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Ten Great Works of Philosophy

10 best books like Ten Great Works of Philosophy (Robert Paul Wolff): Sherlock Holmes and Philosophy: The Footprints of a Gigantic Mind, Shamans Through Time, Great Detectives: A Century of the Best Mysteries from England and America, The World of the Short Story: A Twentieth Century Collection, The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism, Legends of Charlemagne, The Philosopher's Handbook: Essential Readings from Plato to Kant, Immortal Poems of the English Language, The Beatles and Philosophy: Nothing You Can Think that Can't Be Thunk, Iron Man and Philosophy: Facing the Stark Reality

Sherlock Holmes and Philosophy: The Footprints of a Gigantic Mind
AuthorJosef Steiff
ISBN0812697316
This entertaining collection of essays deserves to exist because Sherlock Holmes sees things others don’t. He sees the world in a different way, and by so doing, allows us to see that same world – and human behavior – in different ways as well. Oh, sure, there have been countless detectives who...
Shamans Through Time
AuthorJeremy Narby
ISBN1585423629
A survey of five centuries of writings on the world's great shamans-the tricksters, sorcerers, conjurers, and healers who have fascinated observers for centuries.

This collection of essays traces Western civilization's struggle to interpret and understand the ancient knowledge of...
Great Detectives: A Century of the Best Mysteries from England and America
AuthorDavid Willis McCullough
ISBN0394540654
For enthralling suspense and brilliant detection, there has never been a collection to match this one, with complete novels by Ross Macdonald and Ruth Rendell, a novella by Israel Zangwill, and sixteen short stories by the best mystery writers from England and America—Dorothy Sayers, G.K. Chesterton,...
The World of the Short Story: A Twentieth Century Collection
AuthorClifton Fadiman
ISBN0395368057
At age 82, Clifton Fadiman continues his prolific publishing career, here presenting 62 of the world's best short stories from 16 countries. His criteria? "Each story had to be both interesting and of high literary merit." Fadiman fulfills both requirements and much more, offering a cornucopia of...
The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism
AuthorKevin Kerrane
ISBN0684846306
This fascinating compilation of the journalist's art unites the reporter's magnificent eye for detail with the novelist's gift for storytelling. Featuring eyewitness accounts of war and social revolution, profiles of sports heroes and politicians, and eye-opening investigations into both...
Legends of Charlemagne
AuthorThomas Bulfinch
ISBN0028614771
Here are the world s most-loved stories, in a dynamic visual tour de force for today s readers. Each timeless myth is superbly presented in story form and enhanced with original art work by world-renowned artist Giovanni Caselli. Though Bulfinch s has been heralded for more than a century, it has never...
The Philosopher's Handbook: Essential Readings from Plato to Kant
AuthorStanley Rosen
ISBN0375720111
An ideal introduction for the casual reader and a beneficial reference for the student, The Philosopher's Handbook features the writings of some of the world's most influential philosophers. Based on the premise that all human beings are curious about their existence, Rosen's collection brings...
Immortal Poems of the English Language
AuthorOscar Williams
ISBN0671496107
Immortal Poems
Here is the most inclusive anthology of verse ever published at so low a price. It contains not only the best-known works of the British and American masters but also the verse of the most brillant poets of our own day. Oscar Williams, who compiled Immortal Poems, was a distinguished...
The Beatles and Philosophy: Nothing You Can Think that Can't Be Thunk
AuthorMichael Baur
ISBN0812696069
The most popular musical group of all time, the Beatles also brought serious thought to the bubble gum-scented world of pop and rock music, with adventurous, profound, and sometimes mysterious lyrics that veered from the deliberate absurdity of “I Am the Walrus” to the rosy Rousseau-like fantasy...
Iron Man and Philosophy: Facing the Stark Reality
AuthorMark D. White
ISBN0470482184
The first look at the philosophy behind the Iron Man comics and movies, timed for the release of Iron Man 2 in March 2010 On the surface, Iron Man appears to be a straightforward superhero, another rich guy fighting crime with fancy gadgets. But beneath the shiny armor and flashy technology lies Tony Stark,...
The Philosophy of the X-Files
AuthorDean A. Kowalski
ISBN0813124549
From its first appearance in 1993, The X-Files has attracted millions of viewers interested in the paranormal investigations of intuitionist and belief-driven Fox Mulder and his partner, Dana Scully, the "consummate scientist" and skeptic. Addressing questions of trust and authority that plague...
The Anti-Christ, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols, and Other Writings
AuthorFriedrich Nietzsche
ISBN0521016886
Nietzsche's late works are brilliant and uncompromising, and stand as monuments to his lucidity, rigor, and style. This volume combines, for the first time in English, five of these works: The Antichrist, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche contra Wagner, and The Case of Wagner. Nietzsche...
The Teachings of the Compassionate Buddha
AuthorEdwin Arthur Burtt
ISBN0451627113
With its origins in ancient India, Buddhism is a system of thought that has enriched the religious lives of billions -- and in more recent times, swept through the Western world as well. Now anyone who wants to learn more about Buddhism can go directly to the source, with this collection of original documents...
The Two Sources of Morality and Religion
AuthorHenri Bergson
ISBN0268018359
How companies form? Why do they compete? These conflicts can be avoided? Morality and religion are they only make life possible in society, or do they permit humans to exceed its natural condition and to find a solution to the violence? These are some of the questions at the heart of the Two Sources of Morality...
The Lazy Tour Of Two Idle Apprentices
AuthorCharles Dickens
ISBN1576467120
A delightful meditation on the pleasures of bachelor bonding and an example of collaborative journalism at its best

 In autumn 1857, Charles Dickens embarked on a sightseeing trip to Cumberland with his friend, the rising star of literature Wilkie Collins. Writing together, they reported...
The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida: Religion Without Religion
AuthorJohn D. Caputo
ISBN0253211123
"Caputo's book is riveting.... A singular achievement of stylistic brio and impeccable scholarship, it breaks new ground in making a powerful case for treating Derrida as homo religiosis.... There can be no mistaking the importance of Caputo's work." --Edith Wyschogrod

"No one interested...
Anatheism: Returning to God After God
AuthorRichard Kearney
ISBN0231147880
Has the passing of the old God paved the way for a new kind of religious project, a more responsible way to seek, sound, and love the things we call divine? Has the suspension of dogmatic certainties and presumptions opened a space in which we can encounter religious wonder anew? Situated at the split between...
Hegel
AuthorCharles Taylor
ISBN0521291992
The Enlightenment Context
These thinkers (Descartes, Bacon, Hobbes) held to an atomistic view of man and society. They rejected the medieval worldview of "final causes" (4). The world was no longer seen as "symbol manifesting the rhythm of the divine" (5).

Modernity's epistemology...
Exploring Happiness: From Aristotle to Brain Science
AuthorSissela Bok
ISBN0300139292
In this smart and timely book, the distinguished moral philosopher Sissela Bok ponders the nature of happiness and its place in philosophical thinking and writing throughout the ages. With nuance and elegance, Bok explores notions of happiness—from Greek philosophers to Desmond Tutu, Charles...
Did Someone Say Totalitarianism?: 5 Interventions in the (Mis)Use of a Notion
AuthorSlavoj Žižek
ISBN1859847927
In some circles, a nod towards totalitarianism is enough to dismiss any critique of the status quo. Such is the insidiousness of the neo-liberal ideology, argues Slavoj Žižek.  Did Somebody Say Totalitarianism? turns a specious rhetorical strategy on its head to identify a network of family resemblances...
Who's Afraid of Relativism?: Community, Contingency, and Creaturehood
AuthorJames K.A. Smith
ISBN0801039738
Following his successful Who's Afraid of Postmodernism?, leading Christian philosopher James K. A. Smith introduces the philosophical sources behind postliberal theology. Offering a provocative analysis of relativism, Smith provides an introduction to the key voices of pragmatism: Ludwig...
Philosophical Hermeneutics
AuthorHans-Georg Gadamer
ISBN0520034759
Gadamer gets at least three stars for everything, just because he manages to be a serious student of German philosophy, but his sentences are comprehensible on first reading 80 to 90 percent of the time. That makes... one serious student of German philosophy, who is also an original thinker in his/her...
The Enlightenment: And Why It Still Matters
AuthorAnthony Pagden
ISBN0679645314
One of our most renowned and brilliant historians takes a fresh look at the revolutionary intellectual movement that laid the foundation for the modern world.
 
Liberty and equality. Human rights. Freedom of thought and expression. Belief in reason and progress. The value of scientific...
The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change
AuthorRandall Collins
ISBN0674001877
Through network diagrams and sustained narrative, Randall Collins traces the development of philosophical thought in China, Japan, India, ancient Greece, the medieval Islamic and Jewish world, medieval Christendom, and modern Europe. What emerges from this history is a general theory of intellectual...
Socrates Cafe: A Fresh Taste of Philosophy
AuthorChristopher Phillips
Christopher Phillips is a man on a mission: to revive the love of questions that Socrates inspired long ago in ancient Athens. "Like a Johnny Appleseed with a master's degree, Phillips has gallivanted back and forth across America, to cafés and coffee shops, senior centers, assisted-living complexes,...
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