Philosophy

Sofie’s World / Sofies Verden 

Sofie's World

Sophie Amundsen, fourteen, returns home from school one day to find two notes in her mailbox, each with a single question: “Who are you?” and “Where does the world come from?” Sophie becomes consumed with questions that carry her far beyond what she understands about her Norwegian community after that intriguing start.

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Atlas Shrugged 

Atlas Shrugged

Atlas Shrugged was Ayn Rand’s best achievement and final book of fiction, published in 1957. She dramatises her distinctive philosophy in this novel through an intellectual mystery thriller that weaves ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, politics, economics, and sex together. This novel, set in a near-future United States of America whose economy is collapsing as a result

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As a Man Thinketh 

As a Man Thinketh

As a Man Thinketh is a self-help book by James Allen, published in 1903. It was described by Allen as “… [dealing] with the power of thought, and particularly with the use and application of thought to happy and beautiful issues. Wikipedia

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How To Lie With Statistics

How To Lie With Statistics

If you want to outsmart a crook, learn his tricks—Darrell Huff explains exactly how in the classic How to Lie with Statistics. From distorted graphs and biased samples to misleading averages, there are countless statistical dodges that lend cover to anyone with an ax to grind or a product to sell. With abundant examples and illustrations,

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The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

In this tie-in to their popular ‘The Skeptics Guide to the Universe’ podcast, Steven Novella, along with ‘Skeptical Rogues’ Bob Novella, Cara Santa Maria, Jay Novella and Evan Bernstein explain the tenets of skeptical thinking and debunk some of the biggest scientific myths, fallacies and conspiracy theories (anti-vaccines, homeopathy, UFO sightings, and many more.) They’ll

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The Principia

The Principia

In his monumental 1687 work, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, known familiarly as the Principia, Isaac Newton laid out in mathematical terms the principles of time, force, and motion that have guided the development of modern physical science. Even after more than three centuries and the revolutions of Einsteinian relativity and quantum mechanics, Newtonian physics continues

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The System of the World

The System of the World

The System of the World by Isaac Newton. Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727) was an English physicist and mathematician who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution.This great work supplied the momentum for the Scientific Revolution and dominated physics for over

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Reasons and Persons

Reasons and Persons

This book challenges, with several powerful arguments, some of our deepest beliefs about rationality, morality, and personal identity. The author claims that we have a false view of our own nature; that it is often rational to act against our own best interests; that most of us have moral views that are directly self-defeating; and

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