General Books


Chuang Tzu: Basic WritingsChuang Tzu: Basic Writings
Best Price: $19.90
This book contains the "inner chapters," not the entire Chuang Tzu, but generally...
Buddhism Plain and SimpleBuddhism Plain and Simple
Best Price: $4.35
Hands down, the best book on buddhism out there. Skip the frills and cultural trappings and get...
Letters from a Stoic (Penguin Classics)Letters from a Stoic (Penguin Classics)
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This book is all wisdom, from a mentor to a student/friend. It is written in such an eloquent...
The Moral of the Story: An Introduction to EthicsThe Moral of the Story: An Introduction to Ethics
Best Price: $75.00
I bought this book for my introduction to ethics college course and after reading the first few...
Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)
Best Price: $15.85
"Homo Sacer" proposes a succinct thesis: contemporary political regimes, including...


Environmental Ethics: Readings in Theory and ApplicationEnvironmental Ethics: Readings in Theory and Application
Best Price: $55.86
This anthology is well organized and contains a few gems, but many of the articles and book...
Introduction to LogicIntroduction to Logic
Best Price: $34.15
As a grad student in philosophy, I still find it helpfull to brush up on logic while breaking...
Philosophy for DummiesPhilosophy for Dummies
Best Price: $3.45
This is a very well written book. Philosophy is a subject that I am intensely skiddish about....
A Presocratics ReaderA Presocratics Reader
Best Price: $8.99
Patricia Curd brings together the major Presocratic philosophers in this petite reader. Inside...
The Politics of AestheticsThe Politics of Aesthetics
Best Price: $10.52
Jacques Ranciere in The Politics of Aesthetics implicates aesthetics and politics as part of the...


The Book of Calamities: Five Questions About Suffering and Its MeaningThe Book of Calamities: Five Questions About Suffering and Its Meaning
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When they tell us the so-called Facts of Life, the inevitability of suffering is often left out....
The Prince (Modern Library Classics)The Prince (Modern Library Classics)
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"The Prince" by Machiavelli is one of the greatest classics of political science. ...
The Communist Manifesto (Signet Classics)The Communist Manifesto (Signet Classics)
Best Price: $2.00
The idea of this book is simple enough: it's Marx's and Engels' concept and plan for a totally...
Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)
Best Price: $22.34
This is by far the most convincing Introduction to Philosophy of Science that I've come across...
The Courage to CreateThe Courage to Create
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Two things really shine in this slim but rich volume: Rollo May's insight as a psychologist, and...

Applying Ethics: A Text with ReadingsApplying Ethics: A Text with Readings
Best Price: $89.89
Applying Ethics is a wonderful introductory text. My freshmen enjoy it as compared to other...
A Primer on PostmodernismA Primer on Postmodernism
Best Price: $11.95
This book is a very strong introduction to the cultural shift of postmodernism. Grenz does a...
Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the FutureTurning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future
Best Price: $4.99
I enjoyed reading Margaret Wheatley's book, "Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations...
The Great Conversation: A Historical Introduction to PhilosophyThe Great Conversation: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy
Best Price: $61.19
A professor of mine in college assigned this book for a class, and it quickly became my favorite...
Critical Thinking: A Student's IntroductionCritical Thinking: A Student's Introduction
Best Price: $66.00
This clear, learner-friendly text helps today's students bridge the gap between everyday culture...

How to Do Things with Words: Second Edition (William James Lectures)How to Do Things with Words: Second Edition (William James Lectures)
Best Price: $15.22
This book is based on lectures given by Austin in Harvard, and right off the bat, let me tell...
The Logic of Scientific Discovery (Routledge Classics)The Logic of Scientific Discovery (Routledge Classics)
Best Price: $12.96
Completed some time after he had immigrated to New Zealand upon fleeing Nazi Germany, this, one...
Problems from PhilosophyProblems from Philosophy
Best Price: $32.15
After reading T.Z. Lavine's _From Socrates to Sartre_, I stumbled upon Rachels' _Problems from...
Introducing Philosophy: A Text with Integrated ReadingsIntroducing Philosophy: A Text with Integrated Readings
Best Price: $52.04
The book did not come in as quickly as I thought it would and it was not in as good of condition...
Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy: With Selections from the Objections and Replies (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy: With Selections from the Objections and Replies (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)
Best Price: $5.00
I really am pleased that I read this book because within its pages you can see the birth of our...

The Art of ReasoningThe Art of Reasoning
Best Price: $49.22
Unlike much of the popular "critical thinking" literature this text has the precise,...
The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays (University of Texas Press Slavic Series)The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays (University of Texas Press Slavic Series)
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Excellent condition.Excellent translation of Bakhtin whose writing is a Russian take on...
Beyond Good and Evil (Penguin Classics)Beyond Good and Evil (Penguin Classics)
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I figured this would be a good introduction to the writings of Nietzsche. While I believe it...
The Ethics Of AmbiguityThe Ethics Of Ambiguity
Best Price: $5.99
In ethics you find two sorts of reasoning: 1) One that wants to 'delimit' ethics; allow them...
Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & PhilosophersWabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
Best Price: $8.40
a close friend of mine loaned me the book on saturday - i read it once on sunday, and again...

Who's Afraid of Postmodernism?: Taking Derrida, Lyotard,and Foucault to Church (The Church and Postmodern Culture)Who's Afraid of Postmodernism?: Taking Derrida, Lyotard,and Foucault to Church (The Church and Postmodern Culture)
Best Price: $5.22
Smith does a great job of incorporating the philosophies of French postmodernists into the...
The Order of Things: An Archaeology of Human SciencesThe Order of Things: An Archaeology of Human Sciences
Best Price: $8.25
More a curiosity and an exploration in the mental discipline of standing rigor up to total...
Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern WorldSocial Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World
Best Price: $22.40
Moore seeks to examine the paths to modernity adopted by various countries and the subsequent...
The Denial of DeathThe Denial of Death
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While difficult at times, this book is profoundly meaningful. The basic premise that I have...
The Life of Milarepa: A New Translation from the TibetanThe Life of Milarepa: A New Translation from the Tibetan
Best Price: $8.23
This book is a very great book that one can not read it fast. One needs to digest the...

Perpetual Peace, and Other Essays on Politics, History, and Morals (HPC Classics Series)Perpetual Peace, and Other Essays on Politics, History, and Morals (HPC Classics Series)
Best Price: $6.25
Find out how we will achieve peace through war and continual conflict. This is an important,...
On Liberty (HPC Classics Series)On Liberty (HPC Classics Series)
Best Price: $1.00
In the Introduction to "On Liberty," Currin Shields, an English egghead, bemoans the...
The Ethics of What We Eat: Why Our Food Choices MatterThe Ethics of What We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter
Best Price: $6.38
I bought this book a few weeks ago and really enjoyed reading it. I think it was...
Philosophic Classics: From Plato to Derrida (5th Edition) (Philosophic Classics)Philosophic Classics: From Plato to Derrida (5th Edition) (Philosophic Classics)
Best Price: $62.06
Great study of major philosophies that have impacted our western culture. Very enjoyable and...
The Big Questions: A Short Introduction to Philosophy (with Source CD-ROM)The Big Questions: A Short Introduction to Philosophy (with Source CD-ROM)
Best Price: $81.93
I used to use this book for my freshman philosophy classes and loved it. When I found that I...

In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed (Plus)In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed (Plus)
Best Price: $3.89
This book is a lightweight introduction to the Slow movement, which strives to make people...
The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (Theory and History of Literature, Volume 10)The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (Theory and History of Literature, Volume 10)
Best Price: $13.40
The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (Theory and History of Literature, Volume 10)...
The Imitation of Christ (Dover Thrift Editions)The Imitation of Christ (Dover Thrift Editions)
Best Price: $1.72
As a person trying to grow everyday in Christian practice and thought, I found this book worth...
Classic Philosophical Questions (12th Edition)Classic Philosophical Questions (12th Edition)
Best Price: $58.73
If you want to fall in love with philosophy don't read this book. An overly pretentious writing...
The History of Sexuality: The Use of Pleasure (Vintage) Vol. 2The History of Sexuality: The Use of Pleasure (Vintage) Vol. 2
Best Price: $8.44
Foucault's continuation of his impressive History of Human Sexuality looks into the sexual mores...

Common SenseCommon Sense
Best Price: $3.77
It is quite unfortunate that the maladroit public school system has failed to have this as a...
Fear and Trembling/Repetition : Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol. 6Fear and Trembling/Repetition : Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol. 6
Best Price: $14.50
Kierkegaard is more personality, more energy of being, more outward agony, than nearly anyone...
Ethics: Discovering Right and WrongEthics: Discovering Right and Wrong
Best Price: $38.52
I find it amazing that this book is so popular -- currently in its fifth edition. It is, to put...
A 21st Century Ethical ToolboxA 21st Century Ethical Toolbox
Best Price: $45.89
I am a Community College professor. I teach many Critical Thinking classes in the English...
ObjectivityObjectivity
Best Price: $24.38
Received it quickly and in great condition. Cheapest price for a brand new product I could find...

The Courage to BeThe Courage to Be
Best Price: $6.95
Tillich believes that modern man's predominant anxiety is a sense of meaninglessness leading to...
The Basic Writings of John Stuart Mill: On Liberty, the Subjection of Women and Utilitarianism (Modern Library Classics)The Basic Writings of John Stuart Mill: On Liberty, the Subjection of Women and Utilitarianism (Modern Library Classics)
Best Price: $5.54
this isn't the highest quality paper, but it's an economical way to get three works. there is...
The Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ: or How to Philosophize with a Hammer (Penguin Classics)The Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ: or How to Philosophize with a Hammer (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $6.71
This was the first Nietzsche I read about 6 years ago at University. I only understood about...
The Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theory (Penguin Reference Books)The Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theory (Penguin Reference Books)
Best Price: $10.37
For anyone interested in recent intellectual traditions Macey's book is worth keeping on the...
The Philosopher's Way: Thinking Critically About Profound Ideas (2nd Edition) (MyPhilosophyKit Series)The Philosopher's Way: Thinking Critically About Profound Ideas (2nd Edition) (MyPhilosophyKit Series)
Best Price: $66.71
This dynamic volume is designed to teach readers to become critical thinkers as they explore the...
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