This book presents a history of spiritual exercises from Socrates to early Christianity, an account of their decline in modern philosophy, and a discussion of the different conceptions of philosophy that have accompanied the trajectory and fate of the theory and practice of spiritual exercises. Hadot's book demonstrates the extent to which philosophy has been, and still is, abo...(展开全部)

Using Jungian archetypes, the I-Ching, and color/number combinations, Hamaker-Zondag shows you how to interpret the tarot without having to refer to a guidebook for definitions. Her methods will help you use the tarot to understand your personal innerchanges and their potential manifestations in daily life. She also makes an engaging comparison of the imagery in various decks, ...(展开全部)

◎ 著者简介 撒穆尔•伊诺克•斯通普夫（Samuel Enoch Stumpf）是范德堡大学的哲学荣休教授和法学荣休教授，他于1998年去世，享年80岁。他于加州大学洛杉矶分校取得商业和金融专业的理学学士学位，于安德沃牛顿神学院取得神学学士学位，于芝加哥大学取得哲学专业的哲学博士学位。他于1948年入职范德堡，并于1952年至1967年担任哲学系主任。在康奈尔学院任职校长五年后，斯通普夫教授回到了范德堡，直到1984年退休。 詹姆斯•菲泽（James Fieser）是田纳西大学马丁分校的哲学教授。他于伯里亚学院取得了文学学士学位，于普渡大学取得了哲学专业的硕士和博士学位。他独撰、合著了十本教科书，编注了十卷本《对休谟的早期回应》和五卷本《苏格兰常识哲学》。他是互联网哲学百科全书网站（www.iep.utm.edu）的创办者和总编辑。他的个人网站可以在...(展开全部)

This comprehensive, historically organized introduction to philosophy communicates the richness of the discipline and provides the student with a working knowledge of the development of Western philosophy. With a lively and approachable style it covers the principal contributions of Western civilization's most influential philosophers. It provides ample detail without complicat...(展开全部)

'Literary criticism, as I attempt to practice it', writes Harold Bloom in "The Anatomy of Influence", 'is in the first place literary, that is to say, personal and passionate'. For more than half a century, Bloom has shared his profound knowledge of the written word with students and readers. In this, his most comprehensive and accessible study of influence, Bloom leads us thro...(展开全部)

'Literary criticism, as I attempt to practice it', writes Harold Bloom in "The Anatomy of Influence", 'is in the first place literary, that is to say, personal and passionate'. For more than half a century, Bloom has shared his profound knowledge of the written word with students and readers. In this, his most comprehensive and accessible study of influence, Bloom leads us thro...(展开全部)

'Literary criticism, as I attempt to practice it', writes Harold Bloom in "The Anatomy of Influence", 'is in the first place literary, that is to say, personal and passionate'. For more than half a century, Bloom has shared his profound knowledge of the written word with students and readers. In this, his most comprehensive and accessible study of influence, Bloom leads us thro...(展开全部)

What does it mean to be awake? What exactly is therapeutic about retail therapy? And what are you really working on when you're at your desk, in the gym, or having dinner? From getting ready in the morning, through heading to work, going to a party, having sex and falling back to sleep, "Breakfast with Socrates" provides an hour-by-hour commentary on what history's greatest phi...(展开全部)

Here is a natural companion to Christopher Booker`s bestselling The Seven Basic Plots (Continuum) and John Gross`s seminal study The Rise and Fall of the Man of Letters (Weidenfeld and Nicolson). The most eminent cultural and social historian Frank Furedi presents an eclectic and entirely original history of reading. The very act of reading and the choice of reading material en...(展开全部)

This wide-ranging and powerful book argues that Theravāda Buddhism provides ways of thinking about the self that can reinvigorate the humanities and offer broader insights into how to learn and how to act. Steven Collins argues that Buddhist philosophy should be approached in the spirit of its historical teachers and visionaries, who saw themselves not as preservers of an archa...(展开全部)