I work for a book store and we have a pathetic philosophy section. I and a few other co-workers are trying to spice it up. Get some more "interesting" works. I was wondering if any of you have favorite books or essays or philosophers or philosophies or whatever.

And please...no Philosophy of the Ringmaster: Lord of the Rings type of shit either. I find that shit rather insulting.

Gene Rodenberry's universe, now that guy was an f'in genious

The Complete Guide to Amber

Pern the encyclopedia

hmmm what do you have now I assume it has no "modern" flair

It does...but, it's just that they threw way too much Eastern philosophy in it...as well as Eastern worldviews (religion). And Astrology...ASTROLOGY?!

And all the key Western philosophies are on the bottom shelf.

It just needs to be revamped....

On a side note, a professor of mine has a book out on a course I studied, Philosophy of Desire. Thought about buying it until I saw it was $25.

The Poverty of Philosophy by Karl Marx
The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
Stalking the Flock by Thorin
Paradoxes of Freedom by Sidney hook
The Meaning of Truth by William James
A Vindication of the Rights of Men by Mary Wollstonecraft
Pretty much anything by Friedrich Nietzsche . . .

That's all I can think of at the moment.

this is a good one...

the ever-transcending spirit
by. Toru Sato

i don't know if there are even any books on the subject but i remember studying a guide called anaximander and being fascinated by his work. it's all a blur now but i might just go google the name. old fellow if i recall...

Anaximander...Pre-Socratic Philosophy. Good stuff...one of my favorite topics. Philosophy Before Socrates is a book I have, and a book on the list for the store I work at.

Anywho...people complain that we have too much Eastern Philosophy, and all we have are the big names (Nietzshce, Hume, Sartre, Locke, etc. etc. etc. etc.) But we'll just have to play it by ear. Thanks though.

Rene Descartes
Immanuel Kant
Karl Marx
Khalil Gibran often known as Kahlil Gibran

I know there are more...

I have a friend who runs a christian bookshop in Leeds, England. Not the Kent leeds, but the other one. His name is Thomas kala and has a bookshop on Richmond road. His latest book is called Meditations of life. It is very philosophical about life and how we can control the universe around us and how we are the centre of it etc.

Any English folk, get your hooves over to Leeds and purchase a copy. YOu will not be dissapointed.

I believe that astrology is "new age" which is generally next to philosophy in a bookstore