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First and foremost an outcry against injustice and inhumanity, "Unto this Last" is also a closely argued assault on the…

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Ramana Maharshi was one of the most significant spiritual teachers to emerge from India. This title presents a collection of…

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Mindshift reveals how we can overcome stereotypes and preconceived ideas about what is possible for us to learn and become.…

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A beautiful special clothbound edition of the Greek Stoic philosopher's great writings'I must die. But must I die…

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This book is an outstanding overview of the life and thoughts of Karl Marx. The editor masterfully weaves together Marx's…

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Lawyer, philosopher, statesman and defender of Rome's Republic, the author was a master of eloquence, and his pure literary…

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Brings back into print this seminal work by Engels, with a new introduction by historian Tristram Hunt. Kniha 9780141191119…

Accounts the lascivious education of a privileged young lady at the dawn of womanhood. Kniha 9780143039013 Philosophy in the…

This work is a sampling of the Hippocratic Corpus, a collection of ancient Greek medical works. At the beginning, and…

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Traditionally, suicide was thought to be a matter of purely individual despair, but Durkheim recognized that the phenomenon…

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