Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of St Augustine in just one hour.Augustine’s Confessions details his personal struggles with morality, his spiritual crisis and the conversion to Christianity that ultimately...
Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Socrates in just one hour.Socrates is widely renowned as one of the founders of Western philosophy, despite the fact that his ideas survive largely through the work of his...
Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Schopenhauer in just one hour.Arthur Schopenhauer, the ‘philosopher of pessimism,’ makes it clear that he regards the world and our life in it as a bad joke. However, if...
Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Sartre in just one hour.Here is a concise, expert account of Jean-Paul Sartre’s life and philosophical ideas – entertainingly written and easy to understand. Also included...
Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Rousseau in just one hour.In Rousseau we encounter a walking ego, a naked sensibility – his arguments are both deeply stirring and deeply inconsistent. Yet whilst his...
Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Plato in just one hour.Plato is still seen by many as the greatest of all philosophers, inspiring many of the finest thinkers through the ages. Indeed, many see all later...
This classic Buddhist title explains why Buddhism is now so appropriate to our personal, social and global situation.Unlike many other religions, Buddhism is very well suited to a secular age. It offers a practical, comprehensible way to achieve...
Moments of peace and stillness give us a glimpse of how extraordinary our lives can be, but it is easy to lose sight of this in the hectic pace of modern living. In this inspirational book, internationally renowned Buddhist teacher Christina...
Inspired by the teachings of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, The Buddha Book introduces the reader to the most important and well-known Buddhist deities. In this beautifully illustrated volume each Buddha is presented with their major characteristics, along...
Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Karl Marx in just one hour.Karl Marx's philosophical critique of capitalism and his solution of communism directly led to the formation of the communist state in the Soviet...
Leibniz was the first great German philosopher to produce an all-embracing philosophical system. He came to the remarkable conclusion that space and time do not exist – they are mere superstitious assumptions. Only things exist and only God is...
Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Kierkegaard in just one hour.Although Kierkegaard was not a philosopher in the academic sense, he produced what many people expect of philosophy. He didn’t write about the...
Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Kant in just one hour.Immanuel Kant taught and wrote prolifically about physical geography yet never travelled farther than forty miles from his home in K?nigsberg....
Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of J.S. Mill in just one hour.John Stuart Mill is remembered today as the leading exponent of Utilitarianism, arguing that our aim in life must be the attainment of pleasure...
Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Hume in just one hour.Hume reduced philosophy to ruins, denying the existence of everything except our actual perceptions themselves. The world is nothing more than part of...
One of the two major philosophical traditions of the twentieth century was linguistic analysis, derived largely from Wittgenstein. The other, diametrically opposed, came from Heidegger, and its fundamental question was: ‘What is the meaning of...
Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Hegel in just one hour.With Hegel philosophy became very difficult indeed – even the great man himself conceded that ‘only one man understands me, and even he does not.’...
Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Foucault in just one hour.The French philosopher Michel Foucault set about his task rather like a historian. After painstaking research, he concluded that knowledge and...
Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Neitzsche in just one hour.Philosophy has always been dangerous for philosophers; Friedrich Nietzsche made it dangerous for everyone. His ideas presaged a collective...
Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Dewey in just one hour.In early twentieth-century America John Dewey was regarded as the foremost philosopher of his age – no mean feat when his colleagues included the...
Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Descartes in just one hour.Descartes was the first modern philosopher. His scepticism led him to doubt all certainties, until finally he arrived at his famous maxim 'I...
Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Derrida in just one hour.Jacques Derrida’s ‘deconstructionism’ is nothing less than an effort to destroy all ‘writing’ by demonstrating its inevitable falsehood. The writer...
Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Confucius in just one hour.Here is a concise, expert account of Confucious’s life and philosophical ideas – entertainingly written and easy to understand. Also included are...
Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Berkeley in just one hour.Berkeley’s philosophy denies the existence of matter. According to his work, there is no material world, only our own experience. So when you...
Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Aristotle in just one hour.The philosophy of Aristotle dominated Western thought for over a thousand years. He had a mind that mastered all disciplines from mathematics to...
A Buddhist life is lived with peace, joy and contentment: each day can be a step along the path to true enlightenment. To live by these values every day takes patience, skill and knowledge, but it is hugely rewarding. This book can show you how...
What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter?In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of...
Думаю, каждый нормальный человек хотел бы стать авторитетом в обществе, окружающем его. Но совсем не каждый знает, как таковым стать. В этой совсем небольшой и недорогой книге собрано 6 принципов, соблюдая которые, вы, скорее всего, станете выше...
Хрестоматия составлена в соответствии с требованиями Государственного образовательного стандарта высшего профессионального образования по специальности 030501.65 «Юриспруденция». Одобрена на заседании кафедры гуманитарных,...
Ваш потенциал в 1000 раз больше, чем вы думаете. Мечтайте по-крупному! У вас всего одна жизнь. Проживите её так, как нравится вам! Если появилась возможность, если ваша интуиция толкает вас на что-то – действуйте! Тогда все ваши мечты станут...
Книга рассказывает о судьбе и творчестве одного из первых русских философов Г. С. Сковороде. Его оригинальность как мыслителя признана отечественными историками философии: В. Зеньковским, Н. Лосским и др.
Книга религиоведа Алексея Зыгмонта представляет собой оригинальную интерпретацию мысли радикального французского интеллектуала Жоржа Батая, сосредоточенную вокруг его концепции тождества насилия и сакрального. Используя полный корпус аутентичных...
От Ксенофонта до Плотина, от смутных мифов о сверхъестественном до вершин человеческой мысли – античная философия стала настоящим чудом, определившим развитие Западной цивилизации. В этой книге вы сможете узнать о самых важных вехах...
Основной блок статей и докладов посвящен анализу и критике «эмпиризма» как доминирующего типа научного и научно-философского мировоззрения, господствовавшего на протяжении последних четырех веков. Показано, что основное требование эмпиризма –...
При подготовке к публикации Сентенций Публия Сира обнаружил, что у меня накопилось много собственных мнений и высказываний на разные темы. Я их записывал так, как они приходили ко мне. Они могли повторяться по существу, но не по форме. Иногда...
В книге впервые в истории философии рассматривается вопрос об основе выделения понятийных элементов. Автор доказывает, что судьба философии и науки зависит от понятийного выделения, и показывает скрытые пружины этой зависимости. «В самой основе...
В монографии концептуализирован ресурс русской философской традиции, определяющий ее ценность как интеллектуального и мировоззренческого инструмента противостояния культурной деградации социума («антропологической катастрофе»). Показано, что дух...
Вы когда-нибудь хотели стать лучше? Лучше во всех своих проявлениях: больше знать, больше видеть, больше уметь, каждый день открывать что-то новое в себе и окружающем мире. Возникало ли желание выйти за пределы своих способностей, оставив далеко...
Другий том філософських есеїв, статей та лекцій аргентинського філософа Хорхе Анхеля Лівраги буде цікавий тим, хто замислюється над питаннями про сенс життя, природу людини, моральні чесноти, проблему вибору, закони розвитку історії та людства....
Что такое вера? Только лишь то, что мы ощущаем душой, интуитивно, но не можем доказать? Или вера в высшую сущность может быть основана на знании? Классик философской мысли великий Иммануил Кант взялся за сложнейшую задачу: доказать путем...
A Companion to Hermeneutics is a collection of original essays from leading international scholars that provide a definitive historical and critical compendium of philosophical hermeneutics. Offers a definitive historical, systematic, and...
The Intellectual Powers is a philosophical investigation into the cognitive and cogitative powers of mankind. It develops a connective analysis of our powers of consciousness, intentionality, mastery of language, knowledge, belief, certainty,...
By exploring the significance of Wittgenstein’s later texts relating to the philosophy of language, Wittgenstein’s Later Theory of Meaning offers insights that will transform our understanding of the influential 20th-century philosopher....
Иммануил Кант (1724–1804) оказал огромное влияние на развитие классической философии. В своих трудах он затронул самые важные вопросы мироздания и человеческого общества, ввел многие основополагающие понятия, в том числе «категорический...
Thomas Hobbes was the first great English political philosopher. His work excited intense controversy among his contemporaries and continues to do so in our own time. In this masterly introduction to his work, Bernard Gert provides the first...
What does the study of Plato’s dialogues tell us about the modern meaning of ‘sex’? How can recent developments in the philosophy of sex and gender help us read these ancient texts anew? Plato and Sex addresses these questions for the first...
Normativity is what gives reasons their force, makes words meaningful, and makes rules and laws binding. It is present whenever we use such terms as ‘correct,' ‘ought,' ‘must,' and the language of obligation, responsibility, and logical...
In this provocatively compelling new book, Michael Luntley offers a revolutionary reading of the opening section of Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations Critically engages with the most recent exegetical literature on Wittgenstein and...