Sam Harris: 17 books

Votre guide pour une pratique spirituelle rationnelle validée par les neurosciences Et si la spiritualité devenait enfin une science de l'esprit ? Dans cet essai percutant et provocant, Sam Harris nous montre que le chemin spirituel, l'expérience que la conscience peut transcender l'ego,...

For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris’s latest New York Times bestseller is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology. From Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of numerous New York Times bestselling books,...

Sam Harris’s first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most people—from religious fundamentalists to nonbelieving scientists—agree on one point: science has nothing to say on the subject of human values....

In a collection of personal essays that are “both rip-roaringly funny and sentimental, drawing natural (and justified) comparisons to David Sedaris and David Rakoff” (Esquire), longtime recording artist and actor Sam Harris recounts stories of friendship, love, celebrity, and growing up and getting...

In 2007, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett filmed a landmark discussion about modern atheism. The video went viral. Now in print for the first time, the transcript of their conversation is illuminated by new essays from three of the original participants and an...

Cuando empezaba a despuntar el movimiento del nuevo ateísmo, los heraldos del ocaso religioso que acabarían siendo conocidos como los "Cuatro Jinetes" ―Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett y Sam Harris― se reunieron para tomar una copa y a modo de experimento grabaron...

A BELIEF IN FREE WILL touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, public policy, intimate relationships, morality—as well as feelings of remorse or personal achievement—without first imagining that every person is the true source of...

In this dialogue between a famous atheist and a former radical, Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz invite you to join an urgently needed conversation: Is Islam a religion of peace or war? Is it amenable to reform? Why do so many Muslims seem drawn to extremism? The authors demonstrate how two people with very different views can find common ground.

Natalie Angier wrote in The New York Times: "The End of Faith articulates the dangers and absurdities of organized religion so fiercely and so fearlessly that I felt relieved as I read it, vindicated....Harris writes what a sizable number of us think, but few are willing to say." This important...

As it was in Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, and Othello, so it is in life. Most forms of private vice and public evil are kindled and sustained by lies. Acts of adultery and other personal betrayals, financial fraud, government corruption-even murder and genocide-generally require an additional moral...

Volgens filosoof en neurowetenschapper Sam Harris kunnen we ons leven radicaal verbeteren en vereenvoudigen als we leren altijd de waarheid te spreken. Het leugentje om bestwil – ‘Nee joh, je ziet er helemaal niet dik uit in die jurk’ – maakt ons leven niet alleen nodeloos ingewikkeld maar ook oppervlakkiger.

" Tu ne trouves pas que cette robe me grossit ? " Il n'est guère de domaine privé ou public qui échappe au mensonge. De la vie conjugale à la vie professionnelle, en passant par la politique, le succès est souvent synonyme d'une excellente aptitude au mensonge. Que celui-ci soit petit...

From the new afterword by the author: Humanity has had a long fascination with blood sacrifice. In fact, it has been by no means uncommon for a child to be born into this world only to be patiently and lovingly reared by religious maniacs, who believe that the best way to keep the sun on its...

Thirteen stories from eleven authors, exploring the world of Jane Austen and celebrating her influence on ours.Being cousins-by-marriage doesn't deter William Elliot from pursuing Richard Musgrove in Lyme; nor does it prevent Elinor Dashwood falling in love with Ada Ferrars. Surprises...