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I am selling three epic philosophy books
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epbaha
on 16/12/2012, 20:00:35 UTC
A Dialog on Personal Identity and Immortality - This one's my favorite.  On his death bed, a friend tries to persuade a philosopher that existence of an afterlife is possible by arguing that souls exist.  It has one of the best endings that I have read in the non-fiction category.

Plato's Republic - Through Socratic questioning, an argument is made for what the best possible city looks like.  The following question is also answered:  "Is it better to be evil and have everyone think you are virtuous or is it better to be virtuous and have everyone think you are evil?"

Descartes - An Analytical and Historical Introduction - Descartes starts from assuming nothing.  At first, he doubts his existence, but comes up with the argument "I think, therefore, I exist."  Then Descartes attempts to prove the existence of God through his famous ontological argument, which is based on a definition instead of empirical evidence.  Although Descartes is hard to follow, Dicker beautifully clarifies the arguments of Descartes. 


Selling the bundle of books for 1 BTC shipping included, which is what you would pay on Amazon.


Amazon reference links:
http://www.amazon.com/Dialogue-Personal-Identity-Immortality/dp/0915144530?tag=yafl-20
http://www.amazon.com/Republic-Plato/dp/1613823703?tag=yafl-20
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195075900?tag=yafl-20