Masks of God : Creative Mythology
Penguin Group USA Inc, March 1995. Trade Paperback. The whole inner story of modern culture since the Dark Ages, treating modern man's unique position as the creator of his own mythology. More
Religion/Philosophy/Spirituality
Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies, & the Truth about Reality
Wisdom Publications, October 2003. Trade Paperback. This is not your typical Zen book. Brad Warner, a young punk who grew up to be a Zen master, spares no one. This bold new approach to the "Why?" of Zen Buddhism is as strongly grounded in the tradition of Zen as it..... More
In Praise of Failure: Four Lessons in Humility
Harvard University Press, January 2023. Hardcover. Squarely challenging a culture obsessed with success, an acclaimed philosopher argues that failure is vital to a life well lived, curing us of arrogance and self-deception and engendering humility instead. Our obsession with success is hard to overlook. Everywhere we compete, rank, and measure..... More
The Psychoanalysis of Fire
Beacon Press, January 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing w/ no additional printings stated; Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards, mild edge wear present at spine top and bottom; Publisher text mildly faded at spine; Outer edge text block lightly foxed; Text free of markings; Previous owner raised library stamp present..... More
Authenticated History of the Bell Witch and Other Stories of the World's Greatest Unexplained Phenomenon
Rare Book Reprints, January 1961. Paper Back. White paper binding intact w/ front hinge torn at lower spine, approx. 2 inches; Spine worn moderately from use; Black text at front cover is mildly faded; Some creasing and edge-wear present at covers; Previous owner initials present at inner front cover; Text..... More
Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner
Llewellyn Publications, December 1988. Trade Paperback. Cunningham's classic introduction to Wicca is about how to live life magically, spiritually, and wholly attuned with nature. It is a book of sense and common sense, not only about magick, but about religion and one of the most critical issues of today: how..... More
The Writings of William James: A Comprehensive Edition (Modern Library Giant, No. G96)
Modern Library, January 1968. First Thus. Hardcover. First Modern Library Edition. Jacket clipped. More
Ethics
Touchstone Books, September 1995. Paper Back. The Christian does not live in a vacuum, says the author, but in a world of government, politics, labor, and marriage. Hence, Christian ethics cannot exist in a vacuum; what the Christian needs, claims Dietrich Bonhoeffer, is concrete instruction in a concrete situation. Although..... More
Principles Dialogues and Philosophical Co
Library Of Liberal Arts, January 1965. Trade Paperback. More
Modern Philosophy of Mind (Everyman's Library)
Orion Publishing Group, Ltd., March 1995. Trade Paperback. With wide format pages to give generous margins for notes, the editor presents the latest philosophy of mind scholarship in an introduction, and also includes an annotated bibliography, selected criticism and chronology of the authors' lives and times. More
Confessions (Penguin Classics)
Penguin Classics, November 1961. Mass Market PaperBack. Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literature. Written in the author's early forties in the last years of the fourth century A.D. and during his first years as a bishop, they reflect on his life..... More
The Second Ring of Power
Pocket, March 1980. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Hiding in Unnatural Happiness
Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, December 2015. Hardcover. More
An Essay On Man: An Introduction to a Philosophy of Human Culture
A Doubleday Anchor Book, 1953. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback first issue. Hard bump to top of spine resulting split one inch from top edge of front panel. Bumped again midway down spine. Interiors without markings. [294 pages]. More
Magic, Science and Religion - and other essays (Anchor A23
Doubleday Anchor, 1954. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback with moderate shelf wear. [274 pages plus two page list of Anchor titles then available.]. More
From Ritual to Romance, An account of the Holy Grail from ancient ritual to Christian Symbol -- Anchor - A125
Doubleday Anchor Book, 1957. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback with dust stains & darkened spine. Previous reader's address stamp on half title page upper right corner. 'Reprinted by arrangement with Cambridge University Press.' [217 pages plus four page list of Anchor titles then available.]. More
Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings Of D. T. Suzuki (Anchor A90)
Doubleday Anchor, 1956. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Heavily darkened margins and spine, such that the 'Z' in 'Zen' is not legible. Some stray markings and soiling to textblock edges and back cover. [294 pages and four page list of Anchor titles then available]. More
Stoic Philosophy of Seneca, The
Doubleday Anchor, 1958. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. A Doubleday Anchor origianl, First Edition. Mild darkening to spine & cover margins and somewhat cocked spine. [261 pages plus three page list of Anchor titles.]. More
Scepticism and Animal Faith
Dover Publications, June 1955. Trade Paperback. In this work, Santayana analyzes the nature of the knowing process and demonstrates by means of clear, powerful arguments how we know and what validates our knowledge. The central concept of his philosophy is found in a careful discrimination between the awareness of objects..... More
Black Ship To Hell
Harcourt Brace & World, January 1962. First Thus. Hardcover. First American Edition; Solid binding, slightly worn at spine; Boards show mild to moderate age wear including some fraying at corners; Text free of markings; Previous owner name stamped at outer edge text block and front free end-page; A good reading..... More
Introduction to Aristotle No. 248
The Modern Library, 1947. Hardcover. Grey cloth. Dustjacket clipped; dustjacket has some creasing and chipping along edges. Previous owner's name written in ink on title page; some underlining in ink in back part of book. [667 pages]. More
Morality and the Good Life
Oxford University Press, USA, January 1997. Trade Paperback. Contemporary moral philosophers have produced an enormous amount of rich and varied published work on virtually all the issues falling within the scope of ethics and moral philosophy. Morality and the Good Life is a comprehensive survey of contemporary ethical theory which..... More
THE WISDOM OF CONFUCIUS
CARLTON HOUSE. Reprint. Cloth. Octavo in heavily edgeworn dustjacket with chips & tears. Front flap not clipped. Tanned end pages. Probable book club edition, though not certain. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering with red & gold decorations. Board edges heavily worn at top & bottom of spine. [290..... More
The Philosophy of Santayana (Modern Library Series)
Modern Library, January 1936. Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards w/ mild edge wear; Text free of markings. More
A Nietzsche Reader (Penguin Classics)
Penguin Classics, October 1978. Trade Paperback. The literary career of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) spanned less than twenty years, but no area of intellectual inquiry was left untouched by his iconoclastic genius. The philosopher who announced the death of God in The Gay Science (1882) and went on to challenge the..... More
