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A lo largo de la historia, algunos libros han cambiado el mundo. Han transformado la manera en que nos vemos a nosotros mismos y a los demás. Han inspirado el debate, la discordia, la guerra y la revolución. Han iluminado, indignado, provocado y consolado. Han enriquecido vidas, y también las han destruido. Taurus publica las obras de los grandes pensadores, pioneros, radicales y visionarios cuyas ideas sacudieron la civilización y nos impulsaron a ser quienes somos.

From the bestselling author of Assholes: A Theory, a book that—in the tradition of Shopclass as Soulcraft, Barbarian Days and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance—uses the experience and the ethos of surfing to explore key concepts in philosophy. The existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul...

Ariel Burger first met Elie Wiesel at age 15. They studied together and taught together. Witness chronicles the intimate conversations between these two men over decades as Burger sought counsel on matters of intellect, spirituality, and faith while navigating his own personal journey from boyhood to manhood, from student and assistant to rabbi and, in time, teacher. In this profoundly hopeful, thought-provoking, and inspiring audiobook, Burger takes us into Elie Wiesel's classroom, where the art of listening and storytelling conspire to keep memory alive.

"Los Mejores Artículos de Psicología" es una invitación a la exploración y el autoconocimiento, una obra gestada con la intención de ofrecer una inmersión profunda en las complejidades y maravillas de la mente humana. A lo largo de estas páginas, el autor Toni Mederos desentraña las múltiples facetas de la psicología a través de un abanico de temas que abarcan desde la psicología clínica hasta introspecciones personales sobre nuestra existencia. En este compendio de artículos, te adentrarás en fascinantes temas como: Hipnosis y Control Mental: Se desmitifican los conceptos de...

If you have anxiety, this book is for you. If you love someone who is anxious, this book is for you. I Quit Sugar founder and New York Times best-selling author Sarah Wilson has lived through high anxiety - including bipolar, OCD and several suicide attempts - her whole life. Perhaps like you, she grew tired of seeing anxiety as a disease that must be medicated into submission. Could anxiety be resewn, she asked, into a thing of beauty? So began a seven-year journey to find a more meaningful and helpful take on anxiety.

Bridging the gap between the world of science and the realm of the spiritual, Wallace, a pioneer of modern consciousness research, offers a practical and revolutionary method for exploring the mind that combines the keenest insights of contemporary physics and philosophers with the time-honored meditative traditions of Buddhism.

If you have spent any part of your life with a dog, you may have found certain questions popping, unbidden, into your mind: Is my dog living a fulfilled life? Is my dog a good dog? Does my dog love me? Addressing these questions compels you to confront not just your dog's life but yours as well—to think about what fulfillment, and meaning, in life really is. In The Word of Dog, philosopher Mark Rowlands explores these questions and suggests that in dogs we can see hints—faint, shrouded, but discernible—of what a better way of living might look like.

The teachings of the great Chinese philosopher Confucius have had as great an impact on the culture of the Far East as The Bible has had on that of West. As they are presented here, "The Teachings of Confucius" consists of "The Analects," "The Great Learning" and "The Doctrine of the Mean." "The Analects" is the most important of the teachings of Confucius. It is a collection of speeches and discussions between Confucius and his various disciples that illustrate his precepts: that anyone, regardless of his station in life, could become a superior man by living a virtuous life. "The Great ...

Discover the Language of the Mind: The Hypnotist's Guide to Psycho-Linguistics by Patrick K. Porter, PhD was previously published as Psycho-Linguistics: The Language of the Mind. This fully revised edition includes updates on dozens of new developments in the hypnosis field, full transcripts for each of the eleven processes, which includes two never-before published techniques as developed and tested by Dr. Patrick Porter and the experts at Positive Changes Hypnosis Centers.

Author Anderson Silver has compiled teachings from Stoicism and other schools of thought in this third volume of a three-book series to help you identify what it is you can control and how you can take absolute control over it.

From bestselling author and speaker, Igor Sibaldi, this is a radical new approach to understanding stupidity. We are surrounded by stupidity. Yet we rarely ask what it really means or where it comes from. If we can identify that someone else is stupid, there’s a good chance that we are not...

Romantic love presents some of life's most challenging questions. Can we choose who to love? Is romantic love rational? Can we love more than one person at a time? And can we make ourselves fall out of love? In On Romantic Love, Berit Brogaard attempts to get to the bottom of love's many contradictions.

One of the most helpful forms of support you can offer someone living with LBW, is WISDOM and KARUNA COMPASSION, which is the softening of your heart. This inspiring book provides you with the pathways of both. Lewy body dementia (LBD) a chaos of communication. Do you want to gain understanding of what is happening during their nightly episodes & hallucinations? Do you want to understand & ease their suffering? Do you want to change the direction of the next generation, from dis-ease to health? The psychology definition of LBD, should read; A dis-ease where COURAGE & STRENGTH can rise out ...

Is the tick a machine or a machine operator? Is it a mere object or a subject? With these questions, the pioneering biophilosopher Jakob von Uexküll embarks on a remarkable exploration of the unique social and physical environments that individual animal species, as well as individuals within species, build and inhabit.

What does it mean to say that Black is an ethnicity and American is a nationality? This book confronts that question directly, challenging assumptions that have long gone unexamined. It argues that Black identity is not a vague label or a social convenience, but a distinct cultural and historical inheritance shaped by shared experience, memory, and creative expression. Through history, law, culture, and lived reality, this work traces how Black identity in America developed as something far more than a category imposed from the outside. It is a peoplehood forged through struggle, resilience...

Why do we believe more than we can prove? Why does memory deceive us? Why do the most sophisticated artificial intelligence systems "hallucinate" false information? In Homo Credens, Boris Kriger reveals a profound truth about the nature of complex minds: any sufficiently complex system—whether human brain, animal cognition, or artificial intelligence—must believe far more than it can verify. This is not a limitation to be overcome but an architecture to be understood.

What is love? Aside from being the title of many a popular love song, this is one of life's perennial questions. In What Love Is, philosopher Carrie Jenkins offers a bold new theory on the nature of romantic love that reconciles its humanistic and scientific components.

What if every single element of reality, every thought, every interaction, every particle, could be traced back to one profound principle? In Monadology for Beginners: Uncovering the Building Blocks of Reality, you’ll be transported into the world of monads—simple, invisible units that lie at the heart of existence, according to the legendary philosopher Leibniz. Through this fascinating guide, you’ll not only grasp these concepts but also discover how they impact your view of the world, your sense of self, and even your daily decisions. Discover the Secret Structure of the Universe ...

Unlock the mysteries of the cosmos with "Conscious Universe: Panentheism and Panpsychism Simplified," a captivating 2-in-1 guide that will transform your understanding of reality. This essential volume combines "Panentheism: A Beginner's Guide" and "Panpsychism: A Beginner's Guide" to offer a comprehensive and accessible introduction to these profound philosophies. Discover the Divine Presence in All Things Have you ever felt the universe whispering its secrets to you? "Conscious Universe" reveals how panentheism shows the divine as both immanent within and transcendent beyond the universe....

A short introduction to Black Humanism: its history, its present, and the rich cultural sensibilities that infuse it In the United States, to be a Black American is to be a Black Christian. And there’s something to this assumption in that the vast majority of African Americans are Christian...