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We tend to suppose that the ancient Greeks had primitive ideas of the self, of responsibility, freedom, and shame, and that now humanity has advanced from these to a more refined moral consciousnes

Bernard Williams was one of the most important philosophers of the past fifty years, but he was also a distinguished critic and essayist with an elegant style and a rare ability to communicate comp

Listening to the Bees is a collaborative exploration by two writers to illuminate the most profound human questions: Who are we? Who do we want to be in the world?

Describes the back-breaking but soul-strengthening task of building a stone wall on a New England farm.

After the success of his work "On bullshit," Frankfurt looks at the other side of the philosophical coin.

Boston College professor Peter Kreeft's lectures examine the eternal question of faith and present the most compelling arguments for and against God's existence, the seeming conflicts between relig

The scene of the Dialogus de Oratoribus, as this work is commonly known, is laid in the sixth year of Vespasian, 75 a.D.

"What Is Man?", published by Mark Twain in 1906, is a dialogue between a young man and an older man jaded to the world.

Tibetan Buddhist instructions for developing radical compassion through lojong mind training-from a contemporary master with a gift for making the ancient teachings speak to modern hearts.

Abe Kobo (1924–1993) was one of Japan's greatest postwar writers, widely recognized for his imaginative science fiction and plays of the absurd.

With an introduction by Robert Macfarlane. During the Second World War, John Stewart Collis volunteered to leave his comfortable life as an academic to work on the land for the war effort.