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Lost Land of the Dodo

An Ecological History of Mauritius, Réunion & Rodrigues

By: Anthony S. Cheke,Julian Pender Hume

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Lost Land of the Dodo

An Ecological History of Mauritius, Réunion & Rodrigues

By: Anthony S. Cheke,Julian Pender Hume

Uninhabited by humans, the Mascarene Islands of the Indian Ocean were once home to an extraordinary range of birds and reptiles: giant tortoises, parrots, skinks, geckos, burrowing boas, flightless rails and herons, and, most famously, dodos. But the discovery of the three isolated islands in the 1500s, and their colonization in the 1600s, led to dramatic ecological changes. The dodo became extinct on its home island of Mauritius within several decades, and over the next 150 years most native vertebrates suffered the same fate. This fascinating book provides the first full ecological history of the Mascarene Islands as well as the specific story of each extinct vertebrate, accompanied by Julian Hume’s superb color illustrations.

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Lost Land of the Dodo

An Ecological History of Mauritius, Réunion & Rodrigues

By: Anthony S. Cheke,Julian Pender Hume

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An Ecological History of Mauritius, Réunion & Rodrigues

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The Great Guide

What David Hume Can Teach Us about Being Human and Living Well

By: Julian Baggini

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The Great Guide

What David Hume Can Teach Us about Being Human and Living Well

By: Julian Baggini

Invaluable wisdom on living a good life from one of the Enlightenment's greatest philosophers David Hume (1711–1776) is perhaps best known for his ideas about cause and effect and his criticisms of religion, but he is rarely thought of as a philosopher with practical wisdom to offer. Yet Hume's philosophy is grounded in an honest assessment of nature—human nature in particular. The Great Guide is an engaging and eye-opening account of how Hume's thought should serve as the basis for a complete approach to life. In this enthralling book, Julian Baggini masterfully interweaves biography with intellectual history and philosophy to give us a complete vision of Hume's guide to life. He follows Hume on his life's journey, literally walking in the great philosopher's footsteps as Baggini takes readers to the places that inspired Hume the most, from his family estate near the Scottish border to Paris, where, as an older man, he was warmly embraced by French society. Baggini shows how Hume put his philosophy into practice in a life that blended reason and passion, study and leisure, and relaxation and enjoyment. The Great Guide includes 145 Humean maxims for living well, on topics ranging from the meaning of success and the value of travel to friendship, facing death, identity, and the importance of leisure. This book shows how life is far richer with Hume as your guide.

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Princeton University Press

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0691220867

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Hume on Religion

By: Julian Baggini

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Hume on Religion

By: Julian Baggini

First Published in 2016. David Hume is widely believed to be Britain’s greatest ever philosopher, and his writings on religion are as relevant today as they were in the eighteenth century. This volume gathers together these disparate writings into one handy volume. It includes both his books, ‘Dialogues concerning Natural Religion’ and ‘The Natural History of Religion’, the chapters on miracles and the argument from design from ‘An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding’, and two lesser- known but brilliant essays, ‘On the Immortality of the Soul’ and ‘Of Superstition and Enthusiasm’.

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Lost Land of the Dodo

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Lost Land of the Dodo

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Hume on Religion

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