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Featuring the edited transcripts of eight lectures delivered by Alan Watts from 1960 to 1973 The Tao of Philosophy offers a rich introduction to the wit and wisdom of one of the foremost philosophers of the twentieth century
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Who am I Why am I here What is the nature of the world around meAlan Watts 1915 1973noted professor graduateschool dean Harvard University research fellow and Episcopal priestexamines these fundamental questions from a Taoist perspective learning to appreciate not just the bowl but the empty space within it With downtoearth writing he reveals our direct connection to the natural world and reminds us that we are not so much born into this world as grown out of it This collection of eight of Watts unique philosophical essays and an early piece written in 1953 has a brief introduction by Alans son Mark Watts which gives the background of these pieces and their place in Alan Watts life and work
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In this collection of essays Alan Watts offers a unique synthesis of the traditional branches of Eastern thought drawing upon their historical connection and common foundation in mystical experience Taken as a whole the book provides readers with both an intellectual grounding in Eastern philosophies and an experiential entry into the mystical in their own everyday lives
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This compilation offers a unique synthesis of the traditional branches of Eastern thought by drawing upon their historical connections and common foundations in mystical experience 3 cassettes
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The second part of Hegels Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences in outline Translated and with an introduction by MJ Petry This edition first published in 2002 Routledge is an imprint of Taylor amp Francis an informa company
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Having Children Philosophical and Legal Reflections on Parenthood Essays edited for the Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs paperback Onora ONeillWilliam Ruddick Jan 04 1979
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Explore a truly astonishing range of interests philosophies religions and cultures from alchemy to angels Buddhism to Hinduism myth to magic The distinguished authors bring a wealth of knowledge visionary thinking and accessible writing to each intriguing subject in these lavishly illustrated largeformat paperback books
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In The Spiritual Philosophy of the Tao Te Ching Dr Magno opens a dialogue between Eastern and Western thinkers contending the Tao Te Ching is a spiritual and not religious book offering answers to lifess three ultimate questions the origin nature and purpose of life
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In this new translation and commentary LaFargue interprets the concept of Tao in the Tao Te Ching as a spiritual state of mind cultivated in a particular school in ancient China a state of mind which also expressed itself in a simple but satisfying lifestyle and in a lowkey but effective style of political leadership The interpretation offered here is not only historically accurate but also conveys the spiritual depth of the Tao Te Ching and its contemporary relevance The translation is made transparent by a design that presents all of the commentary on the page facing the relevant text
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Examines liberal democracy and Confucianism as two value systems and argues for a future where both coexist as independent value systems in ChinaThe relation between liberal democracy and Confucianism is explored by author Chenyang Li as he argues for a Chinese future where both coexist as independent value systems This relationship is shown through a comparative study of Chinese and Western ideas and philosophies of being truth language ethics religion and values The book covers a wide range of philosophers and philosophies including Aristotle Zhuang Zi Heidegger Confucius Kripke and feminist care ethics Li shows how a comparative approach to different patterns of thinking in Chinese and Western traditions sheds light on the intelligibility of Chinese multiple ethicoreligious practice which in turn supports the claim that democracy and Confucianism can coexist as independent value systems In addition Lis comparative study of different patterns of thinking in Chinese and Western traditions sheds light on the harmony model of Chinese philosophy and culture
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Existentialism exerts a continuing fascination on students of philosophy and general readers As a philosophical phenomenon though it is often poorly understood as a form of radical subjectivism that turns its back on reason and argumentation and possesses all the liabilities of philosophical idealism but without any idealistic conceptual clarity In this volume of original essays the first to be devoted exclusively to existentialism in over forty years a team of distinguished commentators discuss the ideas of Kierkegaard Nietzsche Heidegger Sartre MerleauPonty and Beauvoir and show how their focus on existence provides a compelling perspective on contemporary issues in moral psychology and philosophy of mind language and history A further sequence of chapters examines the influence of existential ideas beyond philosophy in literature religion politics and psychiatry The volume offers a rich and comprehensive assessment of the continuing vitality of existentialism as a philosophical movement and a cultural phenomenon
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Aspects of Mind contains previously unpublished manuscript material by Gilbert Ryle along with notes taken by the editor Rene Meyer at lectures given by Ryle on the philosophy of mind in 1964 Gilbert Ryle Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford from 1945 until 1967 had a decisive influence on contemporary philosophy His Concept of Mind 1949 not only put a methodological edge in a most readable way to what has become known as Analytical Philosophy but it also stimulated interest in the philosophy of mind as a pivotal part of philosophy as a whole A second important influence derives from his reorganization of philosophical studies at Oxford after the war which made it for several years one of the liveliest philosophical centres in the world Ryles interest covered almost the entire field of philosophy He also made substantial contributions to the history of philosophy notably on Plato Locke Hume Husserl and Heidegger Gilbert Ryle died in October 1976 The book also includes two tributes to Ryle one from John Mabbott a close friend on Ryle the man and one from David Gallop an exstudent on Ryle the Philosopher A chapter entitled Philosophy Logical Geography and Dilemmas by Rene Meyer provides a perspective on Ryles philosophy
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Since the three volume edition ofHegels Philosophy of Subjective Spirit 1978 19792 has been so well received I have been encouraged to select that part of it most suitable for teaching purposes and to publish it here as a separate work As a teaching text the Berlin Phenomenology has several important advan tages Unlike so many ofHegels writings must notably theJena Phenomeno logy of 1807 it is concise and to the point and concemed with issues already familiar to most students of philosophy Since it consists for the most part of a searching and radical analysis of Kants epistemology Fichtes ethics and Schellings systembuilding it provides tirstrate insight into Hegels assessment of his immedite predecessors When considered in context as part of the Encyclopaedia if the Philosophical Sciences it enables us to distinguish dearly between the systematic the logical and the psychological aspects of Hegelianism and is therefore also relevant to some of the central issues in modem phenomenology It is to be hoped that the introduction and notes prepared for the present edition will prove helpful to both teachers and students Every effort has been ma de to produce a thoroughly reliable ba sic text and an accurate translation The text published in 1978 was prepared at the Hegel Archive in Bochum from photocopies and I am most grateful to the Central Interfaculty of the Erasmus University Rotterdam for having made it possible for me to check the printed version against the original manuscripts
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Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics is one of the three volumes of Karl Poppers Postscript to the Logic of scientific Discovery The Postscript is the culmination of Poppers work in the philosophy of physics and a new famous attack on subjectivist approaches to philosophy of science Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics is the third volume of the Postscript It may be read independently but it also forms part of Poppers interconnected argument in the Postscript It presents Poppers classic statement on quantum physics and offers important insights into his thinking on problems of method within science and physics as a whole
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The CahiersNotebooks of Paul Valéry are a unique form of writing They reveal Valéry as one of the most radical and creative minds of the twentieth century encompassing a wide range of investigation into all spheres of human activity His work explores the arts the sciences philosophy history and politics investigating linguistic psychological and social issues all linked to the central questions relentlessly posed what is the human mind and how does it work what is the potential of thought and what are its limits But we encounter here too Valéry the writer exploratory fragmentary texts undermine the boundaries between analysis and creativity between theory and practice Neither journal nor diary eluding the traditional genres of writing the Notebooks offer lyrical passages writing of extreme beauty prose poems of extraordinary descriptive power alongside theoretical considerations of poetics ironic aphorisms and the most abstract kind of analysis The concerns and the insights that occupied Valérys inner voyages over more than 50 years remain as relevant as ever for the contemporary reader for the Self that is his principal subject is at once singular and universal
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Hegel GWF Inwood Michael ed Hegel First Edition Oxford Oxford University Press 1985 135 x 20 cm 217 pages Original Softcover Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes With his name on the half title Oxford Readings in Philosophy Contains among others The Origins of Hegelianism WH Walsh Hegels Epistemology Robert C Solomon Charles Taylors Hegel Ivan Soll Predication and Hegels Metaphysics Richard E Aquila etc
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Since the three volume edition ofHegels Philosophy of Subjective Spirit 1978 19792 has been so well received I have been encouraged to select that part of it most suitable for teaching purposes and to publish it here as a separate work As a teaching text the Berlin Phenomenology has several important advan tages Unlike so many ofHegels writings must notably theJena Phenomeno logy of 1807 it is concise and to the point and concemed with issues already familiar to most students of philosophy Since it consists for the most part of a searching and radical analysis of Kants epistemology Fichtes ethics and Schellings systembuilding it provides tirstrate insight into Hegels assessment of his immedite predecessors When considered in context as part of the Encyclopaedia if the Philosophical Sciences it enables us to distinguish dearly between the systematic the logical and the psychological aspects of Hegelianism and is therefore also relevant to some of the central issues in modem phenomenology It is to be hoped that the introduction and notes prepared for the present edition will prove helpful to both teachers and students Every effort has been ma de to produce a thoroughly reliable ba sic text and an accurate translation The text published in 1978 was prepared at the Hegel Archive in Bochum from photocopies and I am most grateful to the Central Interfaculty of the Erasmus University Rotterdam for having made it possible for me to check the printed version against the original manuscripts
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Poetry Literary Nonfiction Art Edited by Glenn Hughes and Tim McNulty Afterword by Glenn Hughes After growing up in the Pacific Northwest poet and painter Robert Sund was moved and altered by his encounter with the Southwest He lived in Taos New Mexico and filled page after page with notes poems prose and gorgeous paintings This book is a limited edition which demonstrates Sunds virtuosity and versatility
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The essential Taoist book and one of a triad that make up the most influential religious and philosophical writings of Chinese tradition the Taote Ching is the subject of hundreds of new interpretive studies each year As Taoism emerges as one of the East Asian philosophies most interesting to Westerners an accessible new edition of this great workwritten for Englishlanguage readers yet rendered with an eye toward Chinese understandinghas been much needed by scholars and general readersRichard John Lynn whose recent translation of theI Ching was hailed by the Times Literary Supplement as the best I Ching that has so far appeared presents here another fine translation Like his I Ching this volume includes the interpretive commentary of the thirdcentury scholar Wang Bi 226249 who wrote the first and most sophisticated commentary on the Taote ChingLynns introduction explores the centrality of Wangs commentaries in Chinese thought the position of the Taote Ching in East Asian tradition Wangs short but brilliant life and the era in which he lived The text consists of eightyone short aphoristic sections presenting a complete view of how the sage rules in accordance with the spontaneous ways of the natural world Although the Taote Ching was originally designed to provide advice to the ruler the Chinese regard its teachings as living and selfcultivation tools applicable to anyone Wang Bis commentaries following each statement flesh out the text so that it speaks to the modern Western reader as it has to Asians for more than seventeen centuries
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Drawing on ancient and modern sources Watts treats the Chinese philosophy of Tao in much the same way as he did Zen Buddhism in his classic The Way of Zen Critics agree that this last work stands as a perfect monument to the life and literature of Alan Watts
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