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• Winter 2025 Series: An Introduction to Philosophy with Dr. Peter Train

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  In this introductory series, you’ll learn a little about the history of philosophy, including Plato, Aristotle, the Skeptics, the Cynics, the Epicureans, the Stoics, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, the Romans, and the Existentialists. How…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations

  Ancient Philosophy for Modern Problems

  Evans, Jules

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  An exploration of modern applications of twelve ancient Greek and Roman philosophers, including Plato, Aristotle, Seneca, Epictetus, Heraclitus, Diogenes, and Skeptics and Stoics. Examples include the founders of cognitive behavioral…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Plato

  a Very Short Introduction

  Annas, Julia

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  Few philosophers have been more intent on vigorous philosophizing than Plato. But none has matched the imagination and creativity with which he engages readers and entices them to join him in philosophical conversation. This book…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Plato Reader

  Eight Essential Dialogues

  Plato

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  Euthyphro -- Apology -- Crito -- Meno -- Phaedo -- Symposium -- Phaedrus -- Republic.

• Philosophy as a Way of Life

  Spiritual Exercises From Socrates to Foucault

  Hadot, Pierre

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Miracle of Mindfulness

  An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation

  Nhá̂t Hạnh, Thích

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  In this beautiful and lucid guide, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh offers gentle anecdotes and practical exercise as a means of learning the skills of mindfulness--being awake and fully aware. From washing the dishes to answering the phone to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Astonish Yourself

  101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life

  Droit, Roger-Pol

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  Say your name aloud to yourself in a quiet room. Imagine peeling an apple in your mind. Take the subway without trying to get anywhere. The simple meditations in this book have the potential to shake us awake from our preconceived…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• At the Existentialist Café

  Freedom, Being and Apricot Cocktails With Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone De Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Edmund Husserl, Karl Jaspers, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Others

  Bakewell, Sarah,

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  At the Existentialist Café is a thrilling look at the famous group of post-war thinkers who became known as the Existentialists: Sartre, de Beauvoir, Camus, Heidegger, and their circle. Starting with Paris after the devastation of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ikigai

  the Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

  García, Héctor, 1981-

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  According to the Japanese, everyone has an ikigai, a reason for living. And according to the residents of the Japanese village with the world's longest-living people, finding it is the key to a happier and longer life. García and Miralles…Read moreRead more of this annotation