Aristotle’s Revenge: The Metaphysical Foundations of Physical and Biological Science
By: Edward Feser
4.47
Format: 515 pages, Paperback
Actuality and potentiality, substantial form and prime matter, efficient causality and teleology ar…
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1. God and Philosophy
By: Étienne Gilson
4.15
Format: 182 pages, Paperback
In this classic work, the eminent Catholic philosopher Étienne Gilson deals with one of the most im… read more
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2. St. Francis of Assisi
By: G.K. Chesterton , Joseph F. Girzone
3.94
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Francis of Assisi is, after Mary of Nazareth, perhaps the greatest saint in the Christian calendar,… read more
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"The moment sex ceases to be a servant it becomes a tyrant."-G.K. Chesterton, St. Francis of Assisi
"The objection to an aristocracy is that it is a priesthood without a god."-G.K. Chesterton, St. Francis of Assisi
"The modern mind is hard to please; and it generally calls the way of Godfrey ferocious and the way of Francis fanatical. That is, it calls any moral method unpractical, when it has just called any pr…"-G.K. Chesterton, St. Francis of Assisi
"I beseech you, little brothers, that you be as wise as brother Daisy and brother dandelion; for never do they lie awake thinking of tomorrow, yet they have gold crowns like kings and emperors or like…"-G.K. Chesterton, St. Francis of Assisi
3. City of God
By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Bettenson
3.93
Format: 1186 pages, Paperback
No book except the Bible itself had a greater influence on the Middle Ages than Augustine's City of… read more
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"There are wolves within, and there are sheep without."-Augustine of Hippo, City of God
"A wholesome fear would be a fit guardian for the citizens."-Augustine of Hippo, City of God
"Humility raises us not by human arrogance but by divine grace."-Augustine of Hippo, City of God
"He that becomes protector of sin shall surely become its prisoner."-Augustine of Hippo, City of God
4. The Divine Comedy
By: Dante Alighieri , Eugenio Montale , Allen Mandelbaum
4.29
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The Divine Comedy, translated by Allen Mandelbaum, begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in th… read more
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- philosophy
5. The Consolation of Philosophy
By: Boethius , None
4.27
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek … read more
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6. Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy
By: William Barrett
4.56
Format: 200 pages,
Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy by William Christopher Barrett (1913-92) introduc… read more
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7. Introduction to Christianity
By: Pope Benedict XVI
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
One of Cardinal Ratzinger's most important and widely read books, this volume is a revised second e… read more
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8. Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
By: Scott Hahn , Brant Pitre
4.60
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory exploration of the Jewish roots of the Last Supper that seeks to understand exactly wh… read more
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"The whole context of Jesus' bread of life discourse is centered on the Jewish hopes for the coming of a new Moses and the return of the manna from heaven."-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
"People were not to consume blood because "the life" or "the soul" (Hebrew nephesh) of the animal is in the blood. As Leviticus states, "It is the blood that makes atonement, by the power of its life.…"-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
"Some ancient rabbis believed that the manna was protological--that it had existedsince the very dawn of creation. As such, the manna was the perfect food, untouched by the sin of humanity's first par…"-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
"For, as any ancient Jew would have known, the Passover sacrifice was not completed by the death of the lamb, but by eating its flesh. Five times the Bible states that they must "eat" the lamb; five t…"-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
9. A Canticle for Leibowitz
By: Walter M. Miller Jr.
3.39
Format: 414 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, po… read more
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10. The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences
By: Eugene Paul Wigner
5.00
Format: None pages,
"The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences" is the title of an article … read more
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- nonfiction
- science
11. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
By: Mortimer J. Adler , Charles van Doren
3.98
Format: 426 pages, Paperback
How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. I… read more
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"In short, we can only learn from our "betters"."-Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
"A good rule always describes the ideal performance."-Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
"The mind can atrophy, like the muscles, if it is not used."-Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
"True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline."-Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
12. The Nicomachean Ethics
By: Aristotle , Jonathan Barnes , None , Hugh Tredennick
3.99
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
‘One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brie… read more
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"Philosophy can make people sick."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"A man without regrets cannot be cured."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"The beginning seems to be more than half of the whole."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
13. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion
By: Brian Davies
4.31
Format: 66 pages, Paperback
The third edition of An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religionprovides a critical examination o… read more
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14. The Republic
By: Plato , Desmond Lee
3.96
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classi… read more
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"Appearance tyrannizes over truth."-Plato, The Republic
"The comprehensive mind is always dialectical."-Plato, The Republic
"Those who don't know must learn from those who do."-Plato, The Republic
"Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance"-Plato, The Republic
15. Socrates' Children: Medieval: The 100 Greatest Philosophers
By: Peter Kreeft
4.54
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
This is the second of a four-volume history of philosophy . . . on ancient, medieval, modern, and … read more
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16. Socrates' Children: Contemporary: The 100 Greatest Philosophers
By: Peter Kreeft
4.41
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
This is the fourth and final part of Kreeft’s four-volume history of philosophy . . . on ancient, m… read more
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17. Socrates' Children: Modern: The 100 Greatest Philosophers
By: Peter Kreeft
4.40
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
This is the third of a four-volume history of philosophy . . . on ancient, medieval, modern, and co… read more
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18. The Case for Patriarchy
By: Timothy J. Gordon
3.94
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
For two thousand years, Christianity has taught, with startling specificity, that married men are p… read more
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19. Socrates' Children: Ancient: The 100 Greatest Philosophers
By: Peter Kreeft
4.58
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
This is the first of a four-volume history of philosophy . . . on ancient, medieval, modern, and co… read more
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20. Aristotle’s Revenge: The Metaphysical Foundations of Physical and Biological Science
By: Edward Feser
4.47
Format: 515 pages, Paperback
Actuality and potentiality, substantial form and prime matter, efficient causality and teleology ar… read more
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- metaphysics
- science
21. Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science (Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science Book 17)
By: William M.R. Simpson
4.30
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
The last two decades have seen two significant trends emerging within the philosophy of the rapid … read more
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