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7 Philosophy Books for Beginners. Posted: June 16, 2025 | Last updated: June 16, 2025. You don't need to go to college to study philosophy — anyone can do it if they are willing to dedicate ...

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Robert Rosenkranz, 82, is a self-made billionaire and titan of the private equity industry. His key to success: stoic philosophy. In his new book, “The Stoic Capitalist: Advice for the ...

Now, thanks to Damion Searls’ new book, The Philosophy of Translation, at least I pretty much know why I’ve kept away and what I should look for when I take up a novel in a language other than ...

On the Shelf. The Philosophy of Modern Song. By Bob Dylan Simon & Schuster: 352 pages, $45 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees ...

Callard's book is intellectually challenging and hardly a simple crash course on Socrates, but the payoff is worth the time and effort put into rethinking approaches to philosophy and life. The ...

THIS book well represents the remarkable change which has come over the study of philosophy within living memory. ... Philosophy was regarded as a thing apart, an intellectual luxury, ...

Book Review: 'Open Socrates' Shows Why Philosophy Isn't a Spectator Sport During a time when many are complaining about divisiveness in politics and in society, it seems counterintuitive for a ...

Next to them, his third book, The Philosophy of Modern Song (which is out next week), would seem comparatively straightforward: essays on 66 of his favorite songs, billed, on its inner flap, as ...

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His newest book, The Philosophy of Modern Song, explores more than 60 tracks written and performed by other artists, ranging in style from Dean Martin's "Blue Moon" to the Clash's "London Calling." ...