Books, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Movements

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Sam Harris
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
by W. W. Norton (Paperback)

Catherine Cavallaro Goodman, William G. Boissonnault
Pathology: Implications for the Physical Therapist
by W.B. Saunders Company (Hardcover)

B. Saunders. Univ. of Montana, Missoula. Text on clinical pathology as it relates to practice. By a Brandon/Hill author. For the student and therapist. Two-color illustrations. Extensively referenced. 5 U.S. contributors. DNLM: Pathology.

Viktor E. Frankl
Man's Search for Meaning : An Introduction to Logotherapy
by Simon&Schuster (Paperback)

John Stuart Mill
Utilitarianism
by Hackett Publishing Company (Paperback)

This expanded edition of John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism includes the text of his 1868 speech to the British House of Commons defending the use of capital punishment in cases of aggravated murder. The speech is significant both because its topic remains timely and because its arguments illustrate the applicability of the principle of utility to questions of large-scale social policy.

Friedrich Nietzsche
Basic Writings of Nietzsche (Modern Library)
by Modern Library (Hardcover) (Release Date: 1992-09-05)

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Thus Spake Zarathustra
by IndyPublish (Hardcover)

No modern philosopher has been more completely misquoted and misrepresented than Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). His phrase, "God is dead", his insistence that the meaning of life is to be found in purely human terms, and his doctrine of the superman and the will to power were all later seized upon and unrecognizably twisted by, among others, Nazi intellectuals. This translation of "Thus spoke Zarathustra" a spiritual odyssey through the modern world, enables the reader to judge for themselves an original thinker who has had a powerful influence upon such 20th century writers as Shaw, Mann, Sartre and Camus.

Jean-Paul Sartre
Nausea (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Penguin Classics (Paperback)

Winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature. Jean-Paul Sartre, philosopher, critic, novelist and dramatist, hold a position of singular eminence in the world of French letters. Among readers and critics familiar with the whole of Sartre's work, it is generally recognized that his earliest novel, Le Nausée (first published in 1938), is his finest and most significant. It is unquestionably a key novel of the Twentieth Century and a landmark in Existentialist fiction.Nausea is the story of Antoine Roquentin, a French writer who is horrified at his own existence. In impressionistic, diary form he ruthlessly catalogues his every feeling and sensation about the world and people around him. His thoughts culminate in a pervasive, overpowering feeling of nausea which "spread at the bottom of the viscous puddle, at the bottom of our time—the time of purple suspenders and broken chair seats; it is made of wide, soft instants, spreading at the edge, like an oil stain." Roquentin's ...

Immanuel Kant
Kant: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
by Wilder Publications (Paperback) (Release Date: 2008-11-24)

Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is one of the most important works in modern moral philosophy. It belongs beside Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, and Hobbes. Here Kant sets out to articulate and defend the Categorical Imperative - the fundamental principle that underlies moral reasoning - and to lay the foundation for a comprehensive account of justice and human virtues.

Soren Kierkegaard
Fear and Trembling (Penguin Great Ideas)
by Penguin (Non-Classics) (Paperback)

The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin’s Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history’s most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker’s art. Offering great literature in great packages at great prices, this series is ideal for those readers who want to explore and savor the Great Ideas that have shaped our world.

Ayn Rand
The Virtue of Selfishness
by Blackstone Audiobooks (Audio Cassette)

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