Philosophers in Biography & Memoir eBooks

The Book of Eels

Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World

by Patrik Svensson ...

Part H Is for Hawk, part The Soul of an Octopus, The Book of Eels is a captivating work of narrative nonfiction that is both a meditation on the world’s most elusive fish—the eel—and a reflection on the human conditionRemarkably little is known about the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. So little, in fact, that scientists and philosophers have, for centuries, been obsessed with what has become ... Read more

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Part H Is for Hawk, part The Soul of an Octopus, The Book of Eels is a captivating work of narrative nonfiction that is both a meditation on the world’s most elusive fish—the eel—and a reflection on the human conditionRemarkably little is known about the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. So little, in fact, that scientists and philosophers have, for centuries, been obsessed with what has become
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The Confessions of Saint Augustine

by Augustine of Hippo, Mint Editions ...

Translated by Edward Bouverie Pusey ...

In The Confessions of Saint Augustine (c. 400 CE), Saint Augustine reveals in brutally honest details the agonizing process of maturation from a worldly and sinful young man to the great advocate for Christianity and virtue he would become.Saint Augustine of Hippo is now remembered as one of the great Christian philosophers of history, with his many works contributing significantly to concepts ... Read more

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In The Confessions of Saint Augustine (c. 400 CE), Saint Augustine reveals in brutally honest details the agonizing process of maturation from a worldly and sinful young man to the great advocate for Christianity and virtue he would become.Saint Augustine of Hippo is now remembered as one of the great Christian philosophers of history, with his many works contributing significantly to concepts
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Aristotle's Way

How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life

by Edith Hall ...

From renowned classicist Edith Hall, ARISTOTLE'S WAY is an examination of one of history's greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead happy, fulfilled, and meaningful livesAristotle was the first philosopher to inquire into subjective happiness, and he understood its essence better and more clearly than anyone since. According to Aristotle, happiness is not about well-being, but instead a ... Read more

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From renowned classicist Edith Hall, ARISTOTLE'S WAY is an examination of one of history's greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead happy, fulfilled, and meaningful livesAristotle was the first philosopher to inquire into subjective happiness, and he understood its essence better and more clearly than anyone since. According to Aristotle, happiness is not about well-being, but instead a
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We Are Free to Change the World

Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience

by Lyndsey Stonebridge ...

A timely guide on how to live—and think—through the challenges of our century drawn from the life and thought of political theorist Hannah Arendt, one of the twentieth century’s foremost opponents of totalitarianism“[We Are Free to Change the World] is vibrant and original, embodying Arendt’s approach to thinking as an imaginative act.”—The New York Times Book ReviewDon't miss Lyndsey Stonebridge ... Read more

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A timely guide on how to live—and think—through the challenges of our century drawn from the life and thought of political theorist Hannah Arendt, one of the twentieth century’s foremost opponents of totalitarianism“[We Are Free to Change the World] is vibrant and original, embodying Arendt’s approach to thinking as an imaginative act.”—The New York Times Book ReviewDon't miss Lyndsey Stonebridge
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AINSI PARLAIT ZARATHOUSTRA

by Friedrich NIETZSCHE ...

Lorsque Zarathoustra eut atteint sa trentième année, il quitta sa patrie et le lac de sa patrie et s’en alla dans la montagne. Là il jouit de son esprit et de sa solitude et ne s’en lassa point durant dix années. Mais enfin son coeur se transforma, - et un matin, se levant avec l’aurore, il s’avança devant le soleil et lui parla ainsi :"O grand astre ! Quel serait ton bonheur, si tu n’avais pas ... Read more

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Lorsque Zarathoustra eut atteint sa trentième année, il quitta sa patrie et le lac de sa patrie et s’en alla dans la montagne. Là il jouit de son esprit et de sa solitude et ne s’en lassa point durant dix années. Mais enfin son coeur se transforma, - et un matin, se levant avec l’aurore, il s’avança devant le soleil et lui parla ainsi :"O grand astre ! Quel serait ton bonheur, si tu n’avais pas
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On Love and Tyranny

The Life and Politics of Hannah Arendt

by Dr. Ann Heberlein ...

Translated by Alice Menzies ...

In an utterly unique approach to biography, On Love and Tyranny traces the life and work of the iconic German Jewish intellectual Hannah Arendt, whose political philosophy and understandings of evil, totalitarianism, love, and exile prove essential amid the rise of the refugee crisis and authoritarian regimes around the world.What can we learn from the iconic political thinker Hannah Arendt? Well, ... Read more

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In an utterly unique approach to biography, On Love and Tyranny traces the life and work of the iconic German Jewish intellectual Hannah Arendt, whose political philosophy and understandings of evil, totalitarianism, love, and exile prove essential amid the rise of the refugee crisis and authoritarian regimes around the world.What can we learn from the iconic political thinker Hannah Arendt? Well,
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At the Existentialist Café

Freedom, Being and Apricot Cocktails

by Sarah Bakewell ...

Great philosophy meets powerful biography in this entertaining and immensely readable portrait of mid-20th century Paris and the fascinating characters of Sartre, de Beauvoir, Camus, and their circle, who loved and hated, drank and debated with each other—and forever changed the way we think about thinking.At the Existentialist Café is a thrilling look at the famous group of post-war thinkers who ... Read more

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Great philosophy meets powerful biography in this entertaining and immensely readable portrait of mid-20th century Paris and the fascinating characters of Sartre, de Beauvoir, Camus, and their circle, who loved and hated, drank and debated with each other—and forever changed the way we think about thinking.At the Existentialist Café is a thrilling look at the famous group of post-war thinkers who
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Autobiography of a Yogi

by Paramahansa Yogananda ...

Autobiography of a Yogi is the remarkable life story of Paramahansa Yogananda, the Indian spiritual teacher who helped introduce yoga and meditation to a worldwide audience. Born in India in 1893, Yogananda grew up with an intense longing to understand the nature of the soul and the purpose of human life. His search led him to monasteries, sages, scholars, healers, and spiritual masters. At the ... Read more

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Autobiography of a Yogi is the remarkable life story of Paramahansa Yogananda, the Indian spiritual teacher who helped introduce yoga and meditation to a worldwide audience. Born in India in 1893, Yogananda grew up with an intense longing to understand the nature of the soul and the purpose of human life. His search led him to monasteries, sages, scholars, healers, and spiritual masters. At the
... Read more
Ernest Gellner

An Intellectual Biography

by John A. Hall ...

Ernest Gellner (1925–95) was a multilingual polymath and a public intellectual who set the agenda in the study of nationalism and the sociology of Islam. Having grown up in Paris, Prague, and England, he was also one of the last great Jewish thinkers from Central Europe to experience directly the impact of the Holocaust. His intellectual trajectory differed from that of similar thinkers, both in ... Read more

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Ernest Gellner (1925–95) was a multilingual polymath and a public intellectual who set the agenda in the study of nationalism and the sociology of Islam. Having grown up in Paris, Prague, and England, he was also one of the last great Jewish thinkers from Central Europe to experience directly the impact of the Holocaust. His intellectual trajectory differed from that of similar thinkers, both in
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Exact Thinking in Demented Times

The Vienna Circle and the Epic Quest for the Foundations of Science

by Karl Sigmund, Douglas R Hofstadter ...

A dazzling group biography of the early twentieth-century thinkers who transformed the way the world thought about math and scienceInspired by Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and Bertrand Russell and David Hilbert's pursuit of the fundamental rules of mathematics, some of the most brilliant minds of the generation came together in post-World War I Vienna to present the latest theories in ... Read more

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A dazzling group biography of the early twentieth-century thinkers who transformed the way the world thought about math and scienceInspired by Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and Bertrand Russell and David Hilbert's pursuit of the fundamental rules of mathematics, some of the most brilliant minds of the generation came together in post-World War I Vienna to present the latest theories in
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Albert Camus

A Life

by Olivier Todd ...

Translated by Benjamin Ivry ...

Drawing on personal correspondence, notebooks, and public records never before tapped, as well as interviews with Camus's family, friends, fellow workers, writers, mentors, and lovers, here is the enormously engaging, vibrant, and richly researched biography of the Nobel Prize winning author.Todd shows us a Camus who struggled all his life with irreconcilable conflicts—between his loyalty to ... Read more

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Drawing on personal correspondence, notebooks, and public records never before tapped, as well as interviews with Camus's family, friends, fellow workers, writers, mentors, and lovers, here is the enormously engaging, vibrant, and richly researched biography of the Nobel Prize winning author.Todd shows us a Camus who struggled all his life with irreconcilable conflicts—between his loyalty to
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Gaston Darboux: Biographie, Bibliographie analytique des écrits

Exploration approfondie de la vie et du travail d'un mathématicien notable français

by Ernest Lebon ...

Le livre "Gaston Darboux: Biographie, Bibliographie analytique des écrits" d'Ernest Lebon se présente comme une étude exhaustive de la vie et de l'œuvre de Gaston Darboux, éminent mathématicien français du XIXe siècle. Avec une approche pédagogue et analytique, Lebon nous plonge dans les contributions scientifiques de Darboux, en examinant non seulement ses théories, mais aussi leur impact sur les ... Read more

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Le livre "Gaston Darboux: Biographie, Bibliographie analytique des écrits" d'Ernest Lebon se présente comme une étude exhaustive de la vie et de l'œuvre de Gaston Darboux, éminent mathématicien français du XIXe siècle. Avec une approche pédagogue et analytique, Lebon nous plonge dans les contributions scientifiques de Darboux, en examinant non seulement ses théories, mais aussi leur impact sur les
... Read more
How to Live

A Life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer

by Sarah Bakewell ...

How to get on well with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love? How to live?This question obsessed Renaissance nobleman Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92), who wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought and experience, unlike anything written before. Into these essays he put whatever was in his head: his tastes in wine and food, his childhood memories, ... Read more

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How to get on well with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love? How to live?This question obsessed Renaissance nobleman Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92), who wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought and experience, unlike anything written before. Into these essays he put whatever was in his head: his tastes in wine and food, his childhood memories,
... Read more
The Life of Bertrand Russell

by Ronald Clark ...

The eloquent and intimate biography of one of the most significant figures of the last century.Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist and won the Nobel Prize for literature. Born into the high world of the Whig aristocracy, among people for whom Waterloo was still almost a personal memory, Russell lived to inspire ... Read more

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The eloquent and intimate biography of one of the most significant figures of the last century.Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist and won the Nobel Prize for literature. Born into the high world of the Whig aristocracy, among people for whom Waterloo was still almost a personal memory, Russell lived to inspire
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Story of Philosophy

by Will Durant ...

This brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the world's great philosophers—Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James, and Dewey—is "a delight" (The New York Times) and remains one of the most important books of our time.Will Durant chronicles the ideas of the great thinkers, the economic and ... Read more

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This brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the world's great philosophers—Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James, and Dewey—is "a delight" (The New York Times) and remains one of the most important books of our time.Will Durant chronicles the ideas of the great thinkers, the economic and
... Read more
Being Ram Dass

by Ram Dass, Rameshwar Das ...

"Ram Dass lived a full life and then some. His final statement is thorough and, yes, enlightening." — Kirkus ReviewsPerhaps no other teacher has sparked the fires of as many spiritual seekers in the West as Ram Dass. If you've ever embraced the phrase "be here now," practiced meditation or yoga, tried psychedelics, or supported anyone in a hospice, prison, or homeless center—then the story of Ram ... Read more

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"Ram Dass lived a full life and then some. His final statement is thorough and, yes, enlightening." — Kirkus ReviewsPerhaps no other teacher has sparked the fires of as many spiritual seekers in the West as Ram Dass. If you've ever embraced the phrase "be here now," practiced meditation or yoga, tried psychedelics, or supported anyone in a hospice, prison, or homeless center—then the story of Ram
... Read more
La sagesse en action

100% vécu : Le récit (extra)ordinaire d'un homme qui nous invite au coeur de la sagesse

by Christophe Yann ...

Ce livre retrace le parcours de Christophe Yann. Aussi incroyable qu’il y paraisse, ce récit est vrai. J’invite le lecteur à accepter cette idée comme nous acceptons avec émerveillement le miracle de la naissance d’un enfant.L’éditeurNotre vie est une aventure ! Dans ce voyage, nous devons affronter des défis de toutes sortes. Le passage à l’acte devient une évidence et se transforme en sagesse. ... Read more

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Ce livre retrace le parcours de Christophe Yann. Aussi incroyable qu’il y paraisse, ce récit est vrai. J’invite le lecteur à accepter cette idée comme nous acceptons avec émerveillement le miracle de la naissance d’un enfant.L’éditeurNotre vie est une aventure ! Dans ce voyage, nous devons affronter des défis de toutes sortes. Le passage à l’acte devient une évidence et se transforme en sagesse.
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Voltaire

by François Jacob ...

"Les hommes sont des insectes se dévorant les uns les autres sur un petit atome de boue." Qui est exactement Voltaire (1694-1778) ? Est-il d’abord le défenseur des Calas, Sirven, La Barre, c’est-à-dire l’apôtre de la tolérance, celui dont le nom, encore aujourd’hui, mobilise les foules sur toute la planète ? Est-il surtout, avec son Siècle de Louis XIV et son Essai sur les mœurs et l’esprit des ... Read more

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"Les hommes sont des insectes se dévorant les uns les autres sur un petit atome de boue." Qui est exactement Voltaire (1694-1778) ? Est-il d’abord le défenseur des Calas, Sirven, La Barre, c’est-à-dire l’apôtre de la tolérance, celui dont le nom, encore aujourd’hui, mobilise les foules sur toute la planète ? Est-il surtout, avec son Siècle de Louis XIV et son Essai sur les mœurs et l’esprit des
... Read more
Savage Messiah

How Dr. Jordan Peterson Is Saving Western Civilization

by Jim Proser ...

A fascinating biography and in-depth look at the work of bestselling writer and psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson, by award-winning author Jim Proser.Who is psychologist, professor, bestselling author, and YouTube personality Dr. Peterson? What does he believe in? Who are his followers? And why is he so controversial? These are among the many questions raised in this compelling, exhaustively ... Read more

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A fascinating biography and in-depth look at the work of bestselling writer and psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson, by award-winning author Jim Proser.Who is psychologist, professor, bestselling author, and YouTube personality Dr. Peterson? What does he believe in? Who are his followers? And why is he so controversial? These are among the many questions raised in this compelling, exhaustively
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Caribbean Reasonings: Culture, Politics and Diaspora - The Thought of Stuart Hall

by Brian Meeks (Editor) ...

Stuart Hall, in whose honour this volume is compiled, has made significant contributions to contemporary social and political discourse. Constantly praised for his scholarly prescience, he was at the helm of the forging and definition of the discipline of Cultural Studies and nurtured an entire cadre of young intellectuals who continue to make remarkable contributions in the fields of Cultural ... Read more

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Stuart Hall, in whose honour this volume is compiled, has made significant contributions to contemporary social and political discourse. Constantly praised for his scholarly prescience, he was at the helm of the forging and definition of the discipline of Cultural Studies and nurtured an entire cadre of young intellectuals who continue to make remarkable contributions in the fields of Cultural
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF YOGI

BONUS EDITION

by Paramahansa Yogananda, James M. Brand ...

HE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF YOGIBONUS EDITIONThis is an autobiography of a Yogi is an autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda (January 5, 1893–March 7, 1952) first published in 1946. Paramahansa Yogananda was born Mukunda Lal Ghosh in Gorakhpur, India, in a Bengali family.Autobiography of a Yogi introduces the reader into the life of Paramahansa Yogananda and his encounters with spiritual figures of both ... Read more

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HE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF YOGIBONUS EDITIONThis is an autobiography of a Yogi is an autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda (January 5, 1893–March 7, 1952) first published in 1946. Paramahansa Yogananda was born Mukunda Lal Ghosh in Gorakhpur, India, in a Bengali family.Autobiography of a Yogi introduces the reader into the life of Paramahansa Yogananda and his encounters with spiritual figures of both
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just trying 2 figure this shit out!

by Mr.SociallyAwkward ...

I’m Jaylen Marcus Cooper, better known as Mr. Socially Awkward. It’s January 22, 2019, 8:12 a.m. I’m three months away from turning twenty (damn, I’m getting old, or at least I feel like it). As I begin to transition out of my teens into a twenty-year-old man, I’m starting to feel stagnant. And this feeling of no progression has me questioning a few things.Maybe I’ve been chasing after the wrong ... Read more

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I’m Jaylen Marcus Cooper, better known as Mr. Socially Awkward. It’s January 22, 2019, 8:12 a.m. I’m three months away from turning twenty (damn, I’m getting old, or at least I feel like it). As I begin to transition out of my teens into a twenty-year-old man, I’m starting to feel stagnant. And this feeling of no progression has me questioning a few things.Maybe I’ve been chasing after the wrong
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Synopsis On The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

Adaptation, Conflict, and Power: A Chronicle of Modern Warfare kindle edition by David Petraeus and Andrew Roberts:

by Raymond J. Garnett ...

The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine" is a compelling and insightful book authored by General David Petraeus and historian Andrew Roberts. This book offers a comprehensive examination of how warfare has transformed and evolved from the end of World War II to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. It serves as a historical narrative, a strategic analysis, and a guide for understanding the ... Read more

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The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine" is a compelling and insightful book authored by General David Petraeus and historian Andrew Roberts. This book offers a comprehensive examination of how warfare has transformed and evolved from the end of World War II to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. It serves as a historical narrative, a strategic analysis, and a guide for understanding the
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Inventor of the Future

The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller

by Alec Nevala-Lee ...

One of Esquire's 50 Best Biographies of All Time * One of The Economist's Best Books of 2022 * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * Nominated for The Next Big Idea Club * The Week Magazine Book of the WeekFrom Alec Nevala-Lee, the author of the Hugo and Locus Award finalist Astounding, comes a revelatory biography of the visionary designer who defined the rules of startup culture and ... Read more

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One of Esquire's 50 Best Biographies of All Time * One of The Economist's Best Books of 2022 * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * Nominated for The Next Big Idea Club * The Week Magazine Book of the WeekFrom Alec Nevala-Lee, the author of the Hugo and Locus Award finalist Astounding, comes a revelatory biography of the visionary designer who defined the rules of startup culture and
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