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2. Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy - Wikipedia

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   In Think, Blackburn introduces major philosophical fields, such as epistemology, philosophy of the mind, free will, political philosophy, and philosophy of religion, by narrating how key figures in the history of Western philosophy including René Descartes, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Ludwig Wittgenstein addressed key concepts in each.

3. What Is Philosophy? (Heidegger book) - Wikipedia

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   What Is Philosophy? (German: Was ist das - die Philosophie) is a book by the philosopher Martin Heidegger. It is the published version of a lecture course he gave at Cerisy-la-Salle in 1955. [1] It was translated into English by William Kluback and Jean T. Wilde.

4. Charlotte Mason - Wikipedia

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   Bishop Otter Teacher Training College, self-employed. Charlotte Maria Shaw Mason (1 January 1842 – 16 January 1923) was a British educator and reformer in England at the turn of the twentieth century. She proposed to base the education of children upon a wide and liberal curriculum. She worked for five years under Fanny Trevor at Bishop Otter ...

5. Ayn Rand - Wikipedia

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   Since 2002, the Ayn Rand Institute has provided free copies of Rand's novels to teachers who promise to include the books in their curriculum. [273] The Institute had distributed 4.5 million copies in the U.S. and Canada by the end of 2020. [253] In 2017, Rand was added to the required reading list for the A Level Politics exam in the United ...

6. Project Gutenberg - Wikipedia

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   Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, as well as to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks." [2] It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital library. [3] Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of books or individual stories in the ...

7. Mortimer J. Adler - Wikipedia

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   Mortimer J. Adler. Mortimer Jerome Adler (December 28, 1902 – June 28, 2001) was an American philosopher, educator, encyclopedist, popular author and lay theologian. As a philosopher he worked within the Aristotelian and Thomistic traditions. He taught at Columbia University and the University of Chicago, served as chairman of the ...