Philosophy 99

How do we decide what is junk? The discarded remnants of our daily lives may no longer be useful to us, yet John Scanlan proposes in On Garbage that our trash is actually a treasure trove of artifac……続きを見る

This timely collection of essays is the first to be written on the work of Maurice Blanchot in English. One of the finest writers of our time, Blanchot is a contemporary of Bataille and Levinas; his……続きを見る

We call many things sacred, from cows, churches and paintings to flags and burial grounds. Is it still meaningful to talk of things being sacred, or is the idea merely a relic of a bygone religious ……続きを見る

First published in 1999. This book, in compliance with the aims of the series, attempts to provide a comprehensive and critical account of Kierkegaard's thought. In the case of a writer so complex, ……続きを見る

Written by one of the foremost authorities on esoteric Christianity, HIDDEN SIDE takes you on a journey beneath the popular surface meaning of the major events in the church’s year. It was written a……続きを見る

A number of significant contributions have been made, both to specific intellectual disciplines and on the broader philosophical front. by researches into the nature of inquiry. The papers in this c……続きを見る

An account of astrology from its beginnings in Mesopotamia, focusing on the Greco-Roman world, Ancient Astrology examines the theoretical development and changing social and political role of astrol……続きを見る

В "Начертании христианского нравоучения" изображены обязательные для нас чувства и расположения, но этим сказано далеко не все, потребное к устроению своего спасения. Главное дело у нас действительн……続きを見る

I started excavated the sleeping ideas and decided to give them the shapes of essays, articles, and stories to help my students develop the art of writing. In this series I am presenting random writ……続きを見る

Simone de Beauvoir was among the 20th century's most influential thinkers. She was a philosopher at the forefront of existentialism, a pioneering thinker on women and feminism in ""The Second Sex"",……続きを見る

Rather than embrace the popularized songs and the hype that accompanies the turn of Y2K, Don A. Hoyt examines the real accomplishments that one might expect from a thousand years of new experience. ……続きを見る

Essai sur l’origine des connaissances humaines Etienne Bonnot de Condillac, philosophe français (1715-1780) Ce livre numérique présente «Essai sur l’origine des connaissances humaines», de Etienne B……続きを見る

Aristotle considered ethics to be a practical science, i.e., one mastered by doing rather than merely reasoning. Further, Aristotle believed that ethical knowledge is not certain knowledge (like met……続きを見る

Montaigne - Les Essais Ce livre numérique présente une Les Essais de Michel de Montaigne édités en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement aux différents chapit……続きを見る

First Published in 1985. What is the place of reason and conversely of the unreasonable, the contradictory, the emotional and the chaotic in social life? What is the nature of general human rational……続きを見る

I think, therefore I am.René Descartes. "I am out with lanterns, looking for myself."Emily Dickinson. "It is as hard to see one's self as to look backwards without turning round."Henry David Thoreau……続きを見る

This book examines the divine nature in terms of maximal greatness. It investigates each attribute associated with maximal greatness - omnipotence, omniscience, perfect goodness, eternity, and beaut……続きを見る

Cette étude est consacrée à l'examen de la théorie du monde social qui se découvre dans la phénoménologie d’Edmund Husserl : est-elle à même de dire les phénomènes sociaux, sur quel mode et avec que……続きを見る

Nietzsche contre Wagner Friedrich Nietzsche, philologue, philosophe et poète allemand (1844-1900) Ce livre numérique présente «Nietzsche contre Wagner», de Friedrich Nietzsche, édité en texte intégr……続きを見る

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE–65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and adviser to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. The Complete Works of Lucius ……続きを見る

The capabilities approach to equality, developed by Amartyr Sen and Martha Nussbaum, seeks to answer the question: what is a proper measure of a person's condition for the purposes of determining wh……続きを見る

This work represents a distinctive school of alchemy -- it belonged to a period that had inherited a bitter experience of the failures, impostures, and misery surrounding the "Magnum Opus" and its m……続きを見る

Essayist, poet, and philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) propounded a transcendental idealism emphasizing self-reliance, self-culture, and individual expression. The six essays and one addre……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

El Evangelio de Marcos atestigua que Jesucristo es el Hijo de Dios y Dios mismo. Y también da testimonio de que es nuestro Salvador. Entonces, podemos ver al escritor del Evangelio de Marcos soporta……続きを見る

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on t……続きを見る

4 Werke von Christian Fürchtegott Gellert Deutscher Dichter und Moralphilosoph der Aufklärung (1715-1769) Dieser Band enthält eine Sammlung von 4 Werken von Christian Fürchtegot……続きを見る

What do the Illuminati stand for? What are their social, political and religious objectives? What are the obstacles that stand in the way of humanity fulfilling its divine potential and creating a C……続きを見る

Historically, religion, aside of land, has been one of the most prevailing reasons for which wars have been fought. When reflecting back approximately 6,000 years, this fact can be supported easily.……続きを見る

A compelling new approach to the problem that has haunted twentieth century philosophy in both its analytical and continental shapes. No other book addresses as thoroughly the parallels between Witt……続きを見る