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'The Objectivist' website

Introduction to the Objectivist Community by James H. Yoke  
"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
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] for $85.00
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] for $170.00 from Amazon
Objectivism Research CD-ROM   "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
books • official website • Wikipedia

Alisha's Richard Bach page

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Ernest Becker  [1925-74]
books • Wikipedia

Ernest Becker Foundation
won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize in 1974

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
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Walter Benjamin  [1892-1940]
Especially interesting is his concept of each epoch dreaming the epoch that is to follow.
books • Wikipedia

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.

Walter Benjamin At The Dairy Queen novel by Larry McMurtry   "Walter Benjamin At The Dairy Queen: Reflections On Sixty & Beyond" [1999]
by Larry McMurtry

Touchstone 7¾x5½ pb [8/2001] for $10.20
S&S hardcover 8¾x5¾ [11/99] out of print/used
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Henri Bergson  [1859-1941]
books • "T&FW" online text • 1927 Nobel Prize • Wikipedia

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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]
browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Joseph Campbell Foundation [est. 1991]
1986 interview of Joseph Campbell

Joseph Campbell's Mythos TV series  Mythos" mini-series [1996] lectures from Campbell's latter-life speaking tour, as shown on PBS; hosted by Susan Sarandon; series credits at IMDb
Part I: five segments "Psyche and Symbol", "The Spirit Land", "On Being Human", "From Goddess To God" & "The Mystical Life"
Acacia color DVD [10/2007] 2 disks for $35.99
Part II: five segments "The Inward Path", "Enlightened One", "Our Eternal Selves", "The Way To Illumination" & "The Experience of God"
Acacia color DVD [4/2008] 2 disks for $34.99

Joseph Campbell authorized biography by Stephen & Robin Larsen   "Joseph Campbell: A Fire In The Mind - The Authorized Biography"
[1991] by Stephen & Robin Larsen

Inner Traditions 8¾x6 pb [4/2002] for $16.50
Anchor 9¼x6 pb [12/92] out of print/many used
Doubleday 9½x6½ hardcover [11/91] out of print/many used
authors' website
Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey documentary feature   "The Hero's Journey: The World of Joseph Campbell"
[Direct Cinema Ltd. Dec 1987]

Co-written, co-produced & co-directed by Janelle Balnicke; co-directed by David Kennard
Acacia color DVD [2/2007] for $14.99
Mystic Fire Video color VHS [2/97] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
Joseph Campbell & the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers   "Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth" [P.B.S. miniseries 1988]
Six 1-hour interviews with Bill Moyers
Mystic Fire Video color DVD [10/2001] for $0.00
full credits from IMDb
companion book {transcripts} [1988]
Broadway Books 10¾x8¼ illustrated pb [4/88] for $21.86
Anchor 8x5 pb [6/91] for $10.17
Doubleday 11x8½ hardcover [5/88] out of print/many, many used

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Albert Camus [1913-60] Page

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Carlos Castaρeda [1925?-98] Page

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Noam Chomsky
books • videos/DVDs • MIT homepage • official website • Wikipedia

Z Magazine Chomsky Archive

Introducing Chomsky book by John Maher & Judy Groves   "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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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin  [1881-1955]
books • Wikipedia

The American Teilhard Assn.

The Phenomenon of Man 1955 classic book by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin  
"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]
books • I.E.P. pages • Wikipedia

John Dewey Society
Center for Dewey Studies

book "How We Think" [1910]
book "Democracy & Education" [1916]
book "The Essential Dewey" [1998]

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Charles Darwin  [1809-82] Page  

Books To Ponder Page 2: Science, Religion & Evolution

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Will & Ariel Durant
books • official website • "Lessons" tape • Wikipedia

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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]
books • official website • 1965 Nobel Prize • Wikipedia

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Paulo Freire  [1921-97]
books • Wikipedia

official sites: English or Portuguese • Los Angeles, CA Institute

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R. Buckminster Fuller [1895-1983] Page

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Gandhi  [1869-1948]
books • eArchive • Wikipedia

Bombay Gandhi site
Mani Bhavan Museum

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, 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
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

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

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Stephen W. Hawking Page

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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel  [1770-1830]
browse books • Wikipedia

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

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Martin Heidegger  [1889-1976]
books • Wikipedia

PAF's Martin Heidegger site
official German Martin Heidegger site

Heidegger in 90 Minutes book by Paul Strathern  
"Heidegger in 90 Minutes" [2002]
by Paul Strathern

Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8x5 pb [5/2002] for $7.95
Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8&frac13x5 hardcover pb [5/2002] for $14.95
Guide To Heidegger's Being & Time book by Magda King  "A Guide To Heidegger's Being and Time" [2001]
by Magda King, edited by John Llewellyn

SUNY Press 9x6 pb [2/2001] for $23.95
SUNY Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [2/2001] for $68.50
Introducing Heidegger book by Jeff Collins & Howard Selina  "Introducing Heidegger" [1999]
by Jeff Collins & Howard Selina

Icon/Totem 8x5½ pb [7/2006] for $11.01
Icon/Totem 8x5½ pb [2/99] out of print/used
Heidegger & Ethics by Joanna Hodge  
"Heidegger and Ethics" [1995]
by Joanna Hodge

Routledge 9x6 pb [4/95] for $39.95
Routledge 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/95] for $125.00
Cambridge Companion To Heidegger book edited by Charles Guignon   "The Cambridge Companion To Heidegger" [1993]
Edited by Charles Guignon

Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [3/93] for $29.00
Cambridge Univ hardcover [3/93] out of print/used
Being & Time book by Martin Heidegger   "Being and Time: A Translation of Sein und Zeit"
by Martin Heidegger [1927], 1996 translation by Joan Stambaugh

SUNY Press 9x6 pb [10/97] for $23.95
SUNY Press 9¼x6 hardcover [10/96] out of print/used
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Hermann Hesse  [1877-1962]
books • 1946 Nobel Prize • Wikipedia

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

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historian Richard Hofstadter  [1916-70]
books • 2006 bio • Wikipedia

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Elbert Hubbard  [1859-1915]
books • new bio [6/2003] • Roycrofters site • epigrams • Wikipedia

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Aldous Huxley  [1894-1963]
books & audio • movie credits • Wikipedia

Somaweb
Centre For Aldous Huxley in Germany
DP's Aldous Huxley fansite

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pragmatist  William James  [1842-1910]
Emory Univ pages • Wikipedia

William James Society

Library of America editions: Vol I | Vol II

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Karl Jaspers  [1883-1969]
books • Wikipedia

Karl Jaspers Society of North America
Karl Jaspers Society of Austria

Philosophy of Existence book by Karl Jaspers  
"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
at Spirit of America Bookstore

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Sψren Kierkegaard  [1813-55]
books • I.E.P. pages • S.E.P. pages • Wikipedia

Ilse's Kierkegaard fansite

Kierkegaard in 90 Minutes book by Paul Strathern  
"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
Kierkegaard's Existential Ethics book by George J. Stack   "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]
all books • official website • Wikipedia

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political writer Walter Lippmann  [1889-1974]
all books • selected books • Wikipedia

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John Locke  [1632-1704]
online works • I.E.P. pages • Wikipedia

Locke Institute
Founding Fathers Page at Spirit of America Bookstore

Locke in 90 Minutes book by Paul Strathern  
"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 book edited by Mark Goldie  "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
John Locke's Political Writings book edited by David Wootton   "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
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H.L. Mencken [1880-1956] Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore

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'fearless public intellectual' Eduardo Mendieta
browse books • SUNY homepage

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Dan Millman  {"Peaceful Warrior" Saga}
books • official website • movie credits • Wikipedia

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C. Wright Mills [1916-62] Page

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Dr. Maria Montessori  [1870-1952]
books • bio [1984] • Wikipedia

Assn. Montessori Internationale
North American Montessori Teachers Assn. [est. 1970]
Montessori Foundation

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Nietzsche  [1844-1900]
books • S.E.P. pages • Wikipedia

Friedrich Nietzsche Society (UK)

Introducing Nietzsche book by Laurence Gane & Kitty Chan  
"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
Nietzsche in 90 Minutes book by Paul Strathern   "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
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Sir Isaac Newton  [1643-1727]
books • Cambridge Univ. bio page • Wikipedia

Big Idea Newton & Gravity book by Paul Strathern  
"Newton & Gravity" [1998]
Anchor/Doubleday 7¾x5½ pb [7/98] for $9.95
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Robert Nozick [1938-2002] Page

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educator Jean Piaget  [1896-1980] Page

Essential Piaget Reference & Guide book edited by Howard E. Gruber & J. Jacques Voneche   "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
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Karl Popper  [1902-94]
books • S.E.P. pages • Wikipedia

The Karl Popper Web at Dublin City University

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Richard Rorty [1931-2007]
books • links • Wikipedia

Richard Rorty biography by Neil Gross  
"Richard Rorty: The Making of An American Philosopher"
[2008] by Neil Gross

Univ Chicago Press 9x6 hardcover [5/2008] for $21.45
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Bertrand Russell  [1872-1970]
books • etexts at Project Gutenberg • 1950 Nobel Prize • Wikipedia

Bertrand Russell in 90 Minutes book by Paul Strathern  
"Bertrand Russell in 90 Minutes" [2001]
by Paul Strathern

Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8x5 pb [6/2001] for $7.95
Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8¼x5¼ hardcover [6/2001] out of print/used
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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]
books • 1964 Nobel Prize • Wikipedia

KE's Sartre fansite

Introducing Sartre book by Philip M.W. Thody & Howard Read  
"Introducing Sartre" [1998]
by Philip M.W. Thody & Howard Read

Icon/Totem 8¼x5½ pb [2/2003] for $11.95
Icon/Totem 8x5½ pb [10/98] out of print/used
Sartre in 90 Minutes book by Paul Strathern   "Sartre in 90 Minutes" [1998]
by Paul Strathern

Ivan R. Dee, Publr 7¾x4¾ pb [6/98] for $9.95
Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8½x5¼ hardcover [6/98] for $14.95
Existentialism & Human Emotions book by Jean-Paul Sartre  
"Existentialism and Human Emotions" [1947]
by Jean-Paul Sartre

Lyle Stuart 8¼x5½ pb [6/84] for $9.95
hardcover [11/82] out of print/used
Being & Nothingness book by Jean-Paul Sartre   "Being and Nothingness: A Phenomenological Essay On Ontology" [1943]
by Jean-Paul Sartre, 1993 translation by Hazel E. Barnes

Wash. Square Press 8¼x5¼ pb [8/93] for $11.87
Peter Smith Publng hardcover [7/97] for $28.00

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E.F. Schumacher  [1911-77]
books • Wikipedia

The E.F. Schumacher Society [est. 1980]
Schumacher U.K. [est. 1978]

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Spinoza  [1632-77]
books • Stanford E.P. entry • Wikipedia

book "The Ethics" & "Treatise" & Letters

Spinoza in 90 Minutes book by Paul Strathern  
"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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Sun Tzu & 'The Art of War' Page

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Nikola Tesla [1846-1943] Pages

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Paul Tillich  [1886-1965]
browse books • Wikipedia

North American Paul Tillich Society

The Courage to Be by Paul Tillich  
"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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Thoreau  [1817-62]
books • online etexts • Wikipedia

Thoreau Institute at Walden

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Thorstein B. Veblen [1857-1929] Page

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Franηois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire  [1694-1778]
books • Wikipedia

Voltaire Foundation at Oxford

book "Philosophical Dictionary" [1764]

Passionate Minds / Chatelet & Voltaire by David Bodanis  
"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
Emilie du Chatelet Daring Genius by Judith P. Zinsser   "Emilie Du Chatelet: Daring Genius of The Enlightenment" [2007]
by Judith P. Zinsser

Penguin 8¼x5½ pb [11/2007] for $12.00
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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]
books • Wikipedia

Wittgenstein Archives at University of Bergen

Introducing Ludwig Wittgenstein book by John M. Heaton & Judy Groves  
"Introducing Wittgenstein" [1996]
by John Heaton & Judy Groves

Icon/Totem 8x5½ pb [10/2005] for $11.01
Icon/Totem 8x5½ pb [10/96] for $9.31
Wittgenstein in 90 Minutes book by Paul Strathern   "Wittgenstein in 90 Minutes" [1996]
by Paul Strathern

Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8x5 pb [10/96] for $5.95
Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8¼x5¼ hardcover [10/96] for $14.95
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Robert Paul Wolff
books • Wikipedia

1975 classic "About Philosophy"
books/CDs at Amazon • official booksite

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