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"When we lose someone we love, when we suffer loss or defeat, when catastrophe strikes-war, famine, pandemic-we go in search of consolation. Once the province of priests and philosophers, the language of consolation has largely vanished from our modern vocabulary, and the places where it was offered, houses of religion, are often empty. Rejecting the solace of ancient religious texts, humanity since the sixteenth century has increasingly placed its...
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The first book on Nietzsche ever to appear in English, this examination by legendary journalist H. L. Mencken is still one of the most enlightening. Mencken wrote this book while still in his 20s, but his penchant for thoroughness was evident even at that young age—in preparation for writing this book, he read Nietzsche's works in their entirety, mostly in the original German. A brief biographical sketch is followed by clear and thorough explanations...
3) Ecce Homo
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"Ecco Homo: How One Becomes What One Is" is an insightful reflection by Friedrich Nietzsche upon his own life and his impact on the world of philosophy. The work, the last original work he wrote, was written in 1888, weeks before the onset of the insanity that would plague him until his death in 1900. Not published until 1908, "Ecce Homo" is an autobiography of sorts and Nietzsche offers his personal perspective and criticism on his various philosophical...
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"A Seminary Co-Op Notable Book of the Year" "A Prospect Book of the Year: Lives" "A FiveBooks Best Philosophy Book of the Year" David Edmonds is a writer and philosopher whose many critically acclaimed books have been translated into more than two dozen languages. He is the author of The Murder of Professor Schlick and Would You Kill the Fat Man? (both Princeton) and the coauthor, with John Eidinow, of the international bestseller Wittgenstein's Poker....
5) Walden
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IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 21
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"In honor of the bicentennial of Henry David Thoreau's birth, this edition of Walden features an introduction and annotations by renowned environmentalist Bill McKibben. 'We need to understand that when Thoreau sat in the dooryard of his cabin 'from sunrise till noon, rapt in a revery, in undisturbed solitude and stillness, while the birds sang around or flitted noiseless through the house,' he was offering counsel and example exactly suited for our...
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Ancient wisdom for modern challenges.
Meditations is a collection of private thoughts of the great Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius who reflected daily on the essential tenets of philosophy by writing personal notes to himself. In this way, he persuaded himself every night to stay on the right path by repeating to himself his observations and the lessons he learned touching the core principles and beliefs of Stoic philosophy.
This book is, without...
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Adam Smith (1723-1790) is now widely regarded as the greatest economist of all time. But what he really thought, and the implications of his ideas, remain fiercely contested. Was he an eloquent advocate of capitalism and individual freedom? A prime mover of "market fundamentalism"? An apologist for human selfishness? Or something else entirely? In Adam Smith, political philosopher Jesse Norman dispels the myths and caricatures, and provides a far...
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"An Experiment in Autobiography" was first published in 1934. Within it, Wells recounts his childhood, school days, struggle to make money, his eventual literary success, and latter occupation as a prophet of socialism. A fascinating and unique look into the life and mind of this seminal author, "An Experiment in Autobiography" will appeal to all who have read and loved the works of H. G. Wells.
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"47 High Street, Bromley, Kent",...
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John Peter DiIulio is the James N. Perry Scholar of Philosophy, Politics, and Society in the Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society at the University of Pennsylvania.
An original, unified reconstruction of Mill's moral and political philosophy-one that finally reveals its consistency and full power
Few thinkers have been as influential as John Stuart Mill, whose philosophy has arguably defined Utilitarian ethics and modern liberalism....
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This vintage book contains Friedrich Nietzsche's 1889 treatise, "An Essay on Aristocratic Radicalism". This fascinating essay is recommended for students of philosophy, and would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a German philosopher, poet, composer, and scholar. He wrote numerous critical essays on morality, culture, philosophy, science, and religion, radically questioning...
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Philosophy is a discipline that makes no observations, conducts no experiments, and needs no input from experience. It is an armchair subject, requiring only thought. Yet that thought can advance knowledge in unexpected directions, not only through the discovery of new facts but also through the enhancement of what we already know. Philosophy can clarify our vision of the world and provide exciting ways to interpret it. Of course, philosophy's unified...
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The future is alongside us, sometimes closer, sometimes further away. Hidden Valleys starts from the perception that the human world is an eerie place, particularly in relation to its stories and dreams. It also starts from events that took place in North Yorkshire, in 1978. A work of philosophy, an account of experiences, and a biography of a year, it is simultaneously a challenging cultural analysis, drawing on novels, songs and films. It argues...
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Joakim Garff is Associate Professor at the Søren Kierkegaard Research Center at the University of Copenhagen. He is the author of numerous books and articles and is the coeditor of a project to publish definitive new Danish-language editions of all of Kierkegaard's writings. Bruce H. Kirmmse is Professor of History at Connecticut College. His previous works include Kierkegaard in Golden Age Denmark and Encounters with Kierkegaard (Princeton). He...
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Nuestro foco de atención está mayoritariamente dirigido hacia fuera: pensamos constantemente, centrándonos en lo exterior. Este libro nos propone mirar hacia dentro y, desde la calma, la reflexión y la meditación, encontrar un sentido más profundo a nuestra vida.
El autor, un filósofo que encarna el ideal del estoicismo, ofrece una visión actualizada y crítica de la filosofía estoica y brinda herramientas para llevarla a la práctica y...
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Fictionalized but true to the salient facts, Zarathustra Stone relates the story of the day Friedrich Nietzsche thought the thought that changed his life, and that would, he believed, alter the course of western intellectual history. The Eternal Recurrence of the Same. Eternal Return. The narrative explains imaginatively the origin of Nietzsche's idea, not only its philosophical roots, but its biographical, emotional, and psychological sources as...
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GuíaBurros ¿Con qué filósofo te quedas? es una recopilación de grandes pensadores que han aparecido a lo largo de los tiempos. Una guía perfecta para iniciarse en la filosofía o entender como algunos pensadores se relacionan con otros anteriores a su época.
"Este libro te hará reflexionar sobre los aspectos de la economía, que por lo general, no los sueles tener en cuenta habitualmente".
Gonzalo Barceló (Jefe de redacción de El mundo Financiero)
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Vida y obra de Benjamin, Adorno, Marcuse, Horkheimer y otros pensadores que definieron el mundo tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
"Están ustedes alojados en el Gran Hotel Abismo", le dijo un día el filósofo Lukács a Adorno, refiriéndose a todos los miembros de la Escuela de Frankfurt: un hotel equipado con toda clase de lujos, pero colgado sobre un precipicio, sobre el vacío y el absurdo...
Este grupo de pensadores alemanes ha tenido una inmensa...
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Una generación tras otra necesita volver a leer las grandes obras, los autores de importancia reconocida, y, así mismo, es indispensable que se vuelvan a plantear los grandes problemas de la filosofía y los dilemas que nos plantea la historia. El libro que el lector tiene en sus manos es parte de ese ejercicio.
En este volumen se recogen algunos de los escritos del profesor Jorge Alberto Naranjo sobre Nietzsche y Artaud, que se escribieron simultáneamente...
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Ce volume, qui souligne le dixième anniversaire de la mort de Raymond Klibansky (1905-2005), rassemble les principaux textes que le philosophe a écrits sur plus de six décennies. Ces textes illustrent les étapes du parcours exceptionnel de ce grand érudit de la tradition platonicienne formé à Heidelberg et réfugié à Londres à partir de 1933. Proche d'Ernst Cassirer, collaborateur à Hambourg de la Bibliothèque Warburg puis à Londres du...
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Découvrez une compilation inédite de textes consacrés au philosophe et à ses disciples.
La vie de Pythagore et sa doctrine incluent tous les aspects de la pensée humaine: la religion, la philosophie, les sciences..., et révélent l'existence d'une force cosmique dont la pensée n'est qu'une de ses expressions.
Ce livre reproduit des extraits de textes peu connus sur la doctrine pythagoricienne dont La Vie de Pythagore, qui présente l'éventail...
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