Philosophers category: 1861 books

Leonardo Da Vinci was an immensely popular Italian polymath, the epitome of the 'Renaissance Man', famous mostly for his paintings such as the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, the drawing of Vitruvian Man. Being a genius artist, sculptor and inventor, Da Vinci was greatly interested in the laws of science...

Il devait être près de la onzième heure lorsque les voyageurs, après avoir descendu une forte pente, au flanc d’une colline boisée, se trouvèrent tout à coup en face d’une rivière. En ces premiers jours de mai, la lumière se prolonge très tard. Derrière les parasols des pins, criblés...

Otoño de 1876: Friedrich Nietzsche viaja a Sorrento invitado por su amiga Malwida von Meysenbug. Esta travesía no es sólo el primer gran viaje de Nietzsche al extranjero, su primer gran viaje al Sur, sino el gran punto de inflexión en su vida y en su filosofía. Se produce en un momento en el...

This autobiography takes the reader on a journey through the life of the author and describes in vivid detail what its like to experience all forms of child abuse. The book ultimately culminates in a personal resolution from the author and provides inspiring philosophical insights as to why he can...

La reflexión filosófica sobre la mente y su lugar e importancia como parte de la condición humana ha sido constante a lo largo de la historia. Su desarrollo, que se puede dividir en varias etapas, muestra que esta cuestión va dejando de ser monopolio de la filosofía para ser asumida por diferentes...

Cuando el mundo occidental cayó en la oscuridad, ella se atrevió a defender la Luz. Nacida en 355 d.C., tras el reinado de Constantino, Hipatia de Alejandría vivía en un Imperio Romano colapsado, un mundo donde la obediencia a las autoridades religiosas venció a la ciencia, donde la...

Angststörungen - Alpträume - Depressionen Die Angstschwelle ist vom Stresspegel abhängig Meine Erfahrungen mit Angst und Depressionen Ich bin mir im Klaren darüber, dass jemand, der selbst noch keine Panik-Attacke erlebt hat und nicht an Depressionen erkrankt ist, das Geschilderte...

La ignorancia que las personas poseen, la deshumanizaron a tal punto de volverse una sociedad de personas que solamente requieren ciertas cosas y objetos que sencillamente no se pueden lograr con seguir un camino ya elegido por eso se requiere el aprender y el dudar, las creencias ciegas inculcadas...

Some say I have done a lot. I see that I’ve done too little. What have I done? I would say that I’ve done a lot, if I could put the entire world in order and make everybody happy. Now people fight and I sit and speak to myself: I’ve done too little – I didn’t manage to persuade these people...

Extrait :  La ville où jadis avait vécu le grand ascète Kapila était d’une sereine magnificence. Ses murailles semblaient  des nuages de lumière, et, de ses maisons comme de ses jardins, émanait une splendeur divine : on l’eût dite ...

This is the second part of the two part series on Indian scientists: Part II Satyendranath Bose Vikram Sarabhai Birbal Sahani Homibhabha

Swami Vivekananda was born on January 12, 1863 in Kolkata, India. He was a great social leader and reformer and played a major role in morally uplifting India. He left the world on July 4, 1902 leaving world in deep grief .Even today his name is taken with great respect. I believe the deep meaning...

The writer of this book desires to say that, in preparing the work, it has been no part of his design to express his individual opinions upon the topics discussed. His purpose has been to suggest the opinions of others, especially of a class of men scarcely recognized as existing in the world. The...

In order to understand Life one needs to understand oneself resonantly. In doing so one understands both one’s past and one’s future. Over and above that, one understands the world, the universe, the greater Life that one is a part of. One’s experience of Life is governed by the feeling...