Surveys category: 1940 books

Il pensiero di uno dei più originali filosofi del Novecento presentato da uno psicoanalista che, favorito dalla posizione di 'infiltrato' in un campo contiguo al proprio, privilegia una lettura appassionata e non convenzionale, capace di evidenziare la vitalità e l'attualità di un'elaborazione teorica troppo spesso trascurata dall'Accademia.

Un’aspra polemica è in atto tra fautori del darwinismo e seguaci dell’Intelligent Design, atei di solito i primi, credenti i secondi. Darwin da un lato, Dio dall’altro, ovvero: ‘Se’ il darwinismo è vero… ‘allora’… ‘Dio non esiste’. Viceversa: ‘se’ Dio esiste… ‘allora’…...

« Un homme de Plutarque » est une expression qui fut longtemps utilisée par le passé. Elle était employée pour désigner de grands personnages de l’histoire, des héros intrépides, mais aussi de fortes personnalités vouant leur vie à une seule et unique passion. Plutarque nous fait voyager...

A small, insignificant-looking intellectual with absurdly long legs, Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a veritable Hans Christian Andersen caricature of a man. A strange combination of witty cosmopolite and melancholy introvert, he spent years writing under a series of fantastical pseudonyms, lavishing...

John Marshall’s A Short History of Greek Philosophy spans the time between Thales of Milete up till the Stoics, covering  School of Miletes (Thales et al), Pythagoras, The Eleatics (Xenophanes et al), The Atomists, The sophists, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, The Sceptics and Epicureans and Zeno and...

The life of Francis Bacon is one which it is a pain to write or to read. It is the life of a man endowed with as rare a combination of noble gifts as ever was bestowed on a human intellect; the life of one with whom the whole purpose of living and of every day's work was to do great things to enlighten...

El nombre de Friedrich Nietzsche nos remite al gran filósofo del siglo pasado. Pero a la vez que iba desarrollando su obra, Nietzsche llevaba a término el proyecto mucho más osado y prácticamente ajeno a Occidente de “vivir una filosofía”. Si bien hay autores que han señalado las contradicciones...

The Age of Wonder is a colorful and utterly absorbing history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science. When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired...

Before a great discovery, the Renaissance scientists had to endure long days of working in sometimes unhygienic places. You need to know these gross facts in order to develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of the work these early scientists did for the sake of knowledge. Are you ready to read the dirty truth? Then open this book today!

Plus de trois-cents « intellectuels » sont ainsi replacés dans l’Histoire, formant plus qu’un simple dictionnaire des grands auteurs.La présentation des plus grands représentants de la Pensée française – depuis François Ier jusqu’à nos jours – constitue un voyage passionnant dans l’Histoire...

Philosophy like you've never seen it before The latest in the celebrated Cartoon Introduction series, The Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy is an authoritative and engaging guide to the fundamental questions about our existence. In this indispensable primer, Kevin Cannon—one of the talented...

What connects Marliyn Monroe, Disneyworld, "The Satanic Verses" and cyber space? Answer: Postmodernism. But what exactly is postmodernism? This graphic guide explains clearly the maddeningly enigmatic concept that has been used to define the world's cultural condition over the last three...

One of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, Schopenhauer (1788-1860) believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind and irrational desire for physical existence. This selection of his writings on religion, ethics, politics, women, suicide, books and...

An ideal introduction for the casual reader and a beneficial reference for the student, The Philosopher's Handbook features the writings of some of the world's most influential philosophers. Based on the premise that all human beings are curious about their existence, Rosen's collection brings together...