A History of Western Philosophy3 reviews Bertrand Russell simon shuster, 2007 A Little Dated though Brilliant + Essential Reading; Excellent Overview + Interesting It is heartening to see Russell's overview of Western thought in a new reprint. The project itself at the time and even in present time; is extremely ambitious. However, Russell manages the task with professionalism and the text is written in a style that can be read by most individuals interested ...             The Masks of God, Vol. 3: Occidental Mythology9 reviews Joseph Campbell Penguin (Non-Classics), 1991 The role of myth in the history of the Middle East and Europe + Evolution of Occidental Religious Thought as an Epic Dialogue Between Levantine and European Beliefs + Sign of a true genius + A Review For the Series Entire (& a Brief Review of This Volume)             Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness5 reviews Evelyn Underhill Dover Publications, 2002 This book is the mother-lode on mysticism. + An eye opening book to a heart opening subject + A Different Way of Knowing + Mysticism.             Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation7 reviews E.H. Gombrich Phaidon Press, 2004 No one does it better + It will teach you understanding for the visual language + Art and Illusion review by artist/filmmaker + Fantastic book             The Idea of Nature (Galaxy Books)2 reviews Robin George Collingwood Oxford University Press, USA, 1960 A Great Book from a Great Philosopher I recommend this book to anyone who has ever tried to think about "nature". This book shows how the concept of nature has changed in Western Civilization, and how we can best think about this abstract concept today.             From Religion to Philosophy4 reviews Francis MacDonald Cornford Princeton University Press, 1991 An intellectual bargain + A classic worth reading + Cornford's From Religion to Philosophy: A Study in the Origins of Western Speculation + A classic!             The Masks of God, Vol. 1: Primitive Mythology22 reviews Joseph Campbell Penguin (Non-Classics), 1991 The Masks of God Series: Brilliant & Comprehensive + Excellent As a practical atheist with a spiritual streak, I began to muse about the evolutionary origins of religion many years ago. (It appears that (1) war and (2) religion have been the greatest selective factors in human evolution over the last several thousand years.) Joseph Campbell answered my ...             The Consolation of Philosophy: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics)21 reviews Ancius Boethius Penguin Classics, 1999 truly consoling + Recovering from amnesia + This book changed my life. + The Last Classsical Man + A Literary and Philosophical Masterpiece             Art as Experience5 reviews John Dewey Perigee Trade, 2005 this book is kickin! + Fundamental book on esthetics + Overly Detailed but Insightful + Excellent Theorizing On Art + One of the great books on art theory.             Story of Philosophy (Touchstone Books)80 reviews Will Durant Simon & Schuster, 1967 This book should be in every library + superb + Durant likes his women young--and his philosophers old... + The good, the bad, and the categorical imperative... + Compilation of great philosophers             The Idea of History: With Lectures 1926-19289 reviews R. G. Collingwood Oxford University Press, USA, 1994 R. G. Collingwood's Most Famous Book + Easier reads of those not well versed in historiography + Yes, it is cheaper than the University Bookstore + An Excellent Edition of Collingwood's Art. + A magnificent book if you're motivated enough             The Gnostic Gospels183 reviews Elaine Pagels Vintage, 1989 Gnostic gospels + The Gnostic Gospels + Gnostics Can't Be Easily Written Off The product arrived quickly and the quality was excellent. I had the subject on hard back, but listening to the subject on CD impacted the delivery and allowed others to join in and listen. Looking for other products like it...on CD             Western Intellectual Tradition: From Leonardo to Hegel4 reviews Jacob Bronowski, Bruce Mazlish Harper Perennial, 1962 An Entertaining Tour of Western Thought + Readable and makes sense to a common person. + Masterful Tributary Synthesis + Great Analysis of the Fusion of Science & The Humanities             Plotinus or the Simplicity of Vision9 reviews Pierre Hadot University Of Chicago Press, 1998 Spiritual Biography/ Spiritual Philosophy + Spiritual Biography/ Spiritual Philosophy + A Beautiful Book + "Then there is no longer an outside and an inside: only one single light...." + Eternal Truths from Plotinus             The Discovery of the Mind2 reviews Bruno Snell Dover Publications, 1982 Dated but good general reading on the influence of Greek thought + A brilliant but quaint series of essays on Greek literature. To paraphrase an observation Whitehead made over and over, something wonderful happened between the 8th and 5th century BCE in Greece. Why the circumstances came together in such a way as to produce what we glibly know as "classical Greece" no one may adequately explain, but Snell's book makes ...             The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays47 reviews Albert Camus Vintage, 1991 Definitely worth a try + Years ago + Not an easy but a worthwhile read + amazing             The Birth of Tragedy (Oxford World's Classics)29 reviews Friedrich Nietzsche Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 The Op. 1 of Frederic Niezsche ! + Great value + Just some logistics... + Nietzsche's Best, in my opinion             Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning (Wesleyan Paperback)6 reviews Owen Barfield Wesleyan, 1984 A profound contemplation on poetry, language, & meaning + Wonderful, and not at all outdated! + Perennial and Profound + A thoughtful book, but a product of its time... + Forgotten Classic..70 years ahead of its Time!             Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature14 reviews Erich Auerbach Princeton University Press, 2003 Starting point + the two streams of narrative . . . + Productive Time Spent While in Exile + Truth *is* in the Whole + defining work of western literary criticism             Thought and Language - Revised Edition6 reviews Lev S. Vygotsky The MIT Press, 1986 A landmark... + My opinion + Change your life + Fantastic + The behavior of cognition