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In 1980, at the end of the most intensely political period of his work and life, Louis Althusser penned Philosophy for Non-philosophers. Available here for the first time in English, Philosophy for Non-philosophers constitutes a rigorous and engaged attempt to address a wide reading public unfamiliar...

Beth Lord looks at Kant's philosophy in relation to four thinkers who attempted to fuse transcendental idealism with Spinoza's doctrine of immanence. Examining Jacobi, Herder, Maimon and Deleuze, Lord argues that Spinozism is central to the development of Kant's thought, and opens new avenues for understanding Kant's relation to Deleuze.

The writings of Kierkegaard continue to be a fertile source for con­ temporary philosophical thought. Perhaps the most interesting of his works to a philosopher is the Concluding Unscientific Postscript to the Philosophical Fragments. The Fragments is a brief, algebraic piece in which the author...

René Descartes was a central figure in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. In his Discourse on Method he outlined the contrast between mathematics and experimental sciences, and the extent to which each one can achieve certainty. Drawing on his own work in geometry, optics, astronomy...

Berkeley's idealism started a revolution in philosophy. As one of the great empiricist thinkers he not only influenced British philosophers from Hume to Russell and the logical positivists in the twentieth century, he also set the scene for the continental idealism of Hegel and even the philosophy...

Il pensiero è la qualità propria dell'uomo. Niente zanne, niente artigli, nessuna resistenza fisica cospicua, ma sufficiente pensiero. Noi siamo tutto questo. Nel corso della storia dell'uomo tante idee si sono evolute, altre superate. L'attuale realtà circostante, ciò che ci succede e che si...

Extrait :  Blaise Pascal naquit à Clermont-Ferrand le 19 juin 1623. Il appartenait à une vieille famille d’Auvergne,  dont un ancêtre, Étienne Pascal, maître des requêtes, avait été anobli par le roi Louis XI. Si ancienne  qu’elle...

La partie des écrits de Descartes relative à la morale n'est pas sans étendue ; mais ni par sa nature ni par son contenu, elle ne paraît rentrer dans son oeuvre philosophique proprement dite. Ce sont avant tout les lettres à la princesse Élisabeth et à la reine de Suède : Descartes s'y accommode aux désirs et aux besoins de ses illustres correspondantes.  

La philosophie de Malebranche est essentiellement intellectualiste. Ce disciple de Descartes n’aborde aucune recherche, qu’il ne s’engage à rejeter toute notion dépourvue d’évidence rationnelle. Excepte-t-il les vérités de la foi ? Délibérément il a fait de la raison le principe, non seulement de toute science, mais de la morale, et de la religion même.   

Introduction  Chapitre Ier. — De la Nécessité  Chapitre II. — De l’Être  Chapitre III. — Des Genres  Chapitre IV. — De la Matière  Chapitre V. — Des Corps  Chapitre VI. — Des Êtres vivants  Chapitre VII. — De l’Homme  Conclusion   

Originally published in 1959, The Faith of a Heretic is the most personal statement of the beliefs of Nietzsche biographer and translator Walter Kaufmann. A first-rate philosopher in his own right, Kaufmann here provides the fullest account of his views on religion. Although he considered himself...

Thoughts and ideas from the versatile and brilliant German writer and statesman. The German author of Faust takes a detour from his usual literary endeavors and offers snippets of his musings on life, literature, science, nature, politics, and the human condition. Essential for fans of Goethe’s...

Johannes is an aesthete, dedicated to creating the possibility of seduction through the careful manipulation of young women. He stealthily pursues the innocent Cordelia until she becomes increasingly drawn to him. But when she is ready to give herself completely, she realizes she may have got everything...

Karl Marx is one of the most influential philosophers of all time, whose theories have shaped and directed political, economic, and social thought for 150 years. Considering Marx's life and impact, renowned philosopher Peter Singer identifies the central vision that unifies Marx's thought, enabling...