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      Ineffability: The Failure of Words in Philosophy and Religion

      Ben-Ami Scharfstein

      Describes the extraordinary powers than have been attributed to language everywhere, and then its failure to express important aspects in the major philosophical systems of Indian, China, Japan, and the…

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      Amoral Politics: The Persistent Truth of Machiavellism

      Ben-Ami Scharfstein

      After exploring the theory and practice of politics in ancient China, ancient India, and modern Europe, Scharfstein argues that the justification for deception and force is inseparable from political life…

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      Ineffability: The Failure of Words in Philosophy and Religion

      Ben-Ami Scharfstein

      Describes the extraordinary powers than have been attributed to language everywhere, and then its failure to express important aspects in the major philosophical systems of Indian, China, Japan, and the…

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      The Dilemma of Context

      Ben-Ami Scharfstein

      States that the problems encountered with context are insoluble. This title explains why this problem lays an intellectual burden on us that, while remaining inescapable, can become so heavy it…

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      A Comparative History of World Philosophy: From the Upanishads to Kant

      Ben-Ami Scharfstein

      Breaks through the cultural barriers between Western, Indian, and Chinese philosophy and demonstrates that despite considerable differences between these three great philosophical traditions, there are fundamental resemblances in their abstract…

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      The Nonsense of Kant and Lewis Carroll

      Ben-Ami Scharfstein

      Combining a deep knowledge of psychology, cultural anthropology, art history, and the history of religions - not to mention philosophy, this book demonstrates the unpredictability of writing and thought and…

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      Art Without Borders

      Ben-Ami Scharfstein

      Draws on neuroscience and psychology to understand the way we both perceive and conceive of art, including its resistance to verbal exposition. This book probes the distinction between accepting a…

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      The Philosophers: Their Lives and the Nature of Their Thought

      Professor of Philosophy Ben-Ami Scharfstein (Tel-Aviv University)

      This highly readable volume offers a broad introduction to modern philosophy and philosophers. Ben-Ami Scharfstein contends that personal experience, especially that of childhood, affects philosophers’ sense of reality and hence…

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