Philosophy

Sep142019 by adminNo Comments

The Power of Meaning eBook Download

Nonfiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality

The Power of Meaning eBook Download This wise, stirring book argues that the search for meaning can immeasurably deepen our lives and is far more fulfilling than the pursuit of personal happiness. There is a myth in our culture that the search for meaning is some esoteric pursuit that you have to travel to a distant monastery or page through dusty volumes to figure out life s great secret. The truth is, there are untapped sources of meaning all around us right here, right now. Drawing on the latest research in positive psychology; on insights from George Eliot, Viktor Frankl, Aristotle, the Buddha, and other great minds; and on interviews with seekers of meaning, Emily Esfahani Smith lays out the four pillars upon which meaning rests. Belonging We all need to find our tribe and

Sep62019 by adminNo Comments

Reality Is Not What It Seems eBook Download

Nonfiction, Philosophy, Science

Reality Is Not What It Seems eBook Download “The man who makes physics sexy . . . the scientist they’re calling the next Stephen Hawking.” —The Times Magazine From the New York Times–bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, a closer look at the mind-bending nature of the universe. What are time and space made of? Where does matter come from? And what exactly is reality? Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli has spent his whole life exploring these questions and pushing the boundaries of what we know. Here he explains how our image of the world has changed over the last few dozen centuries. In elegant and accessible prose, Rovelli takes us on a wondrous journey from Aristotle to Albert Einstein, from Michael Faraday to the Higgs boson, and from classical physics to

Sep62019 by adminNo Comments

Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari eBook Download

Anthropology, History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Science

Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari eBook Download Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity’s future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods. Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This may seem hard to accept, but, as Harari explains in his trademark style—thorough, yet riveting—famine, plague and war have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age than from infectious

Sep32019 by adminNo Comments

Age of Anger: A History of the Present eBook Download

Audiobook, History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology

Age of Anger: A History of the Present eBook Download One of our most important public intellectuals reveals the hidden history of our current global crisis Modernity, secularism, development, and progress have long been viewed by the powerful few as benign ideals for the many. Today, however, botched experiments in nation-building, democracy, industrialization, and urbanization visibly scar much of the world. As once happened in Europe, the wider embrace of revolutionary politics, mass movements, technology, the pursuit of wealth, and individualism has cast billions adrift in a literally demoralized world. It was from among the ranks of the disaffected and the spiritually disorientated, that the militants of the nineteenth century arose—angry young men who became cultural na

Sep32019 by adminNo Comments

The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down eBook Download

Nonfiction, Philosophy, Self Help, Spirituality

The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down eBook Download Enfermés dans notre quotidien, nous oublions de profiter de l’instant présent et des moments simples de la vie : être en famille, rencontrer ses amis, se promener, lire… Véritable compagnon de chaque jour, ce petit livre nous enseigne comment trouver la sérénité, être à l’écoute de soi-même et des autres. Avec des conseils faciles à appliquer, son auteur, le moine Haemin, fait entrer un peu de sagesse bouddhiste dans le tumulte du 21e siècle. Un message clair et limpide qui s’adresse à ceux qui ne veulent pas sacrifier leur bonheur et leur bien-être à un monde qui va toujours plus vite. Un recueil dédié à tous ceux qui veulent prendre leur temps.

Aug152019 by Free eBookNo Comments

Goodbye, Things by Fumio Sasaki

Cultural, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Self Help

Goodbye, Things by Fumio Sasaki eBook Download Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert; he’s just a regular guy who was stressed at work, insecure, and constantly comparing himself to others—until one day he decided to change his life by reducing his possessions to the bare minimum. The benefits were instantaneous and absolutely remarkable: without all his “stuff,” Sasaki finally felt true freedom, peace of mind, and appreciation for the present moment. Goodbye, Things explores why we measure our worth by the things we own and how the new minimalist movement will not only transform your space but truly enrich your life. Along the way, Sasaki modestly shares his personal minimalist experience, offering tips on the minimizing process and revealing the profound ways he ha

Jul62019 by Free eBookNo Comments

On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder eBook Download

History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics, Writing

On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder eBook Download #1 Washington Post Bestseller A New York Times Bestseller The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience

Jun22019 by Free eBookNo Comments

Behave by Robert M. Sapolsky

Nonfiction, Philosophy, Science

Behave by Robert M. Sapolsky eBook Download Why do we do the things we do? More than a decade in the making, this game-changing book is Robert Sapolsky's genre-shattering attempt to answer that question as fully as perhaps only he could, looking at it from every angle. Sapolsky's storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic: he starts by looking at the factors that bear on a person's reaction in the precise moment a behavior occurs, and then hops back in time from there, in stages, ultimately ending up at the deep history of our species and its evolutionary legacy. And so the first category of explanation is the neurobiological one. A behavior occurs--whether an example of humans at our best, worst, or somewhere in between. What went on in a person's...

Aug52018 by Free eBookNo Comments

Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright

Nonfiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Science, Spirituality

Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright eBook Download From one of America’s greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness. Robert Wright famously explained in The Moral Animal how evolution shaped the human brain. The mind is designed to often delude us, he argued, about ourselves and about the world. And it is designed to make happiness hard to sustain. But if we know our minds are rigged for anxiety, depression, anger, and greed, what do we do? Wright locates the answer in Buddhism, which figured out thousands of years ago what scientists are only discovering now. Buddhism holds that human suffering is a result of not seeing the world clearly—and proposes that seeing th

Jul292018 by adminNo Comments

Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber

Business, Economics, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology

Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber eBook Download From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs, and their consequences. Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay titled “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs.” It went viral. After a million online views in seventeen different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer. There are millions of people—HR consultants, communication coordinators, telemarketing researchers, corporate lawyers—whose jobs are useless, and, tragically, they know it. These people are caught in bullshit jobs. Graeber explores one of society’s most vexing and deeply felt

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