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A Field Guide to a Happy Life: 53 Brief Lessons for Living
A brilliant philosopher reimagines Stoicism for our modern age in this thought-provoking guide to a better life.For more than two thousand years, Stoicism has offered a message of resilience in the face of hardship. Little wonder, then, that it is having such a revival...- $20.00
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A Handbook for New Stoics: How to Thrive in a World Out of Your Control--52 Week-By-Week Lessons
A pragmatic philosophy more popular than ever--here are 52 ancient lessons to help you overcome adversity and find tranquility in the modern world Stress often comes from situations that are beyond our control--such as preparing for a meeting, waiting for test results, or arguing...- $19.95
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Answers for Aristotle: How Science and Philosophy Can Lead Us to a More Meaningful Life
How should we live? According to philosopher and biologist Massimo Pigliucci, the greatest guidance to this essential question lies in combining the wisdom of 24 centuries of philosophy with the latest research from 21st century science.In Answers for Aristotle, Pigliucci argues that the combination...- $30.00
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How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life
A philosopher asks how ancient Stoicism can help us flourish today Whenever we worry about what to eat, how to love, or simply how to be happy, we are worrying about how to lead a good life. No goal is more elusive. In How...- $17.99
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How to Live a Good Life: A Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy
A collection of essays by fifteen philosophers presenting a thoughtful, introductory guide to choosing a philosophy for living an examined and meaningful life. Socrates famously said the unexamined life is not worth living, but what does it mean to truly live philosophically? This thought-provoking,...- $16.95
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Making Sense of Evolution: The Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Biology
Making Sense of Evolution explores contemporary evolutionary biology, focusing on the elements of theories--selection, adaptation, and species--that are complex and open to multiple possible interpretations, many of which are incompatible with one another and with other accepted practices in the discipline. Particular experimental methods,...- $40.00
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Nonsense on Stilts
Recent polls suggest that fewer than 40 percent of Americans believe in Darwin's theory of evolution, despite it being one of science's best-established findings. Parents still refuse to vaccinate their children for fear it causes autism, though this link has been consistently disproved. And...- $26.00
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Phenotypic Plasticity: Beyond Nature and Nurture
For more than two decades the concept of phenotypic plasticity has allowed researchers to go beyond the nature-nurture dichotomy to gain deeper insights into how organisms are shaped by the interaction of genetic and ecological factors. Phenotypic Plasticity: Beyond Nature and Nurture is the...- $95.00
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Philosophy of Pseudoscience: Reconsidering the Demarcation Problem
What sets the practice of rigorously tested, sound science apart from pseudoscience? In this volume, the contributors seek to answer this question, known to philosophers of science as "the demarcation problem." This issue has a long history in philosophy, stretching as far back as...- $41.00
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The Quest for Character: What the Story of Socrates and Alcibiades Teaches Us about Our Search for Good Leaders
What Socrates's greatest failure reveals about an ancient question: Can we teach our leaders to be better people? Is good character something that can be taught? In 430 BCE, Socrates set out to teach the vain, power-seeking Athenian statesman Alcibiades how to be a...- $28.00
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