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The Essence of Machiavelli’s The Prince
[View...]Axios’s Essence of … Series takes the greatest works of practical philosophy and pares them down to their essence. Selected passages flow together to create a seamless work that will capture your interest from page one. Before Machiavelli, writers described human beings as they ought to be, not as they are. Machiavelli was brutally realistic, not to mention cynical and amoral. Must reading for anyone managing a business, organization, or nation.
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Two Little Savages
The Adventures of Two Boys Who Lived as American Indians[View...]In 1902, Ernest Thompson Seton founded a group called the Woodcraft Indians, and went on to become one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America. Although written in the third person, it records Seton’s adventures in the woods of Ontario in 1876, when he and a friend developed games that were later incorporated in Boy Scout rituals still in use today. The book is generously illustrated with over 300 of Seton’s own detailed drawings.
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Three Prescriptions for Happiness
[View...]A pioneer in the personal growth field and a lifelong peace advocate, Ken Keyes, Jr., contracted polio at age 27 which confined him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Yet he looked upon it as a blessing: “I view my so-called ‘handicap’ as another gift my life has offered me.” This deceptively simple little book contains three secrets—three prescriptions from this self-described “happiness doctor”—which are at once obvious and profoundly life-changing.
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Are the Rich Necessary?
Great Economic Arguments and How They Reflect Our Personal Values[View...]Are the rich necessary? Is capitalism to blame for the recent economic crash? Is Wall Street greed corruping our politics? Lewis addresses these and other provocative questions in a clear, objective, and easy-to-follow journey through the great economic arguments of our day. In an always lively, point-counterpoint style, he challenges conventional positions on both sides of each issue.
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Alexander Skutch
An Appreciation[View...]In addition to being one of the most prolific nature writers of our time and the world’s greatest expert on Central American birds, Alexander Skutch was an inspiring moral philosopher and original thinker in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau and John Muir. Alexander Skutch: An Appreciation includes selections from Skutch’s writing spanning his 70 years of contributions to ornithology, travel, nature and philosophy.
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The Beguiling Serpent
A Re-evaluation of Emotions and Values[View...]The Beguiling Serpent looks at emotions and emotional values in particular. On one level a sequel to A Question of Values, it is also an excellent introduction to emotions and values, and ideal course material.
