The Consolations of Philosophy
Written by Alain De Botton
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2001
Price: $14.95
From the internationally heralded author of
How Proust Can Change Your Life comes this remarkable new book that presents the wisdom of some of the greatest thinkers of the ages as advice for our day to day struggles.
Solace for the broken heart can be found in the words of Schopenhauer. The...
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Within Reason
Rationality and Human Behavior
Written by Donald Calne
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: August 8, 2000
Price: $14.00
It has long been a central conviction of western humanistic thought that reason is the most godlike of human traits, and that it makes us unique among animals. Yet if reason directs what we do, why is human behavior so often violent, irrational and disastrous?
In
Within Reason, leading neurologist Donald B...
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