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"Derek Parfit (1942-2017) is the most famous philosopher you've likely never heard of. In 1984, Parfit published what was, and is still, hailed by many philosophers as a work of genius - one of the most cited works of philosophy since World War II, Reasons and Persons. At its core, he argued that we should be concerned less with our own interests and more with the common good. His book brims with brilliant argumentative detail and stunningly inventive...
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Drawing from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and from the worlds of theater, philosophy, history and education, one of the nation's leading writers and commentators helps us become more understanding and considerate toward others, and to find the joy that comes from being seen.
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Yale University Press
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[2023]
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229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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"By the middle of the twentieth century, many liberals looked glumly at the world modernity had brought about, with its devastating wars, rising totalitarianism, and permanent nuclear terror. They concluded that, far from offering a solution to these problems, the ideals of the Enlightenment, including emancipation and equality, had instead created them. The historian of political thought Samuel Moyn argues that the liberal intellectuals of the Cold...
4) Just because
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From worrying when excited to forgiving while still hurting, children experience everyday paradoxes as they embrace their full potential.
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"A guide to defining and then creating a flourishing life, based on the popular class at Yale What makes a good life? The question is inherent to the human condition, asked by people across generations, professions, and social classes, and addressed by all schools of philosophy and religions. This search for meaning, as Yale professors Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, and Ryan McAnnally-Linz argue, is at the crux of a crisis that is facing Western...
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La historia de la Unión Europea es nuestra responsabilidad. Tenemos que hacernos cargo de ella, volver sobre nuestros pasos, corregir los errores del pasado y mirar hacia adelante, estar a la altura de los eventos que las vicisitudes del destino, la inteligencia y la estupidez humana hacen y deshacen continuamente.
Hoy, como a finales del siglo XIX, la idea de los Estados Unidos de Europa se vuelve una exigencia política para preservar el precario...
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"German philosophy and politics" by John Dewey. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce...
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La búsqueda de una nueva forma de experiencia desde la reflexión filosófico-política fue uno de los grandes motivos del pensamiento de Walter Benjamin y, en este libro, pretendemos reconstruir el camino de dicho motivo sin adentrarnos en las especificidades del materialismo histórico ni de la teología judía, pues él mismo asumió para su pensamiento las diversas corrientes que pudieran nutrirlo con una actitud profundamente práctica y utilitarista....
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Dieses Werk ist das Hauptwerk des Philosophen Joachim Stiller. Es beschäftigt sich mit allen wichtigen Bereichen der systematischen Philosophie, wie Anthropologie, Naturphilosophie, Metaphysik, Ontologie, Logik, Erkenntnistheorie, Ethik und Ästhetik. Bei diesem Grundriss handelt sich sich nicht so sehr um eine wissenschaftliche Einführung in die Philosophie, als vielmehr um Stillers eingene Gedanken zu den Themen.
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El pensamiento de Kant, agotado el neokantismo desde que Ernst Cassirer y Martin Heidegger confrontaron sus modos de leer a Kant en el debate de Davos, entabla un diálogo creativo con las diversas filosofías del siglo veinte.
Este libro perfila las formas de un recorrido analítico que comienza con "Kant y el problema de la metafísica" (1929) y llega a los textos de Habermas y Foucault en los años ochenta, no solo como un capítulo de la historia...
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Our doctrine does not pretend to be the intellectual vision of a great plan or of a design, but it is merely a method of research and of conception. It is not by accident that Marx spoke of his discovery as a guiding thread, and it is precisely for this reason that it is analogous to Darwinism, which also is a method... -from "Historical Materialism" One of the great European Marxists-in this volume, published in Italy in 1896 and in America in 1908-commemorates...
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"Selections from the Writings of Kierkegaard" is a 1923 book about the famous philosopher Søren Kierkegaard by the American scholar Lee M. Hollander. Its publication marked a significant turning point in American and English language philosophy, as it introduced English translation excerpts of Kierkegaard's philosophy to America and other English-speaking countries.
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Ce livre présente la base de la philosophie du développement personnel et sociétal. Il a exposé la dualité dialectique de l'homme supérieur et de l'homme inférieur. En fait, l'homme supérieur est le but ultime ou le projet essentiel de toutes les pensées, de toutes les philosophies morales et humanistes. Et l'homme inférieur est l'ennemi juré et mortel de toutes les philosophies morales et humanistes. L'homme supérieur est le symbole du...
14) Sophist
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Sophist” - is a dialogue by the ancient Greek philosopher and thinker Plato (427-347 B. C). This is Socrates' conversation about the fact that sophistry and the followers of it - are liars, also here the idea of movement is introduced. Plato thought about the organization and government of the state, was the founder of the theory of ideas, blessing and also the duality of the soul and the body, he formulated the studies of cognition.
16) Thinking reeds
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Thinking Reeds is an evocative collection of contemplations, delving into the vast tapestry of human existence and the intricacies of our emotional landscapes. Through 'Thoughts,' 'Second Thoughts,' and 'Afterthoughts,' readers are invited on a profound journey, exploring the depths of love and hate, the complexities of life and death, the shadows of friendship and enmity, and the stark contrasts between wealth and poverty, truth, and falsehood. This...
17) The Essential Schopenhauer: Key Selections from The World As Will and Representation and Other Works
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The Essential Schopenhauer delivers the first comprehensive English anthology of the seminal philosopher's writings. Edited by Wolfgang Schirmacher, president of the International Schopenhauer Association, this indispensable collection affords readers a uniquely accessible gateway into the monolithic thinker's prodigious body of work. Just as the Harper Perennial Basic Writings series renders the work of Heidegger and Nietzsche accessible for English...
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Este libro ha hecho atractiva la Filosofía a numerosas promociones de Bachillerato. De ahí su constante reedición. Y es que ha nacido después de mil intentos de explicar con amenidad las preguntas esenciales.
Se centra, sobre todo, en esas cualidades que hacen del hombre algo más que un mono con pantalones. De ese hombre que plantea la lucha por la vida con el esfuerzo y la belleza de un deporte. Por eso es, en gran medida, un texto de Antropología...
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