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In 2018, I had a dream of a coming second American Revolution/Civil War. In this dream, I saw events that are now unfolding at a rapid pace. I saw the conclusion of our present trauma, and the triumph over the evil that has been subduing our land. I saw how this victory will be accomplished. This is what I saw.

Romantic love presents some of life's most challenging questions. Can we choose who to love? Is romantic love rational? Can we love more than one person at a time? And can we make ourselves fall out of love? In On Romantic Love, Berit Brogaard attempts to get to the bottom of love's many contradictions.

As we live our lives, we repeatedly make decisions that shape our future circumstances and affect the sort of person we will be. When choosing whether to start a family, or deciding on a career, we often think we can assess the options by imagining what different experiences would be like for us. L. A. Paul argues that, for choices involving dramatically new experiences, we are confronted by the brute fact that we can know very little about our subjective futures. This has serious implications for our decisions.

Preguntarse por la naturaleza de la felicidad equivale a cuestionar el sentido y el fin de la existencia. La felicidad es una búsqueda a lo largo de la vida de cada persona; la infelicidad, en cambio, es el abandono del deseo de seguir viviendo. Más que una meta, la felicidad es un estado de ánimo, el anhelo de una vida plena.

This poignant philosophy about the human capacity for love in the face of tragedy from New York Times bestselling author Erich Fromm is as relevant today as it was when it was first broadcast. Transcribed from a series of recorded conversations streamed over German public radio in 1970, the profound ideas and thoughts collected in this volume represent a lifetime of the renowned psychoanalyst and social philosopher's explorations into human emotion and behavior throughout the twentieth century.

One of the world's most important political philosophers, Jon Elster is a leading thinker on reason and rationality and their roles in politics and public life. In this short book, he crystallizes and advances his work, bridging the gap between philosophers who use the idea of reason to assess human behavior from a normative point of view and social scientists who use the idea of rationality to explain behavior.

In a world awash with illusion and misinformation, this is a profound and practical guide towards clarity. It has philosophy for non-philosophers, hypnosis for non-hypnotists, and stories for hungry hearts. From Arizona to Madagascar, we join an intriguing journey in search of understanding via psychotherapy, storytelling, and the British Library, uncovering on our way the vulnerabilities that lurk within our language.

Have you ever wondered what great philosophers from the past have thought of? What were their ideas, perspectives, and insights on life’s events? Look no further, as you will learn about four deep thinkers in history who have paved the way for others to learn and to ponder life. The four philosophers discussed in this book include Thomas Aquinas, David Hume, Desiderius Erasmus, and Baruch Spinoza.

You may not realize it, but emotions create a larger impact on your life than you may think. They can form moods that stick around for days or even weeks. Our moods work positively with us, but a lot of times, we find they work against us. If we’re caught in a negative mood for too long, we tend to sink into patterns of equally negative thought. This way of thinking steals our joy, isolates us from others, and keeps us from becoming the best versions of ourselves.

Are you a Black man wanting to create more success, confidence, and happiness in your life? Has society made you feel like you are unworthy of all your dreams? You are not alone. In fact, many Black men are stuck in a negative place and constantly feel down on their luck, rejected, and disempowered. Some even feel it is impossible to stay positive and motivated in a broken society. But it doesn't have to be this way. It's no secret that the happiest and most successful people all have habits that they incorporate into their lives that help them stay focused and positive.

Ayurveda or ayurvedic medicine is an ancient medical system. This holistic medicine was originated in India about 3,000 years ago, and it is still going strong and expanding outside of India due to its effectiveness of healing people through diet, herbal remedies, and a holistic health approach.

In this fascinating lecture, Deepak Chopra makes the point that consciousness is the ultimate reality, and it manifests both as the soul and universal spirit, which then slowly gives rise to both individual and cosmic intelligence. The intent of the soul is to just remember three things: to know...

MEDITACIONES FÍSICAS: A través de seis meditaciones, el autor desarrolla un método riguroso para dudar de la realidad percibida y reconstruir el conocimiento sobre una base indubitable. Examina la relación entre la mente y el cuerpo, la existencia de Dios, y las leyes de la naturaleza. Este trabajo no solo redefine el enfoque de la ciencia moderna, sino que también invita a una reflexión sobre la interacción entre filosofía, matemáticas y física.

From bestselling author and speaker, Igor Sibaldi, this is a radical new approach to understanding stupidity. We are surrounded by stupidity. Yet we rarely ask what it really means or where it comes from. If we can identify that someone else is stupid, there’s a good chance that we are not...

As often as we use our senses, we rarely stop to think about their place in history. But perception is not dependent on the body alone. Carolyn Purnell persuasively shows that, while our bodies may not change dramatically, the way we think about the senses and put them to use has been rather different over the ages. Journeying through the past 300 years, Purnell explores how people used their senses in ways that might shock us now.

Following the same principles as those of “Think and Grow Rich”, “The Master Key System” and “The Science of Getting Rich”, the Science of Being Well focuses on your attitude of mind, and the importance of thinking “health” at all times. This book discusses the Principle of Health and the importance of performing the voluntary functions of life in a healthy manner. These voluntary functions are eating, drinking, breathing and sleeping, and if we perform these functions in a perfectly healthy way, we must have perfect health.

P. D. Ouspensky was born in Moscow in 1878. His first book, The Fourth Dimension (1909), offered a contribution to mathematical theory; it was Tertium Organum (1912) and A Model of the Universe (written 1914) which revealed his stature as a thinker and his deep preoccupation with the problems of man’s existence. Ouspensky’s search for truth brought him in 1915 to his meeting in Moscow with George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff who revealed to him a system of knowledge which Ouspensky recognised as a vital need for mankind at the present time.

Eckhart Tolle rappresenta la sintesi perfetta fra millenni di saggezza e il sentire contemporaneo: con una chiarezza e un'efficacia straordinarie, condensa nelle sue pagine gli insegnamenti dei grandi della storia del pensiero, da Buddha a Gesù, ma anche Shakespeare e, perché no, i Rolling Stones. Il suo messaggio è tanto semplice quanto capace di rivoluzioni, interiori ed esteriori. Basta spegnere il rumore di fondo che affolla di pensieri la nostra mente, abbracciare il presente scrollandosi di dosso l'ingombro del nostro ego.

Milyen világban élünk? Lehet, hogy az a „megbízható ember", aki a vezér parancsa szerint percenként képes véleményét változtatni? Valaminek vége (a nyugat alkonya?) és valami új kezdődik? De mi?

نمتلك جميعًا عقولا، ولكن ما مفهوم العقل بالضبط؟ هل عقلك ومخك شيء واحد؟ وكيف يؤثر ما يحدث في عقلك على سلوكك؟ وهل من الممكن معرفة ما يحدث في عقول الآخرين؟ هل يمكنك التأكد مما يحدث في عقلك؟ وهل الأطفال يمتلكون وعيا؟ وماذا عن القطط؟ والسيارات ذاتية القيادة؟ تحاول فلسفة العقل الإجابة عن هذه الأسئلة وما يماثلها، الكشف عن هويتنا والطريقة الصحيحة للانسجام مع العالم من حولنا. في هذا الدليل المفيد للطلاب على نحو خاص، يقدم ماكليلاند الأفكار الرئيسية في فسلفة العقل، موضحًا سبب أهميتها ومذاهب الفلاسفة في الإجابة عن أسئلتها.