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10 best books like The European Philosophers from Descartes to Nietzsche (Monroe C. Beardsley): Protagoras and Meno, Science & Human Values, Selected Essays, Basic Writings of Existentialism, I Ching Workbook, A Guide to the I Ching, Selected Writings, An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion, The Problem of Knowledge, Brainchildren

Protagoras and Meno
AuthorPlato
ISBN0140449035
Exploring the question of what exactly makes good people good, Protagoras and Meno are two of the most enjoyable and accessible of all of Plato's dialogues. Widely regarded as his finest dramatic work, the Protagoras, set during the golden age of Pericles, pits a youthful Socrates against the revered...
Science & Human Values
AuthorJacob Bronowski
ISBN0060972815
… science has humanized our values. Men have asked for freedom, justice and respect precisely as the scientific spirit has spread among them.



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Selected Essays
AuthorDavid Hume
ISBN0192836218
In his writings, David Hume set out to bridge the gap between the learned world of the academy and the marketplace of polite society. This collection, drawing largely on his Essays Mortal, Political, and Literary (1776 edition), comprehensively shows how far he succeeded.

As seen in these...
Basic Writings of Existentialism
AuthorGordon Daniel Marino
ISBN0375759891
Edited and with an Introduction by Gordon Marino

Basic Writings of Existentialism, unique to the Modern Library, presents the writings of key nineteenth- and twentieth-century thinkers broadly united by their belief that because life has no inherent meaning humans can discover, we must...
I Ching Workbook
AuthorR.L. Wing
This book belonged to my mother and I borrowed it from her when I was about 15. It became a permanent loan and, 24 years later and one tattered, torn copy since, I still use it sometimes daily.

The hexagram interpretations are westernized, pragmatic and oriented toward the business world more...
A Guide to the I Ching
AuthorCarol K. Anthony
ISBN0960383247
"A Guide to the I Ching" is an interpretive manual to the classic Wilhelm/Baynes translation of the I Ching. Now a classic in its own right and translated into other languages (German, Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian, and Italian), the "Guide" is recognized by teachers and long time students of the I...
Selected Writings
AuthorRalph Waldo Emerson
ISBN0451529073
People do not deserve to have good writing, they are so pleased with bad.
I expect most people read Emerson in college, which I suppose is the perfect time to do so. The man seems constantly to be speaking to the young, wide-eyed, enthusiastic, hopeful liberal arts major in me. There’s just something...
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion
AuthorBrian Davies
ISBN0199263477
The third edition of An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion provides a critical examination of some fundamental questions posed by religious belief: What does belief in God amount to? Can God's existence be proved? Is there life after death?

Brian Davies considers these questions...
The Problem of Knowledge
AuthorA.J. Ayer
ISBN0140135472
In this major book the acclaimed author of Language Truth and Logic tackles one of the central issues of philosophy -- how can we be sure we know anything -- by setting out all the sceptic's arguments and trying to counter then one by one. In considering all the main philosophical issues involved -- how...
Brainchildren
AuthorDaniel C. Dennett
ISBN0140265635
Minds are complex artifacts, partly biological and partly social; only a unified, multidisciplinary approach will yield a realistic theory of how they came into existence and how they work. One of the foremost workers in this multidisciplinary field is Daniel Dennett. This book brings together...
Metaphysics
AuthorPeter van Inwagen
ISBN0813390559
In this classic, exciting, and thoughtful text, Metaphysics , Peter van Inwagen examines three profound questions: What are the most general features of the world? Why is there a world? and What is the place of human beings in the world? Metaphysics introduces to readers the curious notion that is metaphysics,...
Against All Gods: Six Polemics on Religion and an Essay on Kindness
AuthorA.C. Grayling
ISBN1840027282
This book is filled with so many sweeping generalizations, it's hard to know where to begin attacking it. Grayling claims to be arguing against religion , but he is effectively arguing only against Islam and Christianity, and actually, only against the most extreme believers/proselytizers. He consistently...
Truth: A Guide
AuthorSimon Blackburn
ISBN0195315804
The author of the highly popular book Think, which Time magazine hailed as "the one book every smart person should read to understand, and even enjoy, the key questions of philosophy," Simon Blackburn is that rara avis--an eminent thinker who is able to explain philosophy to the general reader. Now...
The Gnostic Jung and the Seven Sermons to the Dead
AuthorStephan A. Hoeller
I took away two things from this book.

1) Carl Jung is a total loon.
2) His ideas make a lot of sense.

Granted, I was a bit tipsy for about 1/3 of the book, but the ethics it illustrates were pretty compelling.

This book contains both the Seven Sermons to the Dead in their entirety...
Evolution as a Religion (Routledge Classics)
AuthorMary Midgley
ISBN0415278333
According to The Guardian, Midgley is 'the foremost scourge of scientific pretentions in this country; someone whose wit is admired even by those who fee she sometimes oversteps the mark'. This book examines how science comes to be used as a substitute for religion and points out how badly that role...
Zen and the Art of Consciousness
AuthorSusan Blackmore
Susan Blackmore combines the latest scientific theories about mind, self, and consciousness with a lifetime’s practice of Zen.
Framed by ten critical questions that are derived from Zen’s teachings, Zen and the Art of Consciousness explores how intellectual enquiry and meditation can...
Utilitarianism and Other Essays
AuthorJohn Stuart Mill
ISBN0140432728
Clear, eloquent and profound, Mill's Utilitarianism has had an enormous influence on moral philosophy and is the idea introduction to ethics.
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was a reformer who applied the test of utility to the law and politics of his day. Legislators must aim at 'the greatest happiness...
The Atheist's Guide to Reality: Enjoying Life without Illusions
AuthorAlex Rosenberg
ISBN0393080234
We can't avoid the persistent questions about the meaning of life-and the nature of reality. Philosopher Alex Rosenberg maintains that science is the only thing that can really answer them—all of them. His bracing and ultimately upbeat book takes physics seriously as the complete description...
Forgetting Things
AuthorSigmund Freud
ISBN0141022272
The founder of modern psychiatry, Sigmund Freud powerfully believed that conscious decisions are underpinned by a guiding subconscious that can be understood only by analysis. Taken from one of his most important works, The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, published in a new translation by Penguin...
What Darwin Got Wrong
AuthorJerry A. Fodor
ISBN0374288798
This is not a book about God, or about intelligent design. Rather, here is a remarkable book, one that dares to challenge natural selection—not in the name of religion but in the name of good science. Most scientists are so terrified of religious attacks on the theory of evolution that it is never examined...
The Teachings of Don Carlos: Practical Applications of the Works of Carlos Castañeda
AuthorVíctor Sánchez
ISBN1879181231
Millions of readers of Carlos Castañeda books have long enjoyed the fantastic teachings of don Juan Matus, the Yaqui shaman from northern México. Now, thanks to the practical techniques based on Castañeda's writings offered here by author Víctor Sánchez--the body as a field of energy, the not-doings...
Selected Prose
AuthorT.S. Eliot
ISBN0156806541
Thirty-one essays-categorized as “essays in generalization,” “appreciations of individual authors,” and “social and religious criticism”- written over a half century. This volume reveals Eliot’s original ideas, cogent conclusions, and skill and grace in language. Edited...
The Use and Abuse of Literature
AuthorMarjorie Garber
ISBN0375424342
As defining as Christopher Lasch’s The Culture of Narcissism, Allan Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind, and Dinesh D’Souza’s Illiberal Education were to the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, respectively, Marjorie Garber’s The Use and Abuse of Literature is to our times.
 
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Pragmatism and Other Writings
AuthorWilliam James
ISBN0140437355
The writings of William James represent one of America's most original contributions to the history of ideas. Ranging from philosophy and psychology to religion and politics, James composed the most engaging formulation of American pragmatism. 'Pragmatism' grew out of a set of lectures and the...
The Human Touch: Our Part in the Creation of a Universe
AuthorMichael Frayn
ISBN0805081488
What do we really know? What are we in relation to the world around us? Here, the acclaimed playwright and novelist takes on the great questions of his career--and of our lives
Humankind, scientists agree, is an insignificant speck in the impersonal vastness of the universe. But what would that...
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