Metaphysics Philosophy

No wonder Elias Canetti described it as "one of the few great and perfect works of the poetic imagination written". The Metamorphosis remains one of the best works of fiction in history. It is the story of a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, who wakes up to find himself being transformed to an insect-like creature. The story unfolds into one of the greatest short fiction stories ever written.

Were ancient Greek philosophers right about reality being only an illusion? What was really the biggest blunder of Einstein's life? Is everything we've been taught about the universe incorrect? In The Unobservable Universe, visionary scientist and engineer Scott M. Tyson successfully unravels cosmology from the level of rocket science and brings it down to Earth, demystifying the universe in terms that laymen can comprehend and enjoy, splitting atoms but not hairs on this magical mystery tour of the outback of time and space.

L'uomo viaggia alla ricerca di sé. Gettato nell'esistenza, batte il sentiero incolmabile della domanda, sempre la stessa: "da dove si viene, dove si va e perché". Eppure, a cospetto del vasto e silente mistero sull'Essere, capita che abbandoni la via, cercando riparo nella risposta tecnica oppure nel "fare" compulsivo e meccanico. L'enigma filosofico cade, ma non per questo l'Ente percepisce minor sofferenza psichica, minor timore nei confronti della fine e della caducità.

In this extended pamphlet, free-thinking advocate Henry Tichenor presents the life story of Gotama Buddha in the style of a hagiography, in which the fundamental doctrines of Buddhism are interwoven.

Hans-Georg Gadamer ripercorre le tappe fondamentali della filosofia del ventesimo secolo che hanno portato a maturazione la sua filosofia ermeneutica, e con Riccardo Dottori ne discute i temi fondamentali: la fine della metafisica con Heidegger e la sua filosofia nella bufera del Nazionalsocialismo, il problema del pluralismo, della globalizzazione e del necessario dialogo delle culture e delle religioni.

Sorprende que a 140 años de la muerte de Schopenhauer aún existan textos inéditos de su obra. El amor es un sentimiento humano que puede crecer hasta opacar cualquier aspiración, determinación o certeza del individuo e incluso llevarlo a sacrificar su vida, y sin embargo, en palabras de Arthur Schopenhauer, había sido "totalmente ignorado por los filósofos" hasta que éste lo interpretó metafísica y trascendentemente.

Schopenhauer: here's when great philosophy can be somber, pessimistic, even brutal, and still resonate with a sarcastic laugh. He was among the first to contend that the universe is essentially not a rational place; in his most famous work, "The World as Will and Representation", he argues that the individuals of a species do not have as much free will as is ordinarily thought, as the only will that matters is that of the species, which is to reproduce and carry on. Schopenhauer is very well-known for his radical stance on women, aesthetics, and rhetoric.

Does science have all the answers? Can it even deal with abstract reasoning that reaches beyond the world experienced by us? How can we be so sure that the physical world is sufficiently ordered to be intelligible to humans? How is it that mathematics, a product of human minds, can unlock the secrets of the physical universe? Are all such questions to be ruled out as inadmissible if science cannot settle them? Metaphysics has traditionally been understood as reasoning beyond the reach of science, sometimes even claiming realities that are beyond its grasp.

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) ist bis heute einer der bedeutendsten Philosophen. Die Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten ist eine der wichtigsten Schriften Immanuel Kants. Sie wurde zum ersten Mal im Jahre 1785 gedruckt. Hier stellt Kant eine wesentliche Regel für sittliches Handeln vor, den kategorischen Imperativ: „Handle nur nach derjenigen Maxime, durch die du zugleich wollen kannst, dass sie ein allgemeines Gesetz werde.“ Dieses Audiobook gibt die Gelegenheit, hörend Kants Entfaltung des kategorischen Imperativs nachzuvollziehen.

This volume gathers studies by prominent scholars and philosophers about the question how have major figures from the history of philosophy, and some contemporary philosophers, addressed "the ultimate why question": why is there anything at all rather than nothing whatsoever? The authors take this question seriously, striving to go beyond accounting for the present state of reality as distinguished from a prior or subsequent state, to the more profound question of discerning why anything whatsoever exists.

Transcendence and History is an analysis of what philosopher Eric Voegelin described as “the decisive problem of philosophy”: the dilemma of the discovery of transcendent meaning and the impact of this discovery on human self-understanding. The explicit recognition and symbolization of transcendent meaning originally occurred in a few advanced civilizations worldwide during the first millennium.

En esta guía conveniente, se cubrirán varios filósofos antiguos y famosos, para que pueda comprender mejor a los antepasados ??que dieron forma a nuestras ideas y teorías antes de que naciéramos. Confucio definitivamente ha dejado una huella en el mundo de la filosofía oriental. Sus ideas fueron lo suficientemente revolucionarias e impresionantes como para que la gente lo siguiera, registrara sus obras y formara un grupo de seguidores devotos. En el primer capítulo, se arrojará más luz sobre esto.

Las Meditaciones metafísicas es una obra escrita por René Descartes y publicada por primera vez en 1641, en latín, con el título Meditationes de prima philosophia, in qua Dei existentia et animæ immortalitas demonstrantur (una versión francesa, preparada por Louis Charles d'Albert de Luynes bajo la supervisión de Descartes, aparecerá en 1647 con el título de Méditations metaphysiques). En ella se elabora el sistema filosófico que había introducido en 1637, en la 4ª parte del Discurso del método.

"First and Last Things" is a 1908 work of philosophy by H. G. Wells setting forth his beliefs in four "books" entitled "Metaphysics," "Of Belief," "Of General Conduct," and "Some Personal Things." Parts of the book were published in the "Independent Magazine" in July and August 1908. Wells revised the book extensively in 1917, in response to his religious conversion, but later published a further revision in 1929 that restored much of the book to its earlier form. Its main intellectual influences are Darwinism and certain German thinkers Wells had read, such as August Weismann.

"Human, all-too-Human", is the monument of a crisis. It is entitled: 'A book for free spirits,' and almost every line in it represents a victory—in its pages I freed myself from everything foreign to my real nature. Idealism is foreign to me: the title says, 'Where you see ideal things, I see things which are only—human alas! all-too-human!' I know man better—the term 'free spirit' must here be understood in no other sense than this: a freed man, who has once more taken possession of himself.

Only you know what roads you have traveled, what burdens you have borne. You alone know what experiences bring you to this book. You can choose the path your life will take, beginning right here and right now. As an inter-faith minister, a family counselor, and parapsychologist, Paul Peck shares more than 50 years of experience in spiritual knowledge and wisdom. In Life is for Living, he offers a new realm of possibilities, a different strategy for obtaining better health, a greater sense of wealth, and a deeper feeling of love relationships.

Wie sehen Farben für andere Menschen aus? Wo endet das Universum und was kommt danach? Existiert die Welt wirklich, oder leben wir in einem Traum? Inspiriert von den Fragen seiner Söhne Rex und Hank stellt der Philosophieprofessor Scott Hershovitz sich den großen Fragen des Lebens. Er nimmt uns mit auf eine Reise durch die klassische und zeitgenössische Philosophie und enträtselt alte und neue Fragen der Metaphysik und Moral. Er erzählt von Kindern und anderen Philosophen – und erklärt, was wir von ihnen über Recht und Bestrafung, Gleichberechtigung und Verantwortung, Wahrheit und den Tod lernen können.

Esta es la Sagrada Enseñanza que el Ascendido Maestro Saint Germain ha dispuesto para su Era de Oro, y que forma el Tercer Ciclo de Enseñanza de la Hermandad Saint Germain, después de lo cual el discípulo queda en conocimiento pleno de su presencia «YO SOY». Cuanto más estudies y medites el contenido de este libro, más protegido y más elevado estarás. Es, además, punto de referencia obligatorio para todos los seres que quieran descubrir su propia divinidad.

Las personas desconocen la existencia de ciertos instrumentos que son útiles para el logro de sus objetivos y de la excelencia. Algunos logran acercarse a ellos y alcanzan ciertos propósitos; otros, los ignoran por completo y viven erráticos, alejándose poco a poco de sus metas e ideales; finalmente, están aquellos que logran encontrar la "llave maestra" y alcanzan la cúspide. Pero, ¿qué simboliza esta llave? ¿qué puertas te abre? Y sobre todo, ¿qué puertas te permite cerrar?

This is Ernest Holmes's metaphysical dictionary with new thought terms and their meanings. Sounds interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to New Thought Terms and Meanings, and learn about Christian metaphysics.