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Dr. Seuss and Philosophy
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2011; US$ 17.99Dr. Seuss, children and adults alike have been captivated by the charming and laconic tales of whimsical characters and imaginative worlds. But Dr. Seuss' stories are more than just catchy poems; they often wrestle with serious philosophical and moral dilemmas, whether it is Horton discovering the very essence of life or the Lorax teaching us about... more...
The Spiritual History of Ice
Palgrave Macmillan 2003; US$ 32.00At the end of the eighteenth century, scientists for the first time demonstrated what medieval and renaissance alchemists had long suspected; ice is not lifeless but vital, a crystalline revelation of vigorous powers. Studied in esoteric and exoterical representations of frozen phenomena, several Romantic figures - including Coleridge and Poe, Percy... more...
Against Happiness
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008; US$ 11.99Americans are addicted to happiness. When we?re not popping pills, we leaf through scientific studies that take for granted our quest for happiness, or read self-help books by everyone from armchair philosophers and clinical psychologists to the Dalai Lama on how to achieve a trouble-free life: Stumbling on Happiness ; Authentic Happiness: Using... more...
Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2012; US$ 13.99Why can?t we look away? Whether we admit it or not, we?re fascinated by evil. Dark fantasies, morbid curiosities, Schadenfreude: As conventional wisdom has it, these are the symptoms of our wicked side, and we succumb to them at our own peril. But we?re still compelled to look whenever we pass a grisly accident on the highway, and there?s no... more...
My Business Is to Create
University of Iowa Press 2011; US$ 19.95For William Blake, living is creating, conforming is death, and “the imagination . . . is the Human Existence itself.” But why are imagination and creation—so vital for Blake—essential for becoming human? And what is imagination? What is creation? How do we create? Blake had answers for these questions, both in word and... more...
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