Ralph Waldo Emerson in Context
My copy of Emerson's essays belonged to my grandmother and is dated 1898. It seems that she bought it herself as it is not dedicated…… Read More »
Category: Philosophy
Oxford Guide to Effective Argument & Critical Thinking
Oddly enough, this brilliantly informative book contains no information about the author, but one guesses that he must be a professional philosopher. I know of…… Read More »
Kierkegaard
I first read Kierkegaard on an existentialism course at St Andrews University in the 1970s. He had a tortured personal life and allegedly drew out…… Read More »
Hegel
Hegel was a giant in his day and his philosophy has been hugely influential, especially on Karl Marx. As Peter Singer points out, his prose…… Read More »
Schopenhauer
I have a shelf of Schopenhauer's work gleaned in various second-hand bookshops – he was a great aphorist and one classic remark was if only…… Read More »
Leibniz
At the end of this informative and scholarly work, the author quotes Diderot as saying that 'when one comes to one's senses and compares one's…… Read More »
All is Mind
Exactly what it says in the title, this book is an ode to the participatory philosophy of Henryk Skolimowski. For the reader not familiar with…… Read More »
THE SELF CREATING UNIVERSE: THE MAKING OF A WORLDVIEW
Life is full of little resonances and coincidences. One such for me was to find that The Self-Creating Universe, an excellent exposition by SMN member…… Read More »
Self-Realization and Inner Necessity
Subtitled 'thinking about how to live' this reflective and detailed philosophical treatment examines important themes of self-determination, choice and authenticity. Interestingly, one learns nothing about…… Read More »
On Dialogue
This is perhaps surprising but very welcome choice in the Great Minds series - many readers of Bohm will be familiar with this concept and…… Read More »