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Ever found yourself staring into the void and wished it would at least tell a good joke? Wonder how a chain-smoking French philosopher with unflattering glasses became an intellectual sex symbol? Want to understand existentialism without developing an addiction to black turtlenecks and cigarettes? "Sartre's No Exit" is the antidote to pretentious philosophical despair you've been waiting for.

Listeners of Cogito: Part 2, The Dream will not take long to realize that they are entering a different world, the world of Cogito. Years after he was released from captivity by Palestinian terrorists, a prediction Antoine Bacha heard from what he calls "the voice" came true. The voice told him, among other things, that he would meet an unusual woman that would share in his spiritual journey. He did not know that the woman would also experience the very same kind of intuitive lessons from the voice as he did. That woman is Liliana Franco....

Being Really Confused is the hilariously brutal, no-holds-barred, sarcasm-soaked guide to Martin Heidegger’s philosophical fever dream. Whether you’re a burned-out philosophy major, a curious masochist, or someone who just wants to sound terrifyingly deep at brunch, this book unpacks the most infamously unreadable thinker of the 20th century—with jokes, rants, and zero patience for pretension.

What if your political identity, your core beliefs, and even your taste in snack food weren’t really yours? What if they were built out of language, hijacked by desire, and quietly manipulated by slogans, myths, and a Symbolic Order you didn’t ask to be born into? Welcome to the world of Jacques Lacan, where nothing means what it seems, and everything is your unconscious acting out.

Ever wanted to sound unbearably pretentious at dinner parties? Wondered how one French philosopher managed to make an entire career out of writing sentences no human being could understand? Curious why your literature professor keeps muttering about "the death of the author" while staring vacantly into space?

Thus Spoke My Therapist: Nietzsche Without the Mental Breakdown is your one-way ticket to understanding one of history’s most misunderstood philosophers—without needing a doctorate or a prescription for existential dread.

Un don du ciel... Roxane, dix-huit ans, a plongé dans la délinquance quand ses parents ont perdu leur emploi, remplacés par des robots. Sa dernière chance de décrocher le Brevet d'Accès aux Corporations : un stage de programmation neuronale, une nouvelle technologie promettant de transformer n'importe qui en génie. ...ou un pacte avec le diable ? Pour les vacances de printemps, Roxane s'envole pour les îles Fortunées, un archipel tropical futuriste entièrement dédié au cyber-bachotage.

John Locke: Enlightenment philosopher, father of liberalism, inventor of “natural rights,” and accidental spiritual patron of land developers, libertarians, and your uncle who won’t shut up about property taxes.

This is not a polite introduction to Thomas Aquinas. This is a fully sarcastic, gloriously disrespectful roast of the chubbiest, holiest overachiever in Catholic history—a Dominican friar who took Aristotle’s metaphysics, added Latin, guilt, and divine purpose, and built the intellectual operating system of the Catholic Church.

This philosophy study guide for Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy is the seventh book in the Smart Student's Guides to Philosophical Classics series. Like the other books in the series, it is much more than an outline or a set of notes and flash cards. It is a book for students who are serious about understanding and thinking critically about one of the most consequential books ever written in the history of philosophy. Part I of the book is a chapter-by-chapter explanation of Descartes/ ideas and theories. It is presented in a way that makes it much easier for a beginning ...

This audiobook is your guide to learning philosophy without crying, sounding smart without being a menace to society, and asking big questions without falling into a spiral of despair (unless you're into that, in which case, proceed).

Rene Descartes Explained: A Practical Guide to Clear Thinking, Rational Living, from the Father of Modern Philosophy is your accessible introduction to one of the most influential thinkers in Western thought. Whether you're a curious beginner or looking to revisit key philosophical concepts, this book brings Descartes' core ideas—like “Cogito, ergo sum” and Cartesian doubt—into focus with clarity and relevance. Explore Descartes’ groundbreaking views on mind-body dualism, rationalism, and the scientific method, and learn how these concepts still shape how we think, reason, and ...

You're smarter than Plato. So why is your life still a mess? You know the Earth goes around the sun. You know where babies come from. You're walking around with more accurate facts about the universe than the greatest minds of antiquity could have dreamed of. And you still can't figure out why you feel hollow after a good week, still fall for the wrong people, still lie awake at 3 a.m. wondering what you're doing with your one shot at this. Here's the uncomfortable news. That's not new. Every problem wrecking your life right now was already wrecking somebody's life 2,400 years ago.

What do you believe? Is certainty possible? What is existence? Why do we think? Who is God? How can we live? Is there meaning? What is my purpose? Are any morals absolute? Who am I? Philosophy is the study of fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, truth, values, and mind using reason and logic. But what if reason and logic don't give me conclusive answers to my questions? Can I retreat into doubt and scepticism? Or do I find myself forced into making decisions and committing to action? We are human. We have no choice but to think. To select. To believe. This book doesn't try to ...

God or Nature, Whatever is what happens when a philosophy grad student decides to explain Baruch Spinoza—the 17th-century lens grinder who got canceled by every major religion—using sarcasm, swearing, and a deeply unhealthy relationship with Euclidean geometry. Sophia Blackwell takes Spinoza's Ethics (a book structured like a math textbook, only less fun) and translates it into plain, hilarious, possibly heretical English. The result? A philosophical roast that actually teaches you something. Inside, you'll learn: Why Spinoza thought God was just...

Are you tired of pretending to understand Hegel? Do you feel personally attacked by German idealism? Have you ever wondered if “sublation” is just a fancy word for “I have no idea what I’m saying”? Congratulations. You’ve found your people. In Hegel’s Dialectic: Making Simple Ideas Complicated Since 1807, philosophy finally gets the sarcasm-drenched takedown it deserves.

Why Did That Happen? Aristotle Has Four Answers and None of Them Are Helpful is your brutally sarcastic, surprisingly educational crash course in Aristotelian philosophy—specifically his theory of causality, aka why things happen according to a man who thought everything, including acorns and chairs, had a spiritual destiny.

While in captivity, being regularly tortured and beaten, Antoine Bacha began hearing what he described as a loving, caring voice that showed him how to rise above his terrible pain and misery by connecting to his creator's spirit. The voice told him, among other things, that he would meet an unusual woman that would share in his spiritual journey. Inspired by the loving spirit of the voice that speaks through both of them, Antoine and Liliana now share its message with the world.

For 2,500 years, Western civilization's brightest minds have been having terrible ideas and convincing everyone else they're profound wisdom. From Plato's reality-denying Forms to postmodernism's truth-denying everything, philosophers have turned the act of being human into a complicated nightmare. This book exposes the nonsense that passes for profound wisdom in philosophy departments worldwide. You'll learn to spot bad ideas before they ruin your worldview, understand why smart people believe stupid things, and discover why that one philosophy major at every party is always so insufferable.

What the Hell tears into Ludwig Wittgenstein—history's most insufferable genius—with savage wit and zero academic pretension. Journey through the mind-bending contradictions of a trust-fund philosopher who claimed to solve all philosophical problems (twice!), while making everyone around him miserable. Discover how a man who couldn't maintain a single healthy relationship somehow revolutionized our understanding of language, meaning, and communication.