sam harris (20 risultati)

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: None.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.

paperback. Condizione: New. Product DescriptionA New York Times New and Noteworthy BookFrom the bestselling author of Waking Up and The End of Faith, an adaptation of his wildly popular, often controversial podcast"Civilization rests on a series of successful conversations." -Sam HarrisSam Harris-neuroscientist, philosopher, and bestselling author-has been exploring some of the most important questions about the human mind, society, and current events on his podcast, Making Sense. With over one million downloads per episode, these discussions have clearly hit a nerve, frequently walking a tightrope where either host or guest-and sometimes both-lose their footing, but always in search of a greater understanding of the world in which we live. For Harris, honest conversation, no matter how difficult or controversial, represents the only path to moral and intellectual progress.This book includes a dozen of the best conversations from Making Sense, including talks with Daniel Kahneman, Timothy Snyder, Nick Bostrom, and Glenn Loury, on topics that range from the nature of consciousness and free will, to politics and extremism, to living ethically. Together they shine a light on what it means to "make sense" in the modern world.Review"Harris displays his skills as an interviewer and conversationalist capable of clarifying complex ideas and engaging scholars from diverse backgrounds and fields of study on their areas of expertise. . . . The result is a collection full of stimulating, nuanced, and deeply informed discussions on both abstract concepts (the future of humanity; the nature of reality) and hot-button current events (the #MeToo movement)." - Publishers Weekly"Free and open debate, in the best sense of the word. . . . The book's advantage over the podcast is that readers can linger as they need to and cherry-pick interviews at will. Recommended for anyone who wants to spend time with intelligent minds wrestling not with each other but with understanding." - Kirkus Reviews"There's only one podcast I never miss, and it's the one that has the most appropriate title in all of broadcasting. Does anyone simply make more sense than Sam Harris?" - Bill Maher"Sam Harris is the most intellectually courageous man I know, unafraid to speak truths out in the open where others keep those very same thoughts buried, fearful of the modish thought police. With his literate intelligence and fluency with words, he brings out the best in his guests, including those with whom he disagrees."- Richard Dawkins, author of The Selfish Gene"One of the most consistently intelligent and thought-provoking shows out there, and not just in the podcast space. Sam's is a much-needed voice during these unprecedented times." - Ian Bremmer, author of Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism"Even in casual discussion, Sam is intelligent, educated, honest, considered and brave. He's really not cut out for the Internet." - Ricky Gervais"Sam Harris is a genius and his podcast explores many of the important issues of our time. (Yes it's as good as that sounds.) Sam is a voice of reason and science in an era that needs both more than ever. The Making Sense podcast essentially launched my presidential campaign." - Andrew Yang"I don't have many can't miss podcasts, but Making Sense is right at the top of that short list. Sam Harris and his varied and fascinating guests generate light but not heat. The choir is neither preached to nor pointlessly provoked. I have never finished a single episode without having learned something and being given pause for real thought." - Stephen Fry"Do yourself a favor, broaden your perspectives and listen to the Making Sense podcast. Whatever your politics, you will find ideas and points of views you've never considered before, in fields you don't know, from neuroscience to computer science to culture." - Anne Applebaum, author of Gulag"I've been an avid listener to Sam's podcast from the beginning and not one episode goes by without me learning som.

paperback. Condizione: New. Reprint. Product DescriptionFor the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris's latest New York Times bestseller is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology.From Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of numerous New York Times bestselling books, Waking Up is for the twenty percent of Americans who follow no religion but who suspect that important truths can be found in the experiences of such figures as Jesus, the Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history. Throughout this book, Harris argues that there is more to understanding reality than science and secular culture generally allow, and that how we pay attention to the present moment largely determines the quality of our lives.Waking Up is part memoir and part exploration of the scientific underpinnings of spirituality. No other book marries contemplative wisdom and modern science in this way, and no author other than Sam Harris-a scientist, philosopher, and famous skeptic-could write it.Review"Harris's book . . . caught my eye because it's so entirely of this moment, so keenly in touch with the growing number of Americans who are willing to say that they do not find the succor they crave, or a truth that makes sense to them, in organized religion." (Frank Bruni, columnist, New York Times)"The fact is that Waking Up lends a different picture of Harris (at least to me): an intelligent and sensitive person who is willing to undergo the discomfort involved in proposing alternatives to the religions he's spent years degrading. His new book, whether discussing the poverty of spiritual language, the neurophysiology of consciousness, psychedelic experience, or the quandaries of the self, at the very least acknowledges the potency and importance of the religious impulse-though Harris might name it differently-that fundamental and common instinct to seek not just an answer to life, but a way to live that answer." (Trevor Quirk, The New Republic)"[A]n extraordinary and ambitious masterwork. . . . altogether spectacular." (Maria Popova, Brainpickings)"Uber-atheist Sam Harris is getting all spiritual. In his new book, Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion, the usually outspoken critic of religion describes how spirituality can and must be divorced from religion if the human mind is to reach its full potential. . . . But there is plenty in Waking Up that will delight Harris' most militant atheist readers." (Religion News Service)"The great value and novelty of this book is that Harris, in a simple but rigorous style, takes the middle way between these pseudoscientific and pseudo-spiritual assertions . . . [leading] to a profoundly more salubrious life." (Publishers Weekly)"A demanding, illusion-shattering book." (Kirkus Reviews)"Don't read Waking Up . . . if you want to be told that heaven is real. Do read it if you want to explore the nature of consciousness, to learn how just trying to be mindful can free you from anxiety and self-blame." (MORE Magazine)"Waking Up is an eye opening, mind expanding book." (AA Agnostica)"A seeker's memoir, a scientific and philosophical exploration of the self, and a how-to guide for transcendence, Waking Up explores the nature of consciousness, explains how to meditate, tells you the best drugs to take, and warns you about lecherous gurus. It will shake up your most fundamental beliefs about everyday experience, and it just might change your life." -- Paul Bloom, Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Yale University and author of "Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil""Waking Up is a rigorous, kind, clear, and witty book that will point you toward the selflessness that is our original nature." -- Stephen Mitchell"Sam Harris points out the rational methodology for exploring the nature of consciousness and for experiencing a transformative understanding of possibilities. Waking Up really does help us wake up." --.

paperback. Condizione: New. Later Printing. "Product DescriptionNatalie Angier wrote in The New York Times: "The End of Faith articulates the dangers and absurdities of organized religion so fiercely and so fearlessly that I felt relieved as I read it, vindicated.Harris writes what a sizable number of us think, but few are willing to say." This important and timely book delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world. Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behavior and sometimes-heinous crimes. He asserts that in the shadow of weapons of mass destruction, we can no longer tolerate views that pit one true god against another. Most controversially, he argues that we cannot afford moderate lip service to religion; an accommodation that only blinds us to the real perils of fundamentalism. While warning against the encroachment of organized religion into world politics, Harris also draws on new evidence from neuroscience and insights from philosophy to explore spirituality as a biological, brain-based need. He calls on us to invoke that need in taking a secular humanistic approach to solving the problems of this world. .ReviewAn important book, on a topic thatshould not be shielded from the crucible of human reason. -- Natalie Angier, The New York Times Book ReviewAt last we have a book thatlinks Islamic terrorism with the irrationality of all religious faith. -- Peter Singer, author of The President of Good and EvilHarris's tour de force demonstrates how faith threatens our very existenceA must read for all rational people. -- Alan Dershowitz, author of America on TrialHere is a ringing challenge to all Americans. -- Joseph C. Hough, Jr., President, Union Theological Seminary, New YorkWill strike a chord with anyone who has ever pondered the irrationality of religious faith and its cruel, murderous consequences. -- The Economist[Harris] writes with such verve and frequent insight that even skeptical readers will find it hard to put down. -- The San Francisco ChronicleAbout the AuthorSam Harris is a graduate in philosophy from Stanford University.".

Condizione: Fair. 1887. No Edition Stated. 311 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Front endpaper detached but present. B&W frontispiece. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Front hinge severely cracked thus the board is slack. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Pages are rough cut. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with splitting to spine ends. Notable scuffing and marking to boards.

Small Paper. Original Program. Nice small 20pg. program for the play "Topaze" that was based on the novel by Marcel Pagnol and starred the beloved character actor Frank Morgan as Topaze. The play ran for 215 performances. Morgan of course starred in many many films and is probably best known as the wizard in the Judy Garland classic "The Wizard Of Oz and he appeared in films from 1916 up to 1950. Nice art cover. Light foxing to a few pages and slight rust from the staples. Vg. Book.

Small Program. Original Program. Nice 16pg. small program for The Sam H. Harris Theatre in Chicago. The play presented was "Rain" starring Jeanne Eagels. The program has a nice Art Deco color drawing of a showgirl being frightned by a mouse on the cover. "Rain" was Jeanne Eagels most famous role in which she starred as Sadie Thompson and was nominated for an Oscar in 1928 after her death for her performance in the original version of "The Letter." A troubled star, she had big problems with drink and drugs. Some nice ads, light wear, a touch of soiling to the cover, loose from one staple, tiny corner chip. Vg. Book.

Original wraps. Condizione: Very good. First Edition. 24p octavo, illustrated. Program for the play starring Otto Kruger and June Walker. Nicked at one corner of the front cover otherwise a very good copy in pictorial cover.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 458 pp. 1st edition [ Reprinted several times 1880, 1886, etc ] - Quaker Religion, Early Quaker History Genealogy - Foxing to edges & prelims, contemporary name of early Quakers, Tweedy family - minor use, a very good tight, bright copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.