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The Upanishads: A Complete Guide

Signe Cohen

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The Upanishads are among the most sacred foundational scriptures in the Hindu religion. Written from...

Traversals of Affect: On Jean-Francois Lyotard

Claire Nouvet, Julie Gaillard and Mark Stoholski

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This volume traces the topic of affect across Lyotard's corpus and accounts for Lyotard's crucial...

Iyengar Yoga: Classic Yoga Postures for Mind, Body and Spirit

Judy Smith

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This title features classic yoga postures for mind, body and spirit. Calm the mind, increase...

L'Art de la Simplicite: How to Live More with Less

Dominique Loreau and Louise Lalaurie

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If simplicity is an art, then Dominique Loreau is a master. Having lived in Japan for many years and...

ClareR (5726 KP) rated The Philosopher Queens in Books

Sep 15, 2020

The Philosopher Queens

Rebecca Buxton, Lisa Whiting | 2020 | Essays, Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences, Reference

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This is a really informative and thoroughly interesting introduction to female philosophers. The Philosopher Queens is a series of chapters about 20 influential female philosophers. I say “influential”, but it’s not until you read about them that you realise just how influential they were and continue to be. Anyone would think that there are NO female philosophers for all the exposure that they’ve had in the mainstream. As with so many subjects in academia and society, women were studying and making contributions to philosophy, but it was nearly always the men who were in the limelight. When I read this book though, I could see just how much these women have formed my thoughts and opinions: feminism' politics, morality - as well as things that I haven’t ever really thought or heard of, including phenomenology.

This is a really accessible route into learning about philosophy, whilst at the same time it’s not overly simple either. They’re great overviews, and they explain some quite difficult concepts in a way that I could understand. I’m glad that I read it!

Many thanks to The Pigeonhole for serialising this.

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The Collected Poetry of W.B. Yeats

William Butler Yeats

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A new annotated edition of Yeats's indispensable, lifelong work of philosophy--a meditation on the...

Alison Pink (7 KP) rated Exile on Front Street: My Life as a Hells Angel in Books

Jan 15, 2018

"My philosophy was that, no matter what, you'll get where you're going. Maybe you take the road you didn't expect, and it turns out to be the long way. That doesn't matter. You keep your head because you're an outlaw. You get there traveling whatever road you need to take." -George Christie

Who knew such wise words could come from the pen of a former president of the Hells Angels? What a fascinating read. Christie is a real life cowboy who isn't afraid to tell his story the way he sees it.