlikely audience that loves his unique style"--
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By using principles from a variety of scientific disciplines, Yale Professor Samuel Wilkinson provides a framework for human evolution that reveals an overarching purpose to our existence. Generations have been taught that evolution implies there is no overarching purpose to our existence, that life has no fundamental meaning. We are merely the accumulation of tens of thousands of intricate molecular accidents. Some scientists take this logic one...
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Book Preview: #1 The FBI's Investigative Support Unit attempts to develop a profile of the criminal mind, by analyzing the clues at a crime scene. Everything tells us something about the unknown subject who committed the crime, and we can make various conclusions when we see patterns start to emerge.
#2 When interviewing prison ers, we try to know as much about them as possible before...
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El imperativo de autorrealización convierte a cada ciudadano en publicista de sí mismo. Las buenas acciones se truecan por exhibicionismo y golpes de efecto. No hay más bien que un tropel de bienes al peso, utilizados para halagar la buena conciencia de los consumidores.
La banalidad del bien pone énfasis en la palabra y trivializa la acción. El coraje cede su puesto a la molicie y el amor propio al autodesprecio. Los valores mercuriales del...
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Science has made remarkable progress in uncovering the mysteries of our world. But what is science, and how do we know what we know? This book aims to explore the philosophy of science, examining the fundamental assumptions, methods, and principles that underpin scientific inquiry.Starting with a historical overview of the development of science, the book will explore key philosophical questions that arise in the context of scientific research. For...
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Nuestros sueños están habitados por historias pero, si miramos bien, dentro de estas podemos identificar siempre una multitud de artefactos y objetos tecnológicos. Estos parecen estar ahí por casualidad, pero en ocasiones llegan a ser el objeto central de todo el evento, como la jeringa en el famoso sueño de Freud. Los instrumentos de la noche estudia la presencia inquietante de estos objetos en nuestra vida onírica y como se les ha ido dando...
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Get the Summary of Thinknetic's Critical Thinking and Logic Mastery in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Critical Thinking and Logic Mastery" by Thinknetic is a comprehensive guide that emphasizes the importance of critical thinking in various aspects of life, including the workplace, education, and personal decision-making. The book underscores the challenges of balancing work and personal life, and how critical...
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It gratifies me to have to pen my opinion and observation of a talented man whose sense of duty has placed him above the status of ordinary man. Such a man is Mr Nghetlenge Case Ngobeni.He is a man whose head is full of ideas. He wishes to express his ideas to the community at large through various avenues like working with books.He also uses the radio to communicate with people. If it is in the street, his voice is there. The ideas that he airs on...
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La vida nos lleva por sendas colmadas de retos y oportunidades, y en este recorrido, las personas se encuentran persiguiendo sus deseos, metas y objetivos con la esperanza de realizar sus sueños más recónditos. El impulso humano hacia el logro, la superación y el éxito ha inspirado relatos enriquecedores de individuos que han alcanzado alturas notables por medio de su dedicación y determinación.
Detrás de cada historia de éxito hay un conjunto...
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Get the Summary of Brigid Delaney's Reasons Not to Worry in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Reasons Not to Worry: How to Be Stoic in Chaotic Times" by Brigid Delaney presents a modern exploration of Stoicism as a means to navigate the complexities and uncertainties of contemporary life. Delaney's journey into Stoicism begins with a study from Exeter University, which leads her to participate in Stoic Week, an...
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These informative Essays are writings of alternative political and philosophical ideas - ideas that are thoughts which may be uppermost in our minds when we deal with questions about our extraordinary existence on this Planet. This vale of tears, and laughter - the agony, and the ecstasy.Though man has made extraordinary leaps and bounds in all technologies as well as know-how, and is proven also to be self-sacrificing in many instances at his best...
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"La dignidad de la persona, los derechos inviolables que le son inherentes, el libre desarrollo de la personalidad, el respeto a la ley y a los derechos de los demás son fundamento del orden político y de la paz social". Eso dice la Constitución española de 1978.
Sin embargo, no pocos advierten en el desarrollo legal una tendencia a construir una sociedad delirante, hostil a la dignidad del ser humano y a toda creencia, que contradice el acuerdo...
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Este libro ha hecho atractiva la Filosofía a numerosas promociones de Bachillerato. De ahí su constante reedición. Y es que ha nacido después de mil intentos de explicar con amenidad las preguntas esenciales.
Se centra, sobre todo, en esas cualidades que hacen del hombre algo más que un mono con pantalones. De ese hombre que plantea la lucha por la vida con el esfuerzo y la belleza de un deporte. Por eso es, en gran medida, un texto de Antropología...
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