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The Power Within

Philosophy: 50 Essential Ideas

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Rules of Reason

The Great Philosophers

Identity and Necessity / Identität und Notwendigkeit. Englisch/Deutsch

Thomas Aquinas: Philosophy in an Hour

The Analects - Confucius

Think Like a Philosopher

Selected Dialogues of Plato

The Big Questions: Ethics

Foucault: Philosophy in an Hour

Deep Rhetoric

Descartes: Philosophy in an Hour

The Rational Optimist

Mastering Logical Fallacies

Friederich Nietzsche (SparkNotes Philosophy Guide)

ÉPICURE ET LE STOÏCISME

Museum Philosophy for the Twenty-First Century

Leviathan (SparkNotes Philosophy Guide)

Qualitative Thought / Qualitatives Denken. Englisch/Deutsch

Existenzielle Gewissheit und individuelle Beständigkeit

A Tear and a Smile