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“Ram Dass lived a full life and then some. His final statement is thorough and, yes, enlightening.” —Kirkus Reviews Perhaps no other teacher has sparked the fires of as many spiritual seekers in the West as Ram Dass. If you’ve ever embraced the phrase “be here now,” practiced...

In 1957, four years before his death, Carl Gustav Jung, psychiatrist and psychologist, began writing his life story. But what started as an exercise in autobiography soon morphed into an altogether more profound undertaking. The result is an absorbing piece of self-analysis: a frank statement of faith, philosophy, and principles from one of the great explorers of the human mind.

Derek Parfit (1942–2017) is the most famous philosopher most people have never heard of. Widely regarded as one of the greatest moral thinkers of the past hundred years, Parfit was anything but a public intellectual. Yet his ideas have shaped the way philosophers think about things that affect us all: equality, altruism, what we owe to future generations, and even what it means to be a person. In Parfit, David Edmonds presents the first biography of an intriguing, obsessive, and eccentric genius.

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover a story 400 years in the making - the definitive biography of the man who dominated England in the first half of the sixteenth century Born into the English Wars of the Roses, educated in the European Renaissance, enthralled by the Age of Exploration and...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An “outstanding new intellectual biography of John Maynard Keynes [that moves] swiftly along currents of lucidity and wit” (The New York Times), illuminating the world of the influential economist and his transformative ideas “A timely, lucid and compelling...

Brought to you by Penguin. A powerful and commanding account of the life of trailblazing political activist Angela Davis Edited by Toni Morrison and first published in 1974, An Autobiography is a classic of the Black Liberation era which resonates just as powerfully today. Long hard to find, it...

Wer Friedrich Engels kennenlernen will, entdeckt weit mehr als den Schattenmann neben Karl Marx. Wie konnte ein Sohn aus wohlhabendem Textilhaus zum Mitbegründer des Marxismus werden, Geldgeber und Lebemann, und dabei eine Analyse der Arbeiterklasse liefern, die bis heute Debatten über Ausbeutung und gesellschaftliche Veränderung prägt? Der Autor und Herausgeber Bert Alexander Petzold nimmt Sie mit auf eine faktenreiche Wissensreise und vermittelt verständlich und klar strukturiert Erkenntnisse zu Engels Leben, Ideen und Wirkung.

This anthology is a miscellany of maxims and anecdotes that generations of Western readers have consulted for edification as well as entertainment ever since Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, first compiled in the AD third century, came to prominence in Renaissance Italy. To this day, it remains a crucial source for much of what we know about the origins and practice of philosophy in ancient Greece.

'Terrific and passionate writing about a philosopher whose heroism is unquestionable . . . and as lively and learned an introduction to classical Athens as you could want' - Daily Telegraph In The Hemlock Cup, award-winning historian Bettany Hughes brings to vivid life one of the most...

In Becoming a Philosopher Jonathan Rée describes the extraordinary lives of some of most influential thinkers of the past four hundred years and the radical and sometimes bizarre ideas that emerged from them. This collection of ten biographical pieces, originally published as book reviews in the London Review of Books, begins with Spinoza, the excommunicated lens grinder who sought as little attention as possible for his anonymously published work; and ends with Sartre, the most public of public intellectuals whose funeral was marked by thousands on the streets of Paris.

Brought to you by Penguin. On 28 February 2013, a 600-year-old tradition was shattered: the conservative Pope Benedict XVI made a startling announcement. He would resign. Reeling from the news, the College of Cardinals rushed to Rome to congregate in the Sistine Chapel to pick his successor...

As Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch labored to make a place for themselves in a male-dominated world, as they made friendships and families, and as they drifted toward and away from each other, they never stopped insisting that some lives are better than others. Drawing on a cluster of recently opened archives and extensive correspondence and interviews with those who knew them best, Benjamin Lipscomb traces the lives and ideas of four friends who gave us a better way to think about ethics, and ourselves.

Wer die Mechanismen totaler Herrschaftssysteme verstehen will, kommt an Hannah Arendt nicht vorbei. Dieses Hörbuch nimmt Sie mit auf eine faktenreiche Bildungsreise und vermittelt klar strukturiert Basiswissen über eine Publizistin gegen den Antisemitismus, deren Analysen Orientierung geben. Sie lernen, wie Arendt politische Begriffe entwirrte, wie sie Herrschaft als Prozess beschrieb und warum ihre Texte nicht beruhigen wollen, sondern wach machen.

Was macht Jean-Paul Sartre zu einem Denker, der bis heute provoziert und befreit und warum wirkt sein Existenzialismus noch immer wie ein Weckruf an das eigene Leben? Der Autor und Herausgeber Bert Alexander Petzold nimmt Sie mit auf eine faktenreiche Kulturreise und erläutert verständlich, unterhaltsam und klar strukturiert das Basiswissen zum großen Existenzialisten Jean-Paul Sartre. Sie gewinnen einen roten Faden, der Leben, Ideen und Zeitgeschichte zusammenführt, und erhalten Begriffe, mit denen Sie Texte deuten und in Diskussionen präzise argumentieren können.

Was bedeutet Freiheit, wenn sie nicht nur gedacht, sondern gelebt werden muss, gegen Konventionen, gegen Erwartungsdruck, gegen die bequemen Rollenbilder einer ganzen Epoche? Dieses Hörbuch öffnet Ihnen den Zugang zu Simone de Beauvoir, Existenzialistin, Feministin und Generationenvorbild, und zeigt, warum ihre Stimme bis heute so kraftvoll ist, weil sie Denken und Leben untrennbar machte. Mit dem 1949 veröffentlichten Werk „Das andere Geschlecht" wurde sie zur Wegbereiterin feministischer Literatur und löste Debatten aus, die bis heute nachhallen.

An illuminating celebration of more than 80 of the world's most important thinkers, this book explores the fascinating stories of their lives, their loves, and their pioneering ideas. Introduced with a featured philosopher, entries trace the ideas and beliefs, and the relationships and rivalries...

The author Sri "M" is an extraordinary individual. His uniqueness lies not only in the fact that at the young age of 19 and a half, he travelled to snow-clad Himalayas from Kerala, and there he met and lived for several years with a "real-time" yogi, Babaji, but also that he should undertake such an unusual and adventurous exploration, given his non-Hindu birth and antecedents. The metamorphosis of Mumtaz Ali Khan into Sri "M", a yogi with profound knowledge of the Upanishads and deep personal insights, is born of first-hand experiences with higher levels of consciousness....

This novel biography brings Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE) to life for a new generation by exploring the emperor’s fascinating psychological journey. Donald J. Robertson examines Marcus’s relationships with key figures in his life, such as his mother, Domitia Lucilla, and the emperor Hadrian, as well as his Stoic tutors. He draws extensively on Marcus’s own Meditations and correspondence, and he examines the emperor’s actions as detailed in the Augustan History and other ancient texts.

The first volume of the Cosmic Trigger series describes in vivid elucidation the perils of a spiritual journey. Volume two of the series presents the author’s “bridge”—how Bob grew into his expanded perspective of the Multiverse. In this third and final volume, Bob digs even deeper and uncovers the masks of reality and the reality of masks. Warning: This book may reveal more about what is "real" in reality than you might find comfortable!

Thomas Paine was one of the greatest political propagandists in history. The Rights of Man, first published in 1791, is the key to his reputation. Inspired by his outrage at Edmund Burke's attack on the uprising of the French people, Paine's text is a passionate defense of the rights of man. Paine argued against monarchy and outlined the elements of a successful republic, including public education, pensions, and relief of the poor and unemployed, all financed by income tax.