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Process and Reality. Illustrated

by Alfred North Whitehead ...

Process and Reality by Alfred North Whitehead is a groundbreaking philosophical work that introduces his process philosophy, a dynamic framework for understanding reality as a continuous flow of interconnected events. Published in 1929, this seminal text challenges traditional static views of existence, offering a vision of the universe as an evolving process shaped by relationships, creativity, ... Read more

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Process and Reality by Alfred North Whitehead is a groundbreaking philosophical work that introduces his process philosophy, a dynamic framework for understanding reality as a continuous flow of interconnected events. Published in 1929, this seminal text challenges traditional static views of existence, offering a vision of the universe as an evolving process shaped by relationships, creativity,
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The Fourth Way

by P. D. Ouspensky ...

The Fourth Way is the book about a system of self-development as introduced by Greek-Armenian philosopher G.I. Gurdjieff. It is a compilation of the lectures of P. D. Ouspensky at London and New York City between the years 1921 through 1946, published posthumously. The term "The Fourth Way" has also come to be used as a general descriptive term for the body of ideas and teachings which Gurdjieff ... Read more

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The Fourth Way is the book about a system of self-development as introduced by Greek-Armenian philosopher G.I. Gurdjieff. It is a compilation of the lectures of P. D. Ouspensky at London and New York City between the years 1921 through 1946, published posthumously. The term "The Fourth Way" has also come to be used as a general descriptive term for the body of ideas and teachings which Gurdjieff
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The Holy Science

by Swami Sri Yukteswar ...

The Holy Science was written by Sri Yukteswar at the behest of Mahavatar Babaji. In it, Sri Yukteswar compares Sanskrit slokas to the writings of the New Testament. Also explained is the great cycle of world ages (yugas). Yukteshwar was an educator, astronomer, a Jyotisha (Vedic astrologer), a yogi, and a believer in the Bhagavad Gita and the Bible. He was a disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya of Varanasi ... Read more

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The Holy Science was written by Sri Yukteswar at the behest of Mahavatar Babaji. In it, Sri Yukteswar compares Sanskrit slokas to the writings of the New Testament. Also explained is the great cycle of world ages (yugas). Yukteshwar was an educator, astronomer, a Jyotisha (Vedic astrologer), a yogi, and a believer in the Bhagavad Gita and the Bible. He was a disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya of Varanasi
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What Love Is

And What It Could Be

by Carrie Jenkins ...

A rising star in philosophy examines the cultural, social, and scientific interpretations of love to answer one of our most enduring questionsWhat is love? Aside from being the title of many a popular love song, this is one of life's perennial questions. In What Love Is, philosopher Carrie Jenkins offers a bold new theory on the nature of romantic love that reconciles its humanistic and scientific ... Read more

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A rising star in philosophy examines the cultural, social, and scientific interpretations of love to answer one of our most enduring questionsWhat is love? Aside from being the title of many a popular love song, this is one of life's perennial questions. In What Love Is, philosopher Carrie Jenkins offers a bold new theory on the nature of romantic love that reconciles its humanistic and scientific
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The Magus: A Complete System of Occult Philosophy

by Francis Barrett ...

One of the Rarest and reputable treatments of ceremonial magic. Discusses topics such as alchemy, astrology, and the Kabbalah.This book played a part in starting the 'modern day magic movement' and directly influenced Eliphas Levi, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, Aleister Crowley. ... Read more

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One of the Rarest and reputable treatments of ceremonial magic. Discusses topics such as alchemy, astrology, and the Kabbalah.This book played a part in starting the 'modern day magic movement' and directly influenced Eliphas Levi, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, Aleister Crowley.
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Back to the Rough Ground

Practical Judgment and the Lure of Technique

by Joseph Dunne ...

Series series Revisions: A Series of Books on Ethics
Back to the Rough Ground is a philosophical investigation of practical knowledge, with major import for professional practice and the ethical life in modern society. Its purpose is to clarify the kind of knowledge that informs good practice in a range of disciplines such as education, psychotherapy, medicine, management, and law. Through reflection on key modern thinkers who have revived cardinal ... Read more

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Back to the Rough Ground is a philosophical investigation of practical knowledge, with major import for professional practice and the ethical life in modern society. Its purpose is to clarify the kind of knowledge that informs good practice in a range of disciplines such as education, psychotherapy, medicine, management, and law. Through reflection on key modern thinkers who have revived cardinal
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Many Lives, Many Masters

The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past-Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives

by Brian L. Weiss, M.D. ...

From author and psychotherapist Dr. Brian Weiss comes the classic New York Times bestseller on the true case of the past-life therapy that changed the lives of both the prominent psychiatrist and young patient involved—now featuring a new afterword by the author.As a traditional psychotherapist, Dr. Brian Weiss was astonished and skeptical when one of his patients began recalling past-life traumas ... Read more

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From author and psychotherapist Dr. Brian Weiss comes the classic New York Times bestseller on the true case of the past-life therapy that changed the lives of both the prominent psychiatrist and young patient involved—now featuring a new afterword by the author.As a traditional psychotherapist, Dr. Brian Weiss was astonished and skeptical when one of his patients began recalling past-life traumas
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Kant: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

Series series Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
Published in 1785, Immanuel Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals ranks alongside Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics as one of the most profound and influential works in moral philosophy ever written. In Kant's own words, its aim is to identify and corroborate the supreme principle of morality, the categorical imperative. He argues that human beings are ends in themselves ... Read more

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Published in 1785, Immanuel Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals ranks alongside Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics as one of the most profound and influential works in moral philosophy ever written. In Kant's own words, its aim is to identify and corroborate the supreme principle of morality, the categorical imperative. He argues that human beings are ends in themselves
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The Phenomenon of Man

Evolution, Consciousness, and the Omega Point: A Visionary Synthesis of Science, Spirituality, and Human Destiny

by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ...

In The Phenomenon of Man, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin presents a sweeping synthesis of paleontology, evolutionary science, philosophy, and Christian theology. Tracing matter from the formation of the cosmos through the emergence of life and reflective consciousness, he argues that evolution possesses an intelligible direction toward increasing complexity, interiority, and unity. His concepts of the ... Read more

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In The Phenomenon of Man, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin presents a sweeping synthesis of paleontology, evolutionary science, philosophy, and Christian theology. Tracing matter from the formation of the cosmos through the emergence of life and reflective consciousness, he argues that evolution possesses an intelligible direction toward increasing complexity, interiority, and unity. His concepts of the
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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Leibniz and the Monadology

by Anthony Savile ...

Series series Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks
Leibniz is a major figure in western philosophy and, with Descartes and Spinoza, one of the most influential philosophers of the Rationalist School. The Monadology is his most famous work and one of the most important works of modern philosophy.Leibniz and the Monadology introduces and assesses:*Leibniz's life and the background to the Monadology*the ideas and text of the Monadology*Leibniz's ... Read more

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Leibniz is a major figure in western philosophy and, with Descartes and Spinoza, one of the most influential philosophers of the Rationalist School. The Monadology is his most famous work and one of the most important works of modern philosophy.Leibniz and the Monadology introduces and assesses:*Leibniz's life and the background to the Monadology*the ideas and text of the Monadology*Leibniz's
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Schopenhauer

A Very Short Introduction

by Christopher Janaway ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
Schopenhauer is the most readable of German philosophers. This book gives a succinct explanation of his metaphysical system, concentrating on the original aspects of his thought, which inspired many artists and thinkers including Nietzsche, Wagner, Freud, and Wittgenstein. Schopenhauer's central notion is that of the will - a blind, irrational force that he uses to interpret both the human mind ... Read more

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Schopenhauer is the most readable of German philosophers. This book gives a succinct explanation of his metaphysical system, concentrating on the original aspects of his thought, which inspired many artists and thinkers including Nietzsche, Wagner, Freud, and Wittgenstein. Schopenhauer's central notion is that of the will - a blind, irrational force that he uses to interpret both the human mind
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Pratique de la voie intérieure

Le quotidien comme exercice

by Karlfried Graf Dürckheim ...

Series series Le numineux
Karlfried Graf Dürckheim, surnommé le Vieux Sage de la Forêt Noire, (1896 – 1988) nous enseigne comment passer du psychologique au spirituel.Psychologue et philosophe, l'oeuvre de Karlfried Graf Dürckeim se situe au confluent d'une triple source : la psychologie de C. G. Jung, la mystique de Maître Eckhart et la tradition zen qu'il a étudiée au Japon.Partant de l'idée que tout ce qui est vivant ... Read more

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Karlfried Graf Dürckheim, surnommé le Vieux Sage de la Forêt Noire, (1896 – 1988) nous enseigne comment passer du psychologique au spirituel.Psychologue et philosophe, l'oeuvre de Karlfried Graf Dürckeim se situe au confluent d'une triple source : la psychologie de C. G. Jung, la mystique de Maître Eckhart et la tradition zen qu'il a étudiée au Japon.Partant de l'idée que tout ce qui est vivant
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Hegel and the Metaphysics of Absolute Negativity

by Brady Bowman ...

Hegel's doctrines of absolute negativity and 'the Concept' are among his most original contributions to philosophy and they constitute the systematic core of dialectical thought. Brady Bowman explores the interrelations between these doctrines, their implications for Hegel's critical understanding of classical logic and ontology, natural science and mathematics as forms of 'finite cognition', and ... Read more

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Hegel's doctrines of absolute negativity and 'the Concept' are among his most original contributions to philosophy and they constitute the systematic core of dialectical thought. Brady Bowman explores the interrelations between these doctrines, their implications for Hegel's critical understanding of classical logic and ontology, natural science and mathematics as forms of 'finite cognition', and
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Saint Joan of New York

A Novel About God and String Theory

by Mark Alpert ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
SAINT JOAN OF NEW YORK is a novel about a math prodigy who becomes obsessed with discovering the Theory of Everything. Joan Cooper, a 17-year-old genius traumatized by the death of her older sister, tries to rebuild her shattered world by studying string theory and the efforts to unify the laws of physics. But as she tackles the complex equations, she falls prey to disturbing visions of a divine ... Read more

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SAINT JOAN OF NEW YORK is a novel about a math prodigy who becomes obsessed with discovering the Theory of Everything. Joan Cooper, a 17-year-old genius traumatized by the death of her older sister, tries to rebuild her shattered world by studying string theory and the efforts to unify the laws of physics. But as she tackles the complex equations, she falls prey to disturbing visions of a divine
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Love and Law

by Ernest Holmes ...

Early lectures and private lessons from celebrated spiritual teacher Ernest Holmes, illustrating the key concepts behind his influential ideas.Ernest Holmes was a beloved teacher and philosopher with a disarmingly simple message: Change your thinking, and you will change your life. There is a creative law in the universe, Holmes reasoned, and it is available to each of us right now through our ... Read more

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Early lectures and private lessons from celebrated spiritual teacher Ernest Holmes, illustrating the key concepts behind his influential ideas.Ernest Holmes was a beloved teacher and philosopher with a disarmingly simple message: Change your thinking, and you will change your life. There is a creative law in the universe, Holmes reasoned, and it is available to each of us right now through our
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Using Words and Things

Language and Philosophy of Technology

by Mark Coeckelbergh ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
This book offers a systematic framework for thinking about the relationship between language and technology and an argument for interweaving thinking about technology with thinking about language. The main claim of philosophy of technology—that technologies are not mere tools and artefacts not mere things, but crucially and significantly shape what we perceive, do, and are—is re-thought in a way ... Read more

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This book offers a systematic framework for thinking about the relationship between language and technology and an argument for interweaving thinking about technology with thinking about language. The main claim of philosophy of technology—that technologies are not mere tools and artefacts not mere things, but crucially and significantly shape what we perceive, do, and are—is re-thought in a way
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Blessed Lanfranc: The Past Life of Swami Sri Yukteswar, Guru of Paramhansa Yogananda

by Richard Salva ...

A New View of Swami Sri YukteswarWe know a lot from Autobiography of a Yogi about Sri Yukteswar’s personality in his final incarnation on earth, but what was he like in past lives? Was he, perhaps, gentler and more approachable? And how might that knowledge affect how we attune with him today?Paramhansa Yogananda said that he had been William the Conqueror in a past life, and that Sri Yukteswar ... Read more

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A New View of Swami Sri YukteswarWe know a lot from Autobiography of a Yogi about Sri Yukteswar’s personality in his final incarnation on earth, but what was he like in past lives? Was he, perhaps, gentler and more approachable? And how might that knowledge affect how we attune with him today?Paramhansa Yogananda said that he had been William the Conqueror in a past life, and that Sri Yukteswar
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Aztec Philosophy

Understanding a World in Motion

by James Maffie ...

In Aztec Philosophy, James Maffie shows the Aztecs advanced a highly sophisticated and internally coherent systematic philosophy worthy of consideration alongside other philosophies from around the world. Bringing together the fields of comparative world philosophy and Mesoamerican studies, Maffie excavates the distinctly philosophical aspects of Aztec thought.Aztec Philosophy focuses on the ways ... Read more

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In Aztec Philosophy, James Maffie shows the Aztecs advanced a highly sophisticated and internally coherent systematic philosophy worthy of consideration alongside other philosophies from around the world. Bringing together the fields of comparative world philosophy and Mesoamerican studies, Maffie excavates the distinctly philosophical aspects of Aztec thought.Aztec Philosophy focuses on the ways
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Albert Camus

A Very Short Introduction

by Oliver Gloag ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
Few would question that Albert Camus (1913-1960), novelist, playwright, philosopher and journalist, is a major cultural icon. His widely quoted works have led to countless movie adaptions, graphic novels, pop songs, and even t-shirts. In this Very Short Introduction, Oliver Gloag chronicles the inspiring story of Camus' life. From a poor fatherless settler in French-Algeria to the winner of the ... Read more

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Few would question that Albert Camus (1913-1960), novelist, playwright, philosopher and journalist, is a major cultural icon. His widely quoted works have led to countless movie adaptions, graphic novels, pop songs, and even t-shirts. In this Very Short Introduction, Oliver Gloag chronicles the inspiring story of Camus' life. From a poor fatherless settler in French-Algeria to the winner of the
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The Seeker and The Teacher of Light

On the Teachings of Joachim Wippich and the Mystery of 3-6-9

by Jerry Gin ...

"I AM coming into harmony 100% with everything that is.""I AM Everything 100% I AM."What if you could learn how to bring healing and harmony into your life, your body, your mind, your spirit, and the world by understanding who you really are-vibrationally?One night, Jerry Gin held up his hand in the dark. He could clearly see a beam of light stretching from his palm across the room to the wall. ... Read more

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"I AM coming into harmony 100% with everything that is.""I AM Everything 100% I AM."What if you could learn how to bring healing and harmony into your life, your body, your mind, your spirit, and the world by understanding who you really are-vibrationally?One night, Jerry Gin held up his hand in the dark. He could clearly see a beam of light stretching from his palm across the room to the wall.
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Jesus Cristo

by Hélio Couto ...

“Pedi, e dar-se-vos-á; buscai e achareis; batei, e abrir-se-vos-á.” Mateus 7:7Nós estamos dentro do Todo. Ele não está lá fora. Nós estamos dentro do Ser, como Jonas dentro da baleia. Isso é uma metáfora. Dentro, portanto, Ele pode colapsar do jeito que Ele quiser, porque é Ele mesmo, é Ele com Ele mesmo. E nós somos uma ínfima, infinitesimal parte Dele – a “tal” da Centelha. Se você tiver ... Read more

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“Pedi, e dar-se-vos-á; buscai e achareis; batei, e abrir-se-vos-á.” Mateus 7:7Nós estamos dentro do Todo. Ele não está lá fora. Nós estamos dentro do Ser, como Jonas dentro da baleia. Isso é uma metáfora. Dentro, portanto, Ele pode colapsar do jeito que Ele quiser, porque é Ele mesmo, é Ele com Ele mesmo. E nós somos uma ínfima, infinitesimal parte Dele – a “tal” da Centelha. Se você tiver
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Bergson

Thinking Beyond the Human Condition

by Professor Keith Ansell Pearson ...

A 2018 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleA thought-provoking contribution to the renaissance of interest in Bergson, this study brings him to a new generation of readers. Ansell-Pearson contends that there is a Bergsonian revolution, an upheaval in philosophy comparable in significance to those that we are more familiar with, from Kant to Nietzsche and Heidegger, that make up our intellectual ... Read more

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A 2018 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleA thought-provoking contribution to the renaissance of interest in Bergson, this study brings him to a new generation of readers. Ansell-Pearson contends that there is a Bergsonian revolution, an upheaval in philosophy comparable in significance to those that we are more familiar with, from Kant to Nietzsche and Heidegger, that make up our intellectual
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Conscious

Fulfilling our Higher Evolutionary Potential

by Alan Baiss ...

Conscious asks about our human potential to achieve a transformation in consciousness, which might be both inevitable and essential if we are going to continue our human adventure.This book is an anthology of the responses that were given to interview questions for the documentary film Conscious: Fulfilling our Higher Evolutionary Potential (released 2017). Each chapter reflects the thoughts of a ... Read more

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Conscious asks about our human potential to achieve a transformation in consciousness, which might be both inevitable and essential if we are going to continue our human adventure.This book is an anthology of the responses that were given to interview questions for the documentary film Conscious: Fulfilling our Higher Evolutionary Potential (released 2017). Each chapter reflects the thoughts of a
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Answering Moral Skepticism

by Shelly Kagan ...

Most thoughtful people worry at one time or another about whether there can actually be such a thing as objective moral truth. They might wonder, for example, whether the prevalence of moral disagreement makes it reasonable to conclude that there aren't really any moral facts at all. Or they might be bothered by questions like these: What could objective moral facts possibly be like? Isn't it ... Read more

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Most thoughtful people worry at one time or another about whether there can actually be such a thing as objective moral truth. They might wonder, for example, whether the prevalence of moral disagreement makes it reasonable to conclude that there aren't really any moral facts at all. Or they might be bothered by questions like these: What could objective moral facts possibly be like? Isn't it
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