8 Top religion books like The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy by Jan Westerhoff

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The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy

By: Jan Westerhoff

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Jan Westerhoff unfolds the story of one of the richest episodes in the history of Indian thought, t…

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Cover of Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche, Michael Tanner, R.J. Hollingdale

1. Beyond Good and Evil

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale with a… read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
  • history
"The noble soul reveres itself"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"...all that is rare is for the rare."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"In music the passions enjoy themselves."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"One is punished most for one’s virtues."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

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2. TAZ: The Temporary Autonomous Zone (New Autonomy)

By: Peter Lamborn Wilson , Hakim Bey

3.99

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The underground cult bestseller! Essays redefining the psychogeographical nooks of autonomy. Recipe… read more

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  • philosophy
"Natives"

-Peter Lamborn Wilson, TAZ: The Temporary Autonomous Zone (New Autonomy)

"Kidnap someone & make them happy."

-Peter Lamborn Wilson, TAZ: The Temporary Autonomous Zone (New Autonomy)

"Words belong to those who use them only till someone else steals them back."

-Peter Lamborn Wilson, TAZ: The Temporary Autonomous Zone (New Autonomy)

"Don't just survive while waiting for someone's revolution to clear your head."

-Peter Lamborn Wilson, TAZ: The Temporary Autonomous Zone (New Autonomy)

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3. The Trickster and the Paranormal

By: George P. Hansen

4.21

Format: 564 pages, Paperback

Book by Hansen, George P read more

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  • philosophy
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4. Tao Te Ching

By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more

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  • philosophy
  • buddhism
  • history
"The heart that gives, gathers."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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5. The Gay Science

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Walter Kaufmann

4.11

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Nietzsche called The Gay Science "the most personal of all my books." It was here that he first pro… read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
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6. The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami?

By: David Bentley Hart

3.63

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

As news reports of the horrific tsunami in Asia reached the rest of the world, commentators were qu… read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
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7. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

By: Robert M. Sapolsky

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Why do we do the things we do? More than a decade in the making, this game-changing book is Robert … read more

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  • philosophy
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8. Das Kapital

By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Serge L. Levitsky

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Das Kapital, Karl Marx's seminal work, is the book that above all others formed the twentieth centu… read more

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  • philosophy
  • history
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9. Phaedo

By: Plato , David Gallop , R.D. Archer-Hind

3.77

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

The Phaedois acknowledged to be one of Plato's masterpieces, showing him both as a philosopher and … read more

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  • philosophy
  • history
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10. Theaetetus

By: Plato , Robin Waterfield

4.20

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Set immediately prior to the trial and execution of Socrates in 399 BC, Theaetetus shows the great … read more

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  • philosophy
  • history

11. The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss

By: David Bentley Hart

3.59

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Despite the recent ferocious public debate about belief, the concept most central to the discussion… read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
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12. Taking Back Philosophy: A Multicultural Manifesto

By: Bryan W. Van Norden , Jay L. Garfield

4.33

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Are American colleges and universities failing their students by refusing to teach the philosophica… read more

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  • philosophy
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13. The Death of Ivan Ilych

By: Leo Tolstoy , Aylmer Maude

4.13

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of I… read more

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  • philosophy
"If you look for the working classes in fiction, and especially English fiction, all you find is a hole."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"And the further he departed from childhood and the nearer he came to the present the more worthless and doubtful were the joys."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"In the depths of his heart he knew that he was dying but, so far from growing used to the idea, he simply did not and could not grasp it."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"It can't be that life is so senseless and horrible. But if it really has been so horrible and senseless, why must I die and die in agony? There is something wrong!"

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

14. On the Incarnation

By: C.S. Lewis , Athanasius of Alexandria , None

3.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

A universally acknowledged masterpiece of fourth-century patristic theology. As C. S. Lewis observe… read more

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15. Engaging Buddhism: Why It Matters to Philosophy

By: Jay L. Garfield

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

This is a book for scholars of Western philosophy who wish to engage with Buddhist philosophy, or w… read more

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16. Buddhism as Philosophy: An Introduction

By: Mark Siderits

3.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this clear, concise account, Siderits makes the Buddhist tradition accessible to a Western audie… read more

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17. How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

By: Michael Greger , Gene Stone

4.20

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

From the physician behind the wildly popular website NutritionFacts.org, How Not to Die reveals the… read more

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18. Deleuze and Guattari's Anti Oedipus: Introduction to Schizoanalysis

By: Gilles Deleuze , Félix Guattari , Eugene W. Holland

4.41

Format: None pages, Paperback

Eugene W. Holland provides an excellent introduction to Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari's Anti-Oe… read more

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19. The Burnout Society

By: Byung-Chul Han

5.00

Format: 172 pages,

Our competitive, service-oriented societies are taking a toll on the late-modern individual. Rather… read more

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20. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell

By: Aldous Huxley

2.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

As only he can, Aldous Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human … read more

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21. The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā

By: Nāgārjuna , Jay L. Garfield

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Buddhist saint Nagarjuna, who lived in South India in approximately the second century CE, is u… read more

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22. Karate-Do: My Way of Life

By: Gichin Funakoshi

4.00

Format: None pages,

The father of Karate-do describes his life of devotion to the practices and spirit of the ancient m… read more

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23. The Bhagavad Gita

By: Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa , Juan Mascaró , None

4.20

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

The Bhagavad Gitais an intensely spiritual work that forms the cornerstone of the Hindu faith, and … read more

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24. Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies

By: David Bentley Hart

3.84

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this provocative book one of the most brilliant scholars of religion today dismantles distorted … read more

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25. Postcapitalist Desire: The Final Lectures

By: Mark Fisher

4.29

Format: 211 pages, None

Edited with an introduction by Matt Colquhoun, this idiosyncratic collection of lecture notes and t… read more

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  • philosophy
  • history
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26. The Twilight World

By: Werner Herzog

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The great filmmaker Werner Herzog, in his first novel, tells the incredible story of Hiroo Onoda, a… read more

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27. Approaching the Buddhist Path (1) (The Library of Wisdom and Compassion)

By: Dalai Lama XIV

4.44

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

The first volume in a multi-volume collection presenting the Dalai Lama’s comprehensive explanation… read more

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  • buddhism
  • religion
"The fundamental nature of the mind is pure and stable. The innate, subtle mind of clear light, which is the basis of the cultivation of positive states of mind, is stable in that it continues eternal…"

-Dalai Lama XIV, Approaching the Buddhist Path (1) (The Library of Wisdom and Compassion)

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28. The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy

By: Jan Westerhoff

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Jan Westerhoff unfolds the story of one of the richest episodes in the history of Indian thought, t… read more

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  • buddhism
  • history
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • india
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29. A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma

By: Bhikkhu Bodhi

4.28

Format: 428 pages, Paperback

This modern translation of the Abhidhammattha Sangaha (Manual of Abhidhamma) offers an introduction… read more

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  • philosophy
  • buddhism
  • religion
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30. Classical Indian Philosophy (A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps #5)

By: Peter S. Adamson

4.23

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Peter Adamson and Jonardon Ganeri present a lively introduction to one of the world's richest intel… read more

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  • india
  • philosophy
  • buddhism
  • history
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31. The Foundation of Buddhist Practice (The Library of Wisdom and Compassion Book 2)

By: Thubten Chodron

4.69

Format: 524 pages, Kindle Edition

The second volume in the Dalai Lama’s definitive and comprehensive series on the stages of the Budd… read more

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  • buddhism
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8 must-read history books like The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy by Jan Westerhoff

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Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

Transform Your Habits

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4.30

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Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Serge L. Levitsky

4.22

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4.15

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.06

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3.68

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