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"An Introduction To The Objectivist Community: A Rational Philosophy & Way of Life" [2002] by James H. Yoke Xlibris 8.6x5.6 pb [2/2002] for $21.99 Xlibris 8.8x6 hardcover [2/2002] for $31.99 |
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"The Essence of Objectivism" [2002] by William Thomas Six lectures: "Objectivism: Who Needs It?"; "Reason: Mans Only Absolute"; "Living On Earth"; "Happiness: The Moral Purpose of Life"; "Productive Achievement: The Noblest Activity"; & "Capitalism as a Moral Ideal", plus 48-page study guide The Objectivist Center audio CD [3/2002] for $85.00 |
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"Basic Principles of Objectivism" [2001] by Nathaniel Branden series of 20 lectures on 28 CDs The Objectivist Center audio CDs [4/2001] for $170.00 from Amazon |
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"The Objectivism Research CD-ROM: The Works of Ayn Rand" [2001] by Leonard Peikoff & Ayn Rand Oliver Computing CDROM [5/2001] for only $59.95 |
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Richard Bach
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Ernest Becker [1925-74]
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"Denial of Death" [S&S 1973]
won the Pulitzer Prize in 1974 Free Press 8½x5½ pb [5/97] for $10.65 Free Press 8¼x5½ pb [3/85] out of print/used Peter Smith Publrs 8¾x5¾ hardcover [11/98] for $31.75 |
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Free Press pb [3/85] for $17.95 Free Press hardcover [11/75] out of print/used |
Edward Bellamy [1850-98]
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 | "Looking Backward, 2000-1887" [1888]
A young man wakes up in the year 2000, in a socialist utopian America. Bellamy's predictions include credit cards, warehouse clubs, and media delivered to the home by 'cable telephone'. Digireads 8¾x6 pb [2005] for $5.49 BiblioLife 97frac12x6¼ hardcover [8/2008] for $23.99 book entry at Wikipedia |
Walter Benjamin [1892-1940]
Especially interesting is his concept of each epoch dreaming the epoch that is to follow.
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text of "On The Concept of History" {"Theses On The Philosophy of History"} [1939]
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"The Work of Art In The Age of Mechanical Reproduction" [1936 classic] by Walter Benjamin "widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time" CreateSpace 36-page 8¼x5½ pb [8/2009] for $9.95 "The Work of Art In The Age of Its Technological Reproducibility & Other Writings On Media" Harvard University Belknap Press 9x6¼ pb [5/2008] for $12.89 |
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"Walter Benjamin At The Dairy Queen: Reflections On Sixty and Beyond" [1999] by Larry McMurtry Touchstone 7¾x5½ pb [8/2001] for $10.20 S&S 8¾x5¾ hardcover [11/99] out of print/used |
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Henri Bergson [1859-1941]
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Dr. Eric Berne [1910-70]
Transactional Analysis Page at Working Minds Philosophy website
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Joseph Campbell [1904-87] Page
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Carlos Castaρeda [1925-98] Page
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Noam Chomsky
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"Introducing Chomsky" [1997] by John Maher & Judy Groves 8¼x5½ pb [3/2005] for $11.01 8x5½ pb [4/97] out of print/many used |
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'radical lesbian feminist' philosopher
Mary Daly [1928-2010]
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin [1881-1955]
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"The Phenomenon of Man" [1955 classic] Harper Perennial Modern Classics 8x5¼ pb [11/2008] for $10.17 Harper Perennial 7¾x5&frac4 pb [12/75] for $10.17 book entry at Wikip[edia |
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W. Edwards Deming [1900-93] Page
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pragmatist/educator John Dewey [1859-1952]
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Center for Dewey Studies
book "How We Think" [1910]
book "Democracy & Education" [1916]
book "The Essential Dewey" [1998]
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Will & Ariel Durant
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Albert Einstein [1879-1955] Page
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Werner Erhard Page
at Working Minds Philosophy website
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Richard P. Feynman [1918-88] Page 
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Paulo Freire [1921-97]
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Paulo Freire Institute [est. 2002] at U.C.L.A. in Los Angeles, CA
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R. Buckminster Fuller [1895-1983] Page
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Mahatma Gandhi [1869-1948]
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"Mahatma Gandhi: Apostle of Applied Human Ecology" book
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"It took one remarkable man to defeat the British Empire and free a nation of 350 million people. His goal was freedom for India. His strategy was peace. His weapon was his humanity." Directed by Richard Attenborough; screenplay by John Briley; starring Ben Kingsley (as Gandhi}, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Martin Sheen, Ian Charleson, Athol Fugard, Gόnther Maria Halmer, Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth {as Nehru}, Rohini Hattangadi, Ian Bannen, Michael Bryant, Michael Hordern, Shreeram Lagoo, Om Puri & Daniel Day-Lewis; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Script, Best Actor (BK), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Set Decoration, Oscar noms for Best Original Score Best Costumes, Best Sound, Best Makeup; won 5 of 16 BAFTA noms, won DGA Award Sony Special Edition widescreen color DVD [2/2007] 2 disks for $19.99 Sony widescreen color DVD [9/2001] out of prodn/used R.C.A./Columbia color VHS [12/92] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
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"Gandhi Screenplay" [1983] by John Briley Grove/Atlantic Evergreen pb [3/83] for $1.98 "Homage To Mahatma Gandhi" album [2004] by Ravi Shankar Deutsche Grammophon audio CD [7/2004] for $11.98 |
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [1749-1832]
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel [1770-1830]
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 | "Introducing Hegel" [2001] by Lloyd Spencer & Andrzej Krauze Icon/Totem 8¼x5½ pb [4/2007] for $11.01 Icon/Totem 8x5½ pb [6/2001] out of print/used |
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Martin Heidegger [1889-1976] Page
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Hermann Hesse [1877-1962]
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1946 Nobel Prize
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'Castalia' site
Glass Bead Games site
Herman Hesse site at U.C.S.B.
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Thomas Hobbes [1588-1679]
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historian Richard Hofstadter [1916-70]
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 | "The American Political Tradition & The Men Who Made It" [Knopf 1948 classic] by Richard Hofstadter Vintage 8¼x5¼ pb [4/89] for $9.72 A.C.L.S. 9x6 hardcover [12/99] for $45.00 |
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"Richard Hofstadter: An Intellectual Biography" [2006] by David S. Brown Univ Chicago Press 8¾x6 pb [4/2007] for $13.26 Univ Chicago Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/2006] for $27.50 |
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Elbert Hubbard [1859-1915]
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Roycrofters official website
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"The Common Sense Revolutionary: A Business Vision For Our Times" [2003]
biography of Elbert Hubbard by Daniel Diehl
Spiro Press 8½x6½ hardcover [6/2003] for $24.95
"Works of Elbert Hubbard" for Kindle [2007]
Kindle Edition from MobileReference [10/2007] for $4.79
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Aldous Huxley [1894-1963]
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pragmatist William James [1842-1910]
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Library of America editions: Volume I | Volume II
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Karl Jaspers [1883-1969]
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"Philosophy of Existence" [1958] by Karl Jaspers, 1971 translation by Richard F. Grabau Univ PA Press 8x5 pb [6/71] for $18.95 |
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Thomas Jefferson [1743-1826] Page
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Sψren Kierkegaard [1813-55]
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 | "Kierkegaard in 90 Minutes" [1997] by Paul Strathern Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8x5 pb [11/2001] for $7.95 Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8½x5¼ hardcover [4/97] for $14.95 |
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"Kierkegaard's Existential Ethics" [1992] by George J. Stack Ashgate hardcover [1/92] for $61.94 |
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Elisabeth Kόbler-Ross [1926-2004]
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political writer Walter Lippmann [1889-1974]
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John Locke [1632-1704]
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"Works of John Locke" for Kindle [2008]
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"Locke in 90 Minutes" [1999] by Paul Strathern Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8x5 pb [11/99] for $7.95 Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8x5 hardcover [11/99] for $14.95 |
 | "Locke: Political Essays" [1997] Edited by Mark Goldie Cambridge Univ Press 8½x5½ pb [10/97] for $24.99 Cambridge Univ Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [10/97] out of print/used |
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"John Locke: Political Writings" [1993] Edited by David Wootton includes "Second Treatise of Government" [c. 1681] & "A Letter Concerning Toleration" [1685] Hackett Publng 8¼x5¼ pb [3/2003] for $12.95 Hackett Publng 8½x5¾ hardcover [3/2003] for $39.95 |
H.L. Mencken [1880-1956] Page
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'fearless public intellectual' Eduardo Mendieta
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SUNY homepage
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Dan Millman {"Peaceful Warrior" Saga}
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C. Wright Mills [1916-62] Page
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Dr. Maria Montessori [1870-1952]
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Sir Isaac Newton [1643-1727]
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"Newton & Gravity" [1998] Anchor/Doubleday 7¾x5½ pb [7/98] for $9.95 |
(Karl Paul) Reinhold Niebuhr [1892-1971]
A favorite philosopher of Barack Obama, for his thinking on the Christian faith's
relationship to the realities of modern politics & diplomacy.
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'The Niebuhr Legacy' at Elmhurst College
Reinhold Niebuhr Papers at Library of Congress
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Nietzsche [1844-1900]
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"Introducing Nietzsche" [1998] by Laurence Gane & Kitty Chan Icon/Totem 8¼x5½ pb [8/2005] for $11.01 Icon/Totem 8x5½ pb [4/98] out of print/many used |
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"Nietzsche in 90 Minutes" [1996] by Paul Strathern Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8x5 pb [10/96] for $9.95 Ivan R. Dee, Publr 9x6 hardcover [10/96] out of print/used |
Robert Nozick [1938-2002] Page
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educator Jean Piaget [1896-1980] Page
 | "The Essential Piaget: An Interpretive Reference and Guide" [1977] Edited by Howard E. Gruber & J. Jacques Voneche "The best and most complete of all the anthologies of my work." — Jean Piaget Jason Aronson 9x6¼ 100th Anniversary Edition pb [8/95] for $93.95 Basic Books pb [5/82] out of print/used Basic Books hardcover [2/77] out of print/used |
Karl Popper [1902-94]
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Wikipedia
The Karl Popper Web at Dublin City University
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Richard Rorty [1931-2007]
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links
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 | "Richard Rorty: The Making of An American Philosopher" [2008] by Neil Gross Univ Chicago Press 9x6 hardcover [5/2008] for $21.45 |
Bertrand Russell [1872-1970] Page
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"The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell, 1903-1959" [1961] Edited by Robert E. Egner & Lester E. Denonn Kindle Edition from T & F Books, U.K. [3/2009] for $16.47 Routledge 8½x5½ pb [4/2009] for $19.77 Allen & Unwin, London hardcover [1961] out of print/used |
Michael J. Sandel
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Harvard faculty page
Wikipedia
new book "Justice" []
"Justice: A Reader" []
"Justice" Lecture Series {24 1-hour programs} from Harvard & WGBH-TV
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George Santayana [1863-1952]
books
poetry
Wikipedia
TPD's George Santayana fansite
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Jean-Paul Sartre [1905-80] Page
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E.F. Schumacher [1911-77]
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The E.F. Schumacher Society [est. 1980]
Schumacher U.K. [est. 1978]
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Spinoza [1632-77]
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Stanford E.P. entry
Wikipedia
book "The Ethics" & "Treatise" & Letters
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"The Cambridge Companion To Spinoza" [1995] Edited by Don Garrett Cambridge Univ Press 8¾x5¾ pb [10/95] for $34.19 |
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"Spinoza in 90 Minutes" [1998] by Paul Strathern Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8x5 pb [9/98] for $9.95 Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8¼x5¼ hardcover [9/98] for $14.95 |
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"Spinoza: Complete Works" [2002] by Benedictus de Spinoza Translations by Samuel Shirley, edited by Michael L. Morgan Hackett Publng 9x6½ pb [11/2002] for $62.70 includes "The Short Treatise On God, Man & His Well-Being" [c. 1660]; "Treatise On The Emendation of The Intellect" [1662]; "Principles of Cartesian Philosophy" [1663]; "A Theological-Political Treatise" [1670]; {unfinished} "Political Treatise" [1675-76]; "Ethics Demonstrated In Geometrical Order" [1677]; "Hebrew Grammar" [1677]; plus Letters {200 pages} |
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Sun Tzu & 'The Art of War' Page
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Nikola Tesla [1846-1943] Pages
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Paul Tillich [1886-1965]
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North American Paul Tillich Society
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"The Courage to Be" [1952 classic] by Paul Tillich Yale Univ Press 7¾x5 pb [7/2000] for $10.36 Yale Univ Press pb [9/59] out of print/many, many used Yale Univ Press hardcover [12/52] out of print/used |
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Henry David Thoreau [1817-62] Page
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Thorstein B. Veblen [1857-1929] Page
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Franηois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire [1694-1778]
books
Wikipedia
book "Philosophical Dictionary" [1764]
 | "Passionate Minds: Emilie du Chatelet, Voltaire & The Great Love Affair of The Enlightenment" [2006] by David Bodanis Three Rivers Press 8x5¼ pb [10/2007] for $11.16 Crown 9¼x6½ hardcover [10/2006] for $16.47 |
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"Emilie Du Chatelet: Daring Genius of The Enlightenment" [2007] by Judith P. Zinsser Penguin 8¼x5½ pb [11/2007] for $12.00 |
philosopher Wang Chong aka Wang Ch'ung
[27 A.D - circa 100 A.D.]
Wikipedia
online excerpts of Wang's "Lung-Heng" in English
unrelated to the British new wave band Wang Chung
music recordings at Amazon official bandsite Wikipedia
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anarchist/economist Josiah Warren [1798-1874]
books
Wikipedia
online etext of "Equitable Commerce" [1852]
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Ludwig Wittgenstein [1889-1951] Page
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Robert Paul Wolff
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Wikipedia
1975 classic "About Philosophy"
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