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Buddhist Hindu Indian Introduction Philosophy Thought - HOME Buddhist Hindu Indian Introduction Philosophy Thought Indian Philosophy: An Introduction to Hindu and Buddhist Thought by Richard King, Provides an introduction to the main schools of Indian philosophy within both the Hindu and Buddhist traditions and compares their different approaches. Hindu philosophy - Hindu philosophy (one of the main divisions of Indian philosophy) is traditionally seen through the prism of six different systems (called darshanas in Sanskrit) that are listed here and make up the main belief systems of Hinduism. The characteristic of this philosophy is to consider being (consciousness) together with the ...

Hindu Philosophy - HOME Hindu Philosophy Indian Philosophy: An Introduction to Hindu and Buddhist Thought by Richard King, Provides an introduction to the main schools of Indian philosophy within both the Hindu and Buddhist traditions and compares their different approaches. Lovers of Wisdom: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy with Integrated Readings by Daniel Kolak, This is the most exciting and comprehensive book with integrated readings for introducing individuals to philosophy. It presents the big picture with all the right details. The central idea is to embed the best excerpts from the most important writings of the ...

Christianity Philosophy - HOME Christianity Philosophy The Making of Fornication: Eros, Ethics, and Political Reform in Greek Philosophy and Early Christianity by Kathy L. Gaca, This provocative work provides a radical reassessment of the emergence and nature of Christian sexual morality, the dominant moral paradigm in Western society since late antiquity. While many scholars, including Michel Foucault, have found the basis of early Christian sexual restrictions in Greek ethics and political philosophy, Kathy L. Gaca demonstrates on compelling new grounds that it is misguided to regard Greek ethics and political theory--with their proposed reforms of ...

Christian Philosophy - HOME Christian Philosophy The Making of Fornication: Eros, Ethics, and Political Reform in Greek Philosophy and Early Christianity by Kathy L. Gaca, This provocative work provides a radical reassessment of the emergence and nature of Christian sexual morality, the dominant moral paradigm in Western society since late antiquity. While many scholars, including Michel Foucault, have found the basis of early Christian sexual restrictions in Greek ethics and political philosophy, Kathy L. Gaca demonstrates on compelling new grounds that it is misguided to regard Greek ethics and political theory--with their proposed reforms of ...

Aztec Religion - HOME Aztec Religion Religion and Empire: The Dynamics of Aztec and Inca Expansionism by Geoffrey W. Conrad, Religion and Empire is an innovative and provocative study of the two largest states of the Precolumbian Americas, the Aztec and Inca Empires. By examining the causes of the formation and expansion of these two empires, the authors identify similar patterns and processes underlying their rise and decline. They demonstrate that in both examples among the critical elements in the transition from marginal people to imperial power to disintegrating society were changes in traditional religion, including ...

Drug Philosophy War - HOME Drug Philosophy War Drug Abuse and Social Policy in America: The War That Must Be Won by Barry Stimmel, Drug Abuse and Social Policy in America analyzes why our current policy on the use of licit and illicit mood-altering drugs has failed. It addresses differences between decriminalization, legalization, and "zero tolerance" - areas and philosophies that are poorly understood - and suggests a multipronged approach to diminishing inappropriate drug use. The Meaning of Mind: Language, Morality, and Neuroscience by Thomas Stephen Szasz, X In this brilliantly original and highly accessible work, Thomas Szasz demonstrates the futility of analyzing the mind as ...

Religion Society Spirituality Taoism - HOME Religion Society Spirituality Taoism Wisdom from World Religions: Pathways Toward Heaven on Earth by John Marks Templeton, Every religion has an assemblage of acknowledged spiritual ideas or truths. Wisdom from World Religions brings these spiritual laws to life, offering a selection of readings from the teaching of Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Sikhism, Taoism, Zen, and Zoroastrianism. Included are modern-day and ancient parables, disciplines, and quotations that may advocate beneficial growth opportunities for inquiring and open minds. Wisdom's content and format can provide useful guidance for individuals, families, ...

Essay Life Philosophy - HOME Essay Life Philosophy Selected Essays on Kant by Lewis White Beck by Hoke Robinson, The North American Kant Society was founded at the Sixth International Kant Congress, held at Pennsylvania State University in 1985. Lewis White Beck did not attend the congress, but his presence was felt throughout. In the years that followed, he was always available with further encouragement and advice, and the Society lost a friend when he died in the summer of 1997. This volume is a collection of Beck's most important essays on Kant's life and ...

Confucianism Religion - HOME Confucianism Religion Asian Religions in Practice: An Introduction by Donald S. Lopez, Princeton Readings in Religions is a new series of anthologies on the religions of the world, representing the significant advances that have been made in the study of religions in the last thirty years. This volume brings together the introductions to the first five volumes of this acclaimed series Religions of India in Practice (1995), Buddhism in Practice (1995), Religions of China in Practice (1996), Religions of Tibet in Practice (1997), and Religions of Japan in Practice (1999).The introductions ...

Philosophy of Law - HOME Philosophy of Law Alasdair Macintyre by Mark C. Murphy, Alasdair MacIntyre's writings on ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of religion, philosophy of the social sciences and the history of philosophy have established him as one of the philosophical giants of the last fifty years. His best-known book, After Virtue (1981), spurred the profound revival of virtue ethics. Moreover, MacIntyre, unlike so many of his contemporaries, has exerted a deep influence beyond the bounds of academic philosophy. This volume focuses on the major themes of MacIntyre's work with critical expositions of ...

Christian in Islamic Philosophy Pluralism Religious - HOME Christian in Islamic Philosophy Pluralism Religious The Many and the One: Religious and Secular Perspectives on Ethical Pluralism in the Modern World by Richard P. Madsen, The war on terrorism, say America's leaders, is a war of Good versus Evil. But in the minds of the perpetrators, the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington were presumably justified as ethically good acts against American evil. Is such polarization leading to a violent "clash of civilizations" or can differences between ethical systems be reconciled through rational dialogue? This book provides an extraordinary ... the diverse ways in which humans see good and evil. In nine essays and responses, leading thinkers ask how ethical pluralism can be understood by classical liberalism, liberal-egalitarianism, critical theory, feminism, natural law, Confucianism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Each essay addresses five questions: Is the ideal society ethically uniform or diverse? Should the state protect, ban, or otherwise intervene in ethically based differences? How should disagreements on the rights and duties of citizens be dealt with? Should the state regulate life-and-death decisions such as euthanasia? To what extent should conflicting ...

Guide Hindu Perennial Philosophy Spirituality - HOME Guide Hindu Perennial Philosophy Spirituality Being Consciousness Bliss: A Seeker's Guide by Astrid Fitzgerald, Many people are looking for a deeper and richer spiritual life. They sense that there is more to their existence than the surface of life seems to offer, but they are confused and uncertain about where to look and how to begin. Being Consciousness Bliss is a rich, profound, yet eminently accessible compendium of wisdom that will help orient people toward a spiritual search. Drawing on a dazzling array of sources, including the insights of G.I. Gurdjieff ... of the human being and how it may be developed to its full potential. Part One discusses the current human condition -- the "sleep" of ordinary life -- and how a person may begin to wake up from it. Part Two offers a feast of excerpts from the Perennial Philosophy -- the great wisdom tradition that underlies all cultures and religions. Part Three provides simple ways to put these insights into practice in daily life. Clear, sensible, and erudite, Being Consciousness Bliss is a resource, suitable for both beginners and advanced practitioners, to be used and ...

Philosophy Make Up - HOME Philosophy Make Up Making Sense: Philosophy Behind the Headlines In Making Sense, Julian Baggini examines the philosophical issues and disputes that lie behind such news stories as the Clinton-Lewinsky affair, the war against terrorism, the siege at Waco, genetically modified foods, and advances in human therapeutic cloning. Baggini, founding editor of the highly popular Philosopher's Magazine, shows how we can use the techniques of philosophy and the insights of its greatest practitioners to understand the issues behind the headlines. He explains the proper role of philosophy in such inquiries, showing ...

Social Philosophy - HOME Social Philosophy Alasdair Macintyre by Mark C. Murphy, Alasdair MacIntyre's writings on ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of religion, philosophy of the social sciences and the history of philosophy have established him as one of the philosophical giants of the last fifty years. His best-known book, After Virtue (1981), spurred the profound revival of virtue ethics. Moreover, MacIntyre, unlike so many of his contemporaries, has exerted a deep influence beyond the bounds of academic philosophy. This volume focuses on the major themes of MacIntyre's work with critical expositions of MacIntyre' ...

Ancient Philosophy - HOME Ancient Philosophy What Is Ancient Philosophy? A "magisterial mappa mundi of the terrain that Pierre Hadot has so productively worked for decades, this ambitious work revises our view of ancient philosophy--and in doing so, proposes that we change the way we see philosophy itself. Hadot takes ancient philosophy out of its customary realm of names, dates, and arid abstractions and plants it squarely in the thick of life. Through a meticulous historical reading, he shows how the various schools, trends, and ideas of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy all tended toward ...

Philosophy of Special Education - HOME Philosophy of Special Education John Stuart Mill: An Intellectual Biography by Nicholas Capaldi, Nicholas Capaldi's biography of John Stuart Mill traces the ways in which Mill's many endeavors are related and explores the significance of his contributions to metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, social and political philosophy, the philosophy of religion, and the philosophy of education. Capaldi shows how Mill was groomed for his life by both his father James Mill and Jeremy Bentham, the two most prominent philosophical radicals of the early 19th century. Mill, however, revolted against this education and ...

Montessori Philosophy - HOME Montessori Philosophy Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia by J. J. Chambliss, X This first-of-its-kind Encyclopedia charts the influence of philosophic ideas that have had the greatest influence on education from ancient Greece to the present. It covers such classical thinkers as Plato, Augustine, Hypatia, Locke, and Rousseau, as well as such recent figures as Montessori, Heidegger, Du Bois, and Dewey. It illuminates time-honored ideas and concepts such as idealism, practical wisdom, scholasticism, tragedy, and truth, as well as such modern construct as critical theory, existentialism, phenomenology, Marxism, and ...

Meta Encyclopedia of Philosophy - HOME Meta Encyclopedia of Philosophy Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia by J. J. Chambliss, X This first-of-its-kind Encyclopedia charts the influence of philosophic ideas that have had the greatest influence on education from ancient Greece to the present. It covers such classical thinkers as Plato, Augustine, Hypatia, Locke, and Rousseau, as well as such recent figures as Montessori, Heidegger, Du Bois, and Dewey. It illuminates time-honored ideas and concepts such as idealism, practical wisdom, scholasticism, tragedy, and truth, as well as such modern construct as critical theory, existentialism, phenomenology, ...

Philosophy of Life - HOME Philosophy of Life What Is Ancient Philosophy? A "magisterial mappa mundi of the terrain that Pierre Hadot has so productively worked for decades, this ambitious work revises our view of ancient philosophy--and in doing so, proposes that we change the way we see philosophy itself. Hadot takes ancient philosophy out of its customary realm of names, dates, and arid abstractions and plants it squarely in the thick of life. Through a meticulous historical reading, he shows how the various schools, trends, and ideas of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy all tended ...

Famous Life Philosophy Phrase - HOME Famous Life Philosophy Phrase Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable by Adrian Room, X Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable is one of the world's best-loved reference books. First published in 1870, this treasury of 'words that have a tale to tell has established itself as one of the great reference classics-the first port of call for tens of thousands of terms, phrases and proper names, and a fund of fascinating, unusual and out-of-the-way information. At the heart of the dictionary lie entries on the meaning and origin of a vast range of words and expressions, from everyday phrases to Latin tags. Alongside these are articles on people and events in mythology and religion, and on folk customs, superstitions and beliefs. Major events and people in history are also treated, as are movements in art and literature, famous literary characters, and key aspects of popular culture, philosophy, geography, science and magic. To complete this rich mix of information, Brewer ...

Education Philosophy Science - HOME Education Philosophy Science Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia by J. J. Chambliss, X This first-of-its-kind Encyclopedia charts the influence of philosophic ideas that have had the greatest influence on education from ancient Greece to the present. It covers such classical thinkers as Plato, Augustine, Hypatia, Locke, and Rousseau, as well as such recent figures as Montessori, Heidegger, Du Bois, and Dewey. It illuminates time-honored ideas and concepts such as idealism, practical wisdom, scholasticism, tragedy, and truth, as well as such modern construct as critical theory, existentialism, phenomenology, Marxism, ...

Imagination in Mind Philosophy Psychology Recreative - HOME Imagination in Mind Philosophy Psychology Recreative Recreative Minds: Imagination in Philosophy and Psychology Recreative Minds: Imagination in Philosophy and Psychology Philosophy of education - The Philosophy of education is the study of such questions as what education is and what its purpose is, the nature of the knowing mind and the human subject, problems of authority, the relationship between education and society, etc. Since at least Rousseau, philosophy of education has been linked to greater or lesser degrees to theories of developmental psychology and human development. Imagination - Imagination is, in general, the power ...

Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Education - HOME Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Education Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia by J. J. Chambliss, X This first-of-its-kind Encyclopedia charts the influence of philosophic ideas that have had the greatest influence on education from ancient Greece to the present. It covers such classical thinkers as Plato, Augustine, Hypatia, Locke, and Rousseau, as well as such recent figures as Montessori, Heidegger, Du Bois, and Dewey. It illuminates time-honored ideas and concepts such as idealism, practical wisdom, scholasticism, tragedy, and truth, as well as such modern construct as critical theory, existentialism, ...

Art Imagination in Mind Philosophy Study - HOME Art Imagination in Mind Philosophy Study Time, Conflict, and Human Values by J. T. Fraser, From the world's foremost authority on the interdisciplinary study of time comes this remarkable work on the intersection of time and human values. Moving easily among the realms of literature, philosophy, biology, physics, mathematics, ethics, art, and religion, J. T. Fraser excavates the foundations of human values and elucidates their role in the lives of individuals, societies, and the historical process. Positing that the need for human values arises from the necessity to control the unbounded ...

Example in Life Philosophy - HOME Example in Life Philosophy No Excuse!: Key Principles for Balancing Life and Achieving Success by Jay Rifenbary, -- Teaches how to live the "No Excuse!" lifestyle based on self-responsibility, purpose and integrity. -- The "No Excuse!" philosophy is graphically represented by the acronym Thesaurus Factor, and its Staircase-of-Success, enabling the reader to carry around short-hand reminders in their mind. -- A multi-step "No Excuse!" Action Plan capsulizes each chapter for easy reference and application. Excuses are what hold people back from becoming the best they can be and achieving their ...

New Philosophy - HOME New Philosophy Music Matters: A New Philosophy of Music Education by David J. Elliott, X What is music? Does music deserve a place in general education? If so, why? And what should be taught? And how? This text builds new answers to these questions through a wide-ranging examination of music as a diverse human practice. The result is a ground-breaking philosophy of music education that provides critically reasoned perspectives on the nature and significance of performing, listening, musicianship, multiculturalism, creativity, consciousness, curriculum development, and more. Organized in three parts, Music ...

Everyday in Life Philosophy Use - HOME Everyday in Life Philosophy Use Eros of Everyday Life: Essays on Ecology, Gender and Society by Susan Griffin, In her award-winning examination of the nature of war, "A Chorus of Stones, critically acclaimed author and feminist Susan Griffin showed new ways of thinking about society and war, about private and public lives. In "The Eros of Everyday Life, she once again takes readers on a startling journey, showing the profound connections between religion and philosophy, science and nature, Western thought and the role of women, and the supremacy of abstract thought ...

Constructing Life Philosophy - HOME Constructing Life Philosophy Constructing a Life Philosophy Constructing a Life Philosophy Constructing a Life Philosophy Constructing a Life Philosophy Consistent Life Ethic - The Consistent Life Ethic is a philosophical, ethical, religious, and political philosophy with the basic premise that "all human life is sacred", and that this calls for "a coherent social policy which seeks to protect the rights of the weakest and most vulnerable in our society, the unborn, the infirm, the refugee, the homeless, and the poor." Advocates of the Consistent Life Ethic are consequently opposed to abortion, capital punishment, " ...

Confucianism God - HOME Confucianism God Global Gods: Exploring the Role of Religions in Modern Societies by David W. Shenk, This book explores ten religious or ideological options, including African traditional religion, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, the European Enlightenment, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Marxism, and Platonism. Can Evangelicals Learn from World Religions?: Jesus, Revelation & Religious Traditions by Gerald R. McDermott, One thing it does not mean, argues Gerald McDermott, is that God has not revealed himself at all through other religions. But then what is the nature of revelation in other world religions? And what can evangelicals learn ...

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - HOME Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia by J. J. Chambliss, X This first-of-its-kind Encyclopedia charts the influence of philosophic ideas that have had the greatest influence on education from ancient Greece to the present. It covers such classical thinkers as Plato, Augustine, Hypatia, Locke, and Rousseau, as well as such recent figures as Montessori, Heidegger, Du Bois, and Dewey. It illuminates time-honored ideas and concepts such as idealism, practical wisdom, scholasticism, tragedy, and truth, as well as such modern construct as critical theory, existentialism, phenomenology, ...

Philosophy of Love - HOME Philosophy of Love Love is a Sweet Chain: Desire, Freedom and Authenticity in Liberal Theory by James Martel, All the great liberal thinkers had theories about love: love of friends, of family, of nature, of country, of god, and of humankind. They also wrote a great deal on the love shared between men and women, as well as the love between men and men. Love is a Sweet Chain explores what many great philosophers thought about love and the connection between love and democracy. It also discusses what the doctrines developed by these founding thinkers means to political philosophy today. While society's interest in love has not lessened since the early liberal thinkers wrote about it -- especially Locke, Hobbes, and Rousseau -- Love is a Sweet Chain is the first contemporary book to explore at the length the complexity and intertwining of love and ...

Kant Selection - HOME Kant Selection Selected Essays on Kant by Lewis White Beck by Hoke Robinson, The North American Kant Society was founded at the Sixth International Kant Congress, held at Pennsylvania State University in 1985. Lewis White Beck did not attend the congress, but his presence was felt throughout. In the years that followed, he was always available with further encouragement and advice, and the Society lost a friend when he died in the summer of 1997. This volume is a collection of Beck's most important essays on Kant's life and work. Beck represented Kant's legacy as a living and defensible philosophy when it was generally considered to ...

Encyclopedia Of The Scientific Revolution: From Copernicus To Newton (Garland Reference Library Of The Humanities, Vol. 1800) (Hardcover) : This unique reference book focuses on scientific development in the 16th and 17th centuries, when the field ...