Philosophical traditions and schools of thought Books

Dieser Ergänzungsband enthält den Briefwechsel zwischen Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz und Christian Wolf und ist ein unverzichtbares Werk für alle, die sich für die Philosophie und Geschichte der Mathematik interessieren. Hier haben Sie die Möglichkeit, mehr...

Este libro es uno de los ensayos más importantes sobre la filosofía de Raimundo Lulio, un filósofo catalán del siglo XIII conocido por su pensamiento humanista y místico.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part...

Dieses Buch bietet eine gründliche Untersuchung von Kants Prolegomena, einem der einflussreichsten Werke der modernen Philosophie. Es ist ein Pflichtwerk für alle, die sich mit der Philosophiegeschichte des 18. Jahrhunderts und den Werken von Immanuel...

Une exploration détaillée des racines de la philosophie stoïque, remontant jusqu'aux anciens Grecs et à leur vision du monde. Huit examine les philosophes pré-socratiques, les sophistes et les autres penseurs qui ont influencé les Stoïciens, offrant un...

Diese Ausgabe enthält eine umfangreiche Sammlung von Briefen von Friedrich Nietzsche, einem der einflussreichsten Denker des 19. Jahrhunderts. Die Briefe bieten einen Einblick in Nietzsches intellektuelle Entwicklung und seine Beziehungen zu anderen...

Arthur Desjardins offre une analyse captivante des Confessions de saint Augustin. En étudiant l'œuvre sous un éclairage philosophique, il lève le voile sur les questionnements les plus profonds du célèbre évêque.This work has been selected by scholars as...

Alberto el Grande fue uno de los filósofos y teólogos más importantes de la Edad Media. Este es un ensayo académico que ofrece una comprensión profunda de la vida de Alberto y de las formas en que su pensamiento influyó en la cultura y la teología...

In questo libro, Lucini traccia la storia dell'evoluzione dell'idea da un punto di vista filosofico e culturale. Attraverso un'analisi accurata dei grandi pensatori del passato, l'autore presenta un'immagine completa e dettagliata dello sviluppo del...

This classic work on Roman philosophy and religion has been expertly edited and annotated by a team of esteemed scholars. An essential read for anyone interested in classical philosophy and intellectual history.This work has been selected by scholars as...

Ce livre est une exploration du cartésianisme, une méthode philosophique et scientifique développée par Descartes au XVIIe siècle. Jean Baptiste Bordas-Demoulin examine les principes du cartésianisme et leur impact sur la pensée scientifique occidentale...

Las diosas de la sabiduría del yoga que encarnan a Shakti, la energía sagrada, siguen ganando popularidad a medida que nos familiarizamos con las formas en que nos ayudan a romper con la negatividad, el trauma y la disfunción para alcanzar el amor...

The Tao of Leadership is an invaluable tool for anyone in a position of leadership. This book provides the most simple and clear advice on how to be the very best kind of leader: be faithful, trust the process, pay attention, and inspire others to become...

The Tao of Leadership is an invaluable tool for anyone in a position of leadership. This book provides the most simple and clear advice on how to be the very best kind of leader: be faithful, trust the process, pay attention, and inspire others to become...

SynopsisA practical guide to a balanced way of being, this adaptation of the Tao te Ching explores the relationship between the spirit of thinking and doing by the simplicity of the Tao. Discover how the application of the Tao can integrate the mind and...

An exploration of the elusive nature of learning and teaching.This adaptation of the Tao discusses the various phases of intellectual growth, the roles of the student and mentor, and how to express, receive, and consider knowledge. If you have ever...

This book contains a concise presentation of the major political theories underlying the Western tradition and contemporary ideological debates in America and the world. From the Ancients, Plato and Aristotle, to contemporary Americans, Rawls, Nozick and...

This book argues that the mass is the most characteristic socio-historical feature of our century. Kierkegaard was the first to anticipate and delineate this phenomenon philosophically. Heidegger appropriated much from Kierkegaard, but recast the mass...

This volume represents a contribution to the philosophy of economics with a distinctive point of view -- the contributors have selected particular areas of economics and have probed these areas for the philosophical and...

Appearing in English for the first time, Schelling's 1842 lectures develop the idea that many philosophical concepts are born of religious-mythological notions.Translated here into English for the first time, F. W. J. Schelling's 1842 lectures on the...

A comprehensive overview of the Islamic philosophical tradition.AIslamic Philosophy from Its Origin to the Present offers a comprehensive overview of Islamic philosophy from the ninth century to the present day. As Seyyed Hossein Nasr attests, within...

An indispensable guide to the major work of one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers.This is the most comprehensive commentary on both Divisions of Heidegger's Being and Time, making it the essential guide for newcomers and specialists...

Critiques the predominant romantic ideal.Beyond Romance critiques the romantic ideal that predominates contemporary thought and practice-it defines, explores, and advocates authentic love as a preferable alternative. The author claims that you can't...

This booklet was written with the object of encouraging confidence in the future which seems too often to be uncertain in many areas of the world, where stability appears to be only fleeting.Today there are so many wars which, although usually localised,...

Several thousand years ago Indo-European culture diverged into two ways of thinking; one went West, the other East. Tracing their differences, Christopher Bollas examines how these mentalities are now converging once again, notably in the practice of...

Presenting an independent reading on issues of interest, such as Descartes' view on error, truth and falsehood, this book makes important contributions to topics that have been the focus of recent scholarship, such as Descartes' ethics and theodicy.

Does science work best in a democracy? Were 'Soviet' or 'Nazi' science fundamentally different from science in the USA? These questions have been passionately debated in the recent past. Particular developments in science took place under particular...

This is a beautifully illustrated history of the role that the occult has played in the formation of modern science and medicine. Perfect for anyone interested in this subject, it will have a big impact on their understanding of the western esoteric...

This is a fascinating and beautifully written book on what philosophy can tell us about humour and about what it is to be human. It will fascinate and intrigue anyone with a sense of humour.

Peter Fenves becomes one of the first to explore and develop the 'geo-ethics' of Kant's thought, and the idea that human beings must be prepared to concede their space for another kind of human. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the

Desiring Whiteness provides a compelling new interpretation of how we understand race. Race is often seen to be a social construction. Nevertheless, we continue to deploy race thinking in our everyday life as a way of telling people apart visually. How...

More than sixty years ago, Simone de Beauvoir identified the importance of Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s writings to feminist theory. His exploration of the relationship between the body and the space it inhabits is key to modern phenomenological...

Ex nihilo nihil fit. Philosophy, especially great philosophy, does not appear out of the blue. In the current volume, a team of top scholars-both up-and-coming and established-attempts to trace the philosophical development of one of the greatest...

The Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776) is widely regarded as the greatest and most significant English-speaking philosopher and often seen as having had the most influence on the way philosophy is practiced today in the West. His reputation is...

This collection focuses on the existential predicaments and choices that underpin current debates and developments in the governance of crime and criminal justice and argues for the relevance of existentialist thought for enhancing a critical and...

Addressing the perennial question: why should we be moral? this book argues that we can only give a truly and morally satisfying answer to that question by radically reconfiguring our conception of the self and the way it relates to others.

Following Nietzsche's call for a philosopher-physician and his own use of the bodily language of health and illness as tools to diagnose the ailments of the body politic, this book offers a reconstruction of the concept of political physiology in...