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How do we decide what is "good" and what is "bad"? According to the ethical theory of Utilitarianism, to do good is to "always perform that act, of those available, that will bring the most happiness or the least unhappiness." By far the most widely read introduction to this theory, John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism is one of the most important and controversial works of moral philosophy ever written. In this major contribution to ethical history,...
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Covering topics ranging from literature to philosophy, history to social criticism, this is a snapshot of thought on 20th-century Europe (and the world) by one of Europe's sharpest wits and ablest pens. With chapter titles ranging from "The Miser and His Friends" to "The Red Reactionary," from "The Separatist and Sacred Things" to "The New Theologian" and "The Romantic in the Rain," this volume includes 39 brief sketches of individuals, each one of...
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English Enlightenment philosopher John Locke has been called the "Father of Liberalism". Following in the tradition of Sir Francis Bacon, he is one of the first British empiricists, which emphasizes the role of empirical evidence in the formation of ideas. His work would greatly influence other prominent political and literary figures including Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and the founding fathers of the United States of America. Contained here...
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In Green Laurels, Donald Culross Peattie combines his extensive knowledge of history's foremost naturalists with his personal observations about the subject to form what the New York Herald Tribune calls "a delightful book... one would not wish to miss on any account." This piece is accurate and precise but according to Nation, "there is not a line which is not dramatically vivid and entertaining." Peattie's enthusiasm and enlightened curiosity make...
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"Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic" is French philosopher Henri Bergson's treatise on laughter and the timeless role of comedy in human society. Originally published in three parts in French in 1900 and translated into English in 1924, Bergson makes three essential observations about laughter and comedy. First, that comedy is a necessary human behavior and acts as a sort of caricature or parody of essential human activities and behaviors....
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Renowned for his prolific writing-everything from philosophy screeds to detective fiction-G. K. Chesterton had a worldview like no other, one that inspires thinkers to this day. In this collection of writings, he shares his thoughts on a diverse array of topics, making no apologies for his leaps from one subject to another. He's not afraid to get into the down and dirty of everyday life. Of his essays-on futurists, telegraph poles, kinds of men, and...
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From detective stories and penny dreadfuls to skeletons, slang, and patriotism, G. K. Chesterton offers fresh perspectives on a remarkable range of subjects. The master essayist addresses each topic-planets, humility, nonsense, ugly things-with his characteristic combination of wit, paradox, and good humor. Chesterton's "defenses" of seemingly innocuous matters reveal many of the hidden assumptions and dogmas of his time. The first collection of the...
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Dr. Seuss and Philosophy delighted thousands of readers by demonstrating the insights of these children's classics through a playful engagement with the philosophical tradition. In More Dr. Seuss and Philosophy readers will be offered a vision of the good life through the world of Dr. Seuss. Whether it's stoicism and care of the self in Did I ever Tell you How Lucky you Are?, facing our own mortality in You're Only Old Once, or the value of compassion,...
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Este libro es para aficionados a la filosofía, a medio camino entre lo académico y la columna de opinión. En once ensayos breves se abordan diversos temas filosóficos, sujeto e individualidad, emociones, conocimiento, política, universidad y verdad, entre otros. Se trata de apuntes y comentarios del autor a lecturas de variados autores canónicos - desde Epicuro a Heidegger, pasando por Spinoza y Kant — y de filósofos chilenos como Jorge Millas,...
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Generations of readers have fallen in love with Jane Austen's timeless tales of eighteenth-century English life. Even casual readers comprehend that these classic novels are not just love stories. They offer keen insights into various aspects of the human condition, such as interpersonal relationships, social conventions, and morality. Jane Austen and Philosophy offers all fans of Austen's work an introduction to the incredible depth of this English...
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"Este libro enfoca nuestras conductas incoherentes y las confusiones de las que parten. Buscando esclarecer la relación entre la capacidad crítica —que rige nuestro diario razonar, decidir y actuar— y los efectos y la dinámica social que provocan y promueven nuestras acciones. Advertir que la incoherencia podía constituir un conjunto identificable y compartido de actitudes y comportamientos; y vincular su origen con una incapacidad crítica...
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This engaging and wide-ranging collection of essays is informed and unified by the conviction that philosophy can, and should, engage with real-world issues. Susan Haack's keen analytical skills and well-chosen illustrations illuminate a diverse range of cultural questions; and her direct style and wry sense of humor make complex ideas and subtle distinctions accessible to serious readers whatever their discipline or particular interests. Putting...
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Voltaire reflexionó y actuó como un intelectual comprometido, y nos invita a "meter las manos en el mundo".
Combinó diversos géneros literarios, convencido de que todos los medios son válidos para llevar a cabo una denuncia y enmendar una injusticia.
Hizo célebre una frase que recorrió Europa: "¡Aplastar al infame!" (Écrasez l'Infame!), su pedido desesperado para que nadie tolere la intolerancia.
Usó la ironía para evidenciar los absurdos...
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Deseos nómades propone una aproximación estético-encarnada para
pensar los vínculos entre lo social y la subjetividad. A partir de un
diálogo crítico e interdisciplinario con el psicoanálisis, los estudios de
género y decolonización, la filosofía continental y la teoría social,
Margarita Palacios explora el cómo la materialidad y la corporalidad
son constitutivas de las formaciones sociales y políticas. Por medio
del estudio del antagonismo...
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Mark Twain, the "Father of American Literature," and renowned humorist, satirist, and commentator on humanity and American life, is best known for his classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain's body of work, however, is expansive; from Adventures of Tom Sawyer and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court to the travelogue The Innocents Abroad and essays on human nature, religion, science, and literature, no aspect of life is left untouched...
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Ariel (1922) is an essay by José Enrique Rodó. Originally published in Spanish in 1900, Ariel was translated into English just five years after the author's death by F. J. Stimson, the former U. S. Ambassador to Argentina. The essay was immediately influential in Uruguay and across Latin America as an essential document of modernismo, a literary movement which sought to unite classical values and contemporary culture through a devotion to beauty...
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Aesthetic sensibility rests on perceptual experience and characterizes not only our experience of the arts but our experience of the world. Sensibility and Sense offers a philosophically comprehensive account of humans' social and cultural embeddedness encountered, recognized, and fulfilled as an aesthetic mode of experience. Extending the range of aesthetic experience from the stone of the earth's surface to the celestial sphere, the book focuses...
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Si les anges existent, peut-être ne sont-ils après tout qu'une version intemporelle et améliorée de nous-même.
Parfois, lorsqu'ils nous contemplent comme au travers d'un miroir, ils perçoivent alors un reflet de notre humanité. Notre sort les interroge et les séduit jusqu'au moment fatidique o, telle Alice au pays des merveilles, c'est nous qui sommes tentés à notre tour de passer de l'autre cté et d'ouvrir ainsi, sans le savoir, une boîte...
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This collection of essays brings together moral, social and political philosophers from Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the United States who explore a wide range of issues under the three headings of Philosophy, Society and Culture; Ethics, Economics and Justice; and Rights, Law and Punishment. The topics discussed range from the public responsibility of intellectuals to the justice of military tribunals, and from posthumous reproduction to the...
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