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Meaning and Ethics

Explore meaning and ethics across books, authors and perspectives in the Bookkad library.

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The Picture of Dorian Gray: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights

What if every moral consequence you tried to hide appeared somewhere else—visible, but not on your own face? Oscar Wilde’s The Picture…

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Being Mortal: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights

Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal examines what happens when medicine confronts the limits of cure. As people age or develop serious, life-limiting illness,…

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A History of God: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights

Few ideas have shaped human civilization as deeply as the idea of God. Karen Armstrong’s A History of God traces changing Jewish,…

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The Essential Rumi: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights

The Essential Rumi, translated and presented by Coleman Barks, introduces modern readers to selected poems attributed to Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, the…

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Jainism: An Introduction: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights

Jainism is often introduced through one word: ahimsa, or non-violence. But treating Jainism as simply a philosophy of kindness misses the extraordinary…

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The Chosen: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights

What happens when a child enters a new world and discovers that identity can become complicated by family, religion, community and history?…

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Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights

Martin Lings’s Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources presents the life of Muhammad through early Islamic biographical traditions, tracing his…

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