Philosophy category: 55395 books
A New Philosophy of Literature
The Fundamental Theme and Unity of World Literature: the Vision of the Infinite and the Universalist Literary Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2012
In The New Philosophy of Universalism Nicholas Hagger outlined a new philosophy that restates the order within the universe, the oneness of humankind and an infinite Reality perceived as Light; and its applications in many disciplines, including literature. In this work of literary Universalism, which...
The End of Russian Philosophy
Tradition and Transition at the Turn of the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
The End of Russian Philosophy describes and evaluates the troubled state of Russian philosophical thought in the post-Soviet decades. The book suggests that in order to revive philosophy as a universal, professional discipline in Russia, it may be necessary for Russian philosophy to first do away with the messianic traditions of the 19th century.
by Arthur C. Danto
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2005
Few philosophers are as widely read or as widely misunderstood as Friedrich Nietzsche. When Danto's classic study was first published in 1965, many regarded Nietzsche as a brilliant but somewhat erratic thinker. Danto, however, presented a radically different picture, arguing that Nietzsche offered...
The Duplicity of Philosophy's Shadow
Heidegger, Nazism, and the Jewish Other
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) is considered one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century in spite of his well-known transgressions—his complicity with National Socialism and his inability to show remorse or compassion for its victims. In The Duplicity of Philosophy’s Shadow,...
Daimon Life
Heidegger and Life-Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 1992
Daimon Life is life-enchancing. To read it is to become richer in wor(l)d." –John Llewelyn
Disclosure of Martin Heidegger’s complicity with the National Socialist regime in 1933-34 has provoked virulent debate about the relationship between his politics and his philosophy. Did Heidegger’s...
Stoic Six Pack 5 - The Cynics (Illustrated)
An Introduction to Cynic Philosophy, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, Life of Antisthenes, The Symposium (Book IV), Life of Diogenes and Life of Crates
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
"I would rather go mad than feel pleasure."
- Antisthenes.
For Cynics the secret to happiness was living a life of virtue in harmony with Nature with only the bare essentials necessary for survival. They rejected materialism and were free of belongings. Many were homeless and proud...
Nietzsche's Task
An Interpretation of Beyond Good and Evil
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
When Nietzsche published Beyond Good and Evil in 1886, he told a friend that it was a book that would not be read properly until around the year 2000.” Now Laurence Lampert sets out to fulfill this prophecy by providing a section by section interpretation of this philosophical masterpiece that emphasizes...
What Is History?
and Other Essays
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
This highly readable new collection of thirty pieces by Michael Oakeshott, almost all of which are previously unpublished, covers every decade of his intellectual career, and adds significantly to his contributions to the philosophy of historical understanding and political philosophy, as well as to...
by W. R. Sorley
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2018
There are two ways of writing the history of philosophy. One of them sets out from the standpoint of philosophy as conceived by the writer; the other from that of the philosophers themselves. On the former method the fundamental problems of philosophy will be presented at the outset, and each step...
by Dagobert D. Runes
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
Philosopher Dagobert D. Runes introduces readers to the philosophical movements throughout the ages—traveling back to the time of the ancient Greeks, all the way up to the twentieth century, with philosophies such as Existentialism—in this groundbreaking guide, Philosophy for Everyman from Socrates...
Ancient Philosophy
A New History of Western Philosophy, Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2006
Sir Anthony Kenny tells the fascinating story of the birth of philosophy and its remarkable flourishing in the ancient Mediterranean world. This is the first of four volumes in which he unfolds a magisterial new history of Western philosophy. Specially written for a broad popular readership, but serious...
The Greek Philosophers
from Thales to Aristotle
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
With an new foreword by James Warren
Long renowned as one of the clearest and best introductions to ancient Greek philosophy for non-specialists, W.K.C Guthrie’s The Greek Philosophers offers us a brilliant insight into the hidden foundations of Greek philosophy – foundations that underpin...
by Julia Annas
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2000
The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich and varied one, in which a constant note is that of discussion and argument. This book introduces readers to some ancient debates to engage with the ancient developments of some themes. Getting away from the presentation of ancient philosophy as...
Explaining the Cosmos
The Ionian Tradition of Scientific Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2009
Explaining the Cosmos is a major reinterpretation of Greek scientific thought before Socrates. Focusing on the scientific tradition of philosophy, Daniel Graham argues that Presocratic philosophy is not a mere patchwork of different schools and styles of thought. Rather, there is a discernible and...