Philosophy

Since its first publication in 1945? Lord Russell's A History of Western Philosophy has been universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject -- unparalleled in its comprehensiveness, its clarity, its erudition, its grace and wit. more...

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Buddha, The Word holds the fundamental teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha, including the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. The Four Noble Truths tell us that suffering is an inherent part of existence; that the origin of suffering is ignorance and the main symptoms of that ignorance are attachment and craving; that attachment and craving can be ceased; and that following the Noble Eightfold Path will lead to the cessation of attachment and craving and therefore suffering. The Noble Eightfold Path outlines right understanding, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration. [Adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha under the terms of the GNU-FDL] more...

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Written in the form of debates, Plato's "Dialogues" comprises the most influential body of philosophy of the Western world--covering every subject from art and beauty to virtue and the nature of love. Revised reissue. more...

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This is the first volume to bring together philosophers, sociologists and scientists to explore and examine the role of practices in human activity. more...

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Confessions is the name of a series of thirteen autobiographical books by St. Augustine of Hippo written between AD 397 and AD 398. In modern times, the books are usually published as a single volume known as The Confessions of St. Augustine . The works outline Augustine's sinful youth and his conversion to Christianity. It is widely seen as the first Western autobiography ever written, and was an influential model for Christian writers throughout the following 1000 years of the Middle Ages. It is not a complete autobiography, as it was written in his early 40s, and he lived long afterwards, producing another important work ( City of God ); it does, nonetheless, provide an unbroken record of his development of thought and is the most complete record of any single individual from the 4th and 5th centuries. It is a significant theological work. In the work St. Augustine writes about how much he regrets having led a sinful and immoral life. He discusses his regrets for following the Manichaean religion and believing in astrology. He writes about Nebridius's role in helping to persuade him that astrology was not only incorrect but evil, and St. Ambrose's role in his conversion to Christianity. He shows intense sorrow for his sexual sins, and writes on the importance of sexual morality. He also mentions that his favorite subject in school was mathematics because it was concrete and more rigorously defined than other subjects. The book is thought to be divisible into chapters which symbolize various aspects of the Trinity and trinitarian belief. Adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Confessions_of_St._Augustine] more...

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