Philosophers 7

Adam Smith (5 juin 1723 - 17 juillet 1790) est un philosophe et économiste écossais des Lumières. Il reste dans l’histoire comme le père de la science économique m……続きを見る

'The story in this book is so gripping and fascinating that it is remarkable that it has never been told in this way before' Simon Heffer, Literary Review 'Masterly ... His writing is brisk, confide……続きを見る

One of the UK's foremost moral philosophers, Mary Midgley recounts her remarkable story in this elegiac and moving account of friendships found and lost, bitter philosophical battles and of a profou……続きを見る

FEATURES:      •     Includes beautiful artworks and illustrations      •     Active Table of Contents for an easy naviga……続きを見る

First published in English in 1921, this work was originally written by renowned Marxist historian Max Beer to commemorate the centenary of Marx’s birth. It is a definitive biography, full of intere……続きを見る

More than two hundred years after his birth, and 150 years after the publication of his most famous essay On Liberty, John Stuart Mill remains one of the towering intellectual figures of the Western……続きを見る

From the primitive pine-torch to the paraffin candle, how wide an interval! between them how vast a contrast! The means adopted by man to illuminate his home at night, stamp at once his position in……続きを見る

Nueva edición digital revisada y comentada, con hipervínculos a páginas web seleccionadas. La historia legendaria del príncipe de la India Sidarta Gautama y su gran aportación al mundo del espiritua……続きを見る

Cette éditions est parfaitement mise en page pour une lecture sur Kobo. Les Pensées philosophiques sont un recueil d’aphorismes que l’écrivain français Denis Diderot publia en 1746. L'Addition aux P……続きを見る

Part of the Jewish Encounter series In 1656, Amsterdam’s Jewish community excommunicated Baruch Spinoza, and, at the age of twenty–three, he became the most famous heretic in Judaism. He was already……続きを見る

Internationally-acclaimed anthropologist and poet Michael Jackson travels his natal New Zealand, reflecting on the idea of origins. Visiting old haunts and old friends, he ponders the hold our hist……続きを見る

Between 1931 and 1935, Bertrand Russell contributed some 156 essays to the literary pages of the American newspaper New York American. These were often fun, humorous observations on the very real is……続きを見る

Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-language writer of novels and short stories, regarded by critics as one of the most influential authors of the 20th century. Kafka stro……続きを見る

A great scientist who lived only for knowledge. He declined high posts. He was a genius who shone in several spheres. He was a great teacher and a great man. 続きを見る

När Peo Thyren var tolv år bildade han och några kompisar rockbandet Noice. När han var 16 hade de spelat in sin första skiva och när han var 17 var Noice, tillsamm……続きを見る

In this collection of brief lives (and deaths) of nearly two hundred of the world's greatest thinkers, noted philosopher Simon Critchley creates a register of mortality that is tragic, amusing, absu……続きを見る

looking out this window day after day with my mother at my side makes me feel lucky that i have a mother so warm and caring; i wish i could whisper to her as much. not every child is supposed to be ……続きを見る

This is the first part of the two part series on the greatest Indian thinkers 1.  B.R. Ambedkar 2.  Dr. M. VISVESVARAYA 3. Basaveshwara 4. Dayanand 5. Rammohun Roy続きを見る

Bali is the Grandson of Prahlada, devotee of Vishnu. Though a king of Rakshasas, he ruled with righteousness and the welfare of the subjects at heart. Having agreed to give in charity three paces of……続きを見る

After the publication of Atlas Shrugged in 1957, Ayn Rand occasionally lectured in order bring her philosophy of Objectivism to a wider audience and apply it to current cultural and political issues……続きを見る

The key to intelligence is to be able to overcome the prejudices of the society we live in and thus free our minds to think beyond what society assumes to be correct and beyond what it deems to be '……続きを見る

This antiquarian book contains Alfred Edward Taylor's fascinating account of the life and mind of Socrates. Within this text Taylor explores Socrates' life and thinking, as well as expounding his ph……続きを見る

Metaphors are names and symbols which mark something and allow it to stand for something else. Metaphors have symbolic meaning often above and beyond the named object or emotional state. As humans w……続きを見る

A brilliant portrait of the Greek philosopher who personified philosophy. Socrates was undeniably one of the greatest thinkers of all time, yet he wrote nothing. Throughout his life, and indeed unti……続きを見る

The genius, who won the Nobel Prize for Physics, with simple equipment barely worth Rs. 300. He was the first Asian scientist to win the Nobel Prize. He was a man of boundless curiosity and a lively……続きを見る

"Why Conform when it's so much more interesting not to?" Happiness, Torture, Poker and Tits are just some of the topics tackled in this book, as philosopher Robert Jameson aims to illustrate how int……続きを見る

With Michel Foucault, Reaktion Books introduces an exciting new series that brings the work of major intellectual figures to general readers, illuminating their groundbreaking ideas through concise ……続きを見る

Rancorous and highly public disagreements between Isaiah Berlin and Isaac Deutscher escalated to the point of cruel betrayal in the mid-1960s, yet surprisingly the details of the episode have escape……続きを見る

Drawing upon a wealth of journal writings and personal correspondence, Esther Leslie presents a uniquely intimate portrait of one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century, Walter Benjamin……続きを見る

Explore the work of a founding father of the mechanical philosophy of nature, Isaac Beeckman (1588–1637). The contribution of the Dutch craftsman and scholar Isaac Beeckman to early modern scientifi……続きを見る