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New York Times bestselling author David Horowitz is famous for his conversion from 1960s radicalism. In A Point in Time, his lyrical yet startling new book, he offers meditations on an even deeper conversion, one which touches on the very essence of every human life. Part memoir and part philosophical reflection, A Point in Time focuses on man's inevitable search for meaning—and how for those without religious belief, that search...
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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. "The motive which inspires Aristotle throughout the Metaphysics is the wish to acquire that form of knowledge which is most worthy of the name of wisdom." - W. D. Ross
Many of the great and perennial problems in philosophy are to be found in Aristotle's Metaphysics. Aristotle thought that wonder at the world around us, and at the "world beyond physics" was the beginning...
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra, by Friedrich Nietzsche, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
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Argues that Hegel's conception of God and the self holds the key to overcoming subjectivism in both philosophy of religion and metaphysics.
God and the Self in Hegel proposes a reconstruction of Hegel's conception of God and analyzes the significance of this reading for Hegel's idealistic metaphysics. Paolo Diego Bubbio argues that in Hegel's view, subjectivism-the tenet that there is no underlying "true" reality that exists independently of the...
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The subject of God and our origin as humans has been at odds between science and religion for centuries until just recently. Now, due to the latest findings and the merging of both fields of study, a greater view of the concept of the Creator that applies to all people equally representing both disciplines is available to benefit our entire global society. The universal comprehension of the human spirit as an extension of the creative energy of the...
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A timely and long-overdue work that in one convenient volume collects and analyzes the Edgar Cayce readings related to the cosmos, in the light of both modern astronomical and cosmological knowledge and the most recent discoveries in these fascinating fields. Complete with some of the latest and most spectacular images in full color from the Hubble Space Telescope superb 'Heritage' collection, this intriguing book will show that Edgar Cayce, the 'sleeping...
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Part 1, The Religious Urge, carefully distinguishes the heart's ineradicable religious instinct from cultural trappings and conventional religious forms. It also evaluates services and disservices of institutional religion and points to ways in which the current spiritual impulse is likely to unfold. Part 2, The Reverential Life, gives an individualized, practical approach to honest communion with the sacred through intelligent devotion, reverence,...
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Have you felt that there is a lot going on that doesn't make much sense anymore? Our government seems dysfunctional at best, and working against the good of the people and the country at worst. We don't know who is telling the truth. Many are finding that our religious institutions are not able to give us the answers we need or the solace we yearn for. We feel more and more that we are on our own to navigate this environment, but our lives are...
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Horizons of Difference offers twelve original essays inspired by Luce Irigaray's complex, nuanced critique of Western philosophy, culture, and metaphysics, and her call to rethink our relationship to ourselves and the world through sexuate difference. Contributors engage urgent topics in a range of fields, including trans feminist theory, feminist legal theory, film studies, critical race theory, social-political theory, philosophy of religion, environmental...
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Without a uniform dietary code, Christians around the world used food in strikingly different ways, developing widely divergent practices that spread, nurtured, and strengthened their religious beliefs and communities. These never-before published essays map the intersection of food and faith over the past five centuries, charting the complex relationship between religious eating habits and politics, social structure and culture. Theoretically rich...
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Ever wonder why certain events allow you to expand your consciousness or alter who you think you are beyond what you normally experience?
Through the power of Frameshifting, I'll show you how you can have access to this experience at any time, without adopting, changing, or fixing your beliefs! Along the way, I share with you personal experiences I've had that triggered this shift in me. With the tools provided in this book, you can have these shifts...
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Sartre contemplates the human emotional experience by analyzing phenomenological psychology and existentialism In The Emotions: Outline of a Theory, French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre attempts to understand the role emotions play in the human psyche. Sartre analyzes fear, lust, anguish, and melancholy while asserting that human beings begin to develop emotional capabilities from a very early age, which helps them identify and understand the emotions'...
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This is a step-by-step introduction to "The Next World." It combines mysticism, physics with meta-physics to explain the process of dying and the nature of the fourth dimensional world that some call "heaven." The time has come for humanity to become familiar with this process. Death can be a smooth and wonderful adventure for those who know what to expect. It teaches you to contact your Invisible Guide who awaits your consent to lead you safely and...
15) Meditation
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This uniquely comprehensive and reliable volume combines a clear explanation of meditation's goal with a rich variety of effective techniques suitable for individual experimentation. It offers detailed and in-depth writings on the why and the how of many varieties of meditation. A section on potential dangers of meditation makes it especially useful for beginners, intermediates, and teachers.
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The key unlocking the mind.
Some seek a freedom from restraint yet need only to stop restraining themselves.
Some seek to become that of greater good yet confuse that which is good from bad and bad from good.
Some seek that of change about themselves yet not a moment is spent to change that within the self.
Some seek God by searching yet are forever kept away by their very searching.
All keys are relative to their lock as all locks are relative...
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A strong and growing intuition in society today is the idea that our thoughts create our own reality. Yet it seems obvious that, try as we might, our lives are not quite what we fantasize. Is the intuition thus, wrong? Through a rational, methodic interpretation of meditative insights, the validity of which is, substantiated with a compelling scientific literature review, the author constructs hypotheses that reconcile facts with intuition. Mesmerizing...
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Part 1, Advanced Contemplation, offers a direct route to the deepest mystical states-yielding permanent results of a metaphysical, transpersonal, and universal nature. It introduces Short Path (sudden) practices (such as Zen, Krishnamurti, etc.), develops them, explains why they are so often insufficient, and shows when, how, and in what spirit to use them effectively. Part 2, The Peace within You, offers an uplifting and invigorating approach to...
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Este libro constituye una suerte de introducción a algunas partes del pensamiento de Antonio Rosmini. Aun sin ser un libro orgánico, esto es, una invitación sistemática a su pensamiento, sí que puede ser considerado una puerta de entrada a su filosofía, ya que de inicio se expone el sistema grosso modo, y luego se exploran las partes fundamentales de su ontología, antropología, ética y filosofía del derecho. El pensamiento del filósofo...
20) The Sensitives
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The eleventh volume in the Notebooks of Paul Brunton is a timely, informed evaluation of mysticism, paranormal experience, sects and cults. Grounded in a clear distinction between productive spiritual practice and dangerous fascination with the occult, it will be extraordinarily useful to a variety of readers.
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