| 1. |  | Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
from Abrams Image
Price: $12.89
Customer Review:
One might think that a book mixing philosophy and humor would be a little more intelligent. Instead I found the humor weak and the philosophy juvenile. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 2. | ![]() | The Nicomachean Ethics (Synthese Historical Library, Vol. 13)
from Springer
Price: $292.50
Customer Review:
I write this to convince anyone who, like me, lived a good chunk of their life without investigating this book, that it's time to get a copy and carve out a few hours. Civilizations have ordered themselves around concepts like the "Golden Mean," that every ethical virtue involves finding a balance... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, And Why
from Blackstone Audiobooks
Price: $15.96
Customer Review:
I read this book (age 57) when my daughter(age 20) was training to climb Aconcagua and I was petrified. She is a good athlete but had never climbed mountains. A friend recommended it to me. As much as I love the rest of the book, what was most poignant to me was the part about how survivors have a... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | Pathology: Implications for the Physical Therapist
from W.B. Saunders Company
Customer Review:
Good book but I would liked to see bigger font in making it easier to read and understand. | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | The Age of American Unreason (Vintage)
from Vintage
Price: $10.85
Customer Review:
During her discussion of the history of religion in America, Ms. Jocoby writes,
"It seems more likely that poorly educated settlers on the frontier were drawn to religious creeds and preachers who provided emotional comfort without making the intellectual demands of older, more intellectually... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 6. | ![]() | The Meditations
from Hackett Pub Co Inc
Price: $21.86
Customer Review:
"And you can also commit an injustice by doing nothing." -- Marcus Aurelius, from Meditations
My sister loves this book, but I was never able to get into it until I found this translation. Marcus Aurelius wrote this for his own usage - it was never intended for publication, much less being seen... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy
from Macmillan Audio
Price: $43.76
Customer Review:
This book was recommended reading by my 12th grade Humanities teacher, who asked the entire class to read it the summer before school started. I duly purchased it, but couldn't get past the long section on Plato, and put it aside for possible future reading. I picked it up again about two years... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | Flatland (Shambhala Pocket Classics)
from Shambhala
Customer Review:
this is a great book to help you put your mind around other dimensions. It was cleverly written and an enjoyable read. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Thus Spake Zarathustra
from BookSurge Publishing
Price: $23.99
Customer Review:
One of the more interesting things about Nietzche is that, as a philosopher, his ideas were always changing - yet popular culture remembers him chiefly as a nihilist. It is in Thus Spoke Zarathustra that he proposes an answer to questions of meaninglessness and devaluation; The Superman. He also... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 10. | ![]() | Nausea
from Amereon Limited
Price: $28.95
Customer Review:
I read this book last 20 years ago during my lunch hours in a busy Greek cafe in downtown LA, and the experience of finding complete solitude in that environment was so extraordinary, and therefore, has never been forgotten. I am glad that I re-read this gem 20 years later in a completely different... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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