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Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, 4th Ed.
Rene Descartes, Donald Cress
Hackett Pub Co Inc, 1999
Rene Descarte
This is an excellent book with good reading and meditations to just sit back relax and enjoy.
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The Trial and Death of Socrates
Plato
Hackett Pub Co Inc, 2001
The Trial and Death of Socrates
This is a must for anyone who is interested in the writings of Plato and what little we know about Socrates. The footnotes provide excellent refrences to phrases, gods and place names that the average reader may not be familiar with.
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Symposium
Plato
Hackett Pub Co Inc, 1989
Probably the best translation out there
Perhaps greatest things about this translation are 1) the Introduction, in which the translators summarize the text and explain why they translated certain ancient Greek words in certain ways; 2) the footnotes, which provide a wealth of historical background ...
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Leviathan: With Selected Variants from the Latin Edition of 1668
Thomas Hobbes
Hackett Pub Co Inc, 1994
Excellent edition
There are lots of editions of Leviathan around, so why buy this one? The things the editor, Ed Curely, has done to make this edition accessible yet scholarly, like:
1. Updated spelling and punctuation. Although I personally miss Hobbes' original spelling (see the ...
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Handbook of Epictetus
Epictetus
Hackett Pub Co Inc, 1983
A Great Introduction to Stoic Philosophy
Possibly the most famous Stoic Philosopher is Marcus Aurelius, whose "Meditations" was written, not to be read as a philosophic treatise, but rather as a personal journal, complete with seemingly random entries and no apparent structure. Moreover, it is clear from his ...
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On Liberty (HPC Classics Series)
John Stuart Mill
Hackett Pub Co Inc, 1978
The great defender of individual liberty
John Stuart Mill, 1806-73, worked for the East India Co. helped run Colonial India from England. Minister of Parliament 1865-68 he served one term. Maiden speech was a disaster his second was great success. He was first MP to propose that women should be given the ...
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On Free Choice of the Will
Saint Augustine of Hippo, Thomas Williams
Hackett Pub Co Inc, 1993
excellent text for considering the impact of Christianity on Platonism and vice-versa
If you were looking for a significant and representative but introductory level medieval Christian philosophy text, you would be hard pressed to find one better than this. When I teach intro to philosophy, I often choose representative texts from the ancient, ...
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Walden Two
B. F. Skinner
Hackett Pub Co Inc, 2005
Read 'Ishmael' First
If you are interested in how people can be happy, read Daniel Quinn's 'Ishmael' first, then come back to 'Walden Two.'
I am not a behaviorist. The term 'social engineering' makes me uncomfortable. I do not believe in the concept of Utopia. There is no One Right ...
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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
David Hume
Hackett Pub Co Inc, 1993
As Exciting and Thought-Provoking as Philosophy Gets
Hume, I and many others think, was the greatest philosopher to have written in English, and this is the book to pick up if you want to introduce yourself to Saint David's distinctive brand of classical empiricism. This is a must-read for anyone with even a passing ...
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A Rulebook for Arguments
Anthony Weston
Hackett Pub Co Inc, 2000
Makes a terrible doorstop, so you may as well read it...
Everyone needs critical thinking. But who wants to learn it? Most books drone on and on about this or that rule with esoteric Latin terms seeping from every page. In such cases, critical thinking would suggest astute readers close the book and convert it to a doorstop. ...
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Confucian Moral Self Cultivation
Philip J. Ivanhoe
Hackett Pub Co Inc, 2000
Excellent overview!
Ivanhoe provides a readable and reliable overview of some of the major figures in Confucianism from over 2,500 years. Each Confucian is discussed in terms of two themes: the relative emphasis he gives to study and reflection, and his conception of human nature. ...
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Selected Political Writings
Charles de Secondat (baron de Montesquieu)
Hackett Pub Co Inc, 1991
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The Daodejing of Laozi
Laozi
Hackett Pub Co Inc, 2003
!!!!!Correction
The publisher and ISBN number for this book are listed incorrectly. I have sent Amazon several messages attempting to get this corrected but to no avail! My translation of the Daodejing is now published by Hackett Publishing Company. The ISBN number is 0872207021. The ...
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Selected Political Writings
Niccolo Machiavelli
Hackett Pub Co Inc, 1994
Essential reading for anyone who likes politics
The Prince is a book everyone should read in order to understand how many kings and rulers who followed his philosphies drew their inpsiration from. Discources is simply outstanding. It will give you a deep appreciation of not only this man's erudition, but also of his ...
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Other Selves: Philosophers on Friendship
Hackett Pub Co Inc, 1991
Wonderful Reading that opens up friendship to reflection!
Here in this book are collected some of the most significant essays and dialogues on the nature of friendship ever written. The book spans a vast period of time and so multiple historical and cultural contexts (though Western). One can't read this without seeing how ...
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