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The Modern Mind: Western Books for the Inner Life
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items A thoughtful shelf of modern Western philosophy, poetry, and spiritual reflection—from Descartes and Kant to Nietzsche, Rilke, and Simone Weil. Books for questioning the self, society, faith, freedom, and the inner life.
"I think, therefore, I am." Discourse on Method, written by Rene Descartes, is an important philosophical text that has had a lasting impact on the fields of philosophy, mathematics, and science. First published in 1637, the book has been widely stud...
René Descartes “Discourse on the Method”
Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes is a classic work of philosophy that has had a lasting impact on the field. Written in 1641, this work explores the nature of reality and knowledge, questioning the foundations of knowledge, and consi...
René Descartes Meditations on First Philosophy”
Unlock the Foundations of Modern Philosophy with a Timeless Classic The Critique of Pure Reason Written by Immanuel Kant Genre: Philosophy, Epistemology, Metaphysics Originally Published: 1781 Dive into the transformative work that forever changed th...
Immanuel Kant “Critique of Pure Reason”
Discover the Profound Ideas of Immanuel Kant Immerse yourself in the groundbreaking philosophy of Immanuel Kant, one of the most influential thinkers in modern intellectual history. This carefully curated collection brings together his most significa...
Immanuel Kant “Complete Works of Immanuel Kant: Critiques & More”
This brilliant study of the stages in the mind's necessary progress from immediate sense-consciousness to the position of a scientific philosophy includes an introductory essay and a paragraph-by-paragraph analysis of the text to help the reader unde...
G.W.F. Hegel “Phenomenology of Spirit”
“It is a matter of living everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will one distant day simply live your way into the answer.” In this slim collection of ten letters, written to an aspiring poet in the early 1900s, Rilke speaks with his unique...
Rainer Maria Rilke “Letters to a Young Poet”
Gravity and Grace was the first ever publication by the remarkable thinker and activist, Simone Weil. In it Gustave Thibon, the farmer to whom she had entrusted her notebooks before her untimely death, compiled in one remarkable volume a compendium o...
Simone Weil “Gravity and Grace”