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Movies hold a mirror up to us, portraying the complexities of human reality through their characters and stories. And they vividly illustrate moral theories that address questions about how we are t……続きを見る

This book links Plato and Epicurus, two of the most prominent ethicists in the history of philosophy, exploring how Platonic material lays the conceptual groundwork for Epicurean hedonism. It argues……続きを見る

Nietzsche écrivit par Par delà le Bien et le Mal pendant l’été de 1885 à Sils-Maria et pendant l’hiver suivant à Nice : à la fin de 1886, l’ouvrage était terminé. L’épilogue Sur les hautes Montagnes……続きを見る

This volume takes as its focus an oft-neglected work of ancient philosophy: Aristotle's lost Homeric Problems. The evidence for this lost work consists mostly of 'fragments' surviving in the Homeric……続きを見る

Mes idées sur l’origine de nos préjugés moraux ー car tel est le sujet de cette œuvre de polémique ー ont trouvé leur première expression laconique et provisoire, dans ce recueil d’aphorismes qui po……続きを見る

« Avec ce livre commence ma campagne contre la morale. Non que l’on y sente le moins du monde l’odeur de la poudre ; on lui trouvera de tout autres senteurs, bien plus agréables, pour peu que l’on a……続きを見る

Humankind has a profound and complex relationship with the sea, a relationship that is extensively reflected in biology, psychology, religion, literature and poetry. The sea cradles and soothes us, ……続きを見る

This volume provides a much needed, historically accurate narrative of the development of theories of space up to the beginning of the eighteenth century. It studies conceptions of space that were i……続きを見る

"Questo scritto non vuol essere né una biografia, né un'esposizione del pensiero di Giordano Bruno ma solo un saggio intorno al significato di lui nella storia della cultura e quindi una illustrazio……続きを見る

Plato, Allan Bloom wrote, is "the most erotic of philosophers," and his Symposium is one of the greatest works on the nature of love ever written. This new edition brings together the English transl……続きを見る

The purpose of this series is to provide a contemporary assessment and history of the entire course of philosophical thought. Each book constitutes a detailed, critical introduction to the work of a……続きを見る

This Key Concepts pivot discusses the contemporary relevance of the ancient Chinese concept of Tianxia or ‘All-Under-Heaven’ and argues the case for a new global political philosophy. ‘All-under-hea……続きを見る

THE REPUBLIC By Plato Synopsis Synopsis Published in a dialogue form of narration, The Republic is the conversation between Socrates and Plato, one of the most acknowledged and ironically most criti……続きを見る

Epicuro ensinava filosofia no subúrbio de Atenas, em uma pequena casa, doada por amigos, circundada por um jardim, e numa pequena propriedade. Foi definitivamente ali, aberto ao grande público, que ……続きを見る

Thoreau challenges us will understand that man is part of nature, man being one of the most important aspects of its manifestation. Walking was originally submitted in one of his lectures in 1851 ti……続きを見る

O livro aborda a ética relacionando-a à moral e ao esforço humano de atingir a experiência da excelência moral como ideal supremo de vida. Busca as raízes que propiciaram o nascimento e desenvolvime……続きを見る

Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on 25 of May 1803 in Boston and was a famous writer, American philosopher and poet. Nature was published in 1836 and is considered one of the most important works of Eme……続きを見る

Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on 25 of May 1803 in Boston and was a famous writer, American philosopher and poet. The Naturalist and The Poet was published in 1836 and is considered one of the most i……続きを見る

O mundo grego no qual Sócrates viveu era um mundo tão masculino que o "amor aos rapazes" tinha a ver com a educação e, se refinado, com a educação filosófica. Foi um mundo de tal modo viril que até ……続きを見る

Este breve "ensaio de história da filosofia" quer apenas despertar o prazer de pensar, conhecendo e admirando cada dia mais os imortais heróis do Pensamento. Filósofos que são, ou "amigos do saber",……続きを見る

O Crátilo, de Platão, é o tratado sobre a linguagem mais antigo da cultura ocidental. O diálogo apresenta uma discussão de Sócrates com dois interlocutores que defendem concepções opostas sobre a co……続きを見る

Seguindo o mesmo objetivo do primeiro volume – uma narrativa acessível e clara da história da filosofia grega – Luciano de Crescenzo presenteia os leitores com a sequência dessa fascinante aventura.……続きを見る

Considerando que a antiga Grécia representou, para a história do pensamento ocidental, o que foi o Big Bang para o universo, ou seja, o grande estouro do qual surgiriam as galáxias e as constelações……続きを見る

This book introduces readers to the topic of explanation. The insights of Plato, Aristotle, J.S. Mill and Carl Hempel are examined, and are used to argue against the view that explanation is merely ……続きを見る

Despite perennial interest in Pliny the Elder’s Natural History, the world’s first encyclopedia, as a record of the prodigious, the quotidian, and the useful in Rome in the first century AD, for cen……続きを見る

Knowledge, from Plato onwards, has been considered in relation to justified belief. Current debate has centred around the nature of the justification and whether justified belief can be considered a……続きを見る

Presenting the most comprehensive and lucid account of the topic currently available, Robert Audi's "Practical Reasoning and Ethical Decision" is essential reading for anyone interested in the role ……続きを見る

The Presocratics were the founding fathers of the Western philosophical tradition, and the first masters of rational thought. This volume provides a comprehensive and precise exposition of their arg……続きを見る

* Premium Ebook optimizado para la lectura digital * «Yo solo sé que no sé nada» Sócrates Esta obra literaria de gran importancia dibuja el retrato ideal del filósofo. Sócrates aparece así como la e……続きを見る

Estudiemos algo para el que estudia, escribamos para el que escribe. En este libro se presentan dos textos de Quevedo sobre la filosofía estoica : La Doctrina Estoica y Defensa de Epicuro. A continu……続きを見る