Zena Hitz Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Tutor @stjohnscollege Foundress @CatherineProj Author, LOST IN THOUGHT *New*: A PHILOSOPHER LOOKS AT THE RELIGIOUS LIFE (https://t.co/r2BNd0AI0O)

15 books

How to Think Like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education

Scott Newstok

Zena Hitz

April 23 is Shakespeare's birthday and death-day. To honor our wonderful friend, I suggest reading this excerpt from Scott Newstok's fabulous book, "How to Think Like Shakespeare"! https://t.co/DUUf9wFMfd

Paperback, 2021

$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Naming and Necessity: 50th Anniversary Edition

Saul A. Kripke

Zena Hitz

Rest in peace, Saul Kripke. I love Naming and Necessity-- the book in contemporary philosophy I've learned most from and have returned to most often.

Paperback, 2025

$31.95$15.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Politics: Books I and II

Aristotle

Zena Hitz

@RafaeldeArizaga @LeahLibresco @SohrabAhmari Law makes people good in a variety of ways. Read Aristotle’s Politics for Pete’s sake. Politics is at the mercy of circumstance.

Paperback, 1996

$65.00$40.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)

Mathematics for Human Flourishing

Francis Su

Zena Hitz

Same goes: Francis Su's Mathematics for Human Flourishing is an excellent book! https://t.co/5ycMk6LRrQ

Paperback, 2021

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Cultural Universals and Particulars

Kwasi Wiredu

Zena Hitz

Rest in peace, Kwasi Wiredu. I love Cultural Universals and Particulars. https://t.co/S1SukL4ZKN

Paperback, 1997

$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book

The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes

Jonathan Rose

Zena Hitz

@cory_fitz The classic works are by historian Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes and Readers Liberation. The connection with the American movements is made clear in Scott Buchanan's work, DM me for more details https://t.co/6Ah2SKWQ6m

Paperback, 2021

$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Theaetetus

Plato

Zena Hitz

Registration open for BAY AREA READING GROUPS w/ @CatherineProj and Berkeley Institute! Thursday evenings, two-week segments on Plato‘s Phaedrus, Plato’s Theaetetus, and Nietzsche on history! https://t.co/L8wUnRGxAj

Paperback, 2014

$6.99$3.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Book Cover for: Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks: How Christian Fundamentalists Trampled Science, Policy, and Democracy in George W. Bush's White House, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks: How Christian Fundamentalists Trampled Science, Policy, and Democracy in George W. Bush's White House

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Zena Hitz

"All modern philosophizing is political, policed by governments, churches, academies, custom, fashion, and human cowardice, all of which limit it to a fake learnedness." F. Nietzsche preaching it in *Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks*

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A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life

Zena Hitz

Carino Hodder's review of A PHILOSOPHER LOOKS AT THE RELIGIOUS LIFE! (First review by a bona fide religious, I am very excited!) https://t.co/1JF3cvrxvw

Paperback, 2023

$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

A Beginner's Guide to Choosing a College: The Mid-American Conference

S. B. Jeffrey

Zena Hitz

@MatthewJFranck actually I nominate Jeffrey Speaks of the University of Notre Dame.

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