Philosophers Books


Shakespeare: The World as Stage (Eminent Lives)Shakespeare: The World as Stage (Eminent Lives)
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Certainly, we may ask, "Do we really need another book on Shakespeare?" Well, the...
Notebooks 1951-1959Notebooks 1951-1959
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College-level collections strong on Camus will find this a special acquisition presenting the...
Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us ModernityBetraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity
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This is a wonderfully written book by an amazing author. Anything she writes is worth reading.
Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of GeniusLudwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius
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I am surprised by how, it seems to me, Monk distorts or reinterprets what the memoirs and...
William James: In the Maelstrom of American ModernismWilliam James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism
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Richardson's biographies of Thoreau and Emerson are two of the best books I've encountered in my...


Richard Rorty: The Making of an American PhilosopherRichard Rorty: The Making of an American Philosopher
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Neil Gross, speaking for the "new sociology of ideas", has written this compelling and...
Meetings with Remarkable Men (All and Everything)Meetings with Remarkable Men (All and Everything)
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Gurdjieff at his most engaging. This is his autobiography, in particular the biography of his...
Giordano Bruno: Philosopher/HereticGiordano Bruno: Philosopher/Heretic
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Giordano Bruno is one of the great figures of early modern Europe, and one of the least...
Conversations of Socrates (Penguin Classics)Conversations of Socrates (Penguin Classics)
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Nearly all those who studied Greek in high school were given a much distorted image of the...
Christianity for Modern Pagans: Pascal's PenseesChristianity for Modern Pagans: Pascal's Pensees
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Pascal's Pensees are indeed hidden gems without which apologetics are much impoverished. This...


Story of Edgar Cayce: There Is a RiverStory of Edgar Cayce: There Is a River
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Other than Emanuel Swedenborg, there are not many people who have as interesting a life story as...
Much Obliged, JeevesMuch Obliged, Jeeves
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Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881 to 1975) was a talented and prolific British comic writer...
Germaine de Stael and Benjamin Constant: A Dual BiographyGermaine de Stael and Benjamin Constant: A Dual Biography
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When they first met in 1794, shortly after the Reign of Terror, Germaine de Sta?l and Benjamin...
Opening the Dragon Gate: The Making of a Modern Taoist WizardOpening the Dragon Gate: The Making of a Modern Taoist Wizard
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Amazing story.Hard to put book away.Truly inspirational.This is not book for beginner on Path of...
Nietzsche: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)Nietzsche: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
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When I bought this book I expected a brief introduction into the Philosophy of Neitzsche....

Confucius: A BiographyConfucius: A Biography
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Clements brings the 2,500 year-old philosopher, teacher, and statesman to life. He also provides...
Do What Thou Wilt: A Life of Aleister CrowleyDo What Thou Wilt: A Life of Aleister Crowley
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Lawrence Sutin gives a thorough look into the life of Aleister Crowley, who was dubbed "the...
Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect MysticAutobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic
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I was unaware of all the controversy about this man, and I wish I still was naiive to it. I love...
All too HumanAll too Human
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In this moving look into the White House, Stephanopoulos carefully treads the line between...
The Authentic Confucius: A Life of Thought and PoliticsThe Authentic Confucius: A Life of Thought and Politics
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Confucius' influence has endured for nearly 2,500 years at the heart of Chinese culture, even...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A BiographyDietrich Bonhoeffer: A Biography
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Bethge was Bonhoeffer's closest friend and colleague.He devoted his life to bringing Bonhoeffer...
Theodor W. Adorno: One Last GeniusTheodor W. Adorno: One Last Genius
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He was famously hostile to biography as a literary form. And yet this life of Adorno by one of...
Views from the Real World: Early Talks Moscow Essentuki Tiflis Berlin London Paris NY Chicago as Recollecte (Arkana)Views from the Real World: Early Talks Moscow Essentuki Tiflis Berlin London Paris NY Chicago as Recollecte (Arkana)
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"Views from the Real World" is a collection of early talks produced by G.I. Gurdjieff...
Edgar Cayce: An American ProphetEdgar Cayce: An American Prophet
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OK, I admit it. The main reason why I wanted to read this book was because it supposedly exposed...
Leo Strauss: An Intellectual BiographyLeo Strauss: An Intellectual Biography
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Tanguay's superb book was originally written in 2003. That makes it the first major study that...

Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Perennial Classics)Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Perennial Classics)
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I have read many biographies and autobiographies of influential and powerful women in history...
Tete-a-Tete: The Tumultuous Lives and Loves of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre (P.S.)Tete-a-Tete: The Tumultuous Lives and Loves of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre (P.S.)
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This well-researched and detailed portrait of a remarkable and unique relationship between two...
Maimonides (Jewish Encounters)Maimonides (Jewish Encounters)
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Maimonidies' two biggest contributions to civilization were his religious writings, and medical...
My Life as a Seer: The Lost MemoirsMy Life as a Seer: The Lost Memoirs
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Have you ever wondered what it might be like to see inside the mind of a great psychic? To be...
Symposium (Oxford World's Classics)Symposium (Oxford World's Classics)
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The Symposium of Plato is a profoundly thought-provoking, entertaining and inspiring piece of...

An Unknown WomanAn Unknown Woman
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I'm a reading freak, I literally own hundreds of books, most all of them literature and serious...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless GeniusJean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius
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Until Damros published this 2005 National Book Award finalist, there has not been a good...
Locke: A BiographyLocke: A Biography
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Although Locke's philosophical arguments must stand or fall on their own merits, our knowledge...
Alexis de Tocqueville: A LifeAlexis de Tocqueville: A Life
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I read "Democracy in America" when I was in college and wrote a paper looking at how...
The Making of a Philosopher: My Journey Through Twentieth-Century PhilosophyThe Making of a Philosopher: My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy
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In his book The Making of a Philosopher, McGinn seamlessly weaves in and out of autobiography...

The Portable Karl Marx (Viking Portable Library)The Portable Karl Marx (Viking Portable Library)
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There is little question that Marx was the most important economic/political theorist of the...
The Confessions (Penguin Classics)The Confessions (Penguin Classics)
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There will never be another Jean-Jacques Rousseau and since he lived in a period without radio...
Sanctifying the World: The Augustinian Life and Mind of Christopher DawsonSanctifying the World: The Augustinian Life and Mind of Christopher Dawson
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This book came as a complete surprise, and I have to admit that when it arrived as a Father's...
Rousseau's Dog: Two Great Thinkers at War in the Age of Enlightenment (P.S.)Rousseau's Dog: Two Great Thinkers at War in the Age of Enlightenment (P.S.)
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I have read several accounts of the Hume-Rousseau events, but this is the only one that I have...
Niccolo's Smile: A Biography of MachiavelliNiccolo's Smile: A Biography of Machiavelli
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Niccolo's Smile is, undoubtedly, a masterpiece in accessibility, ease of prose, and historical...

My Past and ThoughtsMy Past and Thoughts
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There is no question that it is good to have this edition of Alexander Herzen's autobiography,...
Nietzsche: The Man and his Philosophy (Biography)Nietzsche: The Man and his Philosophy (Biography)
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Hollingdale's biography/analysis of Nietzsche and his philosophy was an unexpected delight. I...
Zeno and the Tortoise: How to Think Like a PhilosopherZeno and the Tortoise: How to Think Like a Philosopher
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I think it was the inclusion of mathematician Alan Turing that prompted me to pick up this book....
The Comte De St. Germain: The Secret of KingsThe Comte De St. Germain: The Secret of Kings
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This book was delivered promptly and in excellent condition. The Count is very dear to my heart,...
Plato: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)Plato: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
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This is Prof. Annas' second contribution to this series, her first being A Short Introduction to...

Walter Benjamin (Reaktion Books - Critical Lives)Walter Benjamin (Reaktion Books - Critical Lives)
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Drawing upon a wealth of journal writings and personal correspondence, Esther Leslie presents a...
Truth ImaginedTruth Imagined
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I first read The True Believer over a year ago. No other book has made more of an impression on...
Albert Camus: A LifeAlbert Camus: A Life
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One hopes that the French edition, which is 400 hundred, not 100, pages longer, is considerably...
Diogenes The Cynic: The War Against The WorldDiogenes The Cynic: The War Against The World
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This is a book about a 4th century B.C.E philosopher of the George Carlin school. If you think,...
Selected Letters of Friedrich NietzscheSelected Letters of Friedrich Nietzsche
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If you want to gain insight into Nietzsche's thinking outside of his usual philosophical...

Soren Kierkegaard: A BiographySoren Kierkegaard: A Biography
Best Price: $17.13
My husband is reading this aloud to me. Although it is taking us a long time, we are close to...
NietzscheNietzsche
Best Price: $10.35
The German version of this book, published in 1894, about 108 years ago, was among the first...
Memoirs: Hans Jonas (Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry Series)Memoirs: Hans Jonas (Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry Series)
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When Hans Jonas died in 1993 at the age of 89, he was revered among American scholars...
Confessions of a Philosopher: A Personal Journey Through Western Philosophy from Plato to Popper (Modern Library Paperbacks)Confessions of a Philosopher: A Personal Journey Through Western Philosophy from Plato to Popper (Modern Library Paperbacks)
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Confessions of a Philosopher is more of an introduction to philosophy than an autobiography. I...
Thomas Aquinas in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes)Thomas Aquinas in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes)
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In Feb., on Maui, my wife found this book in our condo laundry room. and, I read it. I liked it...

Socrates: A Life ExaminedSocrates: A Life Examined
Best Price: $8.80
This new book on Socrates is unique in many respects. It addresses in a clear and convincing way...
    
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