Bookpedia : Easton Press : Genre : Philosophy

ISBN: 0872204200

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Edition: Collector's Edition

Translator: John Veitch

Summary: One is supposed to advance one step or two already in the search after wisdom reading Descartes' work for once, but I am definitely willing to read all three of "Discourse on Method", "Meditations on the First Philosophy", and "The Principles of Philosophy" a second time at some point in the future to better understand more of his reasonings. If reading is really a species of conversation we hold with the authors, here I claim Descartes is someone nice to chat with. Still, I agree with Tom Griffith on that the foundations of modern science and technology are well laid, and we don't need to read Descartes to reassure ourselves of this - the reason for reading him today is that we miss one of life's great pleasures if we don't.

ISBN: 0486295834

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Summary: 16th-century classic by brilliant humanist, churchman and scholar envisioned a patriarchal island kingdom that practiced religious tolerance, in which everybody worked, all goods were community-owned, and violence, bloodshed and vice were nonexistent. Forerunner of many later attempts at establishing "Utopias" both in theory and in practice.

ISBN: 0679724656

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Translator: Gary Shapiro

Summary: Represents Nietzsche's attempt to sum up his philosophy. In nine parts the book is designed to give the reader a comprehensive idea of Nietzche's thought and style. With an inclusive index of subjects and persons.

ISBN: 0060812451

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Summary:
Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, is the classic manual on the art of living, and one of the wonders of the world. In eighty-one brief chapters, the Tao Te Ching looks at the basic predicament of being alive and gives advice that imparts balance and perspective, a serene and generous spirit. This book is about wisdom in action. It teaches how to work for the good with the effortless skill that comes from being in accord with the Tao (the basic principle of the universe) and applies equally to good government and sexual love; to child rearing, business, and ecology.
Stephen Mitchell's bestselling version has been widely acclaimed as a gift to contemporary culture.
 

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Translator: Edwin Arnold

Summary: Prince Arjuna faced a dilemma that many face sooner or later--whether to take action that is necessary yet morally ambiguous. The difference is that Arjuna's action was to wage war against his own family. With the armies arrayed, Arjuna loses his nerve. Krishna, his charioteer and incarnation of divine consciousness, begins to teach him the nature of God and of himself, that Arjuna can attain liberation through union with God, and that there are several available paths. And so the most famous and revered of all Hindu Scriptures goes on to teach the paths of knowledge, devotion, action, and meditation, becoming the seed for all the Hindu systems of philosophy and religion that followed. For all of its profundity, Eknath Easwaran manages to translate the "Gita" in easy prose that neither panders nor obscures. Coupled with his thorough introduction, Easwaran's version comes off on all the levels it should: as a guide to action, devotional Scripture, a philosophical text, and inspirational reading. So what does Arjuna finally do? He follows his dharma, of course, as we all must. "--Brian Bruya"