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The once banned and burned treatise on the nature of education from the eighteenth-century philosopher and author of The Social Contract.
Considered by Jean-Jacques Rousseau himself to be the "best and most important" of all his writings, Émile set off a firestorm when it was first published in 1762. It was banned in Paris and burned in Geneva, but later served as the inspiration for a new national system of education during the French Revolution.
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2) How to think like a woman: four women philosophers who taught me how to love the life of the mind
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From a bold new voice in nonfiction, an exhilarating account of the lives and works of influential 17th and 18th century feminist philosophers Mary Wollstonecraft and her predecessors who have been written out of history, and a searing look at the author's experience of patriarchy and sexism in academia. As a young woman growing up in small-town Iowa, Regan Penaluna daydreamed about the big questions: Who are we and what is this strange world we find...
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"The New York Times bestselling author of The Geography of Bliss embarks on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history’s greatest thinkers and showing us how each—from Epicurus to Gandhi, Thoreau to Beauvoir—offers practical and spiritual lessons for today’s unsettled times. We turn to philosophy for the same reasons we travel: to see the world from a different perspective, to unearth hidden beauty, and...
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Friedrich Nietzsche was the most fearlessly provocative and original thinker in Western history. The protean diversity of his writings make him one of the most influential of modern philosophers, yet his often paradoxical statements can be properly understood only within the context of his restless, tragic life. Physically handicapped by weak eyesight, violent headaches and bouts of nausea, this Nietzsche made short shrift of self-pity and ostentatious...
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The author of The Prince-his controversial handbook on power, which is one of the most influential books ever written-Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) was no prince himself. Born to an established middle-class family, Machiavelli worked as a courtier and diplomat for the Republic of Florence and enjoyed some small fame in his time as the author of bawdy plays and poems. In this discerning new biography, Ross King rescues Machiavelli's legacy from...
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Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle - The Nicomachean Ethics is one of Aristotle's most widely read and influential works. Ideas central to ethics-that happiness is the end of human endeavor, that moral virtue is formed through action and habituation, and that good action requires prudence-found their most powerful proponent in the person medieval scholars simply called "the Philosopher." Drawing on their intimate knowledge of Aristotle's thought, Robert...
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Hannah Arendt's last philosophical work was an intended three-part project entitled The Life of the Mind. Unfortunately, Arendt lived to complete only the first two parts, Thinking and Willing. Of the third, Judging, only the title page, with epigraphs from Cato and Goethe, was found after her death. As the titles suggest, Arendt conceived of her work as roughly parallel to the three Critiques of Immanuel Kant. In fact, while she began work on The...
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Among the most profound and influential explorations of mind-expanding psychedelic drugs ever written, here are two complete classic books-The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell-in which Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, reveals the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human consciousness. This new edition also features an additional essay, "Drugs That Shape Men's Minds," which is now included for the first time.
10) Flowism
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Flowism, it is evident that this philosophy offers a profound and transformative approach to life. By releasing rigid control, embracing the present moment, and fostering resilience, flexibility, and humility, we can navigate the complexities of modern existence with greater peace and fulfillment. Flowism encourages finding joy in the journey, appreciating life's simple pleasures, and connecting deeply with ourselves and others. Embracing the flow...
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Una cuidada selección de las Cartas a Lucilio sobre la vejez y la muerte que acerca el pensamiento de Séneca y la filosofía estoica al presente.
¿Cómo morir? La pregunta suena de mal agüero en nuestra frenética actualidad. Vivimos como si no fuéramos a morir. Y, sin embargo, hemos de afrontar el tema cuanto antes mejor, gracias a la ayuda de la filosofía. Frente al miedo a la muerte, el estoicismo nos propone una liberación: no miremos para...
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Western philosophy which is the philosophical thought of the western world is divided into four main sections; Ancient, Medieval, Modern and Contemporary. Each period have done a great impact towards the development of western philosophical thought. There are clear link of influence of greek throughout the western philosophy because it was a highly intellectual period. However, when it comes to medieval philosophy, there was a suppression of thought....
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L'influence exercée par la lecture de Hobbes (1588-1679) sur la pensée de Leibniz (1646-1716) est attestée par le philosophe allemand lui-même, qui déclare à son aîné, alors qu'il n'a que 24 ans : « Je crois avoir lu la plupart de vos œuvres publiées tantt séparément, tantt rassemblées, et je prétends en avoir tiré profit comme peu d'autres en notre siècle. » À notre connaissance, Leibniz n'en dira jamais autant d'un autre de...
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El diario íntimo del gobernante estoico más famoso de la Antigüedad.
Tienes entre manos un libro que vale su peso en oro. Es el libro que escribió Marco Aurelio, el hombre más poderoso y sabio de su tiempo. El que influyó en Felipe ii de España, Federico ii de Prusia, Catalina II de Rusia o George Washington. El que inspiró el ascetismo cristiano, influyó en la Ilustración europea y condicionó la filosofía contemporánea a través del...
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The Holy Spirit is a dimension of Godhood which is not given much attention, yet one that is critical for our spiritual development. In this work Richard Mullin shows how the contribution of American Philosophers at the turn of the 19th century can serve as a basis to reenvision theology. Importantly, he distinguishes the historical church with all its shortcomings and the Universal or "Beloved Community." Read this work if you are seeking a mature...
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“The Politics of Orientation” provides the first substantial exploration of a surprising theoretical kinship and its rich political implications, that between Gilles Deleuze's philosophy and the sociological systems theory of Niklas Luhmann. Through their shared theories of sense, Hannah Richter draws out how the works of Luhmann and Deleuze complement each other in creating worlds where chaos is the norm and order the unlikely and yet remarkably...
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Sin duda, este libro resultará valioso para un público muy amplio, en principio filósofos y músicos, pero está escrito con tanta claridad, belleza, riqueza en metáforas, y con un cuidado por hacerse comprender y de llegar a los otros, que no dudo que resulte interesante mucho más allá del ámbito cerrado de estas disciplinas. Este trabajo permite comprender desde otra perspectiva algunas ideas centrales del pensamiento de Foucault, además,...
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The work of Jeff Malpas is well-known for its contribution to contemporary thinking about place and space. In the Brightness of Place takes that contribution further, as Malpas develops it in new ways and in relation to new topics. At the same time, the volume also develops Malpas' distinctively topological approach to the work of Martin Heidegger. Not limited simply to a reading of the topological in Heidegger, In the Brightness of Place also takes...
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Este libro pretende examinar algunas de las polémicas más cruentas de Friedrich Nietzsche en relación a temas tan apremiantes de la moral contemporánea como son la configuración actual del hombre medio, el nihilismo como un hábito adquirido en los comportamientos morales del occidente, la crítica de los valores morales según su procedencia histórica, la trascendencia y el significado de la "muerte de Dios" en cada uno de los ámbitos de la...
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