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Philosophy

The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life

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tibetanbookofthedead-128x128Death is real, it comes without warning and it cannot be escaped. An ancient source of strength and guidance, The Tibetan Book of the Dead remains an essential teaching in the Buddhist cultures of the Himalayas.
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Philosophy - Guide to Happiness

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philosophy-128x128We tend to accept that people in authority must be left. It's this assumption that Socrates wanted us to challenge by urging us to think logically about the nonsense they often come out with,rather than being struck dumb by their aura of importance and air of suave certainty. This six part series on philosophy is presented by popular British philosopher Alain de Botton, featuring six thinkers who have influenced history, and their ideas about the pursuit of the happy life.
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Sartre: The Road to Freedom

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sartre-128x128To be told, "you are responsible for the period of history that you are living in. You have not only the left to choose, but the duty to choose and if you are now surrounded by poverty, by war, by oppression, by cruelty - that is what you have chosen."
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The Century of the Self

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century-of-self-128x128This series is about how those in power have used Freud's theories to try and control the dangerous crowd in an age of mass democracy. Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, changed the perception of the human mind and its workings profoundly.
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Earthlings

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earthlings-128x128Since we all inhabit the Earth, all of us are considered earthlings. There is no sexism, no racism, or speciesism in the term earthling. It encompasses each and every one of us, warm or cold-blooded, mammal, vertebrae or invertebrate, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, and human alike.
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Heidegger: Thinking the Unthinkable

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heidegger-128x128German philosopher Martin Heidegger addressed the central question of human existence full on, by examining how human self-awareness depends on concepts of time and death. His preoccupation with ontology - the form of metaphysical inquiry
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