On Solitude
8 best books like On Solitude (Michel de Montaigne): Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings, Four Quartets, Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide, The Nose, On the Shortness of Life, Fear and Trembling, Of Human Freedom, Human Happiness
| Author | Paul Reps |
| ISBN | 0804831866 |
When Zen Flesh, Zen Bones was published in 1957 it became an instant sensation with an entire generation of readers who were just beginning to experiment with Zen. Over the years it has inspired leading American Zen teachers, students, and practitioners. Its popularity is as high today as ever.
Zen...
| Author | T.S. Eliot |
| ISBN | 0571068944 |
The Four Quartets is a series of four poems by T.S. Eliot, published individually from 1936 to 1942, and in book form in 1943; it was considered by Eliot himself to be his finest work. Each of the quartets has five "movements" and each is titled by a place name -- BURNT NORTON (1936), EAST COKER (1940), THE...
Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide
| Author | Richard Dawkins |
| ISBN | 1787631214 |
Should we believe in God? In this new book, written for a new generation, the brilliant science writer and author of The God Delusion, explains why we shouldn't.
Should we believe in God? Do we need God in order to explain the existence of the universe? Do we need God in order to be good? In twelve...
| Author | Nikolai Gogol |
| ISBN | 0688104649 |
Gogol’s “The Nose” (1835), is an early triumph of surrealism, daring and delightful in the way it jars and disjoins one realitiy from another, but it is also a vivid realistic depiction of the sights and sounds of early 19th century St. Petersburg (including the essential bridges, buildings...
| Author | Seneca |
| ISBN | 0143036327 |
The Stoic writings of the philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into the art of living, the importance of reason and morality, and continue to provide profound guidance to many through their eloquence, lucidity and timeless wisdom.
Throughout history, some books have changed the...
| Author | Søren Kierkegaard |
| ISBN | 0143037579 |
Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian, and religious author interested in human psychology. He is regarded as a leading pioneer of existentialism and one of the greatest philosophers of the 19th Century.
In Fear and Trembling, Kierkegaard wanted to understand the anxiety...
| Author | Epictetus |
| ISBN | 0141192356 |
Το βιβλίο περιλαμβάνει τη νεοελληνική απόδοση έξι κειμένων επιλεγμένων από τις Διατριβές του Επίκτητου.
οι ήρωες του Επίκτητου στην Ελευθερία δεν...
| Author | Blaise Pascal |
| ISBN | 0141036796 |
Created by the seventeenth-century philosopher and mathematician Pascal, the essays contained in Human Happiness are a curiously optimistic look at whether humans can ever find satisfaction and real joy in life – or whether a belief in God is a wise gamble at best.
Throughout history,...
