In the Dark Places of Wisdom
By: Peter Kingsley
4.00
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
The author of "Ancient Philosophy, Mystery and Magic" has unearthed a sensational, true story of a …
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1. Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small … read more
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- nonfiction
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"Achievement was worthy of praise and honor, but excessive achievement was pernicious and a threat to the state. However great a citizen might become, however great he might wish to become, the truest…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"Enthusiasts for empire argued that Rome had a civilizing mission; that because her values and institutions were self-evidently superior to those of barbarians, she had a duty to propagate them; that …"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true of her citizens, naturally, was also true of Rome herself. For the generation that had liv…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"It was an article of faith to the Romans that they were the most morally upright people in the world. How else was the size of their empire to be explained? Yet they also knew that the Republic's gre…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
2. This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
By: David Foster Wallace
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement a… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- spirituality
3. The Bacchae
By: Euripides , Kenneth McLeish , None
3.92
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Euripides' classic drama about the often mortifying consequences of the unbridled--and frequently h… read more
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- mythology
"Cleverness is not wisdom."-Euripides, The Bacchae
"He who believes needs no explanation."-Euripides, The Bacchae
"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."-Euripides, The Bacchae
"Prepare yourselves for the roaring voice of the God of Joy!"-Euripides, The Bacchae
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- nonfiction
- history
5. Plotinus or the Simplicity of Vision
By: Pierre Hadot , Michael Chase
2.78
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
Since its original publication in France in 1963, Pierre Hadot's lively philosophical portrait of P… read more
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- philosophy
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- nonfiction
6. Daimonic Reality: A Field Guide to the Otherworld
By: Patrick Harpur
4.08
Format: 31 pages,
Books about monsters, apparitions, UFOs, demons & "the otherworld" tend to be fiction. But those th… read more
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- mythology
7. In the Dark Places of Wisdom
By: Peter Kingsley
4.00
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
The author of "Ancient Philosophy, Mystery and Magic" has unearthed a sensational, true story of a … read more
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- history
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- mysticism
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8. Answer to Job
By: C.G. Jung , R.F.C. Hull
4.17
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
Jung has never pursued the "psychology of religion" apart from general psychology. The unique impor… read more
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- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
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"«Es necesario acostumbrarse a la idea de que 'tiempo' es un concepto relativo, y que propiamente tiene que ser completado por el concepto de una pleromática existencia 'simultánea' o 'bárdica' de tod…"-C.G. Jung, Answer to Job
"«El que algo sea una realidad 'física' no es el único criterio de verdad. También existen verdades 'anímicas', las cuales no pueden ni probarse ni explicarse, pero tampoco negarse físicamente. [...] …"-C.G. Jung, Answer to Job
"I would even go so far as to say that the mythical character of a life is just what expresses its universal human validity. It is perfectly possible, psychologically, for the unconscious or an archet…"-C.G. Jung, Answer to Job
"The difference between the "natural" individuation process, which runs its course unconsciously, and the one which is consciously realized, is tremendous. In the first case consciousness nowhere inte…"-C.G. Jung, Answer to Job
9. The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists
By: Robin Waterfield
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
Aristotle said that philosophy begins with wonder, and the first Western philosophers developed the… read more
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10. The Epic of Gilgamesh
By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars
3.74
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more
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- mythology
"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
11. Youth
By: Joseph Conrad
3.50
Format: 519 pages, Paperback
"Youth" is an autobiographical short story by Joseph Conrad. Written in 1898, it was first publishe… read more
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12. Dans les forêts de Sibérie
By: Sylvain Tesson
3.26
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Sylvain Tesson, pour rassasier son besoin de liberte, a trouve une solution radicale et vieille com… read more
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13. Exile and the Kingdom
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien
3.46
Format: 32 pages,
These six stories, written at the height of Camus' artistic powers, all depict people at decisive, … read more
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14. Regarding the Pain of Others
By: Susan Sontag
3.28
Format: 5 pages, Paperback
Twenty-five years after her classic On Photography, Susan Sontag returns to the subject of visual r… read more
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15. 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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16. Chamanes eléctricos en la fiesta del sol
By: Mónica Ojeda
3.86
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
LA NUEVA NOVELA DE LA AUTORA FINALISTA AL NATIONAL BOOK AWARD por Mandíbula Seleccionada por la … read more
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17. Carcoma
By: Layla Martínez
4.17
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Todas las casas guardan la historia de quienes las han habitado. Las paredes de esta casa perdida e… read more
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"Solo había tenido un hombre, pero ya había sido suficiente. Cuando una está sola y es pobre no puede permitirse aprender la misma lección dos veces, esto también lo sabemos bien en esta casa."-Layla Martínez, Carcoma
18. How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century
By: Frank Dikötter
3.70
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the Samuel Johnson prize-winning author of Mao's Great Famine, a timely and compelling explora… read more
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19. El celo
By: Sabina Urraca
4.39
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
La noche en que encontró a la Perra, la Humana estaba drogada. Por eso dejó que la siguiera a casa.… read more
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"¿ Qué necesidad hay del demonio cuando basta la persona ? Henri Michaux"-Sabina Urraca, El celo
"La Madre piensa que su hija tiene un trabajo , una vida . No sabe que todos sus días son días libres , y , al mismo tiempo , imposibles de vivir ."-Sabina Urraca, El celo
"El organismo droga a la recién parida para que quiera a su bebé y relativice cualquier horror del entorno. En términos salvajes, ¿ por qué iba alguien a tener clemencia con un ser que le ha dejado el…"-Sabina Urraca, El celo
"En términos terapéuticos lo explican así : al pasar el efecto de la droga , lo más probable es que el paciente vuelva a estar deprimido . Pero durante su viaje de éxtasis ha vuelto a conocer la sensa…"-Sabina Urraca, El celo
20. Timandra
By: Theodor Kallifatides
3.64
Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition
Timandra è una figura di confine: corposa, perché le fonti storiche ne fanno cenno come della splen… read more
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