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The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
by Ayn RandAyn Rand regards altruism as incompatible with man's nature that man cannot survive alone with. She sets forth the moral principles of objectivism as the philosophy that holds man's life as the standard of moral values.
The Great Philosophers, First Edition
by Radoslav A. TsanoffThe Great Philosophers, First Edition contains four parts: Part 1. The Philosophers of Classical Antiquity; Part 2. The Doctors and Saints of Medieval Christian; Philosophy; Part 3. The Earlier Modern Philosophers; Part 4. The Philosophers of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.
Kant Selections
by Theodore Meyer GreeneAn antique book, republished, on the philosophical writings of Immanuel Kant , an eminent philosopher.
John Locke: A Biography
by Maurice CranstonThis is a biography of John Locke who died in 1704. The author has written the biography based on Lovelace Collection as principal source which contained nearly three thousand letters and about a thousand miscellaneous manuscripts. These include accounts, which, because Locke was always careful with money, are unusually detailed; library lists; notebooks containing entries on philosophy, politics, literature, science, theology, economics and colonial administration; several more elaborate manuscripts on the same subjects; recipes, inventories, certificates of various kinds, and ten volumes of Locke's journal.
Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists: Unleashing the Power of Financial Markets to Create Wealth and Spread Opportunity
by Raghuram G. Rajan Luigi ZingalesAnalysis of our Economy during the past century.
Talk of the Devil: Encounters with Seven Dictators
by Riccardo Orizio Avril BardoniFirst-hand accounts.
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences
by René DescartesThe Discourse on the Method is a philosophical and autobiographical treatise published by René Descartes in 1637. Its full name is Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences.
The Last Days of Socrates
by Plato Hugh TredennickThe trial and condemnation of Socrates (469-399 BC) on charges of heresy and corrupting the minds of the young, forms a tragic episode in the history of Athens.
Great Books of The Western World 9: The Works of Aristotle Volume II
by Mortimer J. Adler W. D. RossThe volume II contains the works of Aristotle.
The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
by Fareed ZakariaWhat we need to do to maintain true democracy.
Just War Against Terror: The Burden of American Power in a Violent World
by Jean Bethke ElshtainAnalysis of the demands arising from the terror of 9-11.
The Profile of a Wise Man
by Swami SuddhanadaSwamiji unfolds many facets of Wisdom like petals of a flower. Wisdom does not lie in searching for a wise man. Wisdom is when you stop blaming others for your problems. Wisdom is when we stop having double standards. Wisdom is becoming happiness. Wisdom is not searching for happiness in other things. A scientist in one who challenges the perception. If doubting the perception is the beginning of science, doubting the perceiver - I the individual, is the beginning of wisdom. Swamiji also explodes many common myths convincingly with sheer directness. Engineers do not know engineering, those who know engineering are engineers. You have a limitation but you are not limited. The body has no fear; body does not know; it has no sense of 'I'. A thought reminds you of the object but does not produce the object. The relevance of knowledge is facing life, not in keeping ideas in your head. Anytime you are with yourself you are happy. Whenever you are happy: unconsciously you are with yourself.
The Right, the Good and the Happy: The Christian in a World of Distorted Values
by Bernard L. Ramm[from inside flaps] "Why have drugs replaced beer, cigarettes, and even hamburgers in the life of the young person? What should be done about the large number of living dead--human vegetables who are kept alive through machines? Is it right to postpone the inevitable? Why should any woman in the twentieth century want or need an abortion? Should there never be abortion? Should there be abortion on request? Does the implantation of an organ from the body of one person to another create a crisis of identity in the person who has the transplant? * When is a person actually dead? * Who should receive the transplant--an unknown or a prominent community personality? Does the individual have the right to decide if a war is just or not and have his decision honored by the government? Can atomic war ever be considered a just war? In the technological age a man may live two hundred years. If there is work enough to last him only to age thirty, what is he supposed to do for the next 170 years? All of these situations demand ethical decisions. Should the Christian's choice, in any of these matters, be more realistic or more compassionate than that of any other person? Dr. Bernard L. Ramm points out that if Christianity is a total way of life--and he believes that this is what the Bible teaches--then the ethical and moral character of the Christian's life must reflect the love, justice, and equity of God whom he worships. The Right, the Good and the Happy is a practical book. After dealing briefly with general ethical theory, the author concentrates on specific moral and ethical issues. But this is not a guide to easy ethical decisionmaking. Dr. Ramm presents arguments for and against a given position. Occasionally he takes sides; often he lets the reader draw his own conclusions. Traditionally, there has been a strong emphasis in the church that if a person has accepted Christ, he will almost always make right choices. But an automatic change of heart in human relations or politics or economics does not necessarily occur just because a person is converted. What should the church's message be as it seeks to lead and train Christians toward a mature ethical perspective? Dr. Ramm says that there can be only one approach if the followers of Christ are to be enriched through growth into the right, the good, and the happy life. "The church ought to follow ethical policies that are redemptive, that are healing, and that offer hope for happiness in the future.""
Kant (Great Books of The Western World,42)
by Immanuel Kant Robert Maynard Hutchins Mortimer J. AdlerThe critique of pure reason; The critique of practical reason and other ethical treatises; The critique of judgement.
The Interpretation of Nature and the Psyche
by Wolfgang Pauli C. G. JungJung's original essay on synchronicity and Pauli's view as a physicist of archetypes and synchronicity.
Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen and Leadership in Wartime
by Eliot A. CohenDiscussion of how statesmen and the military should interact.
Pointing the Way
by Martin Buber Maurice S. Friedman"These essays, written between 1909 and 1954 and first published as a collection in 1957, in which the eminent philosopher relates the 'I-Thou' dialogue to such varied fields as religion, social thought, philosophy, myth, drama, literature and art, reveal Buber in the process of responding to the crises and challenges of the 20th century and enable the reader to follow his lifelong struggles toward 'authentic existence.'" -Back Cover
Treasury of Philosophy
by Dagobert D. Runes"Treasury of Philosophy" is a catalog of famous and not so well-known philosophers the world over. Includes Hebrew, Chinese, European and North American as well as other Oriental Philosophers.
The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History
by Philip BobbittHistory of war and international relations with commentary and theses.
The Serpent of Paradise
by Erwin W. LutzerDr. Lutzer shows how Satan's rebellion serves God's purposes.