Advantages: Divided up into small chapter chunks
Disadvantages: The chunks were too leathery to digest

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Phantasmagoria - I had an album by The Damned by that title! x by dawnymarie

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Advantages: Two interesting Platonic dialogues in a very cheap edition
Disadvantages: Lack of scholarly apparatus (notes and Stephanus numbers), cheap binding/paper, poor translation

Anyone who knows anything about Philosophy will surely have heard of Plato. This inexpensive collection includes two of his middle period dialogues concerning themes of love and beauty. Plato Plato (circa 428-348BCE) was founder of an academy in ... Read review

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Excellent review. by jojoborne

Excellent review! Made a very interesting read :) by fallen_flame

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Advantages: Accessibly written, thought provoking, well researched
Disadvantages: Sometimes repetitive, author's own views sometimes unclear

Harvard academic Michael Sandel is best known in philosophical circles for his communitarian critique of John Rawls, but first came to wider public attention with his book Justice, based on his undergraduate lectures. This follow up, however, is something ... Read review

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Fascinating train of thought, very well presented! by Calypte

Interesting. On a point of detail, I rather think there must be a distinction, both economic and moral, between "jumping" the queue and paying for priority. by torr

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Advantages: Will make you look at education, and even childhood in a new light.
Disadvantages: Too anti German - too miltia like in parts.

There are many areas in which I very strongly disagree with the author of this book. I do think this book has some major disadvantages to it, in fact there are a few segments one might even class as horrid - hence the title. So why have I given this b ... Read review

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It sounds very interesting, although if I were to read it, I reckon me and the author would disagree on more than a couple of issues. Excellent review! by CelticSoulSister

Very detailed Review - Great Stuff! by SpiderJamb

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Advantages: Cheap for what you're getting, very comprehensive, well edited
Disadvantages: I sincerely believe there aren't any

Whether you work in the field of philosophy or are simply a hobbyist, I could hardly recommend this book more. Included within it's lovely bindings are all of Plato's known works along with those presumed to be his. Structured in a way deemed, by scholars ... Read review

Advantages: Clever, insightful and often funny
Disadvantages: A little pompous at times

Is anybody happy? Despite the fact that even in the teeth of a worldwide recession we are richer and healthier than our grandparent could have imagined being it is still a legitimate question to ask; and one that more often than not attracts a negative an ... Read review

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I think I might have to read this book now. Thanks for the review. by KingLobster

Good review x by Elysia2003

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Advantages: Thorough introduction to Adorno, provocative and uncompromising discussion of big issues.
Disadvantages: Quite pretentious, very difficult, arguing semantics crops up here-and-there, high price.

Dense and Difficult Sample Quote: These (the idea of negative dialectics as useful, negative dialectics as a concept that is not tautologous) were the factors in the Hegelian conception of dialectics that lead to the equation of thinking as s ... Read review

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If I ever want to read about negative dialectics, I'll know where to look. But if it engenders ideas such as "after Auschwitz, writing lyric poetry is barbaric", I rather doubt I'll want to. First class review, though. by torr

Very interesting review. I do find ethics (rather than philosophy) to be very interesting. I still need to get through John Locke's first essay, and this one sounds a bit too challenging for me :P by shoppingpenguin

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Advantages: Very insightful
Disadvantages: Challening concepts

...little more in depth to the teachings concerning the law of attraction. It makes it clearer, breaking it down into simple concepts. Terms like "what you give is what you get returned" and "do unto ... Read review

Advantages: Addresses philosophical questions in a fun and inspiring way
Disadvantages: None!

The Philosophy Gym by Stephen Law is interesting, fun and inspiring! This book is definitely a must-read for anyone who is interested in thinking about philosophical issues. The questions addressed in The Philosophy Gym are big questions and also question ... Read review

Advantages: Systematic, broad range, very clearly argued, very good contextualisation of ideas
Disadvantages: not much sustained exegesis, glosses over some controversies

A Metaphysical Hegel Hermeneutically Considered G.W.F. Hegel is generally considered to be one of the most obscure and difficult of the great philosophers, possibly suffering from more misappropriation and propaganda than any other. Nevertheless, ... Read review

Advantages: Long so can send you to sleep
Disadvantages: Full of useless information

Being and Nothingness is Sartre's take on Being and Time the best or worst philosophy book written in the last century. I have taken classes on both books. Being and Nothingness is about being as nothing the ness is just put on the end to tell you i ... Read review

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I remember you from when you were on Ciao under several other names in the past and it seems you haven't learnt a thing from those mistakes !! by Averilla

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Advantages: makes you think
Disadvantages: small book

Small Graces – The Quiet Gifts of Everyday Life by Kent Nerburn...... After my Dad died I did a lot of reading and still now this is helping me through and perhaps giving me a different perspective on life and what it is all really about. Of course ... Read review

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Great review x by MEL0611

Thanks, this does look rather good. I went through a pretty grim time after losing my mother a couple of years ago (long story) and could have done with something like this. by JOHNV

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Advantages: An interesting read that makes you think
Disadvantages: I just didn't understand it all!

...he suggested I check out Zen and the ... Read review

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great review, well done. by mrolympia19

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Advantages: Very readable, motivating, moving and insightful
Disadvantages: Pseudoscientific ideas

Overview: Man’s Search for Meaning describes Viktor Frankl’s reflections and psychoanalytic conclusions drawn from his time spent in a Nazi concentration camp. Being an Austrian Jew during the rise of the Nazis, Frankl and his family were all taken to c ... Read review

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Only heavy going if you consider the enormity of the atrocity. The first part, at least, is a very easy read. It's a short book and there is not much grim or explicit detail. by BlackSwan

I've been meaning to read this for ages... sounds quite heavy going though. by Charliewhippet

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Advantages: Provocative with an energetic and creative writing style
Disadvantages: Literal ideas are so much mental masturbation

Let's get one thing straight, Evolutionary Agents is not heavy reading. In fact, the first thing that impressed me about the book was the way Timothy Leary got things moving from the start. In fact, the simplicity of the prose is quite daring. It is writt ... Read review

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Well written x by Amy69

Good review x by MEL0611

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