Humanist philosophy Books

In this book Fromm set out to identify 'what man is, how he ought to live, and how the tremendous energies within man can be released and used productively.' It makes for exciting, illuminating, even life-changing reading.

Stretching from antiquity to AI, a provocative study of the joyless laughter that emerges at the boundary of the human and the inhuman.What does it mean to be human? And, more precisely, what does it mean to be human now, with both humanism and the...

If we think about our species compared to all other species there is clearly no comparison. In the past 8,000 years we have increased in number from 8 million (8,000,000) to over 8 billion (8,000,0000,000) an increase of 1,000 times. During the same...

First published in 1964, this is a short collection of both literary and philosophical essays. Whilst two essays consider Greek literature written at the point at which the Athenian empire was breaking apart, another group explore the background from...

The relationship of consciousness to brain, which Schopenhauer grandly referred to as the "world knot," remains an unsolved problem within both philosophy and science. The central focus in what follows is the relevance of...

This book describes a wide variety of speculations by many authors about the consequences for humanity of coming into contact with extraterrestrial intelligence. The assumptions underlying those speculations are examined, and...

The essays in this book give the first comprehensive picture of the medieval development of philosophical theories concerning the nature of emotions and the influence they have on human choice. The historical span reaches from...

Introduzione Alle Virtu: Testo A Penna Citato Dagli Accademici Della Crusca (1810) di Rosini, Giovanni ����� un libro che presenta un'analisi delle virt����� e dei valori morali. Scritto nel 1810, il testo ����� stato citato dagli accademici della...

Il libro ""Il Militarismo: Dieci Conferenze (1898)"" di Guglielmo Ferrero ����� una raccolta di dieci conferenze sul tema del militarismo e della guerra. L'autore analizza il fenomeno del militarismo in Europa e ne esamina le cause e le conseguenze...

Holbergs Tr����� i Fiolstr�����de: En Analyse Henh������rende til det Skj������nnes Naturl�����re (1882) af Feilberg, Ludvig, er en bog om den danske forfatter Ludvig Holbergs liv og v�����rker. Bogen fokuserer is�����r p������ Holbergs roman ""Nicolai...

Harmonies Economiques (1851) est un livre �����crit par l'�����conomiste fran�����ais Fr�����d�����ric Bastiat. Dans ce livre, Bastiat explore les principes de l'�����conomie politique et examine comment les lois �����conomiques fonctionnent dans la...

Epistola Ad Car. Frid. Hermann De C. Lucilio (1844) est opus litterarium auctore Van Heusde, Johanne Adolpho Carolo compositum. In hoc libro, auctor epistolam ad Carolum Fridericum Hermannum de C. Lucilio scripsit, in qua de philosophia et lingua Latina...

""Ensayos de Literatura y de Moral"" (1886) es una colecci������n de ensayos escritos por Juan Jos����� Molina. En estos textos, el autor aborda temas relacionados con la literatura y la moral, reflexionando sobre la importancia de la educaci������n, la...

El libro ""Ensayo en el Desarrollo del Derecho de Castigar y Consideraciones sobre las Penas en sus Varias Faces (1893)"" de Ben'gno Riquelme es un tratado sobre el derecho penal y las penas en la sociedad. En este ensayo, el autor analiza el desarrollo...

Das Buch ""Einige Ideen zur Sch������pfungs- und Entwicklungsgeschichte der Organismen"" von Gustav Theodor Fechner aus dem Jahr 1873 besch�����ftigt sich mit der Entstehung und Entwicklung von Organismen. Fechner pr�����sentiert darin seine Theorien und...

""Die Wunder des Magnetismus"" ist ein Buch des deutschen Autors Ludwig Vogel aus dem Jahr 1818. Das Buch besch�����ftigt sich mit dem Thema Magnetismus und seinen Anwendungen in verschiedenen Bereichen, wie der Medizin, der Physik und der Technik. Vogel...

Die Verwirrung der Kunstbegriffe ist ein Buch, das im Jahr 1900 von Wilhelm Trubner ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Werk ist eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit den verschiedenen Kunstbegriffen und -theorien, die zu dieser Zeit vorherrschten. Trubner...

Das Buch ""Die Griechischen Gelehrten Zur Zeit Der Groberung Constantinopels, 1453"" wurde im Jahr 1894 von Johann Urwalek verfasst. Es besch�����ftigt sich mit der Zeit der Eroberung Konstantinopels im Jahr 1453 und den griechischen Gelehrten dieser...

Die Formale Natur Der Wechselobligation (1898) von Ernst Leo ist ein Buch, das sich mit der formalen Natur von Wechselobligationen besch�����ftigt. Der Autor untersucht die verschiedenen Aspekte dieser Art von Verpflichtungen und analysiert ihre...

Die Entdeckung der Grundelemente des Weltalls (1866) von Portius, K. Wilhelm ist ein Buch, das sich mit der Entdeckung der grundlegenden Elemente des Universums besch�����ftigt. Der Autor beschreibt die verschiedenen Arten von Atomen, die im Universum...

The Functional Inertia of Living Matter: A Contribution to the Physiological Theory of Life is a book written by David Fraser Harris in 1908. The book explores the concept of functional inertia in living matter, which refers to the tendency of living...

The book ""Social Progress And The Darwinian Theory: A Study Of Force As A Factor In Human Relations"" was written by George William Nasmyth in 1916. The book explores the concept of social progress and its relationship with the Darwinian theory of...

Das Buch ""Des Lord Monboddo Werk Von Dem Ursprunge Und Fortgange Der Sprache"" aus dem Jahr 1785 wurde von James Burnett, auch bekannt als Lord Monboddo, verfasst. In diesem Werk besch�����ftigt sich der Autor mit der Entstehung und Entwicklung der...

Le livre intitul����� ""Le�����ons Italiennes de Litt�����rature et de Morale"" a �����t����� �����crit par Fran�����ois No�����l et a �����t����� publi����� en 1825. Ce livre est une collection de le�����ons sur la litt�����rature et la morale...

Le livre ""Commentaires Politiques Et Historiques Sur Le Traite Du Prince De Machiavel De Frederic II (1827)"" �����crit par De Bouille, Louis Joseph Amour Marquis est une analyse politique et historique du c�����l�����bre livre ""Le Prince"" de...

As one of America's "public intellectuals," John Dewey was engaged in a lifelong struggle to understand the human mind and the nature of human inquiry. According to Thomas C. Dalton, the successful pursuit of this mission demanded that Dewey become more...

Georg Luk�cs wrote that "there is autonomy and 'autonomy.' The one is a moment of life itself, the elevation of its richness and contradictory unity; the other is a rigidification, a barren self-seclusion, a self-imposed banishment from the...

Liber De Aristophanis Ecclesiazuson Tempore Et Choro Quaestiones Epicriticae, auctore Kaehler, Friderico, editus est anno MDCCCLXXXIX. In hoc libro, auctor quaestiones epicriticas de tempore et choro in fabula Aristophanis Ecclesiazusae tractat...

Das Buch ""Das Verh�����ltnis der ������ffentlichen Meinung zu Wahrheit und L�����ge: Im 10., 11. und 12. Jahrhundert (1884)"" von Georg Ellinger besch�����ftigt sich mit dem Verh�����ltnis zwischen ������ffentlicher Meinung und Wahrheit bzw. L�����ge im...

How are emotions related to values? This book shows that the answer to this question, and to questions about the nature of emotions and values, can be found in an understanding of what it means to care about something. It is argued that caring consists...

This book treats Hannah Arendt as a distinctly political writer who attempts to carve out a way in which humanity, poised between the Holocaust and the atom bomb, might reclaim its position as the creators of a world fit for human habitation. LaFay argues

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,...

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 book really is a `Handbook` for thinking, speculating-on, and enjoying learning about your inner-core, the essential inner you, that people for centuries have called the soul. The book is based on both academic and practical experience, whilst...

""Oeuvres Completes De Voltaire V6 (1859)"" est un livre qui rassemble les �����uvres compl�����tes de Voltaire, l'un des plus grands �����crivains et philosophes du si�����cle des Lumi�����res. Ce sixi�����me volume contient une vari�����t����� de...

On An Inversion Of Ideas As To The Structure Of The Universe is a book written by Osborne Reynolds and published in 1903. The book presents Reynolds' theory that the universe is not expanding, as was commonly believed at the time, but rather contracting...

This book discusses the seminal role played by Edward Bernays, a nephew of Sigmund Freud, in the founding of American-style public relations – persuasive communication through manipulation of symbols – and his huge (and cynical) impact on the...

The Eve of Destruction: The Systematic Destruction of America and its Values Tender Topics was written to provoke thought about the devastating damage occurring in our country and world. I want your blood to boil as you digest each and every word. In...

Ikonographische Untersuchungen gehoren zu den Stiefkindern der Real­ forschung. Das ist auch in der Erziehungswissenschaft der Fall, obgleich in den letzten Jahren einige Arbeiten vorgelegt worden sind. Die schulischen...

Socialismo is a book written by Giuseppe Biraghi in 1896, which provides a comprehensive overview of socialism, its history, principles, and political implications. The book starts with an introduction to the origins of socialism, tracing its roots back...

Quaestiones Thucydidiae est liber auctore Kullander, Emil, editus anno MDCCCLXXIX. Hic liber tractat de Thucydidis historia, cuius quaestiones et difficultates examinantur et explicantur. Kullander, qui est classicus doctus, argumenta et interpretationes...

""The Sexuality of Nature: An Essay"" is a work of scientific and philosophical inquiry written by Leopold Hartley Grindon in 1868. In this book, Grindon explores the concept of sexuality in the natural world, examining the reproductive processes of...