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Existentialism

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Ayn Rand  &  Objectivism

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Basic Principles of Objectivism audio CDs by Nathaniel Branden  "Basic Principles of Objectivism" [2001] by Nathaniel Branden
series of 20 lectures on 28 CDs
The Objectivist Center audio CDs [4/2001] out of prodn/scarce
Essence of Objectivism by William Thomas  "The Essence of Objectivism" [2002] by William Thomas
Six lectures: "Objectivism: Who Needs It?"; "Reason: Man’s 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] out of prodn/scarce
Introduction to the Objectivist Community by James H. Yoke  "An Introduction To The Objectivist Community: A Rational Philosophy and 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 $24.31
Loving Life, The Morality of Self-Interest book by Craig Biddle  "Loving Life: The Morality of Self-Interest And The Facts That Support It" [2002] by Craig Biddle
A lucid and elegant discussion of the principles, values, and virtues that are essential to human life and happiness, defining and defending the social & political conditions required for people to live together as civilized beings. His conclusion: the essence of moral virtue defines laissez-faire capitalism as the only moral social system.
Kindle Edition from Glen Allen Press [2002 edition] for $9.95
Glen Allen Press 8½x5½ pb [2002] for $12.95
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Beginners  Might  Want  To  Start  Here

The Philosophy Book from Dorling Kindersley  "The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained" [2010]
Illustrations by James Grahame

The philosophers are arranged in chronological order from 700 BCE {Thales of Miletus} to
the present {Slavoj Zizek}; there is a directory with the names of the thinkers and comparable
persons in the same school of thought, and an index and a really useful glossary.

Kindle Edition from D.K./Penguin Group [3/2015] for $9.99
D.K. Publng 9¼x7¾ pb [2/2017] for $10.94
D.K. Publng 9½x8¼ hardcover [10/2010] for $16.82
Philosophy Basics book by Nigel Warburton  
"Philosophy: The Basics" [orig 1992, rev 2012] by Nigel Warburton
Kindle Edition from Routledge [8/2013] for $14.72
Routledge 5th Edition 7¾x5 pb [12/2012] for $24.03
Routledge 5th Edition 8x5¼ hardcover [12/2012] for $115.00 {sic}
Sophie's World, A Novel About the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder  "Sophie's World: A Novel About The History of Philosophy" [1994]
by Jostein Gaarder, Translated by Paulette Moller

Bestseller in Norway & the New York Times; story has three threads: teenage Sophie corre-sponds from a remote village with a professor who teaches her philosophy, the second is the philosophical teachings, and the third is a series of mysterious letters from her father about somebody named Hilde.
Kindle Edition from FS&G/Macmillan [2007 edition] for $7.99
Berkley Books mass pb [3/96] out of print/hundreds used
Farrar, Straus & Giroux 8¼x5¼ pb [3/2007] for $9.89
FS&G/Perfection Learning 8¼x5½ hardcover [2010] for $16.64
Philosophy: The Classics book by Nigel Warburton  
"Philosophy: The Classics" [orig 1998, rev 2014] by Nigel Warburton
Kindle Edition from Routledge [2/2014] for $15.37
Routledge 4th Edition 7¾x5 pb [3/2014] for $27.27
Routledge 4th Edition 8¼x5¾ hardcover [2/2014] for $120.00 {sic}
Idiot's Guide to Philosophy book by Jay Stevenson  "The Complete Idiot's Guide To Philosophy, Third Edition" [orig 1998]
by Jay Stevenson, PhD

Alpha 9x6½ pb [6/2005] out of print/50+ used
Philosophy For Dummies book by Martin Cohen  "Philosophy For Dummies" [1999] by Tom Morris, PhD
NOTE: The ". . . for Dummies" series is usually pretty good, but the "Philosophy For Dummies" book by American Tom Morris is a religion-based fake, and therefore omitted here
"Philosophy For Dummies, U.K. Edition" [2012] by Martin Cohen
the later version by British philosophy journalist Martin Cohen is so much better, albeit it has minor problems of its own: i.e. he really, really dislikes Nazis
Kindle Edition from For Dummies Publng [7/2010] for $17.00
I.D.G. Books 9¼x7¼ pb [1/2012] for $15.99

Introducing Philosophy book by Dave Robinson & Judy Groves  "Introducing Philosophy" [2001]
by Dave Robinson & Judy Groves

8¼x5&frac1+2 pb [12/2004] for $10.36
8x5½ pb [4/2001] out of print/many used
Philosophy Very Short Introduction book by Edward Craig  "Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction" [2002]
by Edward Craig

Oxford Univ Press mass pb [5/2002] for $9.56
50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know in Kindle format from Quercus  "50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know" [2007] by Ben Durpé
described by Amazon reviewer as superficial but thorough, and clearly written
Kindle Edition from Quercus [8/2007] for $4.76
Quercus 8x7 hardcover [8/2007] for $16.36
A Little History of Philosophy book by Nigel Warburton  "A Little History of Philosophy" [2011] by Nigel Warburton
"This brisk primer is, for the neophyte, a good place to start immersing oneself
in the history of Western thought."  — Publishers Weekly

Kindle Edition from Yale Univ Press [10/2011] for $8.99
Yale Univ Press 8i¼x5½ pb [10/2012] for $11.15
Yale Univ Presshardcover [10/2011] for $19.20


Well-Known  Thinkers

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Spinoza article by Elbert Hubbard  "Little Journeys To The Homes of The Great, Volume 8: Philosophers" [1916]
by Elbert Hubbard [1856-1915]

www.amazon.com/Little-Journeys-Homes-Great-Philosophers/dp/B0040SYR1Q/
www.amazon.com/Little-journeys-homes-great-philosophers/dp/112555584X/ UC blue cover
Kessinger Publng 10½x7¾ facsimile pb [5/1942 edition] for $30.84
includes articles on philosophers Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius, Auguste Comte, Immanuel Kant, Schopenhauer, Seneca, Socrates, Herbert Spencer, Spinoza, Swedenborg, Thoreau, and Voltaire

The World's Great Thinkers four volume set  
The World's Great Thinkers volume 1  
"The World's Great Thinkers: Four Volume Set" [1947]
Edited by Saxe Commins & Robert N. Linscott

"Man and Man: The Social Philosophers" (Aristotle, Plato, Epicurus, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Confucius, Mon-taigne, Emerson, John Dewey); "Man and The State: The Political Philosophers" (Hobbes, Locke, Mill, Rousseau, Thoreau, Adam Smith, Hegel, Marx); "Man and Spirit: The Speculative Philosophers" (St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, The Upanishads, The Bhagavadgita, The Surangama Sutra, The Dhammapada, Spinoza, Pascal, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, James); and "Man and The Universe: The Philosophers of Science" (Lucretius, Copernicus, Francis Bacon, Descartes, Comte, Darwin, Bergson, Sigmund Freud, Whitehead, Sir James Jeans, Edding-ton, Albert Einstein)
Random House 8x5½ hardcover boxed set [1947] out of print/used
Random House hardcover boxed set [1947] out of print/used
Random House hardcover boxed set [1947] out of print/used
Volume 1: Washington Square Press mass pb [6/86] out of print/used
Volume 1: Pocket Library mass pb [1954] out of print/used
Volume 2: Washington Square Press mass [1968] out of print/used
Volume 2: Pocket Library mass pb [1966] out of print/used
Volume 3: Washington Square Press mass pb [1966] out of print/used
Volume 3: Washington Square Press mass pb [1966] out of print/used
Volume 4: Pocket Books mass pb [1982] out of print/used
Volume 4: Pocket Books mass pb [1982] out of print/used

Great Thinkers of the Western World book edited by Ian P. McGreal  "Great Thinkers of The Western World: The Major Ideas and Classic Works of More Than 100 Outstanding Western Philosophers, Physical and Social Scientists, Psychologists, Religious Writers, and Theologians" [1992] Edited by Ian P. McGreal
Collins Reference 9½x8 hardcover [9/92] for $30.16
American Philosopher book by Giovanna Borradori  "The American Philosopher: Conversations with Quine, Davidson, Putnam, Nozick, Danto, Rorty, Cavell, MacIntyre, and Kuhn" [1994]
by Giovanna Borradori, Translated by Rosanna Crocitto

Rather obtuse conversations that are probably not for the beginner or student, but may be valuable for in-depth insight to any of these nine American philosophers: Stanley Cavell, Arthur C. Danto, Donald Davidson, Thomas S. Kuhn, Alasdair MacIntyre, Robert Nozick, Hilary Putnam, Willard Van Orman Quine, and Richard Rorty
Kindle Edition from Univ Chicago Press [1994 edition] for $14.30
Univ Chicago Press 8½x5½ pb [3/94] for $25.64
Univ Chicago Press 8¾x5¾ hardcover [3/94] out of print/used

Great Thinkers of the Eastern World book edited by Ian P. McGreal  "Great Thinkers of The Eastern World: The Major Thinkers and The Philosophical and Religious Classics of China, India, Japan, Korea, and The World of Islam" [1995]
Edited by Ian P. McGreal

Collins Reference 7¾x6 pb [1996] out of print/used
Collins Reference 9x7½ hardcover [6/95] out of print/150+ used
The Great Philosophers book edited by Ray Monk & Frederic Raphael  "The Great Philosophers: From Socrates To Turing" [2000]
Edited by Ray Monk & Frederic Raphael

chapters/essays are: Anthony Gottlieb on Socrates; Bernard Williams on Plato; John Cotting-ham on Descartes; Roger Scruton on Spinoza; David Berman on Berkeley; Anthony Quinton on Hume; Terry Eagleton on Marx; editor Monk on Bertrand Russell; Jonathan Ree on Heidegger; Peter Hacker on Wittgenstein; editor Raphael on Karl Popper, Andrew Hodges on Alan Turing
Phoenix pb [4/2001] out of print/used
Weidenfeld & Nicolson pb [4/2001] for $30.93
Weidenfeld & Nicolson 9½x6½ hardcover [7/2000] out of print/used
Routledge 9½x6½ hardcover [7/2000] out of print/used

Learning from Six Philosophers books by Jonathan Bennett  "Learning From Six Philosophers" (in 2 volumes) [2001] by Jonathan Bennett
Volume 1: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz
Kindle Edition from Oxford Univ Press [2001 edition] for $46.94 {sic}
Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [12/2003] for $49.41
Oxford Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [5/2001] out of print/used
Volume 2: Locke, Berkeley, Hume
Kindle Edition from Oxford Univ Press [2001 edition] for $48.15 {sic}
Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [12/2003] for $50.68
Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2001] for $120.00

Philosophy - 100 Essential Thinkers book by Philip Stokes  "Philosophy: 100 Essential Thinkers - The Ideas That Have Shaped Our World"
[grades 10 & up; 2003] by Philip Stokes

Kindle Edition from Arcturus Publng [8/2012] for 99¢ {sic}
Arcturus Publng, Ltd. 11¾x8¼ pb [3/2017] for $14.97
Enchanted Lion Books 9x6½ pb [12/2003] out of print/used
Gardners Books pb [12/2003] out of print/used
Arcturus Publng, Ltd. 10x7½ hardcover [4/2010] out of print/used
Arcturus Publng, Ltd. hardcover [2007] out of print/used
Table of Contents: Introduction; The Presocratics: Thales of Miletus; Pythagoras of Samos; Xenophanes of Colophon; Heraclitus; The Eleatics: Parmenides of Elea; Zeno of Elea; The Academics: Socrates; Plato; Aristotle; The Atomists: Democritus; Epicurus; The Cynics: Diogenes of Sinope; The Stoics: Marcus Tullius Cicero; Philo of Alexandria; Lucius Annaeus Seneca; Marcus Aurelius; The Sceptics: Sextus Empiricus; The Neoplatonists: Plotinus; The Christians: St. Augus-tine of Hippo; Boethius; The Scholastics: St. Anselm; St. Thomas Aquinas; John Duns Scotus; William of Occam; The Age of Science: Nicolaus Copernicus; Niccolò Machiavelli; Desiderius Erasmus; Thomas More; Francis Bacon; Galileo Galilei; Thomas Hobbes; Sir Isaac Newton; The Rationalists: René Descartes; Antoine Arnauld; Nicolas Malebranche; Benedict de Spinoza; Gottfried von Leibniz; The Empiricists: John Locke; David Hume; Thomas Reid; Voltaire; Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Denis Diderot; The Idealists: George Berkeley; Immanuel Kant; Johann Schiller; Frederick Schelling; Georg Hegel; Arthur Schopenhauer; The Liberals: Adam Smith; Mary Wollstonecraft; Thomas Paine; Jeremy Bentham; John Stuart Mill; Auguste Comte; The Evolutionists: Charles Darwin; Henri Louis Bergson; A.N. Whitehead; The Pragmatists: Ernst Mach; Charles Peirce; William James; John Dewey; The Materialists: Karl Marx; Friedrich Engels; Vladimir Lenin; Sigmund Freud; Carl Jung; John Maynard Keynes; The Existentialists: Søren Kierkegaard; Friedrich Nietzsche; Edmund Husserl; Martin Heidegger; Jean-Paul Sartre; Albert Camus; Simone de Beauvoir; The Linguistic Turn: Gottlob Frege; Bertrand Russell; Ludwig Wittgenstein; Ferdinand de Saussure; George Edward Moore; Moritz Schlick; Lev Vygotsky; Rudolph Carnap; A.J. Ayer; Alfred Tarski; J.L. Austin; Gilbert Ryle; Noam Chomsky; The Postmodernists: Claude Levi-Strauss; Michel Foucault; Jacques Derrida; The New Scientists: Emile Durkheim; Albert Einstein; Karl Popper; Kurt Gödel; Alan Turing; B.F. Skinner; Thomas S. Kuhn; Paul Feyerabend; W.V.O. Quine
Great Thinkers A-Z book by Julian Baggini  "Great Thinkers A-Z" [2004] Edited by Julian Baggini & Jeremy Stangroom
Continuum 8½x5½ pb [6/2004] for $49.95
Continuum 8¾x5½ hardcover [6/2004] out of print/used
M.J.F. Books 9x6 hardcover [6/2004] out of print/used
descriptions of 100 philosophers & their works, including St. Thomas Aquinas, Hannah Arendt, Aristotle, St. Augustine of Hippo, A.J. Ayer, Francis Bacon, Simone de Beauvoir, Walter Benjamin, Jeremy Bentham, Henri Bergson, Albert Camus, Noam Chomsky, Auguste Comte, Charles Darwin, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, René Descartes, John Dewey, Albert Einstein, Erasmus, Michel Foucault, Sigmund Freud, Mahatma Gandhi, Kurt Godel, F.A. Hayek, Georg Hegel, Martin Heidegger, Thomas Hobbes, David Hume, Edmund Husserl, William James, Immanuel Kant, Søren Kierkegaard, Gottfried Leibniz, John Locke, Niccolo Machiavelli, Karl Marx, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, John Stuart Mill, Michel de Montaigne, Friedrich Nietzsche, Robert Nozick, Thomas Paine, Blaise Pascal, Karl Popper, Pythagoras, Richard Rorty, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Bertrand Russell, George Santayana, Jean-Paul Sartre, Arthur Schopenhauer, Socrates, Baruch Spinoza, Alan Turing, Simone Weil, and Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ultimate Anthology of Philosophy in Kindle format from Amazon Digital Services  
"The Ultimate Anthology of Philosophy (75+ Works)" for Kindle [2010]
another Kindle Edition no longer available from Amazon Digital Services
'with an active table of contents'; works of the philosophers Aeschylus, Aristotle, Francis Bacon, George Berkeley, Giordano Bruno, René Descartes, Euripides, Thomas Hobbes, Homer, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, John Locke, Plato, Jean Jacques Rousseau & Baruch Spinoza
Anthology of Philosophy in Kindle format from Golgotha Press  "Anthology of Philosophy" for Kindle [2010]
11,144-page Kindle Edition from Golgotha Press [7/2010] for $2.99
includes 'The Works of ..." Aeschylus, Aristotle, Francis Bacon, George Berkeley, René Descartes, Euripides, Homer, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, John Locke, Plato, Jean Jacques Rousseau, and Benedict de Spinoza; plus "An Ethical Poem" by Giordano Bruno, "Leviathan" by Thomas Hobbes, and "Oedipus The King" by Sophocles

Fifty Key Postmodern Thinkers book by Stuart Sim  "Fifty Key Postmodern Thinkers (Routledge Key Guides)" [2013] by Stuart Sim
Kindle Edition from Routledge [8/2013] for $30.36
Routledge 8½x5½ pb [6/2013] for $37.95
Routledge 10x7¼ hardcover [4/2013] for $118.62 {sic}
alphabetical list of wide-ranging entries: Theodor W. Adorno (1903–69), Paul Auster, author John Barth, Roland Barthes (1915–80), Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007), Zygmunt Bauman, Daniel Bell (1919–2011), Homi K. Bhabha, Nicolas Bourriaud, Judith Butler, John D. Caputo, Hélène Cixous, Guy Debord (1931–94), Gilles Deleuze (1925–95), Jacques Derrida (1930–2004), Umberto Eco, Paul K. Feyerabend (1924–94), Michel Foucault (1926–84), Clifford Geertz (1926–2006), Kenneth J. Gergen, William Gibson, composer Philip Glass, Stephen Green-blatt, Félix Guattari (1930–92), Peter Halley, Donna J. Haraway, David Harvey, Linda Hutcheon, Luce Irigaray, Fredric Jameson, Charles Jencks, architect Rem Koolhaas, Thomas S. Kuhn (1922–96), Ernesto Laclau, filmmaker David Lynch, Jean-François Lyotard (1924–98), Brian McHale, mathematician Benoit B. Mandelbrot (1924–2010), Chantal Mouffe, Steve Reich, Richard Rorty (1931–2007), Edward W. Said (1935–2003), photographer Cindy Sherman, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, René Thom (1923–2002), Robert Venturi, Graham Ward, Hayden White, and Slavoj Žižek

Essential Wisdom of the World's Greatest Thinkers book edited by Carol Kelly-Gangi   "Essential Wisdom of the World's Greatest Thinkers" [2016]
Edited by Carol Kelly-Gangi

hundreds of memorable quotations from the greatest minds and most important figures in history, including philosophers, scholars, writers, poets, politicians, leaders, saints, scientists, and activists; featured thinkers include Aristotle, Cicero, Marie Curie, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Abraham Lincoln, Nelson Mandela, Gertrude Stein – and many more
Sterling/Fall River 7½x5¼ hardcover [2016] for $15.25
Great Minds: Isaac Newton, Nikola Tesla & Albert Einstein book by Mark Steinberg  "Great Minds: Isaac Newton, Nikola Tesla, and Albert Einstein - Founders of The Scientific Age" [2016] by Mark Steinberg
Self-published, clumsily written, and with many obvious punctuation and grammatical errors. Several Amazon reviewers think that the book is wonderful, but at least one is 'disappointed and offended' by the ineptitude and by the many errors of fact in just the first chapter.
104-page Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [8/2016] for $6.99
220-page CreateSpace 8x5 pb [8/2016] for $12.99
see also Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's Albert Einstein [1879-1955] Page
     and Nikola Tesla [1856-1943] Pages

                                                                       

twelve philosophers - click to view bigger image in new window

Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
educator-philosopher Dr. Mortimer J. Adler [1902-2001] Page

Great Books & Great Authors Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore

                                                   

German philosopher & musicologist Theodor W. Adorno [1903-69]
IMDb listingentry at Wikipedia
Adorno entry at Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP)

                                                   

Hannah Arendt [1906-75]
entry at Wikipedia

Origins of Totalitarianism book by Hannah Arendt  "The Origins of Totalitarianism" [1951, rev 1973] by Hannah Arendt [1906-75]
"This book lays bare for the first time the roots of Twentieth Century man's political and human tragedy: totalitarianism" • The book has three sections: Anti-semitism, Imperialism, and Racism/Totalitarianismbook entry at Wikipedia
Kindle Edition from Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt [1973 edition] for $9.99
Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich 8x5¼ pb [3/73] for $14.55
Schocken 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2004] for $35.85
Harcourt, Brace & World 9x6½ hardcover [1966] out of print/used

                                                   

Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
Greek philosopher Aristotle [384-322 B.C.E.] Page

Greek philosopher Aristotle [384-322 B.C.E.] Quotations Page

                                                   

Richard Bach
browse booksofficial websiteWikipedia

                                                   

Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
Jacques Barzun [1907-2012] Page

                                                   

Ernest Becker [1925-74]
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Ernest Becker Foundation

Denial of Death book by Ernest Becker  "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
Escape From Evil book by Ernest Becker  "Escape From Evil" [1975] sequel to "Denial of Death"
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 utopian novel by Edward Bellamy  "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
                                                   

Hilaire Belloc [1870-1953] of London, U.K.
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The Servile State book by Hilaire Belloc  "The Servile State" [1912] by Hilaire Belloc
This book makes the case for the natural instability of pure capitalism. Belloc argues that attempts to reform Capitalism lead to an economy where state regulation has emasculated it, removing its essential freedom – the effects of Socialist doctrine on Capitalist society produces a third thing different from either of its two begetters, an endpoint that Belloc calls 'The Servile State'.
Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [11/2008] for 99¢ {sic}
CreateSpace 9x6 pb [11/2008] for $7.95
Cosimo Classics 8½x5½ hardcover [11/2007] for $22.95
book entry at Wikipedia • available as free online etext at Internet Archive
Life of Hilaire Belloc book by Joseph Pearce  
"Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc" [2002]
by Joseph Pearce

Kindle Edition from Ignatius Press [7/2011] for $13.72
HarperCollins 7½x5 pb [7/2003] out of print/used
Ignatius Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [10/2002] for $20.27
Essential Belloc book edited by McCloskey, Bloch & Robertson  "The Essential Belloc: A Prophet For Our Times" [2010]
Edited by Rev. C. John McCloskey, Scott J. Bloch & Brian Robertson

Kindle Edition from Saint Benedict Press [4/2010] for $9.98
Saint Benedict Press 8½x5½ pb [4/2010] for $15.70
                                                   

Walter Benjamin [1892-1940] of Germany
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]
Walter Benjamin Research Syndicate
International Walter Benjamin Society [est. 2000]
Lloyd Spencer's Walter Benjamin fansite at Leeds Trinity College, U.K.

Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction book by Walter Benjamin   "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
The Arcades Project book by Walter Benjamin  "The Arcades Project" aka "Das Passagenwerk" [1940]
by Walter Benjamin, Edited by Rolf Tiedemann,
Translated by Howard Eiland & Kevin McLaughlin

Benjamin made notes on the culture-changing glass-topped arcades of Paris, France
from 1927 until his suicide (to prevent capture by the Nazis) in 1940; long thought
destroyed, the manuscript finally saw publication & translation in the 1980s.

Harvard Univ Press/Belknap 10x6½ pb [3/2002] for $21.24
Harvard Univ Press/Belknap 10x6½ hardcover [12/99] for $59.86
book entry at Wikipedia
Walter Benjamin At The Dairy Queen novel by Larry McMurtry  
"Walter Benjamin At The Dairy Queen: Reflections On Sixty
and Beyond" [1999] by Larry McMurtry [1936-2021]

Touchstone 7¾x5½ pb [8/2001] for $10.20
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Walter Benjamin & Art book edited by Andrew Benjamin  "Walter Benjamin and Art" [2005]
Edited by Andrew Benjamin

Continuum 9x6 pb [1/2005] for $42.94
Continuum 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2005] for $150.00
                                                   

Henri Bergson [1859-1941] of France
browse books"T&FW" online text1927 Nobel PrizeWikipedia

Bergson's Time & Free Will essay by Henri Bergson  "Time & Free Will: An Essay On The Immediate Data of Consciousness" [1889]
by Henri Bergson [1859-1941];
translated by F. L. Pogson
Nabu Press 9½x7½ pb [8/2010] for $20.75
General Books LLC 9x6 pb [8/2009] for $8.03
Kessinger Publng 10¼x7¼ hardcover [facsimile 1913 edition] for $32.64
Bergson's Creative Mind book by Henri Bergson  "The Creative Mind: An Introduction To Metaphysics" [1903]
by Henri Bergson [1859-1941]

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Sir Isaiah Berlin [1909-97] of Wolfson College, Oxford, U.K.

Russian Thinkers book by Isaiah Berlin & Aileen Kelly  "Russian Thinkers" [1978] by Isaiah Berlin & Aileen Kelly,
Revised 1994 by Henry Hardy

Kindle Edition from Penguin Classics [3/2013] for $9.99
Penguin Classics 7¾x5 pb [3/2008] for $10.60
Viking Adult 8¼x6 hardcover [5/78] out of print/many used
                                                   

'the father of public relations' Edward Louis Bernays [1891-1995]
http://www.amazon.com/Edward-Bernays/e/B004MPHV92/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays

"Crystallizing Public Opinion" [1923] by Edward L. Bernays
http://www.amazon.com/Crystallizing-Public-Opinion-Edward-Bernays-ebook/dp/B00TQEM16C/
http://www.amazon.com/Crystallizing-Public-Opinion-Edward-Bernays/dp/193543926X/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystallizing_Public_Opinion CrystallizingPublicOpinionELB.jpg

1928 Propaganda book by Edward Bernays  "Propaganda: The Public Mind In The Making" [1928]
by Edward L. Bernays [1891-1995], 2004 Introduction by Mark Crispin Miller

“Bernays’ honest and practical manual provides much insight into some of the most powerful and influential institutions of contemporary industrial state capitalist democracies.” — Noam Chomsky
Kindle Edition from Ig Publng [2004 edition] for $11.49
Ig Publng 7¾x5 pb [9/2004] for $13.46
Desert 9x6 hardcover [11/2018] for $19.99
book entry at Wikipedia • available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive
"Propaganda Como Manipular La Opinion En Democracia" [2000]
Spanish-language Kindle Edition from Melusina Editions [6/2020] for $4.99
Spanish-language Libros del Zorzal pb [2000] for $17.95

                                                   

Dr. Eric Berne [1910-70]

Transactional Analysis Page at Working Minds Philosophy website

                                                   

Humean quasi-realist philosopher Simon Blackburn [b. 1944]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Blackburn

Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy book by Simon Blackburn  "The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy" [1994, rev 2008]
Kindle Edition from Oxford Quick Reference [3rd edition 2/2016] for $9.99
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Ruling Passions book by Simon Blackburn  "Ruling Passions: A Theory of Practical Reasoning" [1998]
by Simon Blackburn

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Being Good / Introduction To Ethics book by Simon Blackburn  "Being Good: An Introduction To Ethics" [2001] by Simon Blackburn
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reprinted as "Ethics: A Very Short Introduction" [2009] by Simon Blackburn
Kindle Edition from Oxford Univ Press [2003 edition] for $6.15
Oxford Univ Press mass pb [9/2009] for $8.98

Big Questions of Philosophy book by Simon Blackburn  "What Do We Really Know?: The Big Questions of Philosophy" [2009]
by Simon Blackburn

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Roman philosopher Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius [480?-524 C.E.]
browse Boethius Store at Amazonentry at Wikipedia

Consolation of Philosophy book by Boethius  "The Consolation of Philosophy" [AD 523] by Boethius
wide-ranging subject matter, written while imprisoned, very popular during the Middle Ages
Kindle Edition (Translated by W.J. Sedgefield, 1502) from e-artnow [8/2013] for 99¢ {sic}
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The Modern Library 9x6½ hardcover [1943] 3 books - out of print/used
                                                   

Dietrich Bonhoeffer [1906-45]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Bonhoeffer
"On Stupidity: Letters & Papers From Prison"
"The Cost of Discipleship"
the complete 34-volume combined German-English editions of Bonhoeffer's works

"Bonhoeffer (2003) TV documentary /tt0371583/

                                                   

Stewart Brand [b. 1938]
American writer, best known as editor of the Whole Earth Catalog; he founded a number of organizations, including The WELL, the Global Business Network,
and The Long Now Foundation [est. 1996]; he has written several books, most recently "Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto" [2009]
http://sb.longnow.org/SB_homepage/Home.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Brand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_Earth_Catalog [1968-72]
http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Earth-Discipline-Ecopragmatist-Manifesto/dp/B004C78M8O/

                                                   

Nathaniel Branden, PhD [1930-2013]
partner with Ayn Rand [1905-82] in defining Objectivism in the 1960s,
then moved to California and defined his philosophy of Self-Esteem
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My Years With Ayn Rand book by Nathaniel Branden  "My Years With Ayn Rand" aka 'Judgment Day' [1999]
by Nathaniel Branden

Jossey-Bass 9x6 pb [3/99] for $15.20

July 1989 C-SPAN "BookNotes" interview [1:06:50] of Branden about this book

Vision of Ayn Rand / Basic Principles of Objectivism book by Nathaniel Branden  "The Vision of Ayn Rand: The Basic Principles of Objectivism" [2009]
by Nathaniel Branden, Foreword by Barbara Branden

The never-before published 1960s lectures on Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism, taped and transcribed by the Nathaniel Branden Institute
Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [7/2014] for $9.99
Cobden Press 9x6 pb [12/2009] out of print/scarce
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Joseph Campbell [1904-87] Page

                                                   

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Albert Camus [1913-60] Page

                                                   

German philosopher Ernst Alfred Cassirer [1874-1945]
Trained within the Neo-Kantian Marburg School, Cassirer initially followed his mentor Hermann Cohen in attempting to supply an idealistic philosophy of science; after Cohen's death, Cassirer developed a theory of symbolism and used it to expand phenomenology of knowledge into a more general philosophy of culture. Cassirer was one of the leading 20th-century advocates of philosophical idealism; his most famous work is the 3-volume "The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms" [1923–29].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Cassirer
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cassirer/

dissertation "Das Erkenntnisproblem In Der Philosophie und Wissenschaft der Neueren Zeit: Erster Band [The Problem of Knowledge
In Philosophy and Science In The Modern Age, Volume I" [1906] - second volume in 1907, a third in 1920, and a fourth in 1957

Philosophy of Symbolic Forms 3-volume set by Ernst Cassirer  "The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms (Philosophie der Symbolischen Formen)" [1923-29]
major new translation of all three volumes, the first in over fifty years; each volume includes a new Introduction and Translator's Notes by Steve G. Lofts, a Foreword by Peter E. Gordon, a Glossary of key terms, and a thorough Index
Volume One: Language (Erster Teil: Die Sprache)" [1923, English translation 1953] • Volume Two: Mythical Thought (Zweiter Teil: Das Mythische Denken)" [1925, English translation 1955] • Volume Three: The Pheno-menology of Knowledge (Dritter Teil: Phänomenologie der Erkenntnis)" [1929, English translation 1957]
Routledge 9¼x6¼ hardcover set [9/2020] for $176.72 {sic}
Volume 1: Kindle Edition from Routledge [9/2020] for $32.30
Volume 2: Kindle Edition from Routledge [9/2020] for $46.10
Volume 3: Kindle Edition from Routledge [9/2020] for $45.60

The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, Volume 4: The Metaphysics of Symbolic Formsbooks by Ernst Cassirer  "The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms (Philosophie der Symbolischen Formen)" [1923-29]
before the 2020 set from Routledge, the major prior translation was in 1965
Volume 1: Kindle Edition from Routledge [9/2020] for $32.30
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Volume 3: Kindle Edition from Routledge [9/2020] for $45.60
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Volume 3: Yale Univ Press hardcover [1972] out of print/used
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, Volume 4 book by Ernst Cassirer  "The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, Volume 4: The Metaphysics of Symbolic Forms"
[1996] by Ernst Cassirer, John Michael Krois & Donald Phillip Verene

When Cassirer died in 1945, he was working on a fourth and final volume of his magnum opus "The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms"; Krois and Verene edited the manuscripts and translated them into English, bringing to completion Cassirer's major treatment of the concept of symbolic form
there is no Kindle Edition for this book
Yale Univ Press 7¾x5 pb [1/98] for $29.00
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"Cassirer's Metaphysics of Symbolic Forms: A Philosophical Commentary" [2001]
by Prof. Thora Ilin Bayer, Introduction by Donald Phillip Verene

Kindle Edition from Yale Univ Press [2/2001] for $23.80
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the now-legendary debate at Davos in 1929 between Cassirer and Martin Heidegger, over the question "What is the human being?"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassirer%E2%80%93Heidegger_debate
"Continental Divide: Heidegger, Cassirer, Davos" [2010] by Peter Eli Gordon

more popular book "An Essay On Man" written & published in English [1944]

'Time of The Magicians / Reinvent(ing) Philosophy' book by Wolfram Eilenberger  "Time of The Magicians: Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, Heidegger, and The Decade That Reinvented Philosophy" [2020] by Wolfram Eilenberger
author stylishly traces the paths of these remarkable & turbulent lives, which feature not only philosophy but several important figures of the early century, including John Maynard Keynes, Hannah Arendt, and Bertrand Russell, telling a gripping story about four of history's most ambitious and passionate thinkers
Kindle Edition from Penguin Press [8/2020] for $15.99
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anthropologist Carlos Castañeda [1925-98] Page

                                                   

astrophysicist Dr. Eric J. Chaisson of Tufts University & Harvard
browse booksfaculty page at Harvard C.F.A.Wikipedia

Cosmic Dawn origins of matter & life book by Eric Chaisson  "Cosmic Dawn: The Origins of Matter and Life" [1981]
by Eric Chaisson

iUniverse 8½x5½ pb [10/2000] for $19.95
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Cosmic Selection & Conscious Evolution book by Eric Chaisson  "The Life Era: Cosmic Selection and Conscious Evolution" [1987]
by Eric Chaisson

Book describes three grand eras in universal history: the radiation era, starting with the big bang; the matter era, when organized structures emerged; and the life era, from primodial single cells to a possible future when technologically sentient beings take control of their destiny.
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Cosmic Evolution / Complexity in Nature book by Eric J. Chaisson  
"Cosmic Evolution: The Rise of Complexity In Nature" [2001]
by Eric J. Chaisson

Harvard Univ Press 9x5¾ pb [10/2002] for $26.79
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Ancient Chinese Philosophers
wikipedia's List of Chinese philosophers
Top 100 Best Sellers in Eastern Philosophy at Amazon

detail from this section was split off to a combined Ancient Chinese Philosophers Page in Summer 2022

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Essential Noam Chomsky book edited by Anthony Arnove  
"The Essential Chomsky" [2008]
Edited by Anthony Arnove

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philosophy journalist Martin Cohen
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Editor of The Philosopher [1923], U.K. philosophy journal
taught at the Centre for Applied Ethics, Queensland, Australia
currently Visiting Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire (UK)

"101 Philosophical Problems" [1999]
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415404029/ 3rd edition 4/2007
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"101 Ethical Dilemmas" [2003]
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Philosophy For Dummies book by Martin Cohen  "Philosophy For Dummies" [1999] by Tom Morris, PhD
NOTE: The ". . . for Dummies" series is usually pretty good, but the "Philosophy For Dummies" book by American Tom Morris is a religion-based fake, and is therefore omitted here
"Philosophy For Dummies, U.K. Edition" [2010] by Martin Cohen
the later version by British philosophy journalist Martin Cohen is so much better, albeit it has minor problems of its own: i.e. he really, really dislikes Nazis
Kindle Edition from For Dummies Publng [7/2010] for $17.00
I.D.G. Books 9¼x7¼ pb [1/2012] for $15.99

                                                   

Auguste Comte [1798-1857]
best known for "A General View of Positivism" [English 1865]
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Frederick Charles Copleston, SJ [1907-94]
best known for his influential multi-volume "A History of Philosophy" [1946–75]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_Philosophy_(Copleston)

                                                   

Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
polymath Leonardo da Vinci [1452-1519] Page

                                                   

'radical lesbian feminist' philosopher
Mary Daly [1928-2010]

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neuroscientist Antonio R. Damasio
Brain & Creativity Institute at U.S.C.Wikipedia

Descartes's Error book by Antonio Damasio  "Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and The Human Brain" [1994]
by Antonio R. Damasio

Neuroscientist Damasio shows that the concept of the dualist separation of mind & body and of rationality & emotion proposed by René Descartes is invalid; modern science (led by Damasio) now holds that the body and our emotions both have a key role in the way we think and in rational decision-making.
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The Feeling of What Happens book by Antonio R. Damasio  "The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion In The Making of Consciousness" [1999] by Antonio Damasio
Neuroscientist Damasio's thesis here is that the individual's sense of self arises from man's need to map relations between self and others.
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Looking for Spinoza book by Antonio R. Damasio   "Looking For Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and The Feeling Brain" [2003]
by Antonio Damasio

Neuroscientist Damasio rediscovers philosopher Baruch Spinoza's role in examining how emotions support human survival, a pursuit that ran counter to all the thinking of Spinoza's time.
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Self Comes To Mind book by Antonio R. Damasio   "Self Comes To Mind: Constructing The Conscious Brain" [2010]
by Antonio Damasio

Neuroscientist Damasio rejects the long-standing idea that consciousness is separate from the body, and presents scientific evidence of evolutionary development of a human self as a challenge to nature’s indifference; this opens the way for the appearance of culture, perhaps one of our most defining characteristics as thinking and self-aware beings.
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Books To Ponder Page 2: Science, Religion & Evolution

                                                   

Richard Dawkins
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Kim Sterelny's "Dawkins vs. Gould" [2001]

Blind Watchmaker / Evolution Without Design book by Richard Dawkins  "The Blind Watchmaker: Why The Evidence of Evolution Reveals A Universe Without Design" [1988 classic]
by Richard Dawkins

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Darwinian View of Life book by Richard Dawkins & Lalla Ward  "River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life" [1995]
by Richard Dawkins, illustrated by Lalla Ward

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Ancestor's Tale book by Richard Dawkins  "The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage To The Dawn of Evolution" [2004]
by Richard Dawkins

"thrilling & entertaining"; "a magnum opus"
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The God Delusion book by Richard Dawkins  "The God Delusion" [2006] by Richard Dawkins
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Greatest Show on Earth, Evidence for Evolution book by Richard Dawkins   "The Greatest Show On Earth: The Evidence For Evolution"
[2009 bestseller] by Richard Dawkins

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Alain de Botton, FRSL {Swiss-born, lives in London, England}
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"Essays In Love", US title "On Love" [1993]
"The Romantic Movement" [1994]
"Kiss and Tell" [1995]
"How Proust Can Change Your Life" [1997]

Consolations of Philosophy book by Alain de Botton  "The Consolations of Philosophy" [2000]
"clear, witty prose ... a joy to read"
Vintage 8x5 pb [4/2001] for $11.16
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"The Art of Travel" [2002]
"Status Anxiety" [2004]
"The Architecture of Happiness" [2006]
"The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work" [2009]
"A Week At The Airport" [2009)
"Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide To The Uses of Religion" [2012]
"How To Think More About Sex" [2012]
"Art As Therapy" [2013]
"The News: A User's Manual" [2014]

                                                   

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin [1881-1955]
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Fondation Teilhard de Chardin [est. 1964] in Paris, France
The American Teilhard Assn. [est. 1967]
The British Teilhard Assn. [est. 1963]
multi-language Stichting Teilhard de Chardin Netherlands [est. 1997]

The Phenomenon of Man 1955 classic book by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin  
"The Phenomenon of Man" [1955 classic]
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Harper Perennial 7¾x5&frac4 pb [12/75] for $10.17
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Luciano De Crescenzo [1928-2019] of Italy
Italian writer & philosopher, engineer, film actor, and film director - many other jobs & talents; between 1977 and 2019, he published a total of fifty books, including novels and popularizations of philosophy, selling 18 million copies worldwide (7 million in Italy); his works have been translated into 19 languages and published in 25 countries.
For his work in the field of Greek philosophy, he received honorary citizenship of Athens in 1994.
browse the De Crescenzo Store {returns 80 titles in many languages} at Amazon
credits at IMDbWikipedia

"Bontà Loro" TV series [1976] self/guest /tt15673742/

"The Payoff" [1978] writer /tt0077918/

"Il Pap'occhio" [1980] actor {as God} /tt0082880/

"Quasi Quasi Mi Sposo" TV movie [1982] actor /tt0457108/

"F.F.S.S., cioè: '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?' " screenplay+story + self [1983] /tt0085516/
"F.F.S.S., that is: '... that you took me to do above Posillipo if you don't love me anymore"

"Così Parlò Bellavista" [1984] from the book by + director + actor /tt0087088/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cos%C3%AC_parl%C3%B2_Bellavista
won David di Donatello and Nastro d'Argento for best new director, while Marina Confalone won the same awards in the best supporting actress category

"Il Mistero di Bellavista" + title role [1985] /tt0202473/
http://www.amazon.com/Mistero-Bellavista-Italian-crescenzo-luciano/dp/B01GWDOTH8/ dvd

"32 Dicembre" [1988] writer + actor /tt0135740/

"Saturday, Sunday, and Monday" [1990] actor /tt0098244/

"Maurizio Costanzo Show" TV series /tt4723216/ 6 episodes 1993-2001

"I Cervelloni" TV series Episode dated 11 May 1994 /tt7456784/

"Quelli Che... Il Calcio" TV series
Episode dated 27 Nov 1994 /tt7581570/
Episode #15.35 [2008] /tt1225099/

"Croce e Delizia" [1995] wrote and directed + actor /tt0112741/ featuring Teo Teocoli and Isabella Rossellini

"Se Rinasco" TV series Episode dated 18 September 1995 /tt7482296/

"Numero Uno" TV series Episode dated 10 October 1995 /tt7507564/

"Francesca and Nunziata" TV movie [2001] /tt0295266/

"I'll Do It Tonight" [2005] /tt0878713/

"Ulisse: My Name Is Nobody" TV series [2010] /tt5456794/

"Quel Pap'occhio di 30 Anni Fa" video documentary [2010] /tt9522368/

Thus Spoke De Crescenzo biofilm  "Così Parlò De Crescenzo (Thus Spoke De Crescenzo): Life and Secrets of The World's Most Beautiful Philosopher" [Bunker Hill/Minerva Pictures 2016]
Before he became one of the world's best selling Italian writers, De Crescenzo was a boy scout, a brothel's auditor, a poet, an athletics champion, an art seller, a speed boat racing pilot, an essayist, a novelist, a philosopher, an illustrator, a photographer, a commentator, a script writer, a film director, an actor, an anchorman, a tip tap dancer, and finally an engineer at I.B.M. Italy. One thing is certain, two qualities are required in order to live such an extraordinary life: an open mind and an infinite love for living. • Co-produced by Paola De Crescenzo; co-produced, co-written & directed by Antonio Napoli; co-written by Serena Corvaglia; featuring Luciano De Crescenzo, Renzo Arbore, Benedetto Casillo, actress Marina Confalone, Marisa Laurito, actress Isabella Rossellini, Renato Scarpa, Bud Spencer, filmmaker Lina Wertmüller [1928-2021]
full credits at IMDb • DVD/Blu-ray not available
Amazon Instant Video in Italian w/English subtitles [2019] HD rental $2.99, HD purchase $7.99

"Visioni Senza Tempo: Anna Napoli e Il Montaggio Cinematografico" video) [2022] /tt16912954/

                                                   

Gilles Deleuze  [1925-95] of France
Deleuze was an important French philosopher, while his later career dealt with cinema criticism

http://www.amazon.com/Gilles-Deleuze/e/B000AQ3UM4/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Deleuze
http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/deleuze.htm
'Le Course de Gilles Deleuze' at WebDeleuze {French-language only}

Spinoza and The Problem of Expression book by Gilles Deleuze  "Spinoza et Le Problème de L'Expression (Spinoza and The Problem of Expression)" [1968] by Gilles Deleuze [1925-95]
English title: "Expressionism In Philosophy: Spinoza" [1990]
Zone Books 9x6 pb [2/92] for $19.30
Zone Books 9½x6¼ hardcover [9/90] out of print/used
Editions de Minuit French-language 8¾x5½ pb [11/68] out of print/used
Spinoza: Practical Philosophy book by Gilles Deleuze  "Spinoza: Practical Philosophy (Philosophie Pratique)"
[1970, rev 1981, English 1988] by Gilles Deleuze [1925-95]

City Lights Publrs 9x5½ pb [2001] for $9.83
Editions de Minuit French-language mass pb [4/2003] out of print/used
Deleuze & Spinoza & Expressionism book by Gillian Howie  "Deleuze and Spinoza: Aura of Expressionism" [2002]
by Gillian Howie

French philosopher Deleuze reached certain conclusions about Spinoza [1632-77], published in 1968 as "Expressionism" {above}, that shaped his later ideas & works; author Howie dissects Deleuze's concepts and finds them inconsistent with Spinoza.
Palgrave Macmillan 8¼x6 hardcover [9/2002] out of print/used
Hermetic Deleuze book by Joshua Ramey  "The Hermetic Deleuze: Philosophy and Spiritual Ordeal" [2012]
by Joshua Ramey

Kindle Edition from Duke Univ Press [8/2012] for $13.99
Duke Univ Press 9x6 pb [8/2012] for $22.46
Duke Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/2012] for $76.56

http://www.amazon.com/Deleuze-Critical-Reader-Paul-Patton/dp/1557865655/
http://www.amazon.com/Deleuze-Philosophy-Constantin-V-Boundas/dp/0748624805/
http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Companion-Deleuze-Companions-Philosophy/dp/1107002613/

                                                   

Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
W. Edwards Deming [1900-93] Page

                                                   

Daniel Clement Dennett III, PhD [1942-2024]   click here for photograph (in a new window)
browse booksofficial websiteWikipedia
credits [since 1988] at Internet Movie Database

1978 book "Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology" [MIT Press 1981] ISBN 0-262-54037-1
"Consciousness Explained" [Back Bay Books, 1992] ISBN 0-316-18066-1
"Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life" [Simon & Schuster; reprint edition 1996] ISBN 0-684-82471-X

"The Atheism Tapes" interviews [BBC4-TV Oct-Nov 2004]
Episode #6: Jonathan Miller in Conversation with Daniel C. Dennett
episode credits at IMDbseries entry at Wikipedia
Alive Mind widescreen color DVD [7/2008] 3 hours on 2 disks for $12.76

                                                   

Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
philosopher René Descartes [1596-1650] Page

"Descartes was correct in noticing that an individual's thinking creates the world that he/she lives in – up to a point. Where Descartes and
the anti-thinking Republican Party got it wrong, however, is that the power of any thinking derives entirely from the degree
to which that thinking is consistent with objective reality."    — G.E. Nordell

                                                   

Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
pragmatist/educator John Dewey [1859-1952] Page

Essential Dewey in two volumes edited by Larry A. Hickman & Thomas M. Alexander  "The Essential Dewey" in two volumes [1998]
Edited by Larry A. Hickman & Thomas M. Alexander

Volume 1: Pragmatism, Education, Democracy
Indiana Univ Press 9¾x7 pb [8/98] for $27.85
Indiana Univ Press 10½x7½ hardcover [8/98] out of print/rare
Volume 2: Ethics, Logic, Psychology
Indiana Univ Press 10x7 pb [8/98] for $29.95
Indiana Univ Press 10½x7½ hardcover [8/98] out of print/rare

                                                   

Ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes the Cynic [4th Century BCE] of Sinope {Türkiye}
This is the guy who carried a lantern around Athens in the daytime, saying that he was looking for an honest man. What is known about him is scraps
from other writers of the era. Originally a banker's son, he made a virtue of extreme poverty, begging for a living and living in a ceramic wine cask.
He was captured at sea and sold into slavery, but escaped and then settled in Corinth
entry at Wikipedia

                                                   

Ancient Greek historian Diogenes Laërtius [Third Century AD]
entry at Wikipedia

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1925 books translated by R.D. Hicks  "Lives of Eminent Philosophers, in 2 Volumes" [1925]
Translated by Robert Drew Hicks

Volume I: CreateSpace 8x5 pb [1/2011] for $9.50
Volume I: Harvard Univ Press 6x4 hardcover [1925] for $26.00
Volume II: CreateSpace 8x5 pb [2/2011] for $11.50
Volume II: Harvard Univ Press 6x4 hardcover [1925] for $26.00
Lives of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius - title page in Greek & Latin from 1594  "The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers" for Kindle
Kindle Edition from Acheron Press [11/2012] for 99¢
Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [5/2008] for $2.99
book entry at Wikipedia
                                                   

French philosopher Anne Dufourmantelle [1964-2017]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Dufourmantelle

                                                   

Will & Ariel Durant
Will Durant [1895-1981] entry at Wikipedia
Ariel Durant [1898-1981] entry at Wikipedia

Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's Will & Ariel Durant Page

Story of Philosophy by Will & Ariel Durant  "The Story of Philosophy: The Lives & Opinions of The Greater Philosophers"
[1926 bestseller] by Will & Ariel Durant

chapters/subjects include: Plato & Socrates, Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Herbert Spencer, Nietzsche, Henri Bergson, Benedetto Croce, Bertrand Russell, George Santayana, William James, and John Dewey
Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital [7/2012] for $8.00
Pocket mass pb [2/91] for $8.72
Touchstone 8¼x5¼ pb [rev 10/89] for $10.88
Simon & Schuster 9x6½ hardcover [2009] out of print/used
Blackstone UNABR audio CD [10/2010] 19½ hours for $27.87

                                                   

Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
Albert Einstein  [1879-1955] Page

Albert Einstein [1879-1955] Quotations Page at Working Minds

                                                   

motivational author & speaker Hal Elrod
browse books {60+ titles in multiple languages}official websitebooks official websiteWikipedia

detail was cut to the new Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore Motivators Page in Summer 2022.

                                                   

philosopher Werner Erhard Page
at Working Minds Philosophy website

Friends of Werner Erhard official website
'Werner Erhard: Ideas In Conversation' video site
Werner Erhard Channel [est. 6/2008] on YouTube

Werner Erhard Quotations Page at Working Minds

Speaking Being, Werner Erhard, Martin Heidegger book by Bruce Hyde & Drew Kopp  "Speaking Being: Werner Erhard, Martin Heidegger, and A New  6/2019
Possibility of Being Human" [2019]
by Bruce Hyde & Drew Kopp, Afterword by Micheal E. Zimmerman

Wiley & Sons 6x8¼ pb [DUE June 2019] PRE-ORDER for $20.69
see also Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's Martin Heidegger [1889-1976] Page

                                                   

German philosopher Rudolf Christoph Eucken [1846-1926]
Eucken received the 1908 Nobel Prize in Literature
browse booksWikipedia

"The Problem of Human Life As Viewed By The Great Thinkers From Plato To The Present Time" [Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909]
http://www.archive.org/stream/problemhumanlif01euckgoog

                                                   

Marxist-humanist philosopher Frantz Fanon [1925-61] of France & Algeria
browse booksWikipedia
The Frantz Fanon Blog [est. 2009] based in South Africa
multi-language Frantz Fanon Foundation website [est. 2010]
Frantz-Fanon National Association [est. 2012] based in Algiers

The Wretched of The Earth classic book by Frantz Fanon  "The Wretched of The Earth" [1961 classic]
by Frantz Fanon; translation by Constance Farrington

A handbook for revolution against colonialism.
"Have the courage to read this book." — Jean-Paul Sartre [1905-80]
Grove Press 8¼x5¼ pb [4/86] for $9.60
What Fanon Said book by Lewis R. Gordon  "What Fanon Said: A Philosophical Introduction To His Life and Thought" [2015]
by Lewis R. Gordon, Foreword by Sonia Dayan-Herzbrun,
Afterword by Drucilla Cornell

Kindle Edition from Fordham Univ Press [4/2015] for $10.49
Fordham Univ Press 9x6pb [4/2015] for $20.94
C. Hurst & Co. UK white-cover pb [8/2015] import/used
Fordham Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [4/2015] for $70.38 {sic}
                                                   

mathematician Pierre de Fermat [1607-65] of France
collaborated with Blaise Pascal to invent the field of probability, among many other achievements
books by Fermat on Amazon are mostly in French • Wikipedia

"The Mathematical Career of Pierre de Fermat, 1601-1665" [1973] by Michael Sean Mahoney
http://www.amazon.com/Mathematical-Career-Pierre-Fermat-1601-1665/dp/0691036667/ 94
http://www.amazon.com/Mathematical-Career-Pierre-Fermat-1601-1665/dp/0691081190/ 73

                                                   

Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
physicist Richard P. Feynman [1918-88] Page

                                                   

German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte [1762-1814]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottlieb_Fichte
important work "The Vocation of Man" [1799, English 1848]

                                                   

Pope Francis
born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 1936 in Argentina; elected March 2013
browse booksWikipedia

Pope Francis & the Caring Society book edited by Robert M. Whaples  "Pope Francis and The Caring Society" [2017]
Edited by Robert M. Whaples, Foreword by Michael Novak

're-examines the merits of free markets [and capitalism] in the light of
Pope Francis's views about the economy, charity, and the environment'

Kindle Edition from Independent Institute [9/2017] for $16.99
Independent Institute 9x6 hardcover [9/2017] for $20.11
                                                   

(Friedrich Ludwig) Gottlob Frege [1848-1925] of Germany
browse booksWikipedia

"The Frege Reader" [Blackwell, 1997] Edited by Michael Beaney

                                                   

Paulo Freire [1921-97]
browse books • official sites: English or PortugueseWikipedia

Paulo Freire Institute [est. 2002] at U.C.L.A. in Los Angeles, CA

                                                   

Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
visionary R. Buckminster Fuller [1895-1983] Page

                                                   

Mohandas Karamchand 'Mahatma' Gandhi [1869-1948]
bookseArchiveWikipedia

Mahatma Gandhi Quotations Page at Working Minds Philosophy website

Bombay Gandhi site
Mani Bhavan Museum

"Mahatma Gandhi: Apostle of Applied Human Ecology" book
"Gandhi: A Very Short Introduction" [] by Bhikhu C. Parekh 9780192854575

Gandhi 1982 movie poster directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Ben Kingsley  "Gandhi" [Columbia Dec 1982]
"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, Günther 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
Ravi Shankar album Homage To Gandhi  
"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
                                                   

French theorist René Girard [1923-2015]
longtime Stanford professor of French language, literature, and civilization; Girard’s theory of 'mimetic desire' describes
our fundamental compulsion to want what others want or have
browse booksWikipedia

                                                   

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [1749-1832]
browse booksGoethe Institut {in English}Wikipedia

Goethe's autobiographical masterpiece "The Sorrows of Young Werther" []

"Young Goethe In Love" [2011]
http://www.younggoetheinlove.com/

                                                   

bestselling author Daniel Goleman
science writer for New York Times for 12 years; 1995 book "Emotional Intelligence" was on bestseller lists
for 18 months; Goleman was twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize

Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's Daniel Goleman Page

Emotional Intelligence book by Daniel Goleman   "Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ - The Groundbreaking Book That Redefines What It Means To Be Smart" bestseller [1995]
by Daniel Goleman

Kindle Edition from Bantam/Random House [1/2012] for $10.99
Bantam Books 10th Anniv Edition 8¼x5¼ pb [9/2005] for $12.23
Bantam Books 10th Anniv Edition 9½x6½ hardcover [9/2006] for $17.71
Bantam Books 9½x6¼ hardcover [9/95] for $2.96 {sic}
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 book by Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves  "Emotional Intelligence 2.0" [2008]
by Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves, Foreword by Patrick M. Lencioni

It’s no secret that emotional intelligence (EQ) is critical to your success. This book delivers a step-by-step program for increasing your EQ via four core EQ skills that enable you to achieve your fullest potential: 1) Self-Awareness, 2) Self-Management, 3) Social Awareness, and 4) Relationship Management; 'includes a new & enhanced online edition of the world's most popular emotional intelligence test'
Kindle Edition from TalentSmart [6/2009] for $14.40
TalentSmart 7x5 hardcover [6/2009] for $15.16
TalentSmart 9x6½ hardcover [2008] out of print/used

                                                   

Dr. Clare W. Graves [1914-86] of Santa Barbara, California
"The psychology of the mature human being is an unfolding, emergent, oscillating, spiraling process marked by progressive subordination of older,
lower-order behavior systems to newer higher-order system's as man's existential problems change." ~~~ Dr. Clare W. Graves

browse booksofficial website & home of the Clare Graves SocietyWikipedia

Clare W. Graves Levels of Human Existence book edited by William R. Lee  "Clare W. Graves: Levels of Human Existence" [2004]
Transcription Edited by William R. Lee; Foreword by Christopher C. Cowan

transcription of the "Seminar On Levels of Human Existence" presented at the Washington School of Psychiatry in Washington, DC in October 1971; includes a reprint of the Fall 1970 Journal of Humanistic Psychology article "Levels of Existence: An Open Systems Theory of Values"
Eclet Publng pb [11/2004] out of print/used
Eclet Publng pb [11/2004] out of print/used
The Never Ending Quest book by Clare W. Graves  "The Never-Ending Quest: Dr. Clare W. Graves On Human Nature"
[written 1977, publd 2005] Edited by Christopher C. Cowan & Natasha Todorovic

manuscript of book project halted by poor health; reconstruction by colleagues published 2005
Eclet Publng hardcover [2005] out of print/used
official bookpageApril 2007 book review by Allan Combs
listen to 1974 recording of Dr. Clare W. Graves reading the book Preface
Clare W. Graves His Life and His Work biography by Rainer Krumm & Benedikt Parstorfer  "Clare W. Graves: His Life and His Work" [2014] by Rainer Krumm & Benedikt Parstorfer
The first summary of Graves' original studies, audiotapes, and notes, as well as a complete biography and comprehensive explanation of his scientific relevance in regard to human development
122-page iUniverse 9x6 pb [1/2018] for $13.99
German-language original: Werdewelt Verlag 9½x6¾ hardcover [10/2014] for $26.68


National Values Center, Inc. [est. April 1979] in Denton (Dallas-Fort Worth), Texas
co-founded by Don Edward Beck

Spiral Dynamics / N.V.C. Consulting [est. 1998] in Santa Barbara, California
an outgrowth of the National Values Center; co-founded by Christopher Chalmers 'Chris' Cowan [1976-2015] and Natasha Todorovic

Spiral Dynamics entry at Wikipedia

"The Human Spiral" [] by Natasha Todorovic & Chris Cowan

Spiral Dynamics book by Christopher C. Cowan & Don Edward Beck  "Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership, and Change" [1996]
by Don Edward Beck & Christopher C. Cowan

helped popularize the term Spiral Dynamics and its applications to leadership and management
Wiley-Blackwell Publng 9x6 pb [8/2005] for $40.49
Wiley-Blackwell Publng pb [8/2005] for $94.80
Blackwell Publng hardcover [5/96] out of print/used
Blackwell Publng 9¼x6½ hardcover [5/96] out of print/used
Spiral Dynamics in Action book by Don Edward Beck, Teddy Hebo Larsen, Sergey Solonin, Rica Viljoen, Thomas Q. Johns  "Spiral Dynamics In Action: Humanity's Master Code" [2018]
by Don Edward Beck, Teddy Hebo Larsen, Sergey Solonin, Rica Viljoen, Thomas Q. Johns

Explores the evolution of modern business, and provides a model for moving forward by understanding other people's perspectives; this book provides a field guide to the different motivations, behaviours, and talents in your team to help you lead diverse groups more effectively; focused on action over theory, the Spiral Dynamics model includes cutting-edge leadership practices, management systems, processes, procedures, and techniques to help you bring about real-world results
Kindle Edition from Wiley Publng [3/2018] for $20.00
Wiley Publng 9x6 pb [4/2018] for $29.99

                                                   

South Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han [b. 1959] - lives in Germany
'The Internet’s New Favorite Philosopher' diagnoses the frenetic aimlessness of the digital age
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byung-Chul_Han

The Burnout Society book by Byung-Chul Han  "The Burnout Society" [German 2010, English 2015] by Byung-Chul Han
Author interprets the spreading malaise - multitasking, 'user-friendly' technology, and the culture of convenience that produce disorders ranging from depression to attention deficit disorder to borderline personality disorder - as an inability to manage negative experiences in an age characterized by excessive positivity and the universal availability of people & goods
70-page Kindle Edition from Stanford Briefs [8/2015] for $7.39
68-page Stanford Univ Press 8x5 pb [8/2015] for $12.60
Capitalism and The Death Drive book by Byung-Chul Han  "Capitalism and The Death Drive" [2021]
by Byung-Chul Han, Translated by Daniel Steuer

What we call growth is in fact a tumorous proliferation which is disrupting the social organism. At a certain point this growth is no longer productive, but rather destructive. Capitalism passed this point long ago and its destructive forces cause not only ecological and social catastrophes but also mental collapse. The destructive compulsion to produce combines self-affirmation and self-destruction in one.
144-page Kindle Edition from Polity Press [5/2021] for $14.00
180-page Polity Press 8¼x5½ pb [8/2021] for $16.95
180-page Polity Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [8/2021] for $51.37

The Philosophy of Zen Buddhism book by Byung-Chul Han  "The Philosophy of Zen Buddhism" [2022]
by Byung-Chul Han, Translated by Daniel Steuer

Author confronts and contrasts the insights of Zen Buddhism with the philosophies of Plato, Leibniz, Fichte, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Heidegger, and others, showing that Zen Buddhism and Western philosophy have very different ways of understanding religion, subjectivity, emptiness, friendliness, and death.
105-page Kindle Edition from Polity Press [8/2022] for $14.00
120-page Polity Press 8¼x5½ pb [11/2022] for $15.26
120-page Polity Press 8½x5½ hardcover [11/2022] for $51.46

Crisis of Narration book by Byung-Chul Han  "The Crisis of Narration" [2024] by Byung-Chul Han, Translated by Daniel Steuer  4/2024
Narratives produce the ties that bind us. They create community, eliminate contingency, and anchor us in being. And yet in our contemporary information society, where everything has become arbitrary & random, storytelling becomes storyselling and narratives lose their binding force – storytelling as storyselling is a pathological phenomenon of our age.
77-page Kindle Edition from Polity Press [1/2024] for $14.00
100-page Polity Press 8¼x5¼ pb [4/2024] for $15.99
100-page Polity Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [4/2024] for $58.79

article "Byung-Chul Han: The Internet’s New Favorite Philosopher" [April 2024] by Kyle Chayka
read free at New Yorker Magazine website

                                                   

German critical realist Nicolai Hartmann [1882-1950]
browse booksNicolai Hartmann Society [est. 2009]Wikipedia

                                                   

Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
physicist Stephen W. Hawking [1942-2018] Page

Quantum Physics Page
at Working Minds Philosophy website

                                                   

hedonist, philosopher & publisher Hugh M. Hefner [1926-2017]
Hef's personal details are on Spirit of America Bookstore's Business Leaders Page
official biography pageWikipedia

'The Playboy Philosophy' 50th Anniversary online text by Hugh M. Hefner  "The Playboy Philosophy" [orig 1962-63] by Hugh M. Hefner
As part of the 60th Anniversary of Playboy Magazine, the website also is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Hefner's philosophical statement, originally published in a score of issues from 1962 to 1963; the final work was then published as 18 parts in multiple volumes.
official etext online at the Playboy Magazine website
site temporarily down (9/2017) http://www.playboy.com/articles/hugh-hefner-on-the-playboy-philosophy-part-1
BD's offsite etext as 1.4MB .PDF file
H.M.H. Publng 4-volume pb [1963] out of print/used
H.M.H. Publng pb [1963] out of print/SOLD OUT!

                                                   

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel [1770-1830]
browse booksWikipedia
important work "Introduction To The Philosophy of History"

Introducing Hegel book by Lloyd Spencer & Andrzej Krauze  
"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

                                                   

Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
Martin Heidegger [1889-1976] Page

                                                   

theoretical physicist Werner Karl Heisenberg [1901-76] of Germany
Heisenberg was awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the creation of quantum mechanics"
his book "The Physicist's Conception of Nature" [1955]
autobiography 1971 English translation was published under the title "Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Heisenberg

                                                   

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel [1907-72]
Jewish-American theologian & philosopher & civil rights activist • booksWikipedia
The Heschel Center for Sustainability {choose Hebrew or English} [est. 1999] in Tel Aviv, Israel
Abraham Joshua Heschel Papers, 1880-1998 at Duke University

Man Is Not Alone book by Abraham Joshua Heschel  "Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion" [1951]
Included here not because his ideas are correct, but because many consider the ideas
to be important - 'revered as a classic of modern Jewish theology'

Kindle Edition from FS&G/Macmillan [1976 edition] for $9.99
Farrar, Straus & Giroux pb [6/76] for $10.71
Farrar, Straus & Giroux pb [1979] out of print/many used
Farrar, Straus & Young 8½x5½ hardcover [6/2008] for $24.00
God In Search of Man book by Abraham Joshua Heschel  "God In Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism" [1955]
companion book to "Man Is Not Alone" [1951], both are 'classics of modern Jewish theology'
Kindle Edition from FS&G/Macmillan [1976 edition] for $9.99
Farrar, Straus & Giroux 8¼x5½ pb [6/76] for $10.72
Jason Aronson, Inc. hardcover [7/87] out of print/used
                                                   

Hermann Hesse [1877-1962]
books1946 Nobel PrizeWikipedia

'Castalia' site
Glass Bead Games site
Herman Hesse site at U.C.S.B.

                                                  

Ancient Hindu Philosophers
Wikipedia's List of philosophers of India
Top 100 Best Sellers in Indian Philosophy at Amazon

The "Rigveda" is probably the oldest of the Hindu scriptures; it describes and names the Hindu deities, and tells of their doings. The "Upanishads" contain speculations about the nature and place of the gods and the human soul in the universe. The "Bhagavad-Gita" consists of a conversation between the hero Arjuna and the god Krishna, in which Krishna explains that the soul is immortal.

                                                   

mathematician Heisuke Hironaka of Japan
awarded the Fields Medal in 1970 • browse books at Amazon USAentry at Wikipedia

 bestseller book by Heisuke Hironaka   "Soshin Taidan (The Joy of Learning)" [1983]
best-selling memoir by Heisuke Hironaka

Kosei Shuppansha Japanese-language 7¼x5 tankoban hardcover [1983] import/scarce
Kosei Shuppansha 7¼x5 tankoban hardcover [1983] out of print/used via Amazon Japan
                                                   

E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
browse all books by E.D. HirschE.D. Hirsch entry at Wikipedia

Core Knowledge Foundation [est. 1986] & Book Series [begun 1991]
browse Core Knowledge Series (at Amazon)Foundation entry at Wikipedia
official Foundation websiteofficial U.K. website)

What Your Preschooler Needs To Know book edited by E.D. Hirsch & Linda Bevilacqua  "What Your Preschooler Needs To Know: Get Ready For Kindergarten" [2008] Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr. & Linda Bevilacqua
Kindle Edition from Bantam/Random House [12/2008] for $13.99
Delta 9x7¼ pb [3/2008] for $14.94
Delta 9¼x7¼ pb [3/2008] out of print/40+ used
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What Your Kindergartner Needs To Know book edited by E.D. Hirsch & John Holdren  "What Your Kindergartner Needs To Know: Preparing Your Child For A Lifetime of Learning" [1996] Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr. & John Holdren
Kindle Edition from Bantam/Random House [rev 7/2013] for $12.99
Bantam 9x7¼ pb [rev 7/2013] for $17.85
Delta 9¼x7¼ pb [8/97] out of print/hundreds used
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What Your First Grader Needs To Know book edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.  "What Your 1st Grader Needs To Know: Fundamentals of A Good First-Grade Education" [1991] Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
Kindle Edition from Delta/Random House [rev 7/2009] for $10.99
Bantam 9x7½ pb [rev 8/2014] for $17.42
Delta 8½x5¾ pb [1998] out of print/40+ used
Doubleday 9¼x7½ hardcover [8/91] out of print/used
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What Your Second Grader Needs To Know book edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.  "What Your 2nd Grader Needs To Know: Fundamentals of A Good Second-Grade Education" [1991] Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
Kindle Edition from Delta/Random House [rev 7/2009] for $12.99
Delta 9¼x7¼ pb [7/93] out of print/100+ used
Delta 9¼x7¼ pb [8/91] out of print/40+ used
Doubleday 9¾x7¾ hardcover [9/98] out of print/used
Doubleday 9¾x7¾ hardcover [8/91] out of print/hundreds used
What Your Third Grader Needs To Know book edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.  "What Your 3rd Grader Needs To Know: Fundamentals of A Good Third-Grade Education" [1992] Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
Kindle Edition from Delta/Random House [rev 11/2013] for $12.99
Delta 9¼x7¼ pb [rev 5/2002] for $16.59
Delta 9¼x7½ pb [7/92] out of print/100+ used
Doubleday 9½x7½ hardcover [9/2001] out of print/used
Doubleday 9¾x7¾ hardcover [7/92] out of print/100+ used
What Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know book edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.  "What Your Fourth Grader Needs To Know: Fundamentals of A Good Fourth-Grade Education" [1992] Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
Kindle Edition from Delta/Random House [rev 9/2010] for $12.99
Delta 9x7¼ pb [rev 5/2005] for $18.05
Delta 9x7¼ pb [rev 5/2005] out of print/40+ used
Doubleday 9½x7½ hardcover [8/2004] out of print/used
Doubleday 9½x7½ hardcover [7/92] out of print/100+ used
What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know book edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.  "What Your Fifth Grader Needs To Know: Fundamentals of A Good Fifth-Grade Education" [1993] Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
Kindle Edition from Delta/Random House [rev 11/2013] for $12.99
Delta 9¼x7¼ pb [rev 6/2005] for $15.42
Delta 9x7½ pb [7/95] out of print/200+ used
Doubleday 9½x7½ hardcover [9/2005] out of print/40+ used
Doubleday 9¾x7¾ hardcover [7/93] out of print/100+ used
What Your Sixth Grader Needs to Know book edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.  "What Your Sixth Grader Needs To Know: Fundamentals of A Good Sixth-Grade Education" [1993] Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
Kindle Edition from Delta/Random House [rev 11/2013] for $12.99
Delta 9¼x7¼ pb [rev 6/2007] for $14.62
Doubleday 9¾x7¾ hardcover [7/93] out of print/100+ used
Books to Build On Resource Guide for Parents & Teachers book edited by John Holdren & E.D. Hirsch, Jr.  "Books To Build On: A Grade-by-Grade Resource Guide For Parents and Teachers" [1996] Edited by John Holdren & E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
Kindle Edition from Delta/Random House [10/2009] for $14.99
Delta 9¼x7½ pb [10/96] for $14.65
                                                   

Thomas Hobbes [1588-1679]
Hobbes was a counter-revolutionary philosopher, and so is excluded here

                                                   

Harvard philosopher William Ernest Hocking [1873-1966]
wrote 22 books; one of the last true giants of American philosophy and a direct intellectual descendent of William James
browse booksWikipedia

"The Meaning of God In Human Experience" [1912] online text at Internet Archive
"Morale and Its Enemies" [1918] online text at Internet Archive
"Man and The State" [Yale Univ Press 1926]
"Types of Philosophy" [Charles Scribner & Sons 1929]
"William Ernest Hocking, Re-Thinking Missions: A Laymen's Inquiry After One Hundred Years" [1932] online text at Internet Archive
"Living Religions and A World Faith" [1938] publication of Hocking's 1936 Hibbert Lectures at Oxford and Cambridge in England
"The Coming World Civilisation" [1956] which Hocking described as "a conspectus of a life's thought"

                                                   

longshoreman-philosopher Eric Hoffer [1902-83]
booksPapers at StanfordWikipedia
awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983

Eric Hoffer [1902-83] Quotations Page at Working Minds
Eric Hoffer Award [renamed 2007]

                                                   

historian Richard Hofstadter [1916-70]
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American Political Tradition classic book by Richard Hofstadter  "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
Anti-Intellectualism In American Life book by Richard Hofstadter  "Anti-Intellectualism In American Life" [1963 classic]
by Richard Hofstadter

won the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Non-Fiction
Vintage 8x5 pb [2/66] for $12.24
Knopf 9½x7 hardcover [5/63] out of print/used
Richard Hofstadter Intellectual Biography book by David S. Brown  "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
                                                   

Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
Elbert Hubbard [1856-1915] Page

Roycrofters official website
epigrams of Elbert Hubbard

Elbert G. Hubbard [1856-1915] Quotations Page at Working Minds

                                                   

Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
Aldous Huxley [1894-1963] Page

Spirit of America Bookstore's "Brave New World" Novel & Movies Page

                                                   

obscure Russian Christian Fascist philosopher Ivan Alexandrovich Ilyin [1883-1954]
Russian religious & political philosopher and ideologue whose ideas have recently been revived and celebrated
by Vladimir Putin and others to justify their tyrannical rule • Wikipedia
Ivan Ilyin online 'shrine' with Russian, German & English options - last update 2006

"On Resistance To Evil By Force" [1925] by Ivan Ilyin & K. Benois | Nov 5, 2018
http://www.amazon.com/Resistance-Evil-Force-Ivan-Ilyin/dp/1726472043/

"Foundations of Christian Culture" [1938] 1732087393.jpg
by Ivan Ilyin, Translated by Nicholas Kotar

Ivan Ilyin’s book "Our Mission" [circa 1956]
book includes articles by Ivan Ilyin; sent confidentially to members of the All-Russian Military Union (EMRO)
and others in exile, people who, like Ilyin, believed in the imminent revival of Russia

                                                   

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