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Lieh-tzu: A Taoist Guide to Practical Living

10 best books like Lieh-tzu: A Taoist Guide to Practical Living (Liezi): Tao Te Ching, Leviathan, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, The Book of Chuang Tzu, The Basic Works of Aristotle, The I Ching or Book of Changes, Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings, The Way of Chuang Tzu (Shambhala Library), Seven Taoist Masters: A Folk Novel of China, The Diamond Sutra and The Sutra of Hui-Neng

Tao Te Ching
AuthorLao Tzu
ISBN0679724346
The Wisest Book Ever Written...
Complete on Audio...The Entire 81 Chapters (and Introduction to) Stephen Mitchell's exquisite new tradition of Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way -- the classic manual on the art of living revered as one of the wonders of the world. Dating from the 6th century...
Leviathan
AuthorThomas Hobbes
ISBN0140431950
'The life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short'

Written during the chaos of the English Civil War, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan asks how, in a world of violence and horror, can we stop ourselves from descending into anarchy? Hobbes' case for a 'common-wealth' under a powerful sovereign...
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
AuthorDavid Hume
ISBN1420926993
I had seen so many references to Hume's Enquiry that I almost thought I had read it; but, when I actually got around to opening the book, I found as usual that things were not quite as I had imagined. I was not surprised by his relentless scepticism, or by his insistence on basing all reasoning on empirical...
The Book of Chuang Tzu
AuthorZhuangzi
ISBN0140194886
A Chinese classic, the Chuang Tzu was written sometime in the 4th century BC, and consists of original teachings, stories, tales and jokes told by Master Chuang, as well as others which have coalesced round his name. It is considered second only to the Tao Te Ching, but the two books coundn't be more different....
The Basic Works of Aristotle
AuthorAristotle
ISBN0375757996
Edited by Richard McKeon, with an introduction by C.D.C. Reeve

Preserved by Arabic mathematicians and canonized by Christian scholars, Aristotle's works have shaped Western thought, science, and religion for nearly two thousand years. Richard McKeon's The Basic Works of Aristotle--constituted...
The I Ching or Book of Changes
AuthorAnonymous
The I Ching, or Book of Changes, is one of the 1st efforts of the human mind to place itself within the universe. It has exerted a living influence in China for 3000 years and interest in it has spread in the West.

Set down in the dawn of history as a book of oracles, the Book of Changes deepened in meaning...
Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings
AuthorZhuangzi
ISBN0231105959
The basic writings of Chuang Tzu have been savored by Chinese readers for over two thousand years. And Burton Watson's lucid and beautiful translation has been loved by generations of readers.

Chuang Tzu (369?-286? B.C.) was a leading philosopher representing the Taoist strain in Chinese...
The Way of Chuang Tzu (Shambhala Library)
AuthorZhuangzi
ISBN1590301439
Chuang Tzu—considered, along with Lao Tzu, one of the great figures of early Taoist thought—used parables and anecdotes, allegory and paradox, to illustrate that real happiness and freedom are found only in understanding the Tao or Way of nature, and dwelling in its unity. The respected Trappist...
Seven Taoist Masters: A Folk Novel of China
AuthorEva Wong
ISBN1590301765
History and legend are interwoven in this folk novel that both entertains and instructs. Written by an unknown author, Seven Taoist Masters is the story of six men and one woman who overcome tremendous hardships on the journey to self-mastery. These characters and their teacher, Wang Ch'ung-yang,...
The Diamond Sutra and The Sutra of Hui-Neng
AuthorHui-Neng
ISBN0877730059
The Diamond Sutra, composed in India in the 4th century CE, is one of the most treasured works of Buddhist literature & is the oldest existing printed book in the world. It's known as the Diamond Sutra because its teachings are said to be like diamonds that cut away all dualistic thought, releasing...
Storia vera
AuthorLucian of Samosata
ISBN8879835432
La Storia vera, capolavoro di Luciano, viene considerata la prima narrazione fantascientifica, l'antesignana e il paradigma della funzione scientifica che supera gli spazi e i tempi logici delle conoscenze umane. Frutto di una affascinante e liberissima fantasia che si diverte a giocare con una...
Hua Hu Ching: The Unknown Teachings of Lao Tzu
AuthorLao Tzu
ISBN0060692456
آیا این گونه می پنداری که هستی متلاطم و بی قرار است؟ پس در شب به بیابان بزن و به ستاره ها بنگر. با این تمرین پاسخ ات را خواهی گرفت.
"مردِ برتر" ذهنِ خود را آرام می...
The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
AuthorBodhidharma
ISBN0865473994
A fifth-century Indian Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma is credited with bringing Zen to China. Although the tradition that traces its ancestry back to him did not flourish until nearly two hundred years after his death, today millions of Zen Buddhists and students of kung fu claim him as their spiritual...
T'Ai Chi Classics
AuthorWaysun Liao
ISBN1570627495
According to Master Liao, the great power of T'ai Chi cannot be realized without knowing its inner meaning. T'ai Chi Classics presents the inner meaning and techniques of T'ai Chi movements through translations of three core classics of T'ai Chi, often considered the "T'ai Chi Bible." The texts are...
Wen-Tzu
AuthorLao Tzu
ISBN0877738629
Lao-tzu, the legendary sage of ancient China, is traditionally considered to be the author of the Tao Te Ching, one of the most popular classics of world literature. Now Lao-tzu's further teachings on the Tao, or Way, are presented here in the first English translation of the Chinese text known as the...
The Art of Always Being Right
AuthorArthur Schopenhauer
ISBN1903933617
Which are the logical tricks that will let you slip through the net when faced with awkward questions? How can you yourself use arguments to deflect difficult situations? Do you recognize all flaws in someone else's argument? This the book the BBC, Andrew Gilligan, Lord Hutton, Tony Blair and Alistair...
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