Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic: Empedocles and Pythagorean Tradition
By: Peter Kingsley
3.95
Format: 161 pages, Paperback
This is the first book to analyze systematically crucial aspects of ancient Greek philosophy in the…
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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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"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
"One is punished most for one’s virtues."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
"In music the passions enjoy themselves."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
2. Democracy: The God That Failed
By: Hans-Hermann Hoppe
4.17
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
The core of this book is a systematic treatment of the historic transformation of the West from mon… read more
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"By compelling private land owners to subsidize ("protect") "endangered species" residing on their land through environmental legislation, there will be more and better-off animals, and fewer and wors…"-Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Democracy: The God That Failed
"if the power of government rests on the widespread acceptance of false indeed absurd and foolish ideas, then the only genuine protection is the systematic attack of these ideas and the propagation an…"-Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Democracy: The God That Failed
"Private property is as incompatible with democracy as it is with any other form of political rule. Rather than democracy, justice as well as economic efficiency require a pure and unrestricted privat…"-Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Democracy: The God That Failed
"More importantly, it must be made clear again that the idea of democracy is immoral as well as uneconomical. As for the moral status of majority rule, it must be pointed out that it allows for A and …"-Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Democracy: The God That Failed
3. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
By: Shunryu Suzuki , Huston Smith , Trudy Dixon , Richard Baker
4.21
Format: 138 pages, Paperback
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” So begins… read more
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- spirituality
"Waves are the practice of the water."-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
"Sincerity itself is the railroad track."-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
"You do not say, “This is enlightenment,"-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
"Zen practice is to open up our small mind."-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
4. Man and Technics: A Contribution to a Philosophy of Life
By: Oswald Spengler
3.83
Format: 28 pages, Paperback
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- history
5. Don Quixote
By: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra , Roberto González Echevarría , John Rutherford
3.66
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading chivalric romances, that he determines to become a k… read more
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6. Man and His Symbols
By: C.G. Jung , Marie-Louise von Franz , Jolande Jacobi , Aniela Jaffé , Joseph L. Henderson , John Freeman
4.19
Format: 415 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Man and His Symbols owes its existence to one of Jung's own dreams. The great psychologist dreamed … read more
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"There is a desert on the moon where the dreamer sinks so deeply into the ground that she reaches hell."-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
"We are so captivated by and entangled in our subjective consciousness that we have forgotten the age-old fact that God speaks chiefly through dreams and visions."-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
"The girl dreams she is dangerously ill. Suddenly birds come out of her skin and cover her completely ... Swarms of gnats obscure the sun, the moon, and all the stars except one. That one start falls …"-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
"It is a common illusion to believe that what we know today is all we ever can know. Nothing is more vulnerable than scientific theory, which is an ephemeral attempt to explain facts and not an everla…"-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
7. The Prince
By: Niccolò Machiavelli , Adolph Caso , Rufus Goodwin , Benjamin Martinez
3.84
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Machiavelli needs to be looked at as he really was. Hence: Can Machiavelli, who makes the following… read more
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"Is it better to be loved or feared?"-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command"-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception."-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"It is a common fault of men not to reckon on storms in fair weather."-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
8. 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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9. Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic: Empedocles and Pythagorean Tradition
By: Peter Kingsley
3.95
Format: 161 pages, Paperback
This is the first book to analyze systematically crucial aspects of ancient Greek philosophy in the… read more
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- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
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10. Romance of the Grail: The Magic and Mystery of Arthurian Myth
By: Joseph Campbell , Evans Lansing Smith
4.53
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The first collection of Joseph Campbell's writings and lectures on the Arthurian romances of the Mi… read more
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11. The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom
By: James Burnham
4.31
Format: 305 pages, Paperback
This classic work of political theory and practice offers an account of the modern Machiavellians, … read more
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"There is no one force, no group, and no class that is the preserver of liberty. Liberty is preserved by those who are against the existing chief power. Oppositions which do not express genuine social…"-James Burnham, The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom
"Independence, the first condition of liberty, can be secured in the last analysis only by the armed strength of the citizenry itself, never by mercenaries or allies or money; consequently arms are th…"-James Burnham, The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom
"Formally, a new election for an office many be held every year or two. But, in practice, the moere fact that an invidual has held the office in the past is thought by him and by the members to give h…"-James Burnham, The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom
12. The Crisis of the Modern World
By: René Guénon , None , None
4.75
Format: 2112 pages, Paperback
The very title of the present volume calls for some initial explanation, if what it means is to be … read more
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13. Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
By: Gilles Deleuze , Félix Guattari
3.51
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A major work in the development of critical theory in the late 20th century, ANTI-OEDIPUS is an ess… read more
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14. Leaves of Grass
By: Walt Whitman
3.50
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
A collection of quintessentially American poems, the seminal work of one of the most influential wr… read more
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15. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
By: Mark Twain , E.W. Kemble , John Seelye , Guy Cardwell
3.83
Format: 327 pages, Paperback
A nineteenth-century boy from a Mississippi River town recounts his adventures as he travels down t… read more
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"งั้นก็เอาละ เราจะลงนรก..."-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
"Confound it, it's foolish, Tom"-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
"He had a dream and it shot him."-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
"All right, then, I'll go to hell."-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
16. The Birth of Tragedy
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , Shaun Whiteside
3.99
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his e… read more
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"Man is no longer an artist, he has become a work of art."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Look at this! Look carefully! It is your life! It is the hour-hand of your clock of existence!"-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Večita je to pojava: požudna volja uvek nalazi sredstva da iluzijom prostrtom preko stvari zadrži svoje stvorove u životu i da ih prisili da i dalje žive."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
17. Twilight of the Idols
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Tracy B. Strong , Richard Polt
3.45
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Twilight of the Idols. Nietzsche's own unabashed appraisal of the last work intended to serve as a … read more
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18. The Iliad
By: Homer
3.91
Format: 848 pages, Hardcover
One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkes… read more
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"I say no wealth is worth my life."-Homer, The Iliad
"These were the colloquies in heaven."-Homer, The Iliad
"The sort of words a man says is the sort he hears in return."-Homer, The Iliad
"Antilochus! You're the most appalling driver in the world! Go to hell!"-Homer, The Iliad
19. Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder
By: Gabor Maté
4.32
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder as genetically based – and offers r… read more
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"Sick and weak are not useful entries in the dictionary of self-understanding."-Gabor Maté, Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder
"Given their automatic tuning out, ADD children forever find themselves being told to “pay attention"-Gabor Maté, Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder
20. The Reign of Quantity & the Signs of the Times
By: René Guénon
4.34
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
The Reign of Quantity gives a concise but comprehensive view of the present state of affairs in the… read more
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"[...] The movement of the celestial bodies can be given as an example. It is not exactly circular, but elliptic; the ellipse constitutes as it were a first “specification"-René Guénon, The Reign of Quantity & the Signs of the Times
"It may be remarked incidentally that the contentions of philosophers are often much more justifiable when they are arguing against other philosophers than when they pass on to expound their own views…"-René Guénon, The Reign of Quantity & the Signs of the Times
"un corps, qui est quelque chose d’étendu par définition même, est forcément toujours composé de parties, et si petit qu’il soit ou qu’on veuille le supposer, cela n’y change rien, de sorte que la not…"-René Guénon, The Reign of Quantity & the Signs of the Times
"À ce propos, nous ajouterons encore une remarque concernant certaines descriptions d’êtres étranges qui se rencontrent dans ces récits : comme ces descriptions datent naturellement tout au plus de l’…"-René Guénon, The Reign of Quantity & the Signs of the Times
