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Who Owns the Moon? In Defence of Humanity's Common Interests in Space by A.C. Grayling

January 21, 2026 by matt_thac Leave a Comment

I came across this book while thinking about modern philosophy/ethics writers I’d appreciated before. I read a few of his books several years ago, The Meaning of Things, having a particular impact on me as a guide for applying philosophy to life. His argument for vegetarianism “You’re eating carrion!” has especially rattled around in my head ever since. I was also reading Alain de Botton around the same time and it’s interesting to see how they’ve grown in different ways,de Botton with his “atheist church” while Grayling […]

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Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: A.C. Grayling, geopolitics, Philosophy

matt_thac's CBR18 Review No:15 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: A.C. Grayling, geopolitics, Philosophy ·
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Allegory of power

Pigeons!: A Fable For Our Times by Marc Chalvin

November 11, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

If I have one complaint about Pigeons!: A Fable For Our Times by Marc Chalvin (due December 2025, read via an oline reader) is that the people who need to read this book, won’t. This is the commentary about what is happening today. It comes out and tells us how the Dictator will use anything he can to stay in power. It comes out and tells us there are well meaning people, but they are missing a few pieces of the puzzle. And those who […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Dystopian, elections, Marc Chalvin, Philosophy, politics, Satire

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:500 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Dystopian, elections, Marc Chalvin, Philosophy, politics, Satire ·
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Hmmm

You Are Here by Thich Nhat Hanh

October 18, 2025 by ASKReviews Leave a Comment

Best for: Those looking for some reminders related to the Buddhist approach to live and being present. In a nutshell: Prolific writer on Buddhism Thich Nhat Hanh shares some thoughts on positivity and presence. Worth quoting: “You need to recognize that these kinds of positive elements exist and that you can benefit from their refreshing and helpful presence.” “We must always ask ourselves the question, ‘is my perception accurate?’” “The future is being made out of the present, so the best way to take care […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Philosophy, Thich Nhat Hanh

ASKReviews's CBR17 Review No:36 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Philosophy, Thich Nhat Hanh ·
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“Reading is a pact of generosity between author and reader.”

Literature & Existentialism by Jean-Paul Sartre

January 30, 2025 by Halbs Leave a Comment

I picked up this little curiosity at a bookstore featured in Texas Monthly magazine. You know how people say you eat with your eyes first? The meal starts before you eat? I wonder if you sometimes start engaging with a book in a bookstore before opening the cover. In this case, I felt a little more adventurous while roaming the stacks. My TBR list was nowhere in sight. I was having fun making small talk, eavesdropping on the locals’ coffee circle, and just existing in […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre, Literary Criticism, Philosophy, reading

Halbs's CBR17 Review No:2 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre, Literary Criticism, Philosophy, reading ·
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“Much remains unknown because there is so much to know.”

The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

January 22, 2025 by Halbs 2 Comments

Many thanks to esmemoria for setting the example of how to review a philosophy book in this review of Camus’ The Myth of Sisyphus. It inspired me to review Russell. Russell’s The Problems of Philosophy starts simply. As a thought experiment, Russell asks the reader to picture a table. What do you see? What can you really know about what you see? Do you know there is table, or do you know your sense-data, which makes you think “table”? In this way, the book is […]

Filed Under: Featured, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Bertrand Russell, Philosophy

Halbs's CBR17 Review No:1 · Genres: Featured, Non-Fiction · Tags: Bertrand Russell, Philosophy ·
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I Only Understood a Third of this Book but I Still Liked It

The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus

January 11, 2025 by esmemoria 2 Comments

Everything I’ve read by Albert Camus I have loved, and it is the same for The Myth of Sisyphus, only a portion of which I probably understood. From the back of the book: “[T]he essay presents a meditation on suicide–the question of living or not living in a universe devoid of order or meaning.” As I understand it, in this book/essay, Camus uses the term “absurd” to mean the meaninglessness of the universe. It is through the acknowledgement of this absurdity that the limits of […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: albert camus, existentialism, Philosophy

esmemoria's CBR17 Review No:3 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: albert camus, existentialism, Philosophy ·
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