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Nouvelle édition 2019 sans DRM de Traité politique de Spinoza augmentée d'annexes (Vie de Benoît de Spinoza par Colerus; Vie de Spinoza par Lucas; Spinoza par Simon; le dieu de Spinoza par Brochard). ERGONOMIE AMÉLIORÉE : L'ouvrage a été spécifiquement mis en forme pour votre liseuse. -...

Ce livre est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur Kobo. Le Traité politique, ou le Traité de l'autorité politique, est une œuvre du philosophe Spinoza, dans laquelle il expose sa théorie du droit naturel (qu'il assimile à la puissance et à la nécessité, lui déniant donc tout...

Nouvelle édition 2019 sans DRM de Lettres de Spinoza augmentée d'annexes (Vie de Benoît de Spinoza par Colerus; Vie de Spinoza par Lucas; Spinoza par Simon; le dieu de Spinoza par Brochard). ERGONOMIE AMÉLIORÉE : L'ouvrage a été spécifiquement mis en forme pour votre liseuse. - Naviguez...

Nouvelle édition 2019 sans DRM de Les principes de la philosophie de Descartes de Spinoza augmentée d'annexes (Vie de Benoît de Spinoza par Colerus; Vie de Spinoza par Lucas; Spinoza par Simon; le dieu de Spinoza par Brochard). ERGONOMIE AMÉLIORÉE : L'ouvrage a été spécifiquement mis...

In this fascinating journey to the edge of science, Vidal takes on big philosophical questions: Does our universe have a beginning and an end or is it cyclic? Are we alone in the universe? What is the role of intelligent life, if any, in cosmic evolution? Grounded in science and committed to philosophical...

Reality and Consciousness is a new book exploring the implications of the Theory of Relativity and Quantum Theory for understandings of consciousness and the mind. Imagine our model for observable reality is that of many partially correlated streams of consciousness produced by various loosely connected...

In the most influential chapter of his most important philosophical work, the Phenomenology of Spirit, Hegel makes the central and disarming assertions that "self-consciousness is desire itself" and that it attains its "satisfaction" only in another self-consciousness. Hegel on Self-Consciousness...

This study presents the theoretical apparatus of Foucault’s early historical analyses as a version of Kantian criticism. In an initial textual exposition, the author attempts to distill a unified discursive practice from Kant’s theoretical writings, arguing for Foucault’s proximity to Kant on...

The contributions in this volume make an important effort to resurrect a rather old fashioned form of foundationalism. They defend the position that there are some beliefs that are justified, and are not themselves justified by any further beliefs. This Epistemic foundationalism has been the subject...

Metaethics occupies a central place in analytical philosophy, and the last forty years has seen an upsurge of interest in questions about the nature and practice of morality. This collection presents original and ground-breaking research on metaethical issues from some of the very best of a new generation of philosophers working in this field.

Why do so many people - sometimes even intelligent people - swallow the preposterous claims of religion? G.A. Wells, the leading freethinker of our time, tries to shed light on this puzzle in his entertaining and enormously learned book, Belief and Make-Believe. Professor Wells begins by analyzing...

Rationality Through Reasoning answers the question of how people are motivated to do what they believe they ought to do, built on a comprehensive account of normativity, rationality and reasoning that differs significantly from much existing philosophical thinking. Develops an original account...

The Embroidered Armour examines the Greek Mysteries, mythology and legends that heralded a revolution in thinking between the time of Homer and Plato, which gave birth to the Western cultural tradition. In investigating ancient Greek concepts concerning the relationship between seeing and knowing,...

This volume collects 12 essays by various contributors on the subject of the importance and influence of Schopenhauer’s doctoral dissertation (On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason) for both Schopenhauer’s more well-known philosophy and the ongoing discussion of the subject...