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1	Who dies? : an investigation of conscious living and conscious dying more books like this by Stephen Levine add to wishlist While many books have dealt with the 'stages of dying', and particularly the stages of acceptance of death, this is the first to demonstrate how to open the immensity of living with death. 'Who Dies?' shows us how to participate fully in life as the perfect preparation for whatever may come next, be it sorrow or joy, loss or gain, death or a new ... see all copies from £1.39! new only from £9.32! \| first editions
2	Conquest of Happiness more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist "The Conquest of Happiness" is Bertrand Russell's recipe for good living. First published in 1930, it pre-dates the current obsession with self-help by decades. Leading the reader step by step through the causes of unhappiness and the personal choices, compromises and sacrifices that (may) lead to the final, affirmative conclusion of "The Happy ... see all copies from £4.15! new only from £8.07! \| first editions
3	The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul more books like this by Douglas R Hofstadter add to wishlist Hofstadter and Dennet have assembled an evocative collection of essays from a wide range of thinkers concerning the self and consciousness. With explanatory afterwords to each essay, this text opens up the concerns of the philosophy of mind to the general public. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things more books like this by Robert Fulghum add to wishlist This self-help bestseller struck a note with readers immediately upon publication in 1989. The simple, succinct formulas for everyday living were reminders of things that they had heard before but had let slip. Fulghum enhances his simple wisdom with essays and, in later editions, new material. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.61! \| first editions
5	Ten Theories of Human Nature more books like this by Leslie Forster Stevenson, David L Haberman add to wishlist What is our place in the universe? Why are we here? Ten Theories of Human Nature, Fifth Edition, is an introduction to some of the most influential developments in Western and Eastern thought that attempt to answer these and other existential questions. The book compresses into a small space the essence of such ancient traditions as Confucianism, ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £7.48!
6	The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World more books like this by David Abram add to wishlist This work of ecological philosophy is the first book from David Abram, who holds a doctorate in philosophy from SUNY at Stony Brook and has been the recipient of fellowships from the Watson and Rockefeller foundations. Abram inquires into the fluid and participatory nature of perception and finds profound interdependence between language and the ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.86! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten more books like this by Robert Fulghum (Read by) add to wishlist When asked what he does, Robert Fulghum usually replies that he is a philosopher, and explains that what he likes to do is to think about everyday things and then to express what he thinks by writing, speaking or painting. This is a collection of his favourite observations, written over the years, that reveal simple truths about small lives with ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.58! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World more books like this by Professor Elaine Scarry add to wishlist Part philosophical meditation, part cultural critique, this profoundly original work explores the nature of physical suffering. Elaine Scarry bases her study on a wide range of sources: literature and art, medical case histories, documents on torture compiled by Amnesty International, legal transcripts of personal injury trials, and military and ... see all copies from £8.19! new only from £8.57! \| first editions
9	Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals more books like this by John Gray add to wishlist A radical work of philosophy, which sets out to challenge our most cherished assumptions about what it means to be human. From Plato to Christianity, from the Enlightenment to Nietzsche and Marx, the Western tradition has been based on arrogant and erroneous beliefs about human beings and their place in the world. Philosophies such as liberalism ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.34! \| first editions
10	Becoming Human more books like this by Jean Vanier add to wishlist Acclaimed as a man "who inspires the world," (Maclean's) and a "nation builder" (Globe and Mail), Jean Vanier has made a difference in the lives of countless people. In this provocative book, Vanier shares his profoundly human vision for creating a common good that radically changes our communities, our relationships, and ourselves. He proposes ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.08! \| first editions
11 view cover	Importance of Living more books like this by Lin Yutang add to wishlist "The Importance of Living" is a wry, witty antidote to the dizzying pace of the modern world. Lin Yutang's prescription is the classic Chinese philosophy of life: Revere inaction as much as action, invoke humor to maintain a healthy attitude, and never forget that there will always be plenty of fools around who are willing-indeed, eager-to be busy ... see all copies from £5.08! new only from £10.70! \| first editions
12 view cover	A Simpler Way more books like this by Margaret J Wheatley, Myron Kellner-Rogers add to wishlist Downsizing didn't produce the increase in productivity many companies expected. The reason, the authors of this text argue, is that we are still expecting human qualities from mechanistic structures - the way we develop organizations depends heavily on how we organize our lives. Drawing on the work scientists, philosophers, poets, novelists, ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £8.26! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Awakening to Zero Point: The Collective Initiation more books like this by Gregg Braden add to wishlist see all copies from £8.57!
14 view cover	Utilitarianism; For and Against more books like this by John Jamieson Carswe Smart add to wishlist Two essays on utilitarianism, written from opposite points of view, by J. J. C. Smart and Bernard Williams. In the first part of the book Professor Smart advocates a modern and sophisticated version of classical utilitarianism; he tries to formulate a consistent and persuasive elaboration of the doctrine that the rightness and wrongness of actions ... see all copies from £7.05! new only from £16.95!
15 view cover	Treatise of Human Nature more books like this by David Hume add to wishlist A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40), David Hume's comprehensive attempt to base philosophy on a new, observationally grounded study of human nature, is one of the most important texts in Western philosophy. It is also the focal point of current attempts to understand 18th-century philosophy. The Treatise first explains how we form such concepts ... see all copies from £2.05! new only from £4.98! \| first editions
16 view cover	Philosophy in the Flesh more books like this by George Lakoff, Mark Johnson, Ph.D. add to wishlist What are human beings like? How is knowledge possible? What is truth? Where do moral values come from? Questions like these have stood at the center of Western philosophy for centuries. In addressing them, philosophers have made certain fundamental assumptionsthat we can know our own minds by introspection, that most of our thinking about the ... see all copies from £8.65! new only from £12.75! \| first editions
17 view cover	Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School--But Didn't more books like this by Peter McWilliams add to wishlist Do you know why you don't learn about how to handle guilt, overcome fear, achieve goals, or be happy in school. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.98! \| first editions
18 view cover	Marx's Concept of Man more books like this by Erich Fromm add to wishlist Presents Fromm's provocative view of Marx. It stresses his humanist philosophy and challenges both Soviety distortion and Western ignorance of Marx's basic thinking. see all copies from £4.42! new only from £13.06! \| first editions
19 view cover	Discourse on the Origin of Inequality more books like this by Jean Jacques Rousseau add to wishlist In his "Discourses" (1755), Rousseau argues that inequalities of rank, wealth and power are the inevitable result of the civilizing process. If inequality is intolerable - and Rousseau shows with unparalleled eloquence how it robs us not only of our material, but also of our psychological independence - then how can we recover the peaceful self ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24!
20 view cover	Brief history of everything more books like this by Ken Wilber add to wishlist 'A Brief History of Everything' is an engaging, accessible and friendly excursion into the history of consciousness. Wilber examines the course of evolution as the unfolding manifestation of Spirit, from matter (the cosmos) to life (the biosphere) to mind (human consciousness), including the higher stages of spiritual evolution, when Spirit ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.10! \| first editions
21 view cover	The origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind more books like this by Julian Jaynes add to wishlist In this determined attempt to accurately define human consciousness, a Professor of Psychology introduces his revolutionary theory that argues that consciousness is a learned process, rather than something that began back in animal evolution. As he contemplates the complexities of defining consciousness, he remarks: "Even if we had a complete ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £10.44! \| first editions
22 view cover	Being Human: Core Reading in the Humanities more books like this by Presidents Council on Bioethics, Leon Kass (Editor) add to wishlist Being Human is the first humanities reader that focuses on humanity in the literal sense-what it's like to be human. see all copies from £13.71! new only from £20.88! \| first editions
23 view cover	Wisdom of Insecurity more books like this by Alan W Watts add to wishlist An exploration of man's quest for psychological security and spiritual certainty in religion and philosophy. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £7.60! \| first editions
24 view cover	The book on the taboo against knowing who you are more books like this by Alan Wilson Watts add to wishlist From the author of over twenty books on the philosophy and psychology of religion, including The Way of Zen, comes the audio edition of this bestseller published in 1966. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.95! \| first editions
25 view cover	Matter and Consciousness, Revised Edition: A Contemporary Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind more books like this by Paul M Churchland add to wishlist In Matter and Consciousness, Paul Churchland clearly presents the advantages and disadvantages of such difficult issues in philosophy of mind as behaviorism, reductive materialism, functionalism, and eliminative materialism. see all copies from £6.35! new only from £12.13!

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