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Nous n’avons pas à faire connaître aux lecteurs le nom de M. John Stuart Mill. Ce nom depuis longtemps est en possession de la renommée, et compte parmi les plus illustres dans les genres les plus différens. Publiciste, économiste, philosophe, M. Mill a montré partout un esprit ferme et profond,...

Le terme de libre penseur est généralement entendu dans un sens assez équivoque. Il semble convenu qu’il est synonyme de sceptique et d’incrédule. D’après cette signification, est libre penseur quiconque ne croit à rien, et moins l’on croit, plus on est réputé capable de penser librement....

Dans un travail précédent, nous avons étudié un groupe de penseurs chez lesquels l’idée spiritualiste raffinée, subtilisée, vaporisée, au point d’être quelquefois à peine l’ombre d’elle-même, ne paraît subsister qu’à titre de tendance morale et religieuse. Nous voudrions étudier...

Le terme de cause finale (causa finalis) a été introduit dans la langue philosophique par la scolastique. Il signifie le but (finis) pour lequel on agit, ou vers lequel on tend, et qui peut être par conséquent considéré comme une cause d’action ou de mouvement. Aristote l’explique ainsi...

In 427 B.C., the Ancient Greek city-state of Athens was flourishing. Approximately 80 years earlier, the Athenians had formed the first self-representative democracy in history, the Peloponnesian War against Sparta had only just started, and Socrates was only beginning to lay the foundation of what would...

Volume Eight of the project documenting Thomas Jefferson's last years presents 591 documents dated from 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815. Jefferson is overjoyed by American victories late in the War of 1812 and highly interested in the treaty negotiations that ultimately end the conflict. Following...

Published in 1785, Immanuel Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals ranks alongside Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics as one of the most profound and influential works in moral philosophy ever written. In Kant's own words, its aim is to identify and corroborate the supreme...

In this volume--the first, focused study of Hume on time and identity--Baxter focuses on Hume’s treatment of the concept of numerical identity, which is central to Hume's famous discussions of the external world and personal identity. Hume raises a long unappreciated, and still unresolved, difficulty...

In this book, Eva Brann sets out no less a task than to assess the meaning of imagination in its multifarious expressions throughout western history. The result is one of those rare achievements that will make The World of the Imagination a standard reference.

Freedom, Nature, and World is a collection of essays by Peter Loptson which examine issues posed by a broadly naturalistic view of the world, which Loptson defends while also exploring some of the challenges it confronts. Papers on freedom, Kant, Christianity, Homer, the history of analytic philosophy,...

Handbook for Civilization is a book of wisdom helpful for life in todays world. It consists of philosophical quotations and sayings for the readers consideration. Thinkers from various times and cultures are presented. It is essentially a book about values and ideas, such as culture, education, freedom,...

Nesse guia de leitura através da história da filosofia, Danilo Marcondes seleciona os períodos, pensadores e temas mais representativos dessa tradição, de seu desenvolvimento e de suas crises. Situa pensadores e correntes filosóficas em seu contexto histórico, discute ideias e conceitos e, quando necessário, apresenta os textos mais relevantes dos filósofos em questão.

Nesse guia de leitura através da história da filosofia, Danilo Marcondes seleciona os períodos, pensadores e temas mais representativos dessa tradição, de seu desenvolvimento e de suas crises. Situa pensadores e correntes filosóficas em seu contexto histórico, discute ideias e conceitos e, quando necessário, apresenta os textos mais relevantes dos filósofos em questão.

Nesse guia de leitura através da história da filosofia, Danilo Marcondes seleciona os períodos, pensadores e temas mais representativos dessa tradição, de seu desenvolvimento e de suas crises. Situa pensadores e correntes filosóficas em seu contexto histórico, discute ideias e conceitos e, quando necessário, apresenta os textos mais relevantes dos filósofos em questão.