Sunday, December 14, 2008

Ancient Eastern Philosophy Shop: Buddha, Taoism, Confucius, Dalai Lama T-shirts, Posters, Cards



Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism & Confucianism are the ancient philosophical religions of the East. They offer profound insights into the nature of reality and the universe, as well as practical guidance on how to live, suffering and happiness.

The Philosophy Shop has a grand collection of pictures & quotes from famous Chinese / Indian Philosophers and Mystics (Lao Tzu, Confucius, Buddha, Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi and the Dalai Lama). Printed on posters, t-shirts, calendars, greeting cards etc.

Subjects include Buddhism, Taoism, happiness, truth, nature, knowledge.

"The gift of truth excels all other gifts." (Buddha)

"To tread the Noble Eightfold Path requires one to live a life based on a right view, right thought, right speech, right conduct, right vocation, right effort, right attention and right concentration." (Buddha)
"Being one with nature, the sage is in accord with the Tao." (Lao Tzu)

"Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart." (Confucius) "All our philosophy is as dry as dust if it is not immediately translated into some act of living service." (Mahatma Gandhi)

"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions." (Dalai Lama)

Ancient Greek Philosophers Quotes & Pictures at the Philosophy Gift Shop



Discover the ancient wisdom of the Greek Philosophers at the Philosophy Gift Shop.

Beautiful portraits and profound quotes on reality, unity, metaphysics, truth, happiness, society, education, music, mathematics, politics etc.

Printed on many cool products! T-shirts, 2009 calendars, posters etc.

Philosophers include: Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Democritus, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Diogenes:, Epicurus, Zeno.

"Know Thyself! The unexamined Life is not worth Living." (Socrates)

"For no matter what dull clay we seemed to be before, we are every one of us a poet when we are in love." (Plato)

"Do few things, if you would enjoy tranquillity. ... By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich." (Democritus)

"All things come out of the One and the One out of all things." (Heraclitus)

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." (Aristotle)

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Famous Scientists, Inventors, Explorers at the Philosophy Shop


Discover the wonderfully creative minds of famous scientists, inventors and explorers at the Philosophy Gift Shop.

Inspiring quotes and pictures printed on many quality products (calendars, t shirts, greeting cards, framed posters etc).

Albert Einstein, Edwin Hubble, Marie Curie, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Louis Pasteur, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, Christopher Columbus.





"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." (Archimedes)






"Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus." (Alexander Graham Bell)

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Famous Fabulous Women: Philosophy Politics Science Feminism Art Gifts


Philosophy, Science, Feminism, Art, Politics

The Philosophy Gift Shop has a lovely range of inspiring women pictures & quotes on a variety of products. Cool T shirts, posters, framed prints, calendars, greeting cards etc.

"Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience." (Mary Wollstonecraft)




"Sexual pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken." (Simone de Beauvoir)
"The Fool gets Angry. The Wise Person Understands."
(Ancient Indian Wisdom quote on Rembrandt Painting, 'Philosopher in Meditation.'

Motivational Inspirational Quotes & Pictures at the Philosophy Shop

Inspire yourself and others with wise words of wisdom from the Philosophy Gift Shop. Educational, beautiful quotes and pictures of famous philosophers Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Edmund Burke, Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King.

"The unexamined life is not worth living. ... Wisdom begins in wonder." (Socrates)

"All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing." (Edmund Burke, 1729 - 1797)

"To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly." (William James)


The Philosophy Shop: Western Philosophers Portraits & Quotes


The Philosophy Shop: Western Philosophers Portraits & Quotes

Hi everyone!

I have just been working on the Western Philosophers section of our Philosophy Shop. Check it out! I think you will find some very unique and interesting Christmas presents ..
Philosophers include
Heidegger, Tolstoy, William James, Karl Marx, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Kant, Hegel, Hume, Rousseau, Berkeley, John Stuart Mill, Kierkegaard, Leibniz, Rene Descartes, Spinoza, Hobbes, de Montaigne, Machiavelli.

We sell portraits of philosophers with quotes printed on a whole heap of different products.
T-shirts, posters, framed prints, calendars, greeting card, mugs, stickers etc.

Monday, January 7, 2008

Female Sexuality: Sex Positive Education of Mind & Body


Evolutionary Philosophy of Female Sexuality: Sex Positive Education of Women's Mind & Body, Gender Roles, Family, Feminism & Sexual Power, Relationships & Society (evolved instincts vs culture). Info and Pictures of the Clitoris, Vagina, G Spot, Vulva, Breast Feeding, Circumcision, Ejaculation, Menstruation, Ovulation, Pregnancy, Birth, Menopause.

"A women is a combination of her biological evolution and her own creative cultivation (social / cultural construction). We encourage creativity - but with the harmony that comes from true foundations. As we see things this reflects the beauty of philosophy, the wisdom we derive from knowing the truth about things." (from the website)

This site has a nice collection of articles (with summary and link to site) that are interesting and relevant to a women's sexual evolution. It includes scientific research studies, health reports and statistics.

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