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2. From the Heart : A Memoir and a Meditation on a Vital Organ
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Jeffrey L. Kosky and Jeffrey L. Kosky
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- Meditation, Contemplation, Philosophers
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What does it mean to have a heart? How does it feel when a heart fails, and what does it take to recover? In a world beset by never-ending crises—personal and collective, local and global—is heartlessness the only option?From the Heart weaves together a personal narrative of a life-threatening ailment with considerations of philosophy, art, and science to contemplate ultimate questions: matters of life and death. Jeffrey L. Kosky recounts his brush with death—the surgical repair of a congenital defect in his aortic valve—his gradual recovery of everyday life, and his struggle to find the heart to go on throughout it all. To make sense of the experience, he immerses himself in humanistic inquiry and medical science—the histories of medicine, cardiac surgery, and knowledge of the human heart as well as the works of artists, writers, philosophers, and theologians. Writing about the experience of being human from the precarious position of his own woundedness, Kosky shares hard-earned perspectives on what matters most.Combining moving memoir, encounters with major authors and artists, and heartfelt reflections on the “big questions” of existence, this elegantly written book is at once erudite and powerful. It shows us why the heart—in physical, emotional, and metaphorical senses—helps us come to terms with sickness and health, dying and living.
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- 2025
3. Strange, Surprising, Sure : Essays in Uncommon Philosophy
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Robert Cummings Neville and Robert Cummings Neville
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- Christianity--Philosophy, Theology, Philosophers
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In Strange, Surprising, Sure, Robert Cummings Neville presents a theory of being, change, and value, and engages other philosophers who deal with these concepts. The book's central thesis is that the entire created world includes everything determinate, and thus the creator does not exist within creation. Strangely, this reverses nearly everything in the Western tradition. Surprisingly, this thesis is approached from a great many angles, all of which are within the Western, South Asian, or East Asian traditions. Surely put, this thesis will win out in the long run. Although Neville writes for an English-reading audience, he engages with thinkers from all these traditions.'
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- 2024
4. The Greatest of All Plagues : How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought From Plato to Marx
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David Lay Williams and David Lay Williams
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- Equality--Economic aspects, Distributive justice, Income distribution, Philosophers, Political stability
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How the great political thinkers have persistently warned against the dangers of economic inequalityEconomic inequality is one of the most daunting challenges of our time, with public debate often turning to questions of whether it is an inevitable outcome of economic systems and what, if anything, can be done about it. But why, exactly, should inequality worry us? The Greatest of All Plagues demonstrates that this underlying question has been a central preoccupation of some of the most eminent political thinkers of the Western intellectual tradition.David Lay Williams shares bold new perspectives on the writings and ideas of Plato, Jesus, Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, and Karl Marx. He shows how they describe economic inequality as a source of political instability and a corrupter of character and soul, and how they view unchecked inequality as a threat to their most cherished values, such as justice, faith, civic harmony, peace, democracy, and freedom. Williams draws invaluable insights into the societal problems generated by what Plato called “the greatest of all plagues,” and examines the solutions employed through the centuries.An eye-opening work of intellectual history, The Greatest of All Plagues recovers a forgotten past for some of the most timeless books in the Western canon, revealing how economic inequality has been a paramount problem throughout the history of political thought.
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- 2024
5. Philosophical Health : A Practical Introduction
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Luis de Miranda and Luis de Miranda
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- Psychology and philosophy, Philosophy--Psychological aspects, Philosophers
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What does it mean to become a sound mind in a healthy body and harmonious environment? This engaging introduction to the new field of philosophical health, written by its forerunner, presents the core tenets of the discipline. It explains in clear and elegant prose how a reflexive practice of sense-making can create a eudynamic balance between six existential senses: body, self, belonging, possibility, purpose, and the philosophical sense. Luis de Miranda, inspired by nearly a decade of practice as a philosophical counsellor – with individuals, groups, institutions, NGO's and corporations – offers a pragmatic open system that is supported with evidence from psychological science, various philosophical traditions or contemporary theories, as well as fascinating real stories from world wisdom. Meaning in action is clearly the new way ahead for philosophy, rediscovered here as the responsible and practical big sister – if not queen – of all disciplines and ways of life. The international philosophical health movement is the long-awaited response, globally and locally, to the overall confusion the world fell into due to mindless processes and unexamined behaviour. This book shows us how, in a spirit of compossibility and oneness in diversity we now can, at last, intercreate a harmonious, rich, and diverse planetary civilisation.
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- 2024
6. Ética y racionalidad
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Miguel Fernández Membrive and Miguel Fernández Membrive
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- Practical reason, Philosophers, Ethics--History
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Este es un libro que explora el pensamiento conjunto de destacados filósofos que han reflexionado sobre la dimensión de la experiencia humana a la que se puede distinguir con el término moral (aunque también con el de ética).
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- 2023
7. A New Modern Philosophy : The Inclusive Anthology of Primary Sources
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Gwendolyn Marshall, Susanne J. Sreedhar, Gwendolyn Marshall, and Susanne J. Sreedhar
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- Philosophy, Modern--History--Sources, Philosophers
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The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are arguably the most important period in philosophy's history, given that they set a new and broad foundation for subsequent philosophical thought. Over the last decade, however, discontent among instructors has grown with coursebooks'unwavering focus on the era's seven most well-known philosophers—all of them white and male—and on their exclusively metaphysical and epistemological concerns. While few dispute the centrality of these figures and the questions they raised, the modern era also included essential contributions from women—like Margaret Cavendish, Elisabeth of Bohemia, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Émilie Du Châtelet—as well as important non-white thinkers, such as Anton Wilhelm Amo, Julien Raimond, and Ottobah Cugoano. At the same time, there has been increasing recognition that moral and political philosophy, philosophy of the natural world, and philosophy of race—also vibrant areas of the seventeenth and ighteenth centuries—need to be better integrated with the standard coverage of metaphysics and epistemology.The second edition of A New Modern Philosophy: The Inclusive Anthology of Primary Sources addresses—in one volume—these valid criticisms. Weaving together multiple voices and all of the era's vibrant areas of debate, this volume sets a new agenda for studying modern philosophy. It includes a wide range of readings from 36 thinkers, integrating essential works from all of the canonical writers along with the previously neglected philosophers. Editors Gwendolyn Marshall and Susanne Sreedhar provide an introduction for each author that sets the thinker in his or her time period as well as in the longer debates to which the thinker contributed. Study questions and suggestions for further reading conclude each chapter. At the end of the volume, in addition to a comprehensive subject index, the book includes 13 Syllabus Modules, which will help instructors use the book to easily set up different topically structured courses, such as'The Citizen and the State,''Mind and Matter,''Education,''Theories of Perception,'or'Metaphysics of Causation.'And an eResource offers a wide range of supplemental online resources, including essay assignments, exams, quizzes, student handouts, reading questions, and scholarly articles on teaching the history of philosophy.Key Updates to the Second Edition: Provides an expanded table of contents and the addition of new chapters on Galileo and Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz Expands readings and coverage in chapters on Spinoza and Descartes Offers improved Syllabus Modules at the back of the book Includes a new Student Introduction Updates bibliographic information
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- 2023
8. Writers and Missionaries : Essays on the Radical Imagination
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Adam Shatz and Adam Shatz
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- Intellectual life--History, Criticism, Authorship--Political aspects--History, Intellectuals, Philosophers, Radicalism, Loneliness
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What does it mean to be a politically committed writer?Through a close reading of the lives and works of some of the greatest intellectuals of recent times, Adam Shatz asks: do writers have an ethical imperative to question injustice? How can one remain a dispassionate thinker when involved in the cut and thrust of politics? And, in an age of horror and crisis, what does it mean to be a committed writer?Shatz interrogates the major figures of twentieth and twenty-first century thought and finds within their lives and work the roots of our present intellectual and geopolitical situation. Charting the role of the committed intellectual through the work of Jean-Paul Sartre on the Algerian War and Edward Said's lifelong solidarity with the Palestinian people, to Fouad Ajami's role as the'native informant'for pro-intervention cause in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq, alongside philosophers and critics Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida and Claude Lévi-Strauss and the novelists Michel Houllebecq and Richard Wright, each struggled to reconcile their writing and their politics, their thought and their commitments. Writers and Missionaries is an erudite and incisive work of intellectual elucidation and biographical enquiry that demands that we interrogate anew the relation of thought and action in the struggle for a more just world.
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- 2023
9. Foolosophy? Think Again, Sophie : Ten Reasons for Not Taking Philosophy Too Seriously
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Colin Swatridge and Colin Swatridge
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- Philosophers, Philosophy
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We all philosophize at times. What do we do when we philosophize? We think in a rather concentrated, deep sort of way. In so doing, we do not call ourselves Philosophers; it would be rather pretentious of us if we did. Philosophers are those—generally in university departments of Philosophy—who think, and ask questions, about what reality is made of, what we know, and how we should behave. Philosophers are not fools; but after two and a half thousand years, they have not come up with agreed answers to their questions that are any more useful, or certain, than thinkers who do not call themselves Philosophers. Many of those who do are still caught up in the thought-forms of theology; all are in pursuit of a lost cause except those who write what might be written by thinkers in other domains. Is it not time to admit that there is nothing very special about Philosophy? Dr. Swatridge studied Theology and Philosophy at the University of Nottingham. Since 1998, he has been a visiting lecturer, in critical thinking and the art of argument, at the universities of PANNONIA (Veszprém); SZEGED; PÁZMÁNY PÉTER, and KÁROLI GÁSPÁR (Budapest), and ESZTERHÁZY KÁROLI (Eger), in Hungary, and at institutions of higher education in Poland (Krosno), and Petru Maior University (Târgu Mureş) in Romania. His longstanding base has been MISKOLC UNIVERSITY in North-Eastern Hungary, where he teaches in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. His previous books include AN OXFORD GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE ARGUMENT AND CRITICAL THINKING (Oxford University Press); A COUNTRY FULL OF ALIENS, and TRANSYLVANIA; TRUTH, MYTH, PERSPECTIVE (both published by Corvina Books, Budapest).
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- 2023
10. Philosophy As Dialogue
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Hilary Putnam, Mario De Caro, David Macarthur, Hilary Putnam, Mario De Caro, and David Macarthur
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- Philosophy, Modern, Philosophers
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A collection of Hilary Putnam's stimulating, incisive responses to such varied and eminent thinkers as Richard Rorty, Jürgen Habermas, Noam Chomsky, Martha Nussbaum, W. V. Quine, Wilfrid Sellars, John McDowell, and Cornel West.Hilary Putnam (1926–2016) was renowned—some would say infamous—for changing his philosophical positions over the course of his long and much-admired career. This collection of essays, the first of its kind, showcases how his ideas evolved as he wrestled with the work of his contemporaries.Divided into five thematic sections, Philosophy as Dialogue begins with questions of language and formal logic, tracing Putnam's reactions to the arguments of Wilfrid Sellars, Noam Chomsky, Charles Travis, and Tyler Burge. Next, it brings together Putnam's responses to realists and antirealists, philosophers of science and of perception, followed by forays into pragmatism and skepticism. While Putnam devoted most of his efforts to logic, mathematics, and the philosophy of mind, he also took up issues in moral philosophy, politics, and religion. Here we read him in conversation with giants of these fields, including Martha Nussbaum, Jürgen Habermas, Elizabeth Anscombe, Cora Diamond, Richard Rorty, and Franz Rosenzweig. Finally, Philosophy as Dialogue presents Putnam's deeply personal and largely unknown writing on philosophical method that reveals the influence of W. V. Quine, Michael Dummett, and Stanley Cavell on his work.Once more, Mario De Caro and David Macarthur have presented and introduced a choice selection of Hilary Putnam's writings that will change the way he is understood. Most of all, these thirty-six replies and responses to his contemporaries showcase the extraordinary—perhaps even unparalleled—breadth of his work, and his capacity to engage deeply with seemingly every mode of philosophy.
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- 2022
11. Nietzsche in Turin : The End of the Future
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Lesley Chamberlain and Lesley Chamberlain
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- Biographies, Philosophers--Italy--Turin--Biography, Philosophes--Italie--Turin--Biographies, Homes, Intellectual life, Philosophers
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Beautifully packaged reissue of the vividly lyrical biography of Nietzsche that John Banville called'a major intellectual event'In 1888, philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche moved to Turin. This would be the year in which he wrote three of his greatest works: Twilight of the Idols, The Antichrist, and Ecce Homo; it would also be his last year of writing. He suffered a debilitating nervous breakdown in the first days of the following year. In this probing, elegant biography of that pivotal year, Lesley Chamberlain undoes popular clichés and misconceptions about Nietzsche by offering a deeply complex approach to his character and work. Focusing as much on Nietzsche's daily habits, anxieties and insecurities as on the development of his philosophy, Nietzsche in Turin offers a uniquely lively portrait of the great thinker, and of the furiously productive days that preceded his decline.
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- 2022
12. Philosophers’ Walks
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Bruce Baugh and Bruce Baugh
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- Philosophers, Walking--Miscellanea
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Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Virginia Woolf, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, André Breton, Rousseau, Simone de Beauvoir: who could imagine a better group of walking companions? In this engaging and invigorating book, Bruce Baugh takes us on a philosophical tour, following in the footsteps and thoughts of some great philosophers and thinkers.How does walking reveal space and place and provide a heightened sense of embodied consciousness? Can walking in André Breton's footsteps enable us to'remember'Breton's experiences? A chapter on Sartre and Beauvoir investigates walking in relation to anxiety and our different ways of responding to our bodies. Walking in the Quantocks, Baugh seeks out the connection between Coleridge's walking and his poetic imagination. With Rousseau and Nietzsche, he examines the link between solitary mountain walks and great thoughts; with Kierkegaard, he looks at the urban flâneur and the disjunction between outward appearances and spiritual inwardness. Finally, in Sussex and London, Baugh explores how Virginia Woolf transposed a Romantic nature pantheism to London in Mrs. Dalloway.Philosophers'Walks provides a fresh and imaginative reading of great philosophers, offering a new way of understanding some of their major works and ideas.
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- 2022
13. Geschichte der neuern Philosophie : Von Bacon bis Spinoza
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Ludwig Feuerbach and Ludwig Feuerbach
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- Philosophy, Modern--History, Philosophers
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In'Geschichte der neuern Philosophie'bietet Ludwig Feuerbach eine eingehende Analyse der philosophischen Entwicklungen vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Sein literarischer Stil verbindet klare Argumentation mit tiefgründiger Reflexion, wodurch er den Leser auf eine gediegene und kritische Entdeckungsreise durch die evolutionären Strömungen des philosophischen Denkens mitnimmt. Feurbach stellt zentral die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Philosophie, Religion und Menschlichkeit dar, was die Relevanz seines Werkes im Kontext der aufkommenden humanistischen Strömungen des 19. Jahrhunderts unterstreicht. Ludwig Feuerbach, ein einflussreicher deutscher Philosoph des 19. Jahrhunderts, war bekannt für seine kritischen Positionen zur Religion und seine humanistischen Ansichten. In einer Zeit, die von den Idealen der Aufklärung geprägt war, suchte er nach einer Erklärung des Menschen und seiner Bedürfnisse, was ihn motivierte, die Entwicklung der Philosophie zu untersuchen. Feuerbachs eigene philosophischen Ansichten, die den Menschen ins Zentrum aller Überlegungen rücken, fließen stark in dieses Werk mit ein und spiegeln die kulturellen und gesellschaftlichen Umbrüche seiner Zeit wider.'Geschichte der neuern Philosophie'ist ein unverzichtbares Werk für jeden, der sich mit der Entwicklung des philosophischen Denkens auseinandersetzen möchte. Es regt dazu an, den Einfluss der Philosophie auf die moderne Gesellschaft und deren Auswirkungen auf das individuelle Menschsein zu reflektieren. Dieses Buch wird sowohl Philosophie-Enthusiasten als auch akademischen Lesern eine wertvolle Perspektive bieten.
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- 2022
14. The Story of Philosophy
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Will Durant and Will Durant
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- Philosophers, Philosophy
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Pulitzer Prize–winning author Will Durant chronicles the lives and ideas of several key philosophical thinkers throughout history in this informative and eminently readable text. Beginning with Socrates and Plato and concluding with Friedrich Nietzsche, with twelve other prominent philosophers in between, the author builds a history of philosophy by showing how each thinker's ideas informed and influenced the next generation. An essential read for anyone fascinated by the development of Western philosophy.
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- 2022
15. قادة الفكر
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د. طه حسين and د. طه حسين
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- Philosophers
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كانت قيادة الفكر للشعر، أو للفلسفة، أو للسياسة، أو للدين، وكان من الغريب أو من النادر أن تشترك هذه الأشياء اشتراكًا ظاهرًا فى توجيه شعب من الشعوب أو عصر من العصور، وإنما كانت حياة الأمم المتحضرة فى هذه العصور تصطبغ صبغة ظاهرة جلية: هى الصبغة الأدبية، أو الفلسفية، أو السياسية، أو الدينية؛ أما فى هذا العصر الحديث، فأنت تضيع وقتك وقوتك إن حاولت أن تجد لشعب من الشعوب أو قرن من القرون صبغة واحدة تستأثر وتشتمل على جميع أطرافه؛ وإنما أنت مضطر حين تبحث عن قيادة الفكر أثناء العصر الحديث إلى أن توزعها بين أمور مختلفة؛ لأن ظروف الحياة نفسها قد وزَّعتها بين هذه الأمور؛ فلم تستأثر الفلسفة. ولم يستأثر الشعر، ولم تستأثر السياسة، ولم يستأثر الدين، بقيادة الفكر فى فصل من فصول هذه القصص التى يكونها العصر الحديث، وإنما اشتركت هذه الأمور كلها فى قيادة الفكر، وإن شئت التحقيق والدنو من الإصابة، فقل إن هذه الأمور كلها قد تنافست، واشتد بينها النزاع فى قيادة الفكر، فقهر بعضها بعضًا، وأخذ كل منها بنصيب من توجيه العقل الإنسانى والتأثير فى الحياة والشعوب.
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- 2021
16. Philosophinnen der griechischen Antike : Eine Spurensuche
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Maria Nühlen and Maria Nühlen
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- Women philosophers, Philosophy, Ancient, Femmes philosophes, Philosophie ancienne, philosophers
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In diesem Buch werden 39 Philosophinnen der griechischen Antike in ihrem Denken vorgestellt, ihre Werke analysiert sowie interpretiert und ihnen ein Platz in der abendländischen Philosophiegeschichte zugewiesen. Als Anliegen formuliert die Autorin: Die Rehabilitierung der in Vergessenheit geratenen Arbeiten von Philosophinnen und die Ergänzung der abendländischen Philosophie um die nicht berücksichtigten philosophischen Beiträge eben dieser Frauen geht es. Eine kritische Analyse im kultur- und philosophiehistorischen sowie im lebensweltlichen Kontext der Frauen bildet die Grundlage. Durch eine dezidierte Verortung in historische Zeiten, Orte und kulturelle Räume kann sich uns die Lehre der Philosophinnen differenzierter erschließen. Das Klischee der ungebildeten und von der Außenwelt abgeschlossenen Lebenswelt der Griechinnen jener Zeit wird als Mythos entlarvt, denn es traf nur zum Teil auf die Athenerin der klassischen Zeit zu, nicht aber für die Frauen anderer Kulturkreise, aus denen 38 der hier vorgestellten Philosophinnen stammen. In der Spurensuche geht die Autorin akribisch und systematisch den Quellen nach und diskutiert kritisch das Material, das von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart reicht. Sie durchforstet Enzyklopädien, historische Texte, Fragmente und Briefe, analysiert die ältesten Quellen bis hin zur Rezeptionsgeschichte.Das Werk eignet sich sowohl für das philosophische Fachstudium als auch für den Unterricht in Schulen, dürfte darüber hinaus für einen relativ großen Kreis von Lesenden der Philosophie von Interesse sein.
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- 2021
17. Jacques Chevalier et Emmanuel Mounier : Deux philosophes face à leur temps - La France d'entre les deux guerres
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Daniel Bloch and Daniel Bloch
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- Biographies, Philosophers--France--Biography, World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--Franc, Collaborationists, Philosophers
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Jacques Chevalier et Emmanuel Mounier : deux philosophes, le maître et l'élève, engagés dans la vie de leur pays. Leurs liens d'amitié, noués dès 1924, se relâchent progressivement, sans pour autant disparaître, dès lors que le nazisme dévoile sa vraie nature, que l'Allemagne rompt le traité de Versailles, que la guerre civile espagnole fait rage, que le Front populaire s'effondre, que l'État français est institué et met fin à la démocratie et à la République. En 1932, Mounier crée, avec l'appui de Chevalier, la revue Esprit. Celle-ci, d'abord tolérée par les autorités de Vichy, sera interdite, mais elle réapparaîtra à la Libération. Chevalier, engagé depuis toujours contre le'laïcisme', deviendra ministre du Maréchal Pétain. En charge de l'Instruction publique, il réintroduira Dieu à l'école et sera condamné en 1946, en Haute Cour de justice. Cet ouvrage prend appui sur leurs correspondances et sur les verbatims de leurs entretiens, pour la plupart inédits.
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- 2021
18. The Great Guide : What David Hume Can Teach Us About Being Human and Living Well
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Julian Baggini and Julian Baggini
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- Biography, Biographies, Philosophers--Great Britain--Biography, Philosophy--Great Britain, Philosophes--Grande-Bretagne--Biographies, Philosophie--Grande-Bretagne, Philosophy, Philosophers
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Invaluable wisdom on living a good life from one of the Enlightenment's greatest philosophersDavid Hume (1711–1776) is perhaps best known for his ideas about cause and effect and his criticisms of religion, but he is rarely thought of as a philosopher with practical wisdom to offer. Yet Hume's philosophy is grounded in an honest assessment of nature—human nature in particular. The Great Guide is an engaging and eye-opening account of how Hume's thought should serve as the basis for a complete approach to life.In this enthralling book, Julian Baggini masterfully interweaves biography with intellectual history and philosophy to give us a complete vision of Hume's guide to life. He follows Hume on his life's journey, literally walking in the great philosopher's footsteps as Baggini takes readers to the places that inspired Hume the most, from his family estate near the Scottish border to Paris, where, as an older man, he was warmly embraced by French society. Baggini shows how Hume put his philosophy into practice in a life that blended reason and passion, study and leisure, and relaxation and enjoyment.The Great Guide includes 145 Humean maxims for living well, on topics ranging from the meaning of success and the value of travel to friendship, facing death, identity, and the importance of leisure. This book shows how life is far richer with Hume as your guide.
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- 2021
19. Ins Denken ziehen : Eine philosophische Autobiographie
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Dieter Henrich, Matthias Bormuth, Ulrich Bülow, Dieter Henrich, Matthias Bormuth, and Ulrich Bülow
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- Autobiography, Philosophers--Germany, Autobiographies--German authors, Autobiographie, Philosophes--Allemagne, Autobiographies--Auteurs allemands, autobiography (genre), Philosophers
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Dieter Henrich ist weltweit bekannt als Erforscher des deutschen Idealismus und Philosoph der Subjektivität. In Gesprächen mit Matthias Bormuth und Ulrich von Bülow resümiert er die Stationen seines Wegs zur und in der Philosophie, den Gang seines Denkens sowie die Begegnungen mit Lehrern, Zeitgenossen und Weggefährten. Dazu zählen Hans-Georg Gadamer, Martin Heidegger, Theodor W. Adorno, Hilary Putnam oder auch Sergiu Celibidache und Alexander Mitscherlich, der ihm nach einigen Sitzungen bescheinigte, keine Psychoanalyse zu benötigen. Als Kind ist er lange Zeit schwer krank gewesen. Heute erkennt er darin einen der Gründe, warum die Philosophie zu seiner Lebensaufgabe wurde. Dieter Henrichs philosophische Autobiographie ist reich an prägnanten Erinnerungen an Personen und Begebenheiten in vielen Lebenssphären und Weltgegenden. Er wurde zu einem der einflussreichsten Philosophen seiner Zeit, mit einer ergebnisoffenen, undogmatischen Philosophie, in der die Freiheit des Subjekts als eine ermöglichte und nicht als eine aus Selbstmacht initiierte verstanden wird. In mit großer Offenheit geführten Gesprächen lernen wir einen eleganten, altersweisen Metaphysiker ohne System und ohne Lehrsätze kennen, der der menschlichen Subjektivität in ihrem Glück und ihren Nöten, ihren Wirrungen und befreienden Momenten nachgeht und dabei die Perspektiven und Konflikte erkundet, in die ein Denken zieht, das den Mut hat, sich auch letzten Fragen auszusetzen.
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- 2021
20. Luis Vives
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Jose Luis Villacañas and Jose Luis Villacañas
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- Biographies, Philosophers--Spain--Biography, Humanists--Spain--Biography, Humanistes--Espagne--Biographies, Humanists, Philosophers
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El retrato denuestro primer filósofo moderno. Ortega y Gasset, quizá distanciándose de su maestro Bonilla y San Martín, autor de una aparatosa biografía de Luis Vives, sentenció con su rotundidad característica que la vida del filósofo valentino se reducía a nacer, estudiar, escribir y morir. Sin embargo, Vives oculta una historia apasionante. Ni la pretenciosa biografía de Bonilla ni la minimalista descripción de Ortega dicen la verdad de Vives. Con el paso del tiempo, y dejando atrás las increíbles manipulaciones de la época de Franco, un grupo importante e internacional de estudiosos ha multiplicado el conocimiento sobre nuestro primer filósofo moderno. Recogiendo todo ese saber, esta biografía ordena la existencia de Vives como ejemplo de un tipo humano excepcional, que supo ver la constelación inaugural de la modernidad, en toda su problemática complejidad, con los ojos de un sefardita valenciano, pero también con la mente de un humanista europeo. De este modo supo mantener con firmeza su intenso sentido de la filiación, de la concordia y la fidelidad a la patria, pero sin entregar su espíritu crítico y reformador. ------- La colección Españoles Eminentes la forman una serie de biografías de destacadas personalidades españolas que por su excelencia moral o humanística destacaron en su época y siguen teniendo vigencia en la conciencia colectiva. Con ella se pretende analizar la historia de la cultura española a la luz de la ejemplaridad de determinados nombres que carecen todavía de una biografía verdaderamente moderna. El propósito es hacer una aportación real a este género y contribuir al conocimiento de nuestra historia a la vez que se traza la trayectoria de fi guras que por sus méritos sobresalientes y su general reconocimiento pueden ejercer una infl uencia vertebradora en la sociedad actual.
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- 2021
21. Empédocle : amour/haine : L'homme aux semelles d'airain
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Hugues Lethierry and Hugues Lethierry
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- Philosophers
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N'attendez pas les calendes grecques si ça vous bloque Empédocle! C'est vrai qu'il a 25 siècles! Mais son côté « philousophe » haut en couleur attirera les originaux. Sous ses cendres, la braise couve! Feu, air, terre, eau se mêlent en Sicile lorsqu'il se jettera dans l'Etna et que le volcan renverra sa « sandale » d'après la légende! Tant sur le plan scientifique que littéraire, il nous interpelle aujourd'hui. Hölderlin, Lecomte de Lisle, Romain Rolland méditèrent sur lui. À nous de prendre le relais.
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- 2021
22. Testimony
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Paul W. Kahn and Paul W. Kahn
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- Biographies, Philosophers--United States--Biography, Adultery, Marriage--Philosophy, Faith, Philosophers, Lawyers--United States--Biography
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On her seventy-fifth birthday, the author's mother confessed to an affair more than three decades past. His father's response was unforgiving. Her need to confess met his limitless rage. She acted out of love; he sought revenge. Their battle consumed everything and everyone around them. In the middle of this struggle, she was diagnosed with cancer. Two years later, she died. Testimony is a son's memoir of this struggle. Paul Kahn finds here a story of the twentieth century, beginning with poverty in the Depression and immigration from Hitler's Germany. He follows his father's experience of the war and his return with PTSD. He traces his parents'movement through the turbulent 60s. More than a study of twentieth-century culture, Testimony is a philosophical inquiry into the possibility of faith in a secular age. History, philosophy, and theology flow together as Kahn finds in his parents'lives the resources for a series of essays on the nature of truth, memory, death, and faith. Testimony is most of all a meditation on love in a time in which the very possibility of faith is constantly put to the test.
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- 2021
23. Emmanuel : Levinas and Variations on God with Us
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Donald Wallenfang and Donald Wallenfang
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- Biographies, Philosophy and religion, Jewish philosophers--20th century--Biography, Philosophers--20th century--France--Biograph, Phenomenology, Jewish philosophers, Philosophers
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Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) is perhaps one of the best-kept philosophical secrets of recent times. By locating ethics as first philosophy, based on the call of the other, Levinas has revolutionized the Western philosophical tradition. In effect, the perennial priority of the self is displaced by the uncanny urgency of the other. Emmanuel: Levinas and Variations on God with Us gives the reader an introduction to the life and work of this humble philosophical genius. Several applications are made of Levinas's insights: interreligious dialogue, analytic versus continental philosophy, law and freedom, maternity, childhood, hermeneutics, and ethical contemplation. Most especially, Levinas is brought into lively conversation with Jean-Luc Marion. Levinas's phenomenology of proclamation is set in confrontation with Marion's phenomenology of manifestation throughout the book. Erotic love is met with a love filled with responsibilities for the other. Mount Carmel and Mount Zion face one another in a topography of the infinite. Readers will appreciate the variety of themes treated, as well as the dynamic interaction between philosophy and theology. Given the fragmented postmodern milieux of the world today, perhaps the philosophical intuitions of Emmanuel Levinas were prepared'for such a time as this'(Esth 4:14).
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- 2021
24. Pensadores de frontera
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Jaime Nubiola Aguilar and Jaime Nubiola Aguilar
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- Philosophy--19th century, Philosophy--20th century, Philosophers
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El autor presenta a veinte pensadores y pensadoras del pasado reciente con grandes mensajes para seguir pensando hoy. Sus breves capítulos invitan a acudir a los textos originales de cada autor y a repensar la propia fe en el horizonte cultural de nuestro tiempo. Entre otros, Nubiola selecciona a Hannah Arendt, Camus, Dostoievski, Van Gogh, Kafka, C. S. Lewis, Rilke, María Zambrano y Simone Weil.
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- 2020
25. Philosophers of Technology
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Stig Børsen Hansen and Stig Børsen Hansen
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- Philosophers, Technology--Philosophy--History
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Technology is increasingly subject of attention from philosophers. Philosophical reflection on technology exhibits a wide and at times bewildering array of approaches and modes of thought. This volume brings to light the development of three schools in the philosophy of technology. Based on thorough introductions to Karl Marx', Martin Heidegger's and John Dewey's thought about technology, the volume offers an in-depth account of the way thinkers in the critical, the phenomenological and the pragmatic schools have respond to issues and challenges raised by the works of the founders of these schools. Technologies in almost any aspect of human life is potentially subject of philosophical treatment. To offer a focused demonstration of key arguments and insights, the presentation of each school is concluded with a contribution to discussions of educational technologies. In addition to philosophers seeking a valuable and clear structuring of a still burgeoning field, the volume is of interest to those working with educational philosophy and value sensitive design. „Stig Børsen Hansen's book is a must for all interested in understanding the development of the philosophy of technology and the relation of thoughts of thinkers that have shaped the area. The author presents a new and refreshing take on the ideas from Marx to Marcuse, from Dewey to Latour, and Heidegger to Borgmann. It will engage and hopefully provoke.'Dr. Jan Kyrre Berg Friis, University of Copenhagen
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- 2020
26. Forschungsgrundlagen Wilhelm Windelband
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Jörn Bohr, Gerald Hartung, Jörn Bohr, and Gerald Hartung
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- Biography, Biographies, Philosophers--Germany--Biography, Philosophes--Allemagne--Biographies, Philosophers
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Das Konzept der »Forschungsgrundlagen« folgt neuen Pfaden. Es beruht auf dem Befund, dass es neben der Forschung zu einigen Leuchttürmen« (bspw. Fichte, Schelling, Hegel) und einigen erst im nachfolgenden Jahr hundert wirkmächtigen Philosophen (Marx, Nietzsche) kaum Grundlagenforschung zur Herausbildung der Philosophie als Fachwissenschaft, zur Professionalisierung des Philosophieunterrichts und zur Editionstätigkeit gibt. Der Grundgedanke ist, auch die Philosophen und Philosophiehistoriker des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts in den Horizont der Forschung zu rücken, denen bisher wenig Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt wurde. Der Band »Forschungsgrundlagen Wilhelm Windelband« enthält neben einer Einleitung der Herausgeber, einer Chronik biographischer Daten und einer annotierten Bibliographie eine repräsentative Auswahl an Dokumenten und Briefen an Freunde, Schüler und Kollegen sowie Verlage und Verleger. Eine ausführliche Doxographie, die zugleich eine allgemeine Einführung in Windelbands Philosophie darstellt, ein Vorlesungsmanuskript Windelbands und Anmerkungen der Herausgeber ergänzen den Band.
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- 2020
27. Plato’s Exceptional City, Love, and Philosopher
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Nickolas Pappas and Nickolas Pappas
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- Love--Philosophy, Political science--Philosophy, Philosophers, Philosophy, Ancient
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This book reconnoiters the appearances of the exceptional in Plato: as erotic desire (in the Symposium and Phaedrus), as the good city (Republic), and as the philosopher (Ion, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman). It offers fresh and sometimes radical interpretations of these dialogues.Those exceptional elements of experience – love, city, philosopher – do not escape embodiment but rather occupy the same world that contains lamentable versions of each. Thus Pappas is depicting the philosophical ambition to intensify the concepts and experiences one normally thinks with. His investigations point beyond the fates of these particular exceptions to broader conclusions about Plato's world.Plato's Exceptional City, Love, and Philosopher will be of interest to any readers of Plato, and of ancient philosophy more broadly.
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- 2020
28. Ernesto Grassi in München : Aspekte von Werk und Wirkung
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Sonja Asal, Annette Meyer, Sonja Asal, and Annette Meyer
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- Biographies, History, Philosophers--Italy--Biography, Philosophy--History--20th century.--Germany, Philosophers, Philosophy
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Der Philosoph Ernesto Grassi (1902–1991) gehörte nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg zu den bekanntesten und einflussreichsten Professoren der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Der Band arbeitet verschiedene Aspekte seiner intellektuellen Biographie heraus und leistet damit einen Beitrag zum akademischen Selbstverständnis der jungen Bundesrepublik. Im Vordergrund stehen Grassis Wirken in München, seine Auseinandersetzung mit der deutschen Philosophie, seine Versuche zur Neukonstituierung einer bürgerlichen Öffentlichkeit im Nachkriegsdeutschland und seine internationale Ausstrahlung.
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- 2020
29. Reason and Experience in Mendelssohn and Kant
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Paul Guyer and Paul Guyer
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- Philosophers--18th century.--Germany, Reason, Experience, Philosophers, Philosophes--18e sie`cle.--Allemagne
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Reason and Experience in Mendelssohn and Kant provides the first in-depth examination of the lifelong intellectual relationship between two of the greatest figures of the European Enlightenment, Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786). Both were engaged in a common project of striking the right balance between rationalism and empiricism. They sometimes borrowed from one another, often disagreed with one another, and can usefully be compared even when they did not directly interact. Guyer examines a series of comparisons and contrasts: their arguments and conclusions on a range of metaphysical issues, including proofs of the existence of God, immortality, and idealism; their shared interests in aesthetics; and their path-breaking work on the'religion of reason'and the separation of church and state. Setting the work of both philosophers in historical context, Guyer shows that, where Kant sometimes provides deeper insight into the underlying structure of human thought, Mendelssohn is often the deeper student of the variety of human experience. This is evident above all in their treatments of aesthetics and religion: Mendelssohn recognizes more deeply than Kant the emotional impact of art, and while Kant imagines that organized religion will one day be superseded by pure morality, Mendelssohn argued that organized religion in all its varieties seems here to stay, and so toleration for religious variety is an inescapable requirement of human morality. Based on an exhaustive study of a wide range of texts, this study demonstrates the on-going relevance of Kant and Mendelssohn to modern thought.
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- 2020
30. The Unknowable : A Study in Nineteenth-Century British Metaphysics
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W. J. Mander and W. J. Mander
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- History, Metaphysics--History--19th century, Knowledge, Theory of--History--19th century. -, Philosophers--Great Britain, Knowledge, Theory of, Metaphysics, Philosophers, Metaphysik
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W. J. Mander presents a history of metaphysics in nineteenth-century Britain. The story focuses on the elaboration of, and differing reactions to, the concept of the unknowable or unconditioned, first developed by Sir William Hamilton in the 1829. The idea of an ultimate but unknowable way that things really are in themselves may be seen as supplying a narrative arc that runs right through the metaphysical systems of the period in question. These thought schemes may be divided into three broad groups which were roughly consecutive in their emergence but also overlapping as they continued to develop. In the first instance there were the doctrines of the agnostics who developed further Hamilton's basic idea that fundamental reality lies for the great part beyond our cognitive reach. These philosophies were followed immediately by those of the empiricists and, in the last third of the century, the idealists: both of these schools of thought--albeit in profoundly different ways--reacted against the epistemic pessimism of the agnostics. Mander offers close textual readings of the main contributions to First Philosophy made by the key philosophers of the period (such as Hamilton, Mansel, Spencer, Mill, and Bradley) as well as some less well known figures (such as Bain, Clifford, Shadworth Hodgson, Ferrier, and John Grote). By presenting, interpreting, criticising, and connecting together their various contrasting ideas, this book explains how the three traditions developed and interacted with one another to comprise the history of metaphysics in Victorian Britain.
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- 2020
31. Sokrates in der Höhle : Aspekte praktischer Ethik im Platonismus der Kaiserzeit
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Michael Erler and Michael Erler
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- Neoplatonism, Philosophers, Philosophy, Ancient, Philosophes, Philosophie ancienne
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Sokrates hat als Figur in der kaiserzeitlichen Philosophie nicht zuletzt auch bei der Auseinandersetzung mit dem Christentum eine Rolle gespielt. Dass dies auch für Aspekte der praktischen Ethik gilt, die mit seinem Namen verbunden werden, ist mit Blick auf die wachsende Jenseitsorientierung der kaiserzeitlichen, platonisch dominierten Philosophie bestritten worden. Michael Erler zeigt, dass die von Sokrates im Gorgias als'wahre Politik'bezeichnete praktische Anwendung philosophischer Methoden gleichwohl auch im späteren Platonismus eine Rolle spielte und als Hilfestellung für das Leben im Diesseits letztlich der Befreiung der Seele für das Jenseits diente.
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- 2020
32. Philosophical Letters of David K. Lewis : Volume 1: Causation, Modality, Ontology
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David K. Lewis, Helen Beebee, A. R. J. Fisher, David K. Lewis, Helen Beebee, and A. R. J. Fisher
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- Personal correspondence, Philosophers--United States--Correspondence, Metaphysics, Philosophers, Philosophy
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David Kellogg Lewis (1941-2001) was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. He made significant contributions to almost every area of analytic philosophy including metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science, and set the agenda for various debates in these areas which carry on to this day. In several respects he remains a contemporary figure, yet enough time has now passed for historians of philosophy to begin to study his place in twentieth century thought. His philosophy was constructed and refined not just through his published writing, but also crucially through his life-long correspondence with fellow philosophers, including leading figures such as D.M. Armstrong, Saul Kripke, W.V. Quine, J.J.C. Smart, and Peter van Inwagen. His letters formed the undercurrent of his published work and became the medium through which he proposed many of his well-known theories and discussed a range of philosophical topics in depth. A selection of his vast correspondence over a 40-year period is presented here across two volumes. As metaphysics is arguably where Lewis made his greatest contribution, this forms the focus of Volume 1. Arranged under the broad areas of Causation, Modality, and Ontology, the letters offer an organic story of the origins, development, breadth, and depth of his metaphysics in its historical context, as well as a glimpse into the influence of his many interlocutors. This volume will be an indispensable resource for contemporary metaphysics and for those interested in the Lewisian perspective.
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- 2020
33. Briefwechsel 1813-1816 : (Briefe 3931-4320)
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Simon Gerber, Sarah Schmidt, Simon Gerber, and Sarah Schmidt
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- Personal correspondence, Philosophers--Germany--Correspondence, Theologians--Germany--Correspondence, Philosophes--Allemagne--Correspondance, The´ologiens--Allemagne--Correspondance, Philosophers, Theologians
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Der Berliner Theologe, Philosoph und Reformer Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (1768–1834) führte eine umfangreiche Korrespondenz. Der dreizehnte Band der 5. Abteilung der historisch-kritischen Gesamtausgabe Schleiermachers (KGA) enthält Briefe von Juli 1813 bis Dezember 1816. Im Augenblick des auch von ihm ersehnten Sieges über Napoleon zeigt sich Schleiermacher zunehmend deprimiert über die politische Entwicklung Preußens und über die Zeit, die über den Tagesereignissen für die eigenen Projekte verloren gegangen ist (wie die schriftliche Ausarbeitung seiner Ethik, die er auch in späteren Jahren nicht mehr zustande bringen wird). Die Magenkrämpfe melden sich wieder und werden - nicht ohne Erfolg - mit magnetischen Kuren behandelt. Die folgenden Jahre sehen Schleiermacher u.a. auf einer Erholungs- und Badereise nach Thüringen und dem Rheinland, auf der er noch einmal Goethe trifft, und als Rektor der Berliner Universität (1815/16).
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- 2020
34. Hannah Arendt : Between Ideologies
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Rebecca Dew and Rebecca Dew
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- Philosophers
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This book presents an incisive survey of twentieth-century transatlantic ideational exchange. The author argues that German-American political thinker Hannah Arendt is to be distinguished not only from the French side of the existentialist movement, but singled out from Heidegger on the German side, as well. The primary feature of Arendt's existentialism is its practicality in political terms; its acknowledgment of the vital need for viable public spaces of vocalization, action and interaction; its recommendation of councils, constitutions and other structural foundations for the visible presentation of politics; and the applicability of her view of political action to her estimation of authentic human living. Drawing from the work of Karl Jaspers as her primary exemplar, conclusions are made as to the degree to which Arendt's existentialism, thereby identified as atypical, is to be assessed as postmodern without going so far as to declare her intellectual bent postmodernist.
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- 2020
35. Spiritual Philosophers: From Schopenhauer to Irigaray
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Richard White and Richard White
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- Philosophers, Spiritualism (Philosophy)
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How does thinking illuminate the spiritual view of life? How does a close examination of key spiritual thinkers help us to live in the modern world? And in what way does philosophy enhance spirituality?In this book, Richard White answers these questions by analysing a range of important philosophers, from Schopenhauer in the first half of the 19th century to Irigaray in the present day. Each chapter examines the work of a single writer and one closely associated theme, such as Nietzsche on generosity, Benjamin on wisdom, and Derrida on mourning. The author looks at philosophy and spirituality in the tradition of continental philosophy, and he views spirituality as something that can be separated from religion. With the rise of reductive scientific materialism becoming ever more prevalent in modern society, White seeks to recover the idea of a spiritual tradition which is not otherworldly but philosophical in nature. The thinkers discussed in this book articulate some of the deepest possibilities of human existence.Spiritual Philosophers offers an approach to philosophy as a spiritual practice, which the author sees as an integral part of our life. As a pioneering work in an emerging field – the philosophy of spirituality -- this book contributes to several key debates surrounding spirituality, theology and the role of philosophy in the contemporary world.
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- 2020
36. Dies Ich, das viel besagt. Fichtes Einsicht nachdenken
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Dieter Henrich and Dieter Henrich
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- Self (Philosophy), Self-confidence, Philosophers, Philosophy, German
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Auf den ersten Blick scheint Selbstbewusstsein zu dem zu gehören, was sich nahezu von selbst versteht. In anhaltendem Nachdenken stellt sich aber heraus, dass mit ihm der Philosophie eines ihrer schwierigsten und folgenreichsten Probleme aufgegeben ist. Vor über fünfzig Jahren erschien Dieter Henrichs Abhandlung ‚Fichtes ursprüngliche Einsicht‘, welche dieses Problem ausarbeitete. Sie zeigte, dass es Fichte war, der als erster das Problem sicher erfasste und zum Leitthema seines Denkens werden ließ. Dem unveränderten Abdruck dieses Textes folgt nun — als um ein Vielfaches umfangreicherer Haupttext — eine neue Folge von Überlegungen. Sie betreffen Selbstbewusstsein im Zusammenhang einer philosophischen Grundlegung und die Probleme, die Fichtes Systembildung unter dem Leitgedanken seiner ursprünglichen Einsicht in eine Bewegung ohne definitive Lösung versetzten. Henrichs Buch lässt sich als eine Erneuerung von Kants Denkart betrachten – in der Beziehung auf ein Thema, dessen Bedeutung für die Philosophie kaum noch bestritten wird, in einer der Erfahrungsart der Gegenwart gemäßen Perspektive und in der Folge von Klärungen, die zu gewinnen sind, wenn man der Dynamik in Fichtes Systembildungen nachdenkt.
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- 2019
37. A New Modern Philosophy : The Inclusive Anthology of Primary Sources
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Eugene Marshall, Susanne Sreedhar, Eugene Marshall, and Susanne Sreedhar
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- Philosophy, Modern--History--Sources, Philosophy, Modern--History, Philosophers
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The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are arguably the most important period in philosophy's history, given that they set a new and broad foundation for subsequent philosophical thought. Over the last decade, however, discontent among instructors has grown with coursebooks'unwavering focus on the era's seven most well-known philosophers—all of them white and male—and on their exclusively metaphysical and epistemological concerns. While few dispute the centrality of these figures and the questions they raised, the modern era also included essential contributions from women—like Margaret Cavendish, Elisabeth of Bohemia, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Émilie Du Châtelet—as well as important non-white thinkers, such as Anton Wilhelm Amo, Julien Raimond, and Ottobah Cugoano. At the same time, there has been increasing recognition that moral and political philosophy, philosophy of the natural world, and philosophy of race—also vibrant areas of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries—need to be better integrated with the standard coverage of metaphysics and epistemology.A New Modern Philosophy: The Inclusive Anthology of Primary Sources addresses—in one volume—these valid criticisms. Weaving together multiple voices and all of the era's vibrant areas of debate, this volume sets a new agenda for studying modern philosophy. It includes a wide range of readings from 34 thinkers, integrating essential works from all of the canonical writers along with the previously neglected philosophers. Arranged chronologically, editors Eugene Marshall and Susanne Sreedhar provide an introduction for each author that sets the thinker in his or her time period as well as in the longer debates to which the thinker contributed. Study questions and suggestions for further reading conclude each chapter. At the end of the volume, in addition to a comprehensive subject index, the book includes 13 Syllabus Modules, which will help instructors use the book to easily set up different topically structured courses, such as'The Citizen and the State,''Mind and Matter,''Education,''Theories of Perception,'or'Metaphysics of Causation.'And an eresource offers a wide range of supplemental online resources, including essay assignments, exams, quizzes, student handouts, reading questions, and scholarly articles on teaching the history of philosophy.
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- 2019
38. Epistemology: The Key Thinkers
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Stephen Hetherington and Stephen Hetherington
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- Philosophers, Knowledge, Theory of--History
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What have the great philosophers written about the nature of knowledge? Epistemology: The Key Thinkers tells the story of how our thinking about knowledge has developed, introducing you to some of the problems and forces that have dominated the history of philosophy. Beginning with Plato, Aristotle, ancient sceptics, and the medievals, before moving to Descartes, the British empiricists, Kant, American pragmatism, and twentieth-century thinkers such as Ludwig Wittgenstein, W. V. O. Quine, Alvin Goldman, and beyond, each chapter guides you through the ideas, contribution, and legacy of a leading philosopher or movement. This second edition includes: · A new chapter covering medieval epistemology · Extended guides to further reading and future directions for epistemology The final chapter looks to the future, highlighting some of the very latest debates that energise philosophical writing today about knowledge and how we know what we know.
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- 2019
39. Karl Jaspers : Arzt, Psychologe, Philosoph, politischer Denker
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Kurt Salamun and Kurt Salamun
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- Biographies, Philosophers--Germany--Biography, Political scientists--Germany--Biography, Psychologists--Germany--Biography, Philosophy, German--20th century, Philosophers, Philosophy, German, Political scientists, Psychologists
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Dieses Buch zeichnet ein knappes Bild von Karl Jaspers‘ ungewöhnlichem Leben und von seiner Philosophie. Der Leser lernt eine tapfere Persönlichkeit kennen, die ein Leben zwischen den Extremen bewältigen musste. Bedroht durch eine unheilbare Krankheit und bedrängt durch das Nazi-Regime gelingt es Jaspers dennoch, ein fruchtbares Werk als Psychiater, Forscher, akademischer Lehrer, als Philosoph und politischer Schriftsteller aufzubauen und dabei eine ungewöhnlich glückliche Ehe zu leben. Der Leser wird in die Hauptthemen seines Denkens eingeführt: Sinn des Lebens in Grenzsituationen, zwischenmenschliche Kommunikation, Gott, Sinn der Geschichte und die Verteidigung der Demokratie. Seine Kritik an illiberal-totalitären Denkweisen, die Warnung vor dem Atomkrieg sowie sein liberales Ethos der Humanität erweisen sich für die Gegenwart als überraschend aktuell.
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- 2019
40. Culture, Religion & Politics
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De Pater, Ben C., De Mulder, E.F.J., Series Editor, De Mulder, Eduardo F. J., De Pater, Ben C., Droogleever Fortuijn, Joos C., De Klerk, Len A., With Contrib. by, and Van Dijk, Jerry, With Contrib. by
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- 2019
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41. Great Philosophers Volume Two : Science and Philosophy, The Preservation of Youth, and Understanding History
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Alfred North Whitehead, Moses Maimonides, Bertrand Russell, Alfred North Whitehead, Moses Maimonides, and Bertrand Russell
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- Philosophers, Meaning (Philosophy), Life
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Three essential philosophers on the nature of reality, the health of the human body, and the meaning of history.Science and Philosophy: An essential introduction to Alfred North Whitehead's life and philosophy. From personal reflections to his groundbreaking essay “Process and Reality” to an enlightening discussion of Einstein's theories, Science and Philosophy is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand one of the modern world's greatest thinkers. The Preservation of Youth: Capitalizing on his experience as a physician as well as his knowledge of classical and medieval principles of healing, Moses Maimonides provides a comprehensive theory of wellbeing. In this work he addresses common medical conditions including asthma, diabetes, hepatitis, and pneumonia, and makes recommendations on diet and exercise, sex life, and the underlying psychological causes of illness. Understanding History: Written during the height of World War II, these vigorous essays by Bertrand Russell present his influential theories on the nature of history. The title piece exposes the deadliness of the academic approach to the past, and shows how the reading of history can be a vivid intellectual pleasure.
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- 2018
42. Great Philosophers Volume One : The Road to Inner Freedom, The Art of Philosophizing, and Pilgrimage to Humanity
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Baruch Spinoza, Bertrand Russell, Albert Schweitzer, Baruch Spinoza, Bertrand Russell, and Albert Schweitzer
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- Philosophers, Meaning (Philosophy), Life
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Essential teachings, brilliant musings, and provocative theories from three of history's greatest thinkers.The Road to Inner Freedom: The seventeenth-century Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza views the ability to experience rational love of God as the key to mastering the contradictory and violent human emotions. The Art of Philosophizing: These groundbreaking essays by Bertrand Russell deal with “the art of reckoning” in the fields of mathematics, logic, and philosophy. With great clarity and simple exposition, Russell gets to the core of philosophical inquiry and analysis. Pilgrimage to Humanity: Albert Schweitzer discusses his philosophy of culture, the course of his life, his ministry to human needs in Africa, the idea of reverence for life, the ideal of world peace, the significance of liberal Christianity, and the lives, world-views, and contributions of Johann Goethe, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Jesus of Nazareth.
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- 2018
43. John Stuart Mill : A Secular Life
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Timothy Larsen and Timothy Larsen
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- Biography, Philosophers--England--Biography, Philosophers, Religion
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John Stuart Mill observed in his Autobiography that he was a rare case in nineteenth-century Britain because he had not lost his religion but never had any. He was a freethinker from beginning to end. What is not often realized, however, is that Mill's life was nevertheless impinged upon by religion at every turn. This is true both of the close relationships that shaped him and of his own, internal thoughts. Mill was a religious sceptic, but not the kind of person which that term usually conjures up. The unexpected presence and prominence of spirituality is not only there in Mill's late, startling essay,'Theism', in which he makes the case for hope in God and in Christ. It is everywhere--in his immediate family, his best friends, and his vision for the future. It is even there in such a seemingly unlikely place as his Logic, which repeatedly addresses religious themes. John Stuart Mill: A Secular Life is a biography which follows one of Britain's most well-respected intellectuals through all of the key moments in his life from falling in love to sitting in Parliament and beyond. It also explores his classic works including, On Liberty, Principles of Political Economy, Utilitarianism, and The Subjection of Women. In this well-researched study which offers original findings and insights, Timothy Larsen presents the Mill you never knew. The Mill that even some of his closest disciples never knew. This is John Stuart Mill, the Saint of Rationalism--a secular life and a spiritual life.
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- 2018
44. The Meaning of Life and the Great Philosophers
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Stephen Leach, James Tartaglia, Stephen Leach, and James Tartaglia
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- Philosophers, Life, Meaning (Philosophy)
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The Meaning of Life and the Great Philosophers reveals how great philosophers of the past sought to answer the question of the meaning of life. This edited collection includes thirty-five chapters which each focus on a major philosophical figure, from Confucius to Rorty, and that imaginatively engage with the topic from their perspective. This volume also contains a Postscript on the historical origins and original significance of the phrase ‘the meaning of life'.Written by leading experts in the field, such as A.C. Grayling, Thaddeus Metz and John Cottingham, this unique and engaging book explores the relevance of the history of philosophy to contemporary debates. It will prove essential reading for students and scholars studying the history of philosophy, philosophy of religion, ethics, metaphysics or comparative philosophy.
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- 2018
45. The Disruptors : 50 People Who Changed the World
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Alan Axelrod and Alan Axelrod
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- Biographies, Inventors, Artists, Human rights workers, Religious leaders, Scientists, Philosophers, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Adventurers & Explore
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“Biography lovers may find this a great start in understanding the long-term impacts that individuals can have on culture, society, and history and be interested in seeking further information about Axelrod's fascinating subjects. —BooklistMeet 50 women and men who broke the rules... and changed the world. What does Charles Darwin have in common with Johannes Gutenberg—or with Jackson Pollock, Martin Luther, Betty Friedan, Steve Jobs, and DJ Kool Herc? They were the disruptors, upending cultural, technical, spiritual, or scientific paradigms and altering the way we live forever. Bestselling author Alan Axelrod presents engaging profiles, accompanied by original line drawings, of 50 visionaries who rewrote the rules. Their innovations range from the printing press (Gutenberg) to the fight for women's equality (Friedan), from the smartphone (Jobs) to the invention of hip-hop (Herc).
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- 2018
46. Cahier de L'Herne N°121 : François Jullien
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Daniel Bougnoux, François L'Yvonnet, Daniel Bougnoux, and François L'Yvonnet
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- Philosophers--France, Sinologists--France, Philosophers, Sinologists
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François Jullien est tout à la fois philosophe, helléniste et sinologue. Trois compétences qui ne témoignent pas seulement d'une intense curiosité et d'une vaste culture, mais plus essentiellement de l'originalité d'une démarche intellectuelle. La Chine est pour lui l'occasion d'un détour, l'occasion de se défaire des points de vue unilatéraux, d'opérer un décentrement. C'est le prix à payer pour se rendre disponible, pour donner toute sa mesure à la « croissance du divers », selon l'expression de Victor Segalen. Il faut faire l'épreuve du dépaysement de la pensée, créer du dissensus et donc faire dissidence. Cela conduit François Jullien à interroger nos propres catégories de pensée, celles qui nous viennent de l'Antiquité, principalement des Grecs, celles qui fondent notre tradition philosophique, qui nourrissent notre métaphysique. Il veut sonder, à la manière de Hegel préfaçant la Phénoménologie de l'esprit, ce qui bien qu'entrevu et parfois « bien connu » n'a pas été reconnu, ou poursuivi dans notre tradition venue de l'Antiquité. Il a donc voulu déclore d'autres voies, ranimer des possibles de la pensée, cultivés ailleurs et laissés chez nous en friche, ou tombés en déshérence. Cette relance de la philosophie exigeant un dehors, la Chine lui sert de point d'appui pour faire levier. Le Cahier de l'Herne qui lui est consacré cherche à rendre compte de toutes les facettes de cette pensée et de son influence aussi bien en France qu'à l'étranger (rappelons qu'il est le philosophe français actuellement le plus traduit dans le monde).
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- 2018
47. Leibniz : hayatı ve felsefesi
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Boutroux, Emile, çeviri : Atakan Altınörs, Boutroux, Emile, and çeviri : Atakan Altınörs
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- Filozoflar, Philosophers, Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, 1646-1716
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- 2017
48. Nietzsche and the Philosophers
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Mark T. Conard and Mark T. Conard
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- Philosophers, Philosophy
- Abstract
Nietzsche is undoubtedly one of the most original and influential thinkers in the history of philosophy. With ideas such as the overman, will to power, the eternal recurrence, and perspectivism, Nietzsche challenges us to reconceive how it is that we know and understand the world, and what it means to be a human being. Further, in his works, he not only grapples with previous great philosophers and their ideas, but he also calls into question and redefines what it means to do philosophy. Nietzsche and the Philosophers for the first time sets out to examine explicitly Nietzsche's relationship to his most important predecessors. This anthology includes essays by many of the leading Nietzsche scholars, including Keith Ansell-Pearson, Daniel Conway, Tracy B. Strong, Gary Shapiro, Babette Babich, Mark Anderson, and Paul S. Loeb. These excellent writers discuss Nietzsche's engagement with such figures as Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Socrates, Hume, Schopenhauer, Emerson, Rousseau, and the Buddha. Anyone interested in Nietzsche or the history of philosophy generally will find much of great interest in this volume.
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- 2017
49. What Makes a Philosopher Great? : Thirteen Arguments for Twelve Philosophers
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Stephen Hetherington and Stephen Hetherington
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- Philosophers
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This book is inspired by a single powerful question. What is it to be great as a philosopher? No single grand answer is presumed to be possible; instead, rewardingly close studies of philosophical greatness are developed. This is a scholarly yet accessible volume, blending metaphilosophy with the long history of philosophy and traversing centuries and continents. The result is a series of case studies by accomplished scholars, each chapter trying to understand and convey a particular philosopher's greatness:Lloyd P. Gerson on PlatoKaryn Lai on ZhuangziDavid Bronstein on AristotleJonardon Ganeri on BuddhaghosaJeffrey Hause on AquinasGary Hatfield on DescartesKaren Detlefsen on du ChâteletDon Garrett on HumeAllen Wood on Kant (as a moral philosopher)Nicholas F. Stang on Kant (as a metaphysician)Ken Gemes on NietzscheCheryl Misak on PeirceDavid Macarthur on WittgensteinThis also serves a larger philosophical purpose. Might we gain increased clarity about what philosophy is in the first place? After all, in practice we individuate philosophy partly through its greatest practitioners'greatest contributions.The book does not discuss every philosopher who has been regarded as great. The point is not to offer a definitive list of The Great Philosophers, but, rather, to learn something about what great philosophy is and might be, from illuminated examples of past greatness.
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- 2017
50. Glimpse of Light : New Meditations on First Philosophy
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Stephen Mumford and Stephen Mumford
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- Philosophy, Philosophers
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I firmly believed there was a world outside of our own minds... But all around me were challenges.... How could we be so sure there were such things existing apart from us?Philosopher Benedict Chilwell faces a crisis of confidence and hopes to resolve it in a self-imposed exile, far away in the north of Norway. From his cabin, he begins his meditations, pondering the mysteries of philosophy in the dark Arctic winter. Pride, a whale, love and lust, the Huldra, God and a chain of causes all interrupt Benedict's solitude. Could they prove his salvation? In six days approaching the return of the light, Benedict discovers a basis for certainty and tries his best to convince his hosts. Through doubts, questions and reasoning, Chilwell inadvertently follows in Descartes'footsteps. Will he be killed by the cold too; or will the warmth of Plato's sun save him in time?
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- 2017
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