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On Compromise and Rotten Compromises

by Avis Margalit

When is political compromise acceptable--and when is it fundamentally rotten, something we should never accept, come what may? What if a rotten compromise is politically necessary? Compromise is a great political...


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eastern Philosophy

by Ph.D., Jay Stevenson

Jay Stevenson, Ph.D., has written and coauthored many books, including The Complete Idiot's Guide® to American Heroes (1999) with Matthew Budman, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Angels (1999), The Complete...


Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals

by Iris Murdoch

The decline of religion and ever increasing influence of science pose acute ethical issues for us all. Can we reject the literal truth of the Gospels yet still retain a Christian morality? Can we defend any...


Notes from the Edge Times

by Daniel Pinchbeck

In this unsparing tour of the perils and promises of the current era, visionary author Daniel Pinchbeck helps us understand that we don't need to wait for the dawning of the next age to radically change our...


Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View

by Richard Tarnas

From a philosopher whose magisterial history of Western thought was praised by Joseph Campbell and Huston Smith comes a brilliant new book that traces the connection between cosmic cycles and archetypal patterns...


Existentialists and Mystics: Writings on Philosophy and Literature

by Iris Murdoch

Best known as the author of twenty-six novels, Iris Murdoch has also made significant contributions to the fields of ethics and aesthetics. Collected here for the first time in one volume are her most influential...


Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology: Expanded Second Edition

by Ayn Rand

Today man's mind is under attack by all the leading schools of philosophy. We are told that we cannot trust our senses, that logic is arbitrary, that concepts have no basis in reality. Ayn Rand opposes that...


The Portable Plato

by Plato

Writing in the fourth century B.C., in an Athens that had suffered a humiliating defeat in the Peloponnesian War, Plato formulated questions that have haunted the moral, religious, and political imagination...


The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

by Ayn Rand

A prolific writer, bestselling novelist, and world-renowned philosopher, Ayn Rand defined a full system of thought--from epistemology to aesthetics. Her writing is so extensive and the range of issues she covers...


The Portable Edmund Burke

by Edmund Burke

The intellectual wellspring of modern political conservatism, Edmund Burke is also considered a significant figure in aesthetic theory and cultural studies. As a member of the House of Commons during the late...


The Tao of Abundance: Eight Ancient Principles for Living Abundantly in the 21st Century

by Laurence G. Boldt

Through his intelligent, appealing integration of Eastern philosophy and practical advice, Laurence G. Boldt has helped thousands of readers find personal satisfaction in their work and personal lives. Now he...


Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand

by Leonard Peikoff

This brilliantly conceived and organized book is based on a lecture course given by Dr. Leonard Peikoff in 1976, entitled "The Philosophy of Objectivism." The lectures were attended by Ayn Rand, who helped prepare...


Ominous Parallels

by Leonard Peikoff

Ayn Rand chose Leonard Peikoff to be her successor as the spokesman for Objectivism. And in this brilliantly reasoned, thought-provoking work we learn why, as he demonstrates how far America has been detoured...


The Liberal Arts Tradition: A Documentary History

by Bruce A. Kimball

Based upon the author's twenty-five years of experience leading seminars concerning the history of liberal education, this collection presents a uniquely comprehensive and salient set of documents, ranging from...


The Problem with God: Why Atheists, True Believers, and Even Agnostics Are All Wrong

by Peter Steinberger

Whether people praise, worship, criticize, or reject God, they all presuppose at least a rough notion of what it means to talk about God. Turning the certainty of this assumption on its head, a nationally-respected...


If A, Then B: How Logic Shaped the World

by Michael Shenefelt & Heidi White

While logical principles seem timeless, placeless, and eternal, their discovery is a story of personal accidents, political tragedies, and broad social change. If A, Then B begins with logic’s emergence twenty-three...


Philosophic Values and World Citizenship: Locke to Obama and Beyond

by Jacoby Adeshei Carter, Leonard Harris & Cherubin, Rose

Alain Locke, the central promoter of the Harlem Renaissance, is placed in conversation with leading philosophers and cultural figures in the modern world, from Aristotle to Obama. For teachers and students of...


The Lesser Good: The Problem of Justice in Plato and Levinas

by Wendy C. Hamblet

The Lesser Good represents a timely meditation on the incapacity of mere laws and state politics to adequately address the ethical exigencies that arise in human life. Through the philosophies of Plato and post-Holocaust...


The Therapy of Desire: Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Ethics

by Martha C. Nussbaum

The Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics practiced philosophy not as a detached intellectual discipline, but as a worldly art of grappling with issues of daily and urgent human significance: the fear of death, love...


Kierkegaard, Communication, and Virtue: Authorship as Edification

by Mark A. Tietjen

In contrast to recent postmodern and deconstructionist readings, Mark A. Tietjen believes that the purpose behind Kierkegaard's writings is the moral and religious improvement of the reader. Tietjen defends...