Surveys category: 1940 books

How people around the world grapple with the great questions posed by Socrates. What is virtue? What is moderation? What is justice? What is courage? What is good? What is piety? Socrates thought that understanding the perspectives of others on these six great questions would help him become...

_______ THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTELLER ‘Deeply informative, moving, wise and full of love’ Alain de Botton Everyone says they want to be happy. But that's much more easily said than done. What does being happy actually mean? And how do you even know when you feel it? In Happy...

Nous aurons fait un grand pas en ce qui concerne la science esthétique, quand nous en serons arrivés non seulement à l’induction logique, mais encore à la certitude immédiate de cette pensée : que l’évolution progressive de l’art est le résultat du double caractère de l’esprit apollinien...

Includes the essay "Notes on Camp," the inspiration for the 2019 exhibition Notes on Fashion: Camp at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Against Interpretation was Susan Sontag's first collection of essays and is a modern classic. Originally published in 1966, it has never...

**      不正義的另一種面貌 　　貶低一個人的人性， 　　並且剝奪一個人的力量的最好方法， 　　就是剝奪他的發言權** 　　正義是哲學裡面最古老、最核心的主題，人們總以為只要了解正義是什麼，便能以否定的方式來理解所謂的不正義。然而，本書作者弗里克透過揭示認知活動的倫理向度，將焦點從正義轉向了不正義，藉由不正義開展的空間，更深刻反思正義是什麼。 　　在不正義的範疇中，除了女性和少數群體所面臨的社會或政治不正義之外，還存在著一種獨特的認知類型的不正義，叫做知識的不正義。 　　這種不正義又分成兩類。 　　證言不正義：我們常因一個人的身分，而貶低了他話語的可信度，這樣是對那人作為一個「認知者」的不尊重和傷害，更會產生不正義的後果，比方說那人無法伸冤。常見例子是兒童對於性騷擾的指控常遭大人漠視，或是警察因為你是黑人而不予採信你的證詞。在無法伸冤下，他們往往會繼續被騷擾或欺壓，因此可能懷疑自我的價值，認為自己低人一等，不值得被人所相信。 　　書中舉了哈波．李（Harper...

Edmund Burke was one of the foremost philosophers of the eighteenth century and wrote widely on aesthetics, politics and society. In this landmark work, he propounds his theory that the sublime and the beautiful should be regarded as distinct and wholly separate states - the first, an experience inspired...

Essays on topics from nuclear physics to the role of faith in society from the Nobel Prize–winning philosopher. Originally written in 1943 and published in 1957 by Philosophical Library, Inc, these vigorous essays from one of the most distinguished minds of our time reveal several facets...

Discourses on Livy is the founding document of modern republicanism, and Harvey C. Mansfield and Nathan Tarcov have provided the definitive English translation of this classic work. Faithful to the original Italian text, properly attentive to Machiavelli's idiom and subtlety of thought, it is eminently...

A true account of a turning point in medieval history that shaped the modern world, from “a superb storyteller” and the author of When Jesus Became God (Los Angeles Times).   Europe was in the long slumber of the Middle Ages, the Roman Empire was in tatters, and the Greek language was all but...

Joseph, Sitting Bull, Red Cloud, Black Elk, Ohiyesa, and many others share their insights on Native American ways of living, learning, and dying. There is something archetypal about the philosophy of the original Americans, especially to the sensibilities of modern European Americans. We recognize...

Xenophon was an ancient Greek historian, soldier, and student of Socrates.  Xenophon was not considered a philosopher during his time but he is now often considered one.  Xenophon’s writings cover many different genres and are still widely studied by students today.  This edition of The Apology of Socrates includes a table of contents.

'As an introduction to early modern thinking and the impact of past ideas on present lives, this book can find few equals and no superiors. Porter is a witty, humane writer with an extraordinary vocabulary and a sparkling sense of fun. Whether he is quoting from obscure medical texts or analysing...

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of the entire career of one of Britain's greatest men of letters. It sets in biographical and historical context all of Hume's works, from A Treatise of Human Nature to The History of England, bringing to light the major influences on the...

The first complete introduction to the subject ever published, A History of Irish Thought presents an inclusive survey of Irish thought and the history of Irish ideas against the backdrop of current political and social change in Ireland. Clearly written and engaging, the survey introduces an array...