Ontology Books


Being and TimeBeing and Time
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Martin Heidegger's (1889 -- 1976) "Being and Time" (1927), together with Ludwig...
Meditations on First Philosophy: In Which the Existence of God and the Distinction of the Soul from the Body Are DemonstratedMeditations on First Philosophy: In Which the Existence of God and the Distinction of the Soul from the Body Are Demonstrated
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This book was translated from old French. It was in English but I could barely make sense of it...
Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & PhilosophersWabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
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a close friend of mine loaned me the book on saturday - i read it once on sunday, and again...
The Courage to BeThe Courage to Be
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Tillich believes that modern man's predominant anxiety is a sense of meaninglessness leading to...
Otherwise Than Being: Or Beyond EssenceOtherwise Than Being: Or Beyond Essence
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Much though I am fascinated with Levinas, I do find it nearly unreadable. His text is so dense,...


God Without Being: Hors-Texte (Religion and Postmodernism Series)God Without Being: Hors-Texte (Religion and Postmodernism Series)
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In God without Being, French Theologian Jean-Luc Marion offers a controversial thesis about how...
The Birth of Tragedy: Out of the Spirit of Music (Penguin Classics)The Birth of Tragedy: Out of the Spirit of Music (Penguin Classics)
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Prior to Nietzsche the Greeks had been celebrated for their great calm and rationality....
Aesthetics (Oxford Readers)Aesthetics (Oxford Readers)
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This was the textbook for Philosophy of Art, and I must admit I got quite a bit out of it. ...
The Crack in the Cosmic Egg: New Constructs of Mind and RealityThe Crack in the Cosmic Egg: New Constructs of Mind and Reality
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This book was required reading on the military strategy reading list at the Military Officer's...
The Philosophy of Art: Readings Ancient and ModernThe Philosophy of Art: Readings Ancient and Modern
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This anthology is intended as a core text for courses in aesthetics or philosophy of art. It...


Existence and ExistentsExistence and Existents
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First published in 1947, and written mostly during Levinas's imprisonment during World War II,...
The Art of Seeing: An Interpretation of the Aesthetic EncounterThe Art of Seeing: An Interpretation of the Aesthetic Encounter
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This extraordinary book is, I believe, under-read and under-utilized. Readers might do best to...
Beyond the Brillo Box: The Visual Arts in Post-Historical PerspectiveBeyond the Brillo Box: The Visual Arts in Post-Historical Perspective
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In this collection of interconnected essays, Arthur C. Danto argues that Andy Warhol's Brillo...
An Introduction to MetaphysicsAn Introduction to Metaphysics
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This book is interesting, but also frustrating. On one hand, Heidegger offers some fascinating...
Philosophy of the Human PersonPhilosophy of the Human Person
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James Reichmann is a Jesuit in the pre-Vatican II sense. At the time of the review, as well as...

Ten Theories of Human NatureTen Theories of Human Nature
The author's notes at the beginning explain that the content of the book comes from Stevenson's...
Nonduality: A Study in Comparative PhilosophyNonduality: A Study in Comparative Philosophy
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I stumbled onto David Loy's work after years of reading books concerning Heidegger,...
The Search for Truth (Books with something to say)The Search for Truth (Books with something to say)
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I read The Search for Truth years ago and the underlying message still resonates with me today. ...
Aesthetics and Subjectivity : From Kant to NietzscheAesthetics and Subjectivity : From Kant to Nietzsche
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This new, completely revised and re-written edition of Aesthetics and subjectivity brings up to...
Finite and Eternal Being: An Attempt at an Ascent to the Meaning of Being (Stein, Edith//the Collected Works of Edith Stein) (Stein, Edith//the Collected Works of Edith Stein)Finite and Eternal Being: An Attempt at an Ascent to the Meaning of Being (Stein, Edith//the Collected Works of Edith Stein) (Stein, Edith//the Collected Works of Edith Stein)
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This volume bears the imprint of the extraordinary intellectual and spiritual journey of its...

Aesthetics: Classic Readings from the Western TraditionAesthetics: Classic Readings from the Western Tradition
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This a tough read, but a rewarding one. It presumes a familiarity with philosophical language...
Spacious Body: Explorations in Somatic OntologySpacious Body: Explorations in Somatic Ontology
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I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to explore how our minds and our bodies not...
The Multiple States of the Being (Guenon, Rene. Works.)The Multiple States of the Being (Guenon, Rene. Works.)
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This book has a reputation for being the most difficult of Guenon's purely metaphysical works....
Man in the Landscape: A Historic View of the Esthetics of NatureMan in the Landscape: A Historic View of the Esthetics of Nature
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This tour de force historical perspective of nature leads the reader into a provocative search...
Esthetics ContemporaryEsthetics Contemporary
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Aesthetics: A Critical AnthologyAesthetics: A Critical Anthology
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Aesthetics is both a comprehensive introduction to the field and a broad, in-depth survey of...
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics: 4-volume SetEncyclopedia of Aesthetics: 4-volume Set
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Encyclopedia of Aesthetics: 4-volume Set edited by Michael Kelly (Oxford University Press) many...
The Arts of the BeautifulThe Arts of the Beautiful
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With his usual lucidity, Etienne Gilson addresses the idea that "art is the making of...
God's Ecstasy: The Creation of a Self-Creating WorldGod's Ecstasy: The Creation of a Self-Creating World
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Rarely have I read so captivating a dicussion of the evolution of life, indeed of the universe,...
Art's Claim to Truth (Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts)Art's Claim to Truth (Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts)
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First collected in Italy in 1985, Art's Claim to Truth is considered by many philosophers to...

On the Aesthetic Education of Man in a Series of LettersOn the Aesthetic Education of Man in a Series of Letters
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Writing in the 1790s, Schiller united the rigorous epistemology of Kant and Fichte with Plato's...
The Infinite (Problems of Philosophy Their Past and Present)The Infinite (Problems of Philosophy Their Past and Present)
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Moore's book, The Infinite, is written in two parts. The first is a very thorough discussion on...
Pursuit of Truth: Revised EditionPursuit of Truth: Revised Edition
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A concise summary and exposition of Quine's philosophy. This seems like it would be an...
Suarez on Individuation (Mediaeval Philosophical Texts in Translation)Suarez on Individuation (Mediaeval Philosophical Texts in Translation)
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Being No One: The Self-Model Theory of SubjectivityBeing No One: The Self-Model Theory of Subjectivity
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This is a truly brilliant book, with some weaknesses. Anyone with a background in philosophy...

Kant's Aesthetic TheoryKant's Aesthetic Theory
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This authoritative and accessible book explains the argument and strategy of Kant's analysis of...
Merleau-Ponty's Ontology 2E: Second Edition (SPEP)Merleau-Ponty's Ontology 2E: Second Edition (SPEP)
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I had the priviledge of hearing Martin Dillon lecture on Merleau-Ponty a few years ago in a...
The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and ConsciousnessThe Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness
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Write what you know: basic advice imparted in any writing class. Ms Postrel, writer of an...
The Ontology of Time (Studies in Analytic Philosophy)The Ontology of Time (Studies in Analytic Philosophy)
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Being and NothingnessBeing and Nothingness
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If you are up to the task of reading Being and Nothingness then you should read Sartre's earlier...

The Illusion of ImmortalityThe Illusion of Immortality
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The name Lamont is in the news lately (As in Ned Lamont, running for the Senate in CT) so I...
Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority (Martinus Nijhoff Philosophy Texts)Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority (Martinus Nijhoff Philosophy Texts)
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Totality and Infinity is Levinas's first magnum opus, one of two. It is truly an amazing and...
Reflexivity: The Post-Modern PredicamentReflexivity: The Post-Modern Predicament
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The Ontology of Mind: Events, Processes, and States (Oxford Philosophical Monographs)The Ontology of Mind: Events, Processes, and States (Oxford Philosophical Monographs)
Best Price: $39.00
I'd recommend this to anyone with a serious interest in the philosophy of mind but caution that...
The "I am" discourses, (His The Saint Germain series, vol. III)The "I am" discourses, (His The Saint Germain series, vol. III)

Discovery of Nothing: A New Interpretation of Reality (TS books)Discovery of Nothing: A New Interpretation of Reality (TS books)
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If you have ever speculated about the deep meaning of existence, or the true nature of the...
Individuality: An Essay on the Foundations of Metaphysics (S U N Y Series in Philosophy)Individuality: An Essay on the Foundations of Metaphysics (S U N Y Series in Philosophy)
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Material BeingsMaterial Beings
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"Peter van Inwagen's _Material Beings_ is an excellent book. Van Inwagen defends with great...
The Aesthetic Understanding: Essays in the Philosophy of Art and Culture (Carthage Reprint)The Aesthetic Understanding: Essays in the Philosophy of Art and Culture (Carthage Reprint)
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Scruton's presentation of true conservatism elsewhere is a marvelous apologetic for the...
THE BEAUTY THAT SAVESTHE BEAUTY THAT SAVES
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Image and Reality in Plato's MetaphysicsImage and Reality in Plato's Metaphysics
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The Mediating Self: Mead, Sartre, and Self-DeterminationThe Mediating Self: Mead, Sartre, and Self-Determination
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Lucid Waking: Mindfulness and the Spiritual Potential of HumanityLucid Waking: Mindfulness and the Spiritual Potential of Humanity
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A noted scholar of Eastern philosophy explains how to make the experience of heightened...
Search for a methodSearch for a method
As the quote on the cover suggests, this may very well be "the most important work of...
Aesthetics: A Reader in Philosophy of the ArtsAesthetics: A Reader in Philosophy of the Arts
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This collection of readings is designed to introduce the philosophical problems of aesthetics...

Time and EternityTime and Eternity
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The Zen of Living and Dying: A Practical and Spiritual GuideThe Zen of Living and Dying: A Practical and Spiritual Guide
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I did not pick this book up and decided to read it. The book drew me to it when I most needed...
Six Great IdeasSix Great Ideas
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Adler must be given his due for making philosophy more accessible to the average,...
On being alive,On being alive,Intimations of Mortality: Time, Truth, and Finitude in Heidegger's Thinking of BeingIntimations of Mortality: Time, Truth, and Finitude in Heidegger's Thinking of Being
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"We can feel the exhilaration that runs through this book as it focuses again and again on...
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