Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, justice, validity, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing these questions (such as mysticism or mythology) by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on reasoned argument. The word philosophy is of Ancient Greek origin: φιλοσοφία (philosophía), meaning "love of wisdom."


Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living
The Faith of Christopher Hitchens: The Restless Soul of the World's Most Notorious Atheist
Equal Is Unfair: America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality
Libertarianism for Beginners
Run, Spot, Run: The Ethics of Keeping Pets
Kierkegaard: A Christian Missionary to Christians
The Death of Humanity: and the Case for Life
Proofs of God: Classical Arguments from Tertullian to Barth
At The Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and apricot cocktails with: Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Edmund Husserl, Karl Jaspers, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and others
The Course of Love
The Violet Hour: Great Writers at the End
Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity
Don't Be a Jerk: And Other Practical Advice from Dogen, Japan's Greatest Zen Master
The Age of Genius: The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind
The Art of Reading

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