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How to destroy Western civilization -- What can Chicken Little do? -- The unmentionable elephant in the living room of the religious liberty debate -- The paradox of poverty -- The logic of liberalism -- The social, moral, and sexual effects of symbolic logic -- Twelve core values -- Traditionalism and progressivism -- C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the culture wars -- Heroes -- What is a liberal? -- What is the key to a good society? -- Seventeen freedoms -- Four confusions about freedom -- Is agnosticism in religion the default position? -- A word about Islam, and a defense of my controversial book about it -- Pity vs. pacifism -- Judgment.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Nine Introductions for Students -- Introduction for Teachers -- 32 Ethical Gurus -- 1. One universal anonymous sage: the Rta/Tao/Logos -- Four sages from the East -- 2. The Hindu tradition: the four wants of man -- 3. Buddha: Nirvana -- 4. Confucius: Social harmony -- 5. Lao Tzu: Nature's way -- Three sages from the West -- 6. Moses: Divine law -- 7. Jesus: Agape love -- 8. Muhammad: "Islam" -- Three classic Greek founders of philosophy -- 9. Socrates: the primacy of wisdom ("Virtue is knowledge") -- 10. Plato -- 11. Aristotle -- Three lesser but more popular ancient philosophers -- 12. Protagoras: Sophism -- 13. Epicurus: Hedonism -- 14. Epicurus: Stoicism -- Three medieval Christian saints -- 15. St. Augustine -- 16. St. Anselm: The good greater than which nothing can be thought -- 17. Thomas Aquinas -- Three modern political philosophers -- 18. Machiavelli: the good as the practical -- 19. Hobbes: the good as power -- 20. Rousseau: the good as feeling -- Three classic modern ethical alternatives -- 21. Hume: the good as subjective -- 22. Kant: -- 23. Mill: Utilitarianism: the good as maximally happy consequences -- Three Existentialists -- 24. Kierkegaard: aesthetics, ethics, and religion -- 25. Nietzsche -- 26. Sartre -- Two Personalists -- 27. Marcel -- 28. Von Hildebrand -- Three analytic philosophers -- 29. Ayer: the good as meaningless -- 30. Moore: the good as indefinable -- 31. Wittgenstein: the good as "mystical" -- Is ethics dead? -- 32. MacIntyre: "After Virtue" vs. Aquinas -- Conclusions -- Appendix I: Suggestions for questions for original essays or debates -- Appendix II: Ten methods from the philosophers for writing original essays.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- A Salesman's-Pitch Introduction to This Book -- A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy -- A Personal Bibliography -- A Few Recommended Histories of Philosophy -- Introduction to Modern Philosophy -- 55. Rene Descartes -- 56. Blaise Pascal -- 57. Baruch Spinoza -- 58. Gottfried Leibnitz -- 59. Francis Bacon -- 60. John Locke -- 61. George Berkeley -- 62. David Hume -- 63. Thomas Reid -- 64. Immanuel Kant -- 65. Gottlieb Fichte -- 66. Schelling -- 67. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel -- 68. Arthur Schopenhauer -- The Political Philosophers -- 69. Niccolo Machiavelli -- 70. Thomas Hobbes -- 71. Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- 72. Karl Marx -- Conclusion.

"Juxtaposing "ecumenism" and "jihad," two words that many would consider strange and at odds with one another, Peter Kreeft argues that we need to change our current categories and alignments. We need to realize that we are at war and that the sides have changed radically. Docu-menting the spiritual and moral decay that has taken hold of modern society, Kreeft issues a wake-up call to all God-fearing Christians, Jews, and Muslims to unite together in a "religious war" against the common enemy of godless secular humanism, materialism, and immorality. "Be forewarned. This book pricks prejudices, jostles assumptions, and can do permanent harm to complacent Christianity. Definitely not recommended for people who are unprepared for a rollickingly adventurous journey into truths that might change them forever. Don't say you were not warned."--Fr. Richard John Neuhaus"--

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- A Salesman's-Pitch Introduction to This Book -- A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy -- A Personal Bibliography -- A Few Recommended Histories of Philosophy -- Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy -- 73. Soren Kierkegaard -- 74. Friedrich Nietzsche -- 75. Martin Heidegger -- 76. Jean-Paul Sartre -- 77. Gabriel Marcel -- 78. Marin Buber -- 79. William James -- 80. John Dewey -- 81. Auguste Comte -- 82. Jeremy Bentham -- 83. John Stuart Mill -- Three Philosophers of Evolution -- 84. Herbert Spencer -- 85. Henri Bergson -- 86. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin -- "Analytic Philosophy" -- 87. G.E. Moore -- 88. A.J. Ayer -- 89. Bertrand Russell -- 90. Ludwig Wittgenstein -- 91. Edmund Husserl -- 92. Dietrich von Hildebrand -- 93. Paul Ricoeur -- 94. Emmanuel Levinas -- 95. Jacques Derrida -- 96. Etienne Gilson -- 97. Jacques Maritain -- 98. Bernard Lonergan -- 99. W. Norris Clarke -- 100. G. K. Chesterton -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: A Doable Do-It-Yourself Course in the Classics of Philosophy -- Appendix II: A Bibliography of Books on the History of Philosophy by the Author -- Appendix III: Recommended Histories of Philosophy.

Introduction -- On comparative religions -- On Islam vs. the West -- On Jesus and Muhammad -- On the relation between morality and theology -- On surrender -- On loving God and fearing God -- On who goes to heaven -- On liberals and conservatives -- On prayer and the wildness of God -- On feminism -- On sexual morality and moral ambiguity -- On Islam and politics -- On war and pacifism -- On Jihad and enemies -- On evolution and sex -- On abortion and compassion

"What would happen if Christians and a Muslim at a university talked and disagreed, but really tried to understand each other? What would they learn? That is the intriguing question Peter Kreeft seeks to answer in these imaginative conversations on issues ranging from prayer and worship to evolution and abortion, from war and politics to the nature of spiritual struggle and spiritual submission."--Jacket

Renowned Catholic writer Peter Kreeft presents 67 things he has learned about life, faith, morality, priorities, marriage, and more as his legacy to his children-- and to readers. He shares his practical wisdom, as well as his concern for truth and goodness, in a beautifully written and compelling style.

Intro -- Introduction -- 1. The Characters -- 2. The Contrast with Plato -- 3. The First Principle of The Prince -- 4. The Test of Truth -- 5. Machiavelli's Philosophy of Man -- 6. The Existence of Te (Moral Authority) -- 7. The Knowledge of Good and Evil -- 8. The Power of Trust -- 9. Arms and Laws -- 10. Love and Fear -- 11. Machiavelli's Ethics -- 12. Machiavelli's Metaphysics -- 13. Machiavelli's Epistemology -- 14. Machiavelli's Logic -- 15. Machiavelli's Life -- 16. The Formula for Success.