An original work from a preeminent professor of philosophy at Harvard University, in which happiness, dying, creativity, religious faith, sexuality, good and evil, the ideal and the real, are explored in the grand Socratic tradition. Now in paperback, this bestseller will appeal to anyone concerned with inner transformation and personal growth.

George Steiner, one of the great literary minds of our century, here relates the story of his own life and the ways that people, places, and events have colored the central ideas and themes of his work. Brilliant and witty, his memoir reveals Steiner's thoughts on the meaning of the western tradition and its philosophic and religious premises.

"The Sociologically Examined Life" is a lively and concise text that uses analyses of everyday life to inspire students to think sociologically about society and about themselves as social actors.

"The Sociologically Examined Life" is a lively and concise text that uses analyses of everyday life to inspire students to think sociologically about society and about themselves as social actors.

This is a book of ideas to spark your own creative thinking process. It will give you an opportunity to see other ways to approach your experiences.

This is a book of ideas to spark your own creative thinking process. It will give you an opportunity to see other ways to approach your experiences.

"To listen to him or to read his thoughts is to face oneself and the world with an astonishing morning freshness." -- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

In this volume, Louise L. Hay shares her philosophy of life on a multitude of subjects from addictions to fears to spiritual laws, and everything in between. Her insights offer meditations and practical knowledge to apply to your day-to-day life. "Begin anywhere in this book. Open it at will. The message will be perfect for you at that moment. It may confirm what you already be...(展开全部)

In this volume, Louise L. Hay shares her philosophy of life on a multitude of subjects from addictions to fears to spiritual laws, and everything in between. Her insights offer meditations and practical knowledge to apply to your day-to-day life. "Begin anywhere in this book. Open it at will. The message will be perfect for you at that moment. It may confirm what you already be...(展开全部)

One measure, perhaps, of a book's worth, is its intergenerational pliancy: do new readers acquire it and interpret it afresh down through the ages? The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, translated and introduced by Gregory Hays, by that standard, is very worthwhile, indeed. Hays suggests that its most recent incarnation--as a self-help book--is not only valid, but may be close to...(展开全部)