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1) The Republic
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"The Republic is Plato's masterwork. It was written 2,400 years ago and remains one of the most widely read books in the world, famous for both the richness of its ideas and the virtuosity of its writing. Presented as a dialogue between Plato's teacher Socrates and various interlocutors, it is an exhortation to study philosophy, inviting its readers to reflect on the choices we must make if we are to live the best life available to us. This complex,...
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What does it mean to be a good person? Aristotle's famous series of lectures on ethical topics ranges over fundamental questions about good and bad character; pleasure and self-control; moral wisdom and the foundations of right and wrong; friendship and love in all their forms - all set against a rich and humane conception of what makes for a flourishing life. Adam Beresford's freshly researched translation presents many of Aristotle's key terms and...
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The Idea of History (1946) is a book of philosophy that explores the nature of history and the historian's interpretation of it. Written by English historian, archaeologist, and philosopher R.G. Collingwood, the work encourages students of history to go beyond events into the motivations of the actors themselves.
R.G. Collingwood (b. 1889, d. 1943) was the son of an artist/archaeologist father and artist/pianist mother. Showing an aptitude for the...
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Published posthumously in 1965, this book contains various essays by R. G. Collingwood concerning history, philosophy, and their relationship. The essays mostly concern the idea of a 'philosophy of history', exploring its aims, limitations, and relevance. Highly recommended for students of philosophy and collectors of vintage literature of this ilk.
Contents include: "Croce's Philosophy of History", "Are History and Science Different Kinds of Knowledge?",...
5) The prince
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 7
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1510L
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Need to seize a country? Have enemies you must destroy? In this handbook for despots and tyrants, the Renaissance statesman Machiavelli sets forth how to accomplish this and more, while avoiding the awkwardness of becoming generally hated and despised. "Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be...
6) The Ethics
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"Ethics" is the most famous work of Benedict de Spinoza, who is considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy. Spinoza was born of Jewish and Portuguese ancestry in 1632 and lived a simple life in Amsterdam as an optical lens grinder. His greatest fame came about when "Ethics," a collection of several of his philosophical works, was published anonymously by his close friends in 1677 shortly after Spinoza's untimely death at age...
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Born in the late 5th century AD, Boethius was a Roman statesman and philosopher who would come into the service of the Ostrogothic ruler of Italy, Theodoric the Great. Ultimately, he would rise to the position of magister officiorum, the head of all the government and court services. In 523 A.D., he would find himself accused of treasonous correspondence with Justin I, a charge that would land him in prison and ultimately lead to his execution. During...
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"Fired with a fearless iconoclasm which surpassed the wildest dreams of contemporary free thought" - The New York Times
Beyond Good and Evil is one of the most scathing and powerful critiques of philosophy, religion, science, politics and ethics ever written - an essential summary of Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy.
One of the most iconoclastic philosophers of all time, Nietzsche dramatically rejected notions of good and evil, truth and God....
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The fascinating work of a Russian prince-turned-anarchist, Peter Kropotkin (1842-1921). Kropotkin one of the world's first international celebrities. In England, Kropotkin was known as a brilliant scientist, famous for his work on animal and human cooperation, but Kropotkin's fame in continental Europe centered more on his role as a founder and vocal proponent of anarchism. In the United States, he pursued both passions. Tens of thousands of people...
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Este libro constituye una memoria del autor sobre los 15 años pasados en el círculo de Estanislao Zuleta y sobre el pensamiento de una de las figuras más representativas del horizonte filosófico y cultural colombiano. Se trata de un trabajo pionero, puesto que reconstruye el pensamiento de Zuleta alrededor de un núcleo central: el primado de la razón práctica. Este interés prioritario por una reflexión orientada a la praxis constituye el...
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El coronavirus es un virus soberano que traspasa los muros patrióticos, las arrogantes fronteras de los soberanistas. Y revela con toda su terrible crudeza la lógica inmunitaria que excluye a los más débiles. La diferencia entre protegidos e indefensos, que desafía toda idea de justicia, no ha sido nunca tan evidente. El virus ha puesto al descubierto la crueldad del capitalismo y muestra la imposibilidad de salvarse si no es con ayuda mutua,...
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Ziel dieses Werkes ist es, einen Leitfaden zu geben, um zu erlernen, wie man ein guter Mensch wird und wie man ein glückliches Leben führt. Da hierfür der Begriff des Handelns zentral ist, ist bereits im ersten Satz davon die Rede: "Jedes praktische Können und jede wissenschaftliche Untersuchung, ebenso alles Handeln und Wählen, strebt nach einem Gut, wie allgemein angenommen wird." Ein Gut kann dabei entweder nur dazu da sein, ein weiteres Gut...
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Steven Nadler is Vilas Research Professor and the William H. Hay II Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His many books include Rembrandt's Jews, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Spinoza: A Life, and (with Lawrence Shapiro) When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People: How Philosophy Can Save Us from Ourselves (Princeton).
From Pulitzer Prize-finalist Steven Nadler, an engaging guide to what Spinoza can teach...
14) Caos y orden
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Una conciencia ampliada de la complejidad
Aunque el concepto de orden sea ambiguo, las grandes perplejidades surgieron hace poco, cuando la comprensión del mundo empezó a desvincularlo de uniformidad y equilibrio. No identificado ya con lo simple y permanente, sino con "lo múltiple, temporal y complejo", el orden experimenta por todas partes el embate de la incertidumbre, que ahora ya no se reduce al punto de vista del observador y contagia de...
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Newly translated and edited by Taylor Carman, On Truth and Untruth charts Nietzsche's evolving thinking on truth, which has exerted a powerful influence over modern and contemporary thought. This original collection features the complete text of the celebrated early essay "On Truth and Lie in a Nonmoral Sense" ("a keystone in Nietzsche's thought" -Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy), as well as selections from the great philosopher's entire career,...
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Three Socratic dialogues by the ancient Greek philosopher who established the foundations of Western thought.
Apology: In this classic text, Plato recounts the trial of his mentor Socrates, who stands accused of rejecting the gods and corrupting the youth of Athens. As recounted by Plato, Socrates defends himself with a profound examination of integrity, citizenship, the nature of truth, and the role of a philosopher.
Symposium: Here Plato depicts...
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Readers will receive an abridged version of the course offered at the Naval War College the last 40 years. The course consists of readings, philosophical, biblical and literary (Plato, Aristotle, Spinoza, Hume, Kant, and Mill on the one hand; Job, New Testament, Ignatius, Aeschylus, Dante, Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, and Camus); and it focuses on man's need to believe that virtue is rewarded and evil is punished.
ADM James Stockdale, course designer...
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"José Gaos escribió una filosofía de la técnica que, a pesar de su importancia, ha sido poco reconocida y casi nada estudiada. Sus reflexiones abarcan un amplio espectro de tecnificación: desde las técnicas cotidianas hasta las altas tecnologías como la nuclear, los viajes espaciales y la cibernética, y desde la urbanización hasta la crítica de la aceleración.
Este filósofo transterrado se pregunta por el poder de la técnica desde situaciones...
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This collection brings together the text of the monograph Art and Morality by the philosopher Richard Beardsmore along with fourteen other essays (both published and previously unpublished) in which he explores further some of the themes of his seminal book. With the revival of interest among philosophers and others in the relationships between art and morality, the publication of this material is especially timely. Beardsmore's original contribution...
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Three essential philosophers on the nature of reality, the health of the human body, and the meaning of history. Science and Philosophy: An essential introduction to Alfred North Whitehead's life and philosophy. From personal reflections to his groundbreaking essay "Process and Reality" to an enlightening discussion of Einstein's theories, Science and Philosophy is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand one of the modern world's greatest thinkers....
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