Modern Philosophy

Lungo tutta la storia moderna molti intellettuali europei ed americani - da Machiavelli a Rousseau, da Adam Smith agli autori del "Federalist", da Herder a Hegel e a Nietzsche - hanno guardato alle esperienze della politica antica di Greci e Romani. Ne sono nate riflessioni volte a individuare somiglianze e differenze rispetto alla situazione politica del proprio tempo. Questo fecondo confronto ha consentito l'elaborazione di una serie di nozioni tuttora alla base del pensiero politico contemporaneo.

Familiarizar-se com os mais importantes filósofos modernos: Bacon, Machiavel, Montaigne, Pascal, Spinoza, Kant, Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu. Estas figuras moldaram a filosofia ocidental e todo o pensamento moderno; mergulhem profundamente nas suas obras e pensamentos com uma selecção das citações essenciais, introduzindo as suas principais ideias e delineando com clareza a estrutura da sua obra.

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.

"Il mondo si divise in due emisferi distinti e separati: da una parte c'erano quelli a cui piaceva di più ragionare, e dall'altra quelli a cui piaceva di più credere." Così Luciano De Crescenzo presenta il nuovo volume della "Storia della filosofia", dedicato al Sei e al Settecento. Due emisferi, certo, ma il primo diventa ogni giorno più frequentato e formicolante, mentre il secondo andava rattrappendosi. Nasceva una nuova filosofia, che aveva un suo modello, fornito dalla matematica e dalla geometria.

Rudolf Steiner (1861 - 1925) war Gründer der Waldorfschulen und Wegbereiter der Anthroposophie. In diesem Buch legt er seine Philosophie dar und beschreibt, unter welchen Bedingungen der Mensch in seinem Denken und Handeln als geistig freies Wesen bezeichnet werden kann - ein Grundlagenwerk also.

Vivimos pegados a la pantalla, sometidos a los cantos de sirena de la tecnología digital. En la era del exceso informativo, la atención ha pasado a ser un bien escaso y codiciado por las grandes empresas tecnológicas. ¿Cómo afecta este fenómeno a nuestra autonomía y nuestra libertad? ¿Cómo podemos oponer resistencia a la colonización de nuestra mente? Con un pie en la antigua Grecia y el otro en Silicon Valley, Clics contra la humanidadarroja luz sobre uno de los problemas más urgentes de nuestro tiempo.

In this engaging history, James MacGregor Burns brings to vivid life the two-hundred-year conflagration of the Enlightenment, during which audacious questions and astonishing ideas tore across Europe and the New World, transforming thought, bringing down governments, and inspiring visionary political experiments that would ultimately reach every corner of the globe. Unlike most historians, Burns pays particular attention to America's intellectual revolution, beginning and ending his story on American soil.

In today’s fast-paced world, discovering pure serenity can appear like an impossible task, especially for busy professionals. Author, Stoic Yogi guides you to practical strategies that are based on ancient wisdom from notable philosophers, Buddha and Marcus Aurelius. Expect to dive into the core principles of mindfulness, Stoicism and Buddhism, while simultaneously learning how to integrate them into your daily life. The concept of the transformative power of dichotomy will enlighten you by encouraging you to focus on what you can control and let go of the uncontrollable in your life.

The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's autobiography, Ecce Homo, was the last prose work that he wrote before his illness in 1889. Coming at the end of an extraordinarily productive year in which he had produced The Twilight of the Idols and The Antichrist, Nietzsche shuns any pretense at modesty with chapter titles include “Why I am so Wise”, “Why I am so Clever” and “Why I Write Such Excellent Books”. His translator Anthony M. Ludovici states, Ecce Homo “is not only a coping-stone worthy of the wonderful creations of that year, but also a fitting conclusion to his whole life.

Around the turn of the nineteenth century, a steady stream of young German poets and thinkers coursed to the town of Jena to make history. The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars had dealt a one-two punch to the dynastic system. Confidence in traditional social, political, and religious norms had been replaced by a profound uncertainty that was as terrifying for some as it was exhilarating for others. Nowhere was the excitement more palpable than among the extraordinary group of poets, philosophers, translators, and socialites who gathered in this Thuringian village.

A system can describe what we see (the solar system), operate a computer (Windows 10), or be made on a page (the 14 engineered lines of a sonnet). In this book, Clifford Siskin shows that system is best understood as a genre - a form that works physically in the world to mediate our efforts to understand it. Indeed, many Enlightenment authors published works they called "system" to compete with the essay and the treatise.

Écrit en 1840, les idées révolutionnaires de Lamennais possèdent un accent prophétique quant aux incidences du capitalisme sur la liberté des hommes. Les prolétaires ne sont-ils pas en effet inféodés à un système - social, culturel et économique - qui ne profitent in fine qu'aux plus riches ? La réflexion de l'abbé reste à ce sujet d'une criante actualité. Extrait : "Le capitaliste et le prolétaire sont donc entre eux, de fait, à peu près dans les mêmes relations que le maître et l'esclave des sociétés antiques."

According to McCloskey, our modern world was not the product of new markets and innovations but rather the result of shifting opinions about them. An utterly fascinating sequel to her critically acclaimed book The Bourgeois Virtues, Bourgeois Dignity is a feast of intellectual riches from one of our most spirited and ambitious historians - a work that will forever change our understanding of how the power of persuasion shapes our economic lives.

Explaining the world around us, and the life within it, is one of the most uniquely human drives, and the most celebrated activity of science. Good explanations are what provide accurate causal accounts of the things we wonder at, but explanation's earthly origins haven't grounded it: we have used it to account for the grandest and most wondrous mysteries in the natural world. Explanations give us a sense of understanding, but an explanation that feels right doesn't mean it is true.

What is slavery? Do you know how to define slavery? Does slavery still exist? Is slavery natural? You may have been taught about slavery in school, but there's more to what you must know! In this audiobook, you will learn everything you need to know about slavery. With over 50 quotes from former slaves, abolitionists, philosophers, and more!

Pivoting from studies that emphasize the dominance of progressivism on American college campuses during the late sixties and early seventies, Lauren Lassabe Shepherd positions conservative critiques of, and agendas in, American colleges and universities as an essential dimension of a broader conversation of conservative backlash against liberal education. This book explores the story of how stakeholders in American higher education organized and reacted to challenges to their power from the New Left and Black Power student resistance movements of the late 1960s.

"Ideas are the greatest and most crucially practical power on earth," wrote Ayn Rand. In the title essay of this collection, Leonard Peikoff applies this principle to the world of business. He shows that certain philosophic ideas, such as reason, egoism, and individualism, are needed to defend and protect the freedom of businessmen, while the opposite ideas, such as mysticism, altruism, and collectivism (which dominate our universities), destroy that freedom.

La scienza moderna non nasce con Galileo e Newton. Le sue origini vanno retrodatate di almeno 2000 anni, alla fine del IV sec. a.C. La Rivoluzione scientifica del XVIII sec. riscopre la Rivoluzione ellenistica di figure come Euclide, Archimede, Erarstotene, Aristarco di Samo e di tanti altri raffinati scienziati. Lo studio della "rivoluzione scientifica", cioè della nascita dello sviluppo scientifico, è indispensabile per la comprensione della "civiltà classica". Inoltre, l'esame del ruolo svolto dalla scienza nella civiltà ellenistica è essenziale.

Sven Böttcher erhält im Alter von Anfang 40 Jahren die Diagnose Multiple Sklerose. Sein gesundheitlicher Zustand verschlechtert sich in der Folgezeit zusehends. Doch Sven Böttcher gibt nicht auf. Er sucht Alternativen zur Schulmedizin. Gleichzeitig möchte er seinen drei Töchtern im Falle seines Ablebens noch alles Wesentliche für das spätere Leben mit auf den Weg geben. Das vorliegende Buch erzählt aus dieser Zeit.

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