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My top 10 philosophy books

This will be, necessarily, a very personal answer to the question asked by Ryan Hupfer about the 10 philosophy books it is essential to read.

18 comments    books philosophy reading
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Federalists vs Anti-Federalists

In the beginning of our country, the United States of America, the original two parties who helped create the Constitution were the Federalist and Anti-Federalist Parties. Even then, our Founding Fathers,...

6 comments    rights american history 1780's
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Shopping in the Supermarket of Life

Traffic was slow on the way to the supermarket. I had plenty of time to think about my breathing and clear my mind, and when I arrived, I felt refreshed and happy. There was a shopping cart waiting just for...

15 comments    life advice relationships
Platonism is the Philosophy of Plato87

Greek Philosopher: Plato

Born at Athens of a noble family, he intended to enter politics but was disgusted with Athenian political intrigue and disillusioned with the democratic regime. He became a disciple of Socrates and was...

12 comments    plato philosopher neoplatonism
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LiveAbundantlyAware ~ Wealth Creation

What does it mean to have abundance? Does it mean one has reached great financial wealth, a CEO status, with homes in every corner of the world? Not necessarily....Though after years of traveling through...

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John Locke (1632-1704)87

John Locke | Primary and Secondary Qualities

John Locke on primary and secondary qualities: "Such qualities, which in truth are nothing in the objects themselves, but powers to produce various sensations in us by their primary qualities, i.e. by the...

1 comment    education history philosophy
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)85

Thomas Hobbes | The Leviathan State

"......the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short" Thomas Hobbes on life in the state of nature

0 comments    education politics philosophy
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How to give and take constructive criticism

Giving constructive criticism is a little like walking a tightrope. Lean a little too far one way, you're being patronizing; lean a little to far the other way and you're pandering. Giving true constructive...

46 comments    advice relationships education
Martin Heidegger84

Understanding Heidegger's The Question Concerning Technology

It has always been my conviction that the basic insights of the great philosophers can be rendered in pleasing, non-technical prose for everyone to understand. The great ideas arise as a result of experienced...

3 comments    technology philosophy guide
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Nietzsche, Philosophy, and the Overman

Friedrich Nietzsche developed over a century ago the concept of the Overman, the self-creating being who overcomes his humanity by producing for himself a morality by which he decides to live. In this Hub, I contemplate what this Overman means for philosophy.

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