Modern Thought

The definitive history of a century of psychoanalytic thought “Absolutely crucial in reformulating the psychoanalytic project to meet the intellectual and emotional demands upon it a century after its birth.” —The Guardian Sigmund Freud's concepts have become a part of our psychological...

25 Essential Philosophical Concepts Every Thinker Should Know is a clear and engaging guide to the foundational ideas that have shaped human understanding for centuries. From ancient paradoxes to modern thought experiments, this book explores the key concepts that philosophers use to investigate truth, morality, knowledge, and the nature of reality. Each chapter focuses on one essential idea, explaining what it means, why it matters, and how it continues to apply in the world today. Whether you’re puzzling over Descartes’ “I think, therefore I am”, debating Kant’s Categorical ...

Evil threatens human reason, for it challenges our hope that the world makes sense. For 18th-century Europeans, the Lisbon earthquake was manifest evil. Today we view evil as a matter of human cruelty, and Auschwitz as its extreme incarnation. Examining our understanding of evil from the Inquisition to contemporary terrorism, Susan Neiman explores who we have become in the three centuries that separate us from the early Enlightenment. In the process, she rewrites the history of modern thought and points philosophy back to the questions that originally animated it.

It has been proclaimed many times, but perhaps never more convincingly than now, when every news cycle seems to deliver further confirmation of a world gone mad. Is this the endgame? Author Spencer Klavan is a classicist, with a Ph.D. from Oxford, and a deep understanding of the West. His analysis: The situation is dire. But every crisis we face today, we have faced before. And we can surmount each one. Klavan brings to the West’s defense the insights of Plato, Aristotle, the Bible, and the Founding Fathers to show that in the wisdom of the past lies hope for the future.

"As a Man Thinketh" is a transformative work by James Allen revealing a fundamental truth: we are the creators of our own destiny. Using the metaphor of the mind as a garden, Allen explains how our thoughts cultivate our character, shape our circumstances, and directly impact our health, purpose, and success.

What if reality is not made of matter at all—but of living points of view? Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is often remembered as the brilliant philosopher-mathematician who co-invented calculus. But behind that achievement stood a far more radical vision of reality—one that feels startlingly modern even today. Leibniz proposed that the universe is not built from dead material particles, but from monads: simple, immaterial, perspective-bearing units that express the whole cosmos from their own point of view. In his metaphysics, reality is not fundamentally matter in motion. It is perception, ...

Lost in Thought is a passionate and timely reminder that a rich life is a life rich in thought. Today, when even the humanities are often defended only for their economic or political usefulness, Hitz says our intellectual lives are valuable not despite but because of their practical uselessness. And while anyone can have an intellectual life, she encourages academics in particular to get back in touch with the desire to learn for its own sake and calls on universities to return to the person-to-person transmission of the habits of mind and heart that bring out the best in us.

Neville was an actor and dancer from Barbados who became a philosopher, mystic, and lecturer on the Law of Attraction. He developed a powerful method of manifesting based on experiencing "the feeling of the wish fulfilled", which deeply influenced the next generation of metaphysical explorers. The Neville Collection includes, in chronological order, the complete texts of all of Neville's books

The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation shows how a deeper understanding of the world’s philosophical wisdom can enrich and transform our lives. “Wonderfully smart and readable.” —Washington Post In The Happiness Hypothesis, social psychologist Jonathan...

Looking for a clear, structured, and intellectually rigorous introduction to philosophy? The Complete Guide to Philosophy offers a comprehensive exploration of Western philosophical thought — from the Pre-Socratic thinkers to contemporary movements. This guide presents the major philosophers, essential concepts, and transformative debates that shaped our understanding of reality, knowledge, ethics, politics, and the human condition. Whether you are searching for a philosophy textbook, a beginner-friendly introduction, or a structured overview of Western philosophy, this book provides ...

"I hold up a mirror to the age—and it turns away in disgust." Written between 1873 and 1876, Friedrich Nietzsche's Untimely Meditations announced the arrival of philosophy's most uncompromising voice. These four provocative essays launched a frontal assault on the complacency, mediocrity, and self-satisfaction of 19th-century German culture—but their targets remain eerily familiar today. Nietzsche chose his title deliberately: these meditations are "untimely" because they refuse to flatter the present age or echo fashionable opinions. Instead, they challenge the very foundations of ...

Philosophy made fun & unforgettable!! 4+ BONUSES! Philosophy isn’t just something you read — it’s something you do. Debate Truth, Logic, Ethics, Politics, Science, God, Free Will, Happiness, Reality, the Soul & Meaning of Life From Socrates’ questions to Aristotle’s categories, from Epicurus’ garden to Stoic survival skills, you don’t just study philosophy here — you debate, laugh, question, & even quiz yourself along the way. 🏛 Inside You’ll Discover: The Big 3 Greeks—Socrates, Plato & Aristotle explained simply, clearly, & with stories that stick Epicurus, Zeno & ...

When their youngest child leaves for college, an empty-nester couple must rebuild their fractured marriage while racing against a thirty-day deadline to resolve a buried secret that threatens to strip away their suburban life and corporate legacy. The house is finally quiet, but our marriage is screaming. For twenty-four years, raising three children kept us distracted from the growing distance between us. Now the last kid has left for college, and my husband Ricky and I are left staring at a silence we do not know how to fill. Just as we try to find our way back to each other, a secret ...

Aldo Leopold Explained: Land Ethics, Ecological Consciousness, and the Foundations of Modern Environmental Thought is a deep and accessible exploration of one of the most influential thinkers in environmental history. Aldo Leopold transformed how humanity understands its relationship with the natural world by challenging the idea that land exists solely for human use. Through his groundbreaking land ethic, Leopold argued that humans are members of a living community that includes soils, waters, plants, and animals, all deserving of moral consideration. This book introduces Leopold’s life,...

The modern world has changed. The influence of the masses over politics, culture, and social behavior has never been so intense. Ortega y Gasset offers a deep and thought-provoking vision of the challenges that arise when society is dominated by the collective and individuality is threatened. In The Revolt of the Masses, you will find a precise analysis of how the habits, values, and expectations of large groups shape the course of history and directly impact our daily choices. This book is not merely a work of philosophy, but a guide to understanding the dynamics of social and cultural ...

Vividly written, The Infidel and the Professor is a compelling account of a great friendship of two towering Enlightenment thinkers that had great consequences for modern thought. David Hume is widely regarded as the most important philosopher ever to write in English, but during his lifetime, he was attacked as "the Great Infidel" for his skeptical religious views and deemed unfit to teach the young. In contrast, Adam Smith was a revered professor of moral philosophy and is now often hailed as the founding father of capitalism.

THE WORLD'S GREATEST IDEAS, FINALLY DECODED FOR THE MODERN MIND. For thousands of years, history’s most brilliant thinkers have wrestled with the fundamental questions of existence, morality, and reality. Yet, their world-shattering ideas are often buried beneath notoriously dense, impenetrable academic jargon. HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY Summarized strips away the complex theories of thinkers like Kant, Hegel, and Aristotle, translating the core tenets of human thought into a gripping, fast-paced narrative. Designed as your ultimate "shortcut to wisdom," this book bridges the gap between ...

The classic introduction to economic thought, now updated in time for the publication of New Ideas from Dead CEOs This entertaining and accessible introduction to the great economic thinkers throughout history? Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, and more?shows how...

Revisit one of the most important pillars in modern philosophy with this new English translation—the first in more than 60 years—of Jean-Paul Sartre’s seminal treatise on existentialism. “This is a philosophy to be reckoned with, both for its own intrinsic power and as a profound symptom...

A short, strange story for every week of the year—about the systems we live inside and rarely question. This book is a collection of 52 observational stories, each one capturing a small, familiar moment that quietly shapes how modern life works: the email thread that never ends, the approval that’s never stated, the shortcut that becomes mandatory, the default no one questions, the ending that never quite arrives. Nothing dramatic happens in these stories. And yet, something always shifts. Each piece stands alone, written in a calm, precise, almost documentary style—examining meetings...