афоризмы и цитаты
College Sex - Philosophy for Everyone
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Written with insight and humor, College Sex – Philosophy for Everyone investigates a broad array of philosophical issues relating to student sex. Examines the ethical issues of dating, cheating, courtship, homosexual experimentation, and drug...
Motherhood - Philosophy for Everyone
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The complex world of motherhood is here unveiled. Covering issues ranging from whether we should occasionally lie to our children, to the unexpected challenges and complications of being a mother, Motherhood – Philosophy for Everyone offers...
Fatherhood - Philosophy for Everyone
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Fatherhood – Philosophy for Everyone offers fathers wisdom and practical advice drawn from the annals of philosophy. Both thought-provoking and humorous, it provides a valuable starting and ending point for reflecting on this crucial role....
Impossible Objects
Simon Critchley
Impossible objects are those about which the philosopher, narrowly conceived, can hardly speak: poetry, film, music, humor. Such «objects» do not rely on philosophy for interpretation and understanding; they are already independent practices and...
Fashion - Philosophy for Everyone
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If you just can't decide what to wear, this enlightening guide will lead you through the diverse and sometimes contradictory aspects of fashion in a series of lively, entertaining and thoughtful essays from prominent philosophers and writers. A...
A Companion to Foucault
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A Companion to Foucault comprises a collection of essays from established and emerging scholars that represent the most extensive treatment of French philosopher Michel Foucault’s works currently available. Comprises a comprehensive collection...
A Companion to Aesthetics
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In this extensively revised and updated edition, 168 alphabetically arranged articles provide comprehensive treatment of the main topics and writers in this area of aesthetics. Written by prominent scholars covering a wide-range of key topics in...
A Companion to Epistemology
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With nearly 300 entries on key concepts, review essays on central issues, and self-profiles by leading scholars, this companion is the most comprehensive and up-to-date single volume reference guide to epistemology. Epistemology from A-Z is...
The Free Market Existentialist
William Irwin
Incisive and engaging, The Free Market Existentialist proposes a new philosophy that is a synthesis of existentialism, amoralism, and libertarianism. Argues that Sartre’s existentialism fits better with capitalism than with Marxism Serves as a...
Four Arts of Photography
Dominic McIver Lopes
Four Arts of Photography explores the history of photography through the lens of philosophy and proposes a new scholarly understanding of the art form for the 21st century. Re-examines the history of art photography through four major...
Classic Questions and Contemporary Film
Dean A. Kowalski
Featuring significant revisions and updates, Classic Questions and Contemporary Film: An Introduction to Philosophy, 2nd Edition uses popular movies as a highly accessible framework for introducing key philosophical concepts Explores 28 films...
The Possibility of Culture
Bradley Murray
The Possibility of Culture: Pleasure and Moral Development in Kant’s Aesthetics presents an in-depth exploration and deconstruction of Kant’s depiction of the ways in which aesthetic pursuits can promote personal moral development. Presents an...
Philosophical Writing
A. P. Martinich
Philosophical Writing: An Introduction, 4th Edition, features numerous updates and revisions to A. P. Martinich’s best-selling text that instructs beginning philosophy students on how to craft a well-written philosophical essay. Features an...
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Lester H. Hunt
Anarchy, State, and Utopia: An Advanced Guide presents a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the ideas expressed in Robert Nozick’s highly influential 1974 work on free-market libertarianism—considered one of the most important and...
House of Cards and Philosophy
J. Edward Hackett
Is Democracy overrated? Does power corrupt? Or do corrupt people seek power? Do corporate puppet masters pull politicians’ strings? Why does Frank talk to the camera? Can politics deliver on the promise of justice? House of Cards depicts our...
Rationality Through Reasoning
John Broome
Rationality Through Reasoning answers the question of how people are motivated to do what they believe they ought to do, built on a comprehensive account of normativity, rationality and reasoning that differs significantly from much existing...
A Companion to Kierkegaard
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Jon Stewart, one of the world’s leading experts on the work of S?ren Kierkegaard, has here compiled the most comprehensive single-volume overview of Kierkegaard studies currently available. Includes contributions from an international array of...
A Concise Companion to Confucius
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This authoritative collection surveys the teachings of Confucius, and illustrates his importance throughout Chinese history in one focused and incisive volume. A Concise Companion to Confucius offers a succinct introduction to one of East Asia’s...
A Companion to European Union Law and International Law
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Featuring contributions from renowned scholars, A Companion to European Union Law and International Law presents a comprehensive and authoritative collection of essays that addresses all of the most important topics on European Union and...
This Is Political Philosophy
Clark Wolf
This is Political Philosophy is an accessible and well-balanced introduction to the main issues in political philosophy written by an author team from the fields of both philosophy and politics. This text connects issues at the core of political...
Philosophy's Future
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Philosophy’s Future: The Problem of Philosophical Progress diagnoses the state of philosophy as an academic discipline and calls it to account, inviting further reflection and dialogue on its cultural value and capacity for future evolution....
A Companion to Simone de Beauvoir
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The work of Simone de Beauvoir has endured and flowered in the last two decades, thanks primarily to the lasting influence of The Second Sex on the rise of academic discussions of gender, sexuality, and old age. Now, in this new Companion...
Political Theory Without Borders
Robert E. Goodin
Political Theory Without Borders offers a comprehensive survey of the issues that have shaped political theory in the wake of social and environmental globalization. Focuses on specific questions that arise from issues of global spillovers like...
Agamben
Claire Colebrook
Until recently, «continental» philosophy has been tied either to the German tradition of phenomenology or to French post-structuralist concerns with the conditions of language and textuality. Giorgio Agamben draws upon and departs from both...
Pipeline
Antonio Negri
Four men in a cell in Rebibbia prison, Rome, awaiting trial on serious charges of subversion. One of them, the political thinker Antonio Negri, spends his days writing. Among his writings are twenty letters addressed to a young friend in France...
Goldman and His Critics
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Goldman and His Critics presents a series of original essays contributed by influential philosophers who critically examine Alvin Goldman’s work, followed by Goldman’s responses to each essay. Critiques Alvin Goldman’s groundbreaking theories,...
A Companion to Wittgenstein
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The most comprehensive survey of Wittgenstein’s thought yet compiled, this volume of fifty newly commissioned essays by leading interpreters of his philosophy is a keynote addition to the Blackwell series on the world’s great philosophers,...
A Companion to David Lewis
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In A Companion to David Lewis, Barry Loewer and Jonathan Schaffer bring together top philosophers to explain, discuss, and critically extend Lewis's seminal work in original ways. Students and scholars will discover the underlying themes and...
A Companion to Experimental Philosophy
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This is a comprehensive collection of essays that explores cutting-edge work in experimental philosophy, a radical new movement that applies quantitative and empirical methods to traditional topics of philosophical inquiry. Situates the...
The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy
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Reunites the editors of Star Trek and Philosophy with Starfleet’s finest experts for 31 new, highly logical essays Features a complete examination of the Star Trek universe, from the original series to the most recent films directed by J.J....
Alien and Philosophy
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Alien and Philosophy: I Infest, Therefore I Am presents a philosophical exploration of the world of Alien, the simultaneously horrifying and thought-provoking sci-fi horror masterpiece, and the film franchise it spawned. The first book dedicated...
The Philosophy of Art
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Now available in a fully revised and updated second edition, this accessible and insightful introduction outlines the central theories and ongoing debates in the philosophy of art. Covers a wide range of topics, including the definition and...
Against Epistemology
Theodor W. Adorno
This classic book by Theodor W. Adorno anticipates many of the themes that have since become common in contemporary philosophy: the critique of foundationalism, the illusions of idealism and the end of epistemology. It also foreshadows many of...
Wonder Woman and Philosophy
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Wonder Woman and Philosophy: The Amazonian Mystique explores a wide range of philosophical questions surrounding the most popular female superhero of all time, from her creation as feminist propaganda during World War II up to the first female...
A Companion to Applied Philosophy
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Applied philosophy has been a growing area of research for the last 40 years. Until now, however, almost all of this research has been centered around the field of ethics. A Companion to Applied Philosophy breaks new ground, demonstrating that...
True Detective and Philosophy
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Investigating the trail of philosophical leads in HBO’s chilling True Detective series, an elite team of philosophers examine far-reaching riddles including human pessimism, Rust’s anti-natalism, the problem of evil, and the ‘flat circle’. The...
The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy
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Does it take faith to be a Jedi? Are droids capable of thought? Should Jar Jar Binks be held responsible for the rise of the Empire? Presenting entirely new essays, no aspect of the myth and magic of George Lucas’s creation is left...
Великие афоризмы великих людей
Сборник
У каждого из нас есть свой взгляд на мир. Сделать его полнее, богаче, разнообразнее, научиться рассудительности, обрести спокойствие и жизненную мудрость поможет вам эта книга. Здесь представлены самые значимые и емкие цитаты и афоризмы великих...
Самые лучшие притчи всех времен и народов
Коллектив авторов
Уникальная книга содержит притчи разных стран и эпох. Их полезно время от времени перечитывать и задумываться о самом важном. Потому что притчи очень тонко передают реалии нашей жизни, показывая нам, как часто люди ошибаются в своем...
Все больше людей нашу тайну хранит. Еще больше
Владимир Вишневский
Владимир Вишневский – один из тех легендарных современных поэтов, чьи стихи и афоризмы успели стать частью русской разговорной культуры. В новой книге автор не устаёт, совершенствуясь, заряжать и одухотворять своим особым юмором и не только этим…
Отцы-пустынники смеются
Сборник
В этой книжке собраны забавные, смешные, но вместе с тем и поучительные истории, высказывания монахов-пустынников, живших в эпоху раннего христианства. Источник этих рассказов – святоотеческое предание.
Джентльмены шутят. Фунтик английского юмора
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Джентльмен – человек, который с вами приветлив и вежлив, даже если ничего вам не продает. Оскар Уайльд, Уинстон Черчилль, Уильям Шекспир, Стивен Фрай… Список британцев и истинных джентльменов, чьим остроумием восхищается весь мир, можно...
Звонки назойливых мыслей
Радвали
«Звонки Назойливых Мыслей» – это пятая по счету, но не последняя книга фраз и афоризмов Радвали (Реваза Двалишвили), члена Союза профессиональных литераторов России.
Книга содержит тысячи мыслей и наблюдений, заключенных в лаконичную форму.
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Чем больше привычек, тем меньше свободы
Иммануил Кант
Бессмертные цитаты Канта, влиятельного философа Европы, создателя грандиозной метафизической системы, основоположника немецкой классической философии, вошли в историю, а книги ученого лежат в основе философского учения во всем мире.
В...
Универсальный гений (сборник)
Леонардо да Винчи
Леонардо да Винчи – человек, вместивший в себя целую вселенную: великий художник, скульптор, архитектор, строитель, дизайнер, прозаик, поэт, музыкант, баснописец, искусствовед, ученый-естествоиспытатель, анатом, ботаник, зоолог, оптик,...
Крылатая латынь. Сборник афоризмов
А. Г. Кочкарева
Данный сборник является систематическим изложением медицинских терминологических словосочетаний: анатомических, клинических и фармацевтических, а также мыслей Гиппократа и изречений великих философов и поэтов. В сборнике представлено около 3000...
Хроники безвременья. Афоризмы начальника советской разведки
Леонид Шебаршин
Леонид Владимирович Шебаршин – блестящий профессионал разведки, глубокий аналитик и очень честный и порядочный человек – был последним руководителем Первого главного управления КГБ СССР. Он сохранял и оберегал агентуру, анализировал информацию в...
Слова: сказанные и прочитанные
Г. Г. Феоктистов
Подборка авторских текстов-максим по общественно-политическим областям знаний, в сопровождении с выписками из оригинальной литературы по указанной тематике, в частности по философии, психологии, политологии, истории, из книг по религиям Востока....
Сентенции Публия Сира. Вечерние мысли
Иван Курносов
Представлены сентенции Публия Сира – мима, жившего в I веке до нашей эры. Это резюме его маленьких спектаклей, популярных в Риме и провинциях, где он гастролировал. Позднее они были опубликованы в сборнике, который постоянно пополнялся. Каждую...
