18 books like Man for Himself

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Principia ethica George Edward Moore · 1903 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Challenging In questo libro, considerato atto di nascita dell'etica analitica, Moore intende confutare sia il "naturalismo" di Herbert Spencer e John Stuart Mill sia l'etica "metafisica" di Francis Bradley e John McTaggart denunciando la fallacia naturalistica o metafisica consistente nell'identificare "buono" con proprietà quali "risultato dell'evoluzione", "produttivo di felicità", "conforme all'essenza… Shares: Ethiek, Morale, Ethics, Philosophy

Die Sexualität im Kulturkampf Wilhelm Reich · 1936 · 273p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Die Sexualität im Kulturkampf ("sexuality in the culture war"), 1936 (published later in English as The Sexual Revolution), is a work by Wilhelm Reich. The subtitle is "zur sozialistischen Umstrukturierung des Menschen" ("for the socialist restructuring of humans"), the double title reflecting the two-part structure of the work. The first part "analyzes the crisis of the bourgeois sexual… Shares: Psychoanalyse, Morale, Ethics, Psychology

Этика Peter Kropotkin · 1923 · 349p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Ethics: Origin and Development is a book by Peter Kropotkin, published posthumously in 1921. It continues the argument of Mutual Aid, that sociable morality is essential to human survival. It was translated into English by Louis S. Friedland and Joseph R. Piroshnikoff in 1924. (Source: Wikipedia) Shares: Ethics, Sociology, Philosophy

Your Mind and How to Use It William Walker Atkinson · 1911 · 150p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Psychology is generally considered to be the science of mind, although more properly it is the science of mental states—thoughts, feelings, and acts of volition. It was formerly the custom of writers on the subject of psychology to begin by an attempt to define and describe the nature of mind, before proceeding to a consideration of the subject of the various mental spates and activities. But… Shares: Psychologie, Psychology

Psychology Scott O. Lilienfeld · 2007 · 840p · ≈ 28h · Moderate 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology uses popular myths as a vehicle for helping students and laypersons to distinguish science from pseudoscience. Uses common myths as a vehicle for exploring how to distinguish factual from fictional claims in popular psychology Explores topics that readers will relate to, but often misunderstand, such as 'opposites attract', 'people use only 10% of their… Shares: Psychologie, Psychology

Psychology Robert S. Woodworth · 1929 · 674p · ≈ 22h · Challenging First published in 1922, this popular title by R. S Woodworth was revised several times. This twentieth edition from 1949 brought D.G. Marquis on board and was thoroughly revised again, originally published in its current form in 1963. One of the most famous and successful introductions to psychology ever published, this book was very popular in universities and training colleges at the time. Now… Shares: Psychologie, Psychology

Abriss der Psychoanalyse Sigmund Freud · 1949 · ★ 4.3 · 75p · ≈ 2h · Challenging One of fifteen volumes in the new Freud series commissioned for Penguin by series editor Adam Phillips. Part of a plan to generate a new, non-specialist Freud for a wide readership, which goes way beyond the institutional/clinical market and presents material to the reader in a new way. This volume will contain NEW INTRODUCTORY LECTURES IN PSYCHOANALYSIS and AN OUTLINE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS. Shares: Psychoanalyse, Psychology

Human Nature and Conduct An Introduction to Social Psychology John Dewey · 1922 · ★ 3.9 · 346p · ≈ 11h · Challenging nfluential work by the great educator/philosopher maintains that the key to social psychology lies in an understanding of the many varieties of habit; individual mental activity is guided by subordinate factors of impulse and intelligence. His investigation focuses on three main areas of conduct: habit, impulse, and intelligence, with each factor receiving an incisive treatment. Shares: Morale, Ethics, Philosophy

House of Sky and Breath Sarah J. Maas · 2022 · ★ 4.4 · 801p · ≈ 26h · Moderate Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back to normal―they may have saved Crescent City, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a chance to relax. Slow down. Figure out what the future holds. The Asteri have kept their word so far, leaving Bryce and Hunt alone. But with the rebels chipping away at the Asteri’s power, the threat the rulers pose is growing. As… Shares: Morale, Ethics

Psychology Carole Wade · 1987 · ★ 3.8 · 720p · ≈ 24h · Moderate The brain’s superpowers have been discovered by neuroscience. Your genius mind knows how to make your brain dissolve worry and stay in your best internal states longer. The result is a life full of possibility.The Worry-Free Mind shows you how to decipher the architecture of your model of reality, shift it to a newer version, and overcome your tendency to worry every day. With the powerful tools… Shares: Psychologie, Psychology

The Art of Loving Erich Fromm · 1956 · ★ 3.9 · 130p · ≈ 4h · Moderate "The Art of Loving" (1956) is a seminal work by psychoanalyst and social philosopher Erich Fromm. In this book, Fromm explores the concept of love in a profound and comprehensive manner, arguing that love is not just a passive feeling but an art that requires practice, knowledge, and effort. Through a detailed analysis, Fromm demystifies the idea that love is something that simply happens,… Shares: Psychologie, Ethics, Philosophy, Psychology

A Primer of Freudian Psychology Calvin S. Hall · 1954 · ★ 3.7 · 130p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The purpose of this primer is to present clearly, briefly, and systematically the psychological theories advanced by Sigmund Freud. Freud's contributions in the areas of abnormal psychology, psychopathology, psychotherapy, and psychiatry have been summarized by a number of writers, but his work as a psychological theorist in the area of general psychology has not been presented in a systematic… Shares: Psychoanalyse, Psychologie, Psychology

Γοργίας Plato · 1827 · ★ 3.9 · 134p · ≈ 4h · Challenging There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is because his writings have set the schema that philosophy can be said to have followed ever since. Following under the teachings of Socrates, Plato's works are among the world's greatest literature. In the Gorgias, as in nearly all the other dialogues of Plato, we are made aware that formal logic has… Shares: Morale, Ethics, Philosophy

Psychology and the human dilemma Rollo May · 1967 · ★ 4.1 · 221p · ≈ 7h · Moderate The development of an existential psychology in America is in good part the work of Rollo May. He helped bring existentialism to psychology some fifteen years ago, and since then his impact has increased each year. As he says here, he isn't an existentialist in a cultist sense. In American psychology, the existential approach is part of a wider trend which includes many views" (Eugene T. Gendlin,… Shares: Psychologie, Psychology

The mechanical mind Tim Crane · 2003 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate How can the human mind represent the external world? What is thought, and can it be studied scientifically? Should we think of the mind as a kind of machine? Is the mind a computer? Can a computer think? Tim Crane sets out to answer these questions and more in a lively and straightforward way, presuming no prior knowledge of philosophy or related disciplines. Since its first publication, The… Shares: Humanism, Philosophy

12 Rules for Life Jordan B. Peterson · 2015 · ★ 4.5 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Duplicate of https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27241047M/12_Rules_For_Life_Paperback Shares: Psychologie, Ethics, Philosophy, Psychology

Games People Play Eric Berne · 1964 · ★ 3.7 · 191p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Games People Play (1964) explores the fascinating and bizarre world of psychological games, where players unconsciously manipulate each other into acting in alienating and self-destructive ways. Shares: Psychologische aspecten, Psychology

Sphere Michael Crichton · 1980 · ★ 3.8 · 371p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Sphere is a 1987 novel by Michael Crichton, his sixth novel under his own name and his sixteenth overall. The story follows Norman Johnson, a psychologist engaged by the United States Navy, who joins a team of scientists assembled to examine a spacecraft of unknown origin discovered on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. The novel begins as a science fiction story but quickly transforms into a… Shares: Psychologists, Psychology

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