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The Osirian Codex was written as if were three sage scribes each having a different point of views but in essence all of them are looking at the same thing from different windows. This literary work of esoteric philosophy, ethics and wisdom also includes the subtitle, "Twt-Mos and the Homosexual", the "Eye of Heru", "The Divine Androgyny, Adam" and others esoteric and apocryphal work, which may be radical. The book is also apocalyptic and apocryphal...

La Réalité maçonnique :Ce livre-culte pour de nombreuses loges françaises et belges est devenu un classique de la littérature maçonnique. Il fit sensation à sa parution en 1982.Jamais jusqu'alors, un franc-maçon expérimenté à grandes responsabilités dans son obédience n'avait encore révélé à ce point son vécu maçonnique.Aux légendes, approximations et falsifications diverses, Jean Verdun oppose la réalité dont il est un témoin...

The world you knew is long gone. A new world has replaced it. On one side, this new world seems eclipsed where depression, dissatisfaction and financial worries are ruling our lives. Jobs are vanishing and salaries are not increasing as fast as inflation. Society is drowning in debt and people are feeling trapped. On the other hand, millions of new opportunities are being created every day in this new world. These opportunities offer unlimited happiness,...

Volume 1 of the definitive English translation of one of the most important philosophical works of the 19th century, the basic statement in one important stream of post-Kantian thought. Corrects nearly 1,000 errors and omissions in the older Haldane-Kemp translation. For the first time, this edition translates and locates all quotes and provides full index.

"One year ago, Arianna Donovan and Will Jameson met on a dare and spent a perfect 24 together before going their separate ways. She thought they would stay in touch, but he disappeared without a word. Arianna thought she{u2019}d moved on. But when Will shows up at a family dinner with her older{u2014}and very protective{u2014}brother, she{u2019}s angry and confused. How could he possibly forget to mention that he was friends with her brother? No one...

"They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life--steady boyfriend, close family--who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after a motorcycle accident. Will has always lived a huge life--big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel--and now...

El lector está ante una veintena de intentos breves -y sonrientes, a veces- de comprender la vida y el mundo a partir de asuntos ordinarios y comunes: La casa, La playa, La intimidad, La piel, Lo nuevo y lo viejo, La vocación... son algunos de los capítulos y asuntos sobre los que indaga y reflexiona el autor en estas páginas. Son incursiones de francotirador afrontadas con la libertad que se toma el profesor y filósofo Higinio Marín para hacerlo...

Written in response to the devastation of World War I, "Why Men Fight" lays out Bertrand Russell's ideas on war, pacifism, reason, impulse, and personal liberty. Russell argues that when individuals live passionately, they will have no desire for war or killing. Conversely, excessive restraint or reason causes us to live unnaturally and with hostility toward those who are unlike ourselves.

One of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, Arthur Schopenhauer is best known for his writings on pessimism. In this 1851 essay collection, he offers concise statements of the unifying principles of his thinking. Schopenhauer, unlike most philosophers, expressed himself in simple, direct terms. These essays offer an accessible approach to his main thesis, as stated in The World as Will and Representation. Schopenhauer's reasoning encompasses...