Ethics Serapis Classics

Author : John Dewey,James Tufts
Publisher : Serapis Classics
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783962558727

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Ethics (Serapis Classics) by John Dewey,James Tufts Pdf

The significance of this text in Ethics lies in its effort to awaken a vital conviction of the genuine reality of moral problems and the value of reflective thought in dealing with them. To this purpose are subordinated the presentation in Part I. of historic material; the discussion in Part II. of the different types of theoretical interpretation, and the consideration, in Part III., of some typical social and economic problems which characterize the present. Experience shows that the student of morals has difficulty in getting the field objectively and definitely before him so that its problems strike him as real problems. Conduct is so intimate that it is not easy to analyze. It is so important that to a large extent the perspective for regarding it has been unconsciously fixed by early training. The historical method of approach has proved in the classroom experience of the authors an effective method of meeting these difficulties. To follow the moral life through typical epochs of its development enables students to realize what is involved in their own habitual standpoints; it also presents a concrete body of subject-matter which serves as material of analysis and discussion.

Author : John Dewey
Publisher : Serapis Classics
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9783962559267

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Human Nature and Conduct (Serapis Classics) by John Dewey Pdf

John Dewey (1859-1952) is an American philosopher and psychologist most notably remembered for his theories on progressive education. He grew up in the rapidly industrializing town of Burlington, Vermont, where he was able to witness increasing social and economic division of the classes. Although he displayed little vivacity or imagination as a child, he was immensely analytical and spent years teaching and writing on a wide range of philosophical ideas. Of his twenty-one books and countless articles, "Human Nature and Conduct" is one of his best-known; it draws from Dewey's West Memorial Foundation lectures at Stanford University. This work criticizes the morality of the past as being too abstract and reliant on arbitrary rules rather than on a scientific understanding of human nature. Dewey argues that truth changes over time, and therefore life must be based on human experiences and utilizing one's knowledge in coping with those experiences.

Author : H. A. Bryden
Publisher : Serapis Classics
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9783962559717

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Tales of South Africa (Serapis Classics) by H. A. Bryden Pdf

It was not until my second season's hunting with Koenraad du Plessis that I heard of Verloren Vlei, a place I am never likely to forget. Du Plessis was a Transvaal Boer, descended, as his name implies, from that good Huguenot stock which, after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, made its way to the Cape to replenish the Dutch settlers. The French language quickly died out in South Africa, mainly from a stern repression; yet here and there, all over that vast land, you may see at this day, in the strong and stubborn Boer breed, plain traces of the French admixture. Du Plessis bore about him very certain indications of his ancestry. He was shortish for a Boer, very dark of complexion, keen-eyed, merry, alert, vigorous and active as a cat. Nineteen years ago, the north and east of the Transvaal, and the countries just across the border, were wild and little-known lands, still teeming with game. I was wandering through this region, hunting and exploring. The gold-fever had recently broken out, and as I understood something of mining and geology, I put in a good deal of prospecting as well. It was a vagrant, delightful existence, and I thoroughly enjoyed it...

Author : Anonim
Publisher : The Minerva Group, Inc.
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2004-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1410217205

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The Classical Moralists by Anonim Pdf

The Classical Moralists is a companion volume in the field of ethics, to the author's Modern Classical Philosophers in the domain of philosophy. The book is virtually a history of ethics, based not upon the ordinary description of systems, but upon selections from the original sources and upon translations of the authors themselves. In 1882 the president and fellows of Harvard elected him to the Walker Fellowship which permitted him to travel and study abroad. He proceeded at once to Heidelberg where he studied under the celebrated philosopher Kuno Fischer. Before returning home he travelled much in Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France. Dr. Rand is the third man whom Harvard ever admitted to the degree of Ph.D. in the department of philosophy. His thesis presented for this degree was "Consciousness and Immortality." He made outstanding contributions in Philosophy and he was internationally known as a Philosopher.

Author : Baruch Spinoza
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006-03-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781624661976

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The Essential Spinoza by Baruch Spinoza Pdf

Designed to facilitate a thoughtful and informed reading of Spinoza's Ethics, this anthology provides the Ethics, related writings, and two valuable appendices: List of Propositions from the Ethics, which helps readers to trace the development of key themes; and Citations in Proofs, a list of all the propositions, corollaries, and scholia in the Ethics, together with all the definitions, axioms, propositions, corollaries, and scholia to which Spinoza refers in the proofs--thus, readers can locate, for a given item, each instance where Spinoza refers to it.

Author : Algernon Swinburne
Publisher : Serapis Classics
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783963130137

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The Age of Shakespeare (Serapis Classics) by Algernon Swinburne Pdf

The first great English poet was the father of English tragedy and the creator of English blank verse. Chaucer and Spenser were great writers and great men: they shared between them every gift which goes to the making of a poet except the one which alone can make a poet, in the proper sense of the word, great. Neither pathos nor humor nor fancy nor invention will suffice for that: no poet is great as a poet whom no one could ever pretend to recognize as sublime. Sublimity is the test of imagination as distinguished from invention or from fancy: and the first English poet whose powers can be called sublime was Christopher Marlowe...

Author : Bret Harte
Publisher : Serapis Classics
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9783963134593

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Tales of the Argonauts (Serapis Classics) by Bret Harte Pdf

The Argonauts are the gold seekers of 1849 and the years immediately following. These adventurers came from all quarters of the globe and all ranks of society, and they had in common only the possession of the strength and determination necessary to reach the new Colchis. Here they lived, at first, wholly free from the conventional restraints imposed by an organized society, and each man showed himself for what he was. Many of these primitive social conditions still existed when Harte went to California in 1854, and they made a great impression on the observant boy. He did not use them in literature, however, until he was able to look back on them in the light of experience.

Author : Oliver A. Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Ethics
ISBN : UCSC:32106000123759

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Ethics by Oliver A. Johnson Pdf

Author : Gordon Marino
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780812977783

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Ethics by Gordon Marino Pdf

In Ethics: The Essential Writings, philosopher Gordon Marino skillfully presents an accessible, provocative anthology of both ancient and modern classics on matters moral. The philosophers represent 2,500 years of thought—from Plato, Kant, and Nietzsche to Alasdair MacIntyre, Susan Wolf, and Peter Singer—and cover a broad range of topics, from the timeless questions of justice, morality, and faith to the hot-button concerns of today, such as animal rights, our duties to the environment, and gender issues. Featuring an illuminating preamble, concise introductory essays on the giants of ethical theory, and incisive chapter headnotes to the modern offerings, this Modern Library edition is a perfect single-volume reference for students, teachers, and anyone eager to engage in reflection on ethical questions, including “What is the basis for our ethical views and judgments?” Gordon Marino is professor of philosophy and director of the Hong Kierkegaard Library at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. A recipient of the Richard J. Davis Ethics Award for excellence in writing on ethics and the law, he is the author of Kierkegaard in the Present Age, co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Kierkegaard, and editor of the Modern Library’s Basic Writings of Existentialism. His essays have appeared in The New York Times.

Author : Robert C. Solomon,Jennifer Greene
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0072899115

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Morality and the Good Life by Robert C. Solomon,Jennifer Greene Pdf

This is an anthology of substantive selections from key texts in the history of moral philosophy or ethical theory. It may be used in an ethics course or in the ethics segment of an introduction to philosophy course. Student apparatus includes a concise introductory chapter, "What Is Ethics?" surveying major concepts, an end of book glossary of terms, a concise introduction to each philosopher, a helpful running commentary within each selection, and thought-provoking discussion questions at the end of each chapter. The revision features a new chapter 11 on Rawls, A Theory of Justice. The interspersed, extensive commentary and guide to the text and readings has been expanded throughout.

Author : Robert C. Solomon,Clancy W. Martin
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0072831928

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Morality and the Good Life by Robert C. Solomon,Clancy W. Martin Pdf

The premise of this ethical theory anthology is that the study of ethics represents, above all else, participation in the thinking of a long tradition of philosophers. Organized historically by philosopher, the book provides an introductory chapter on ethical concepts and helpful commentary and study questions throughout the reading selections. Morality and the Good Life is substantial enough for a full course in ethics, but it is concise enough to allow the instructor time to include other approaches in addition to the classic texts and materials presented in this volume.

Author : H. G. Wells
Publisher : Serapis Classics
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783962559656

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Star-Begotten (Serapis Classics) by H. G. Wells Pdf

Star Begotten is a 1937 novel by H. G. Wells. It tells the story of a series of men who conjecture upon the possibility of the human race being altered, by genetic modification, by Martians to replace their own dying planet. The book readdresses the idea of the existence of Martians, which Wells had written about in The War of the Worlds (1898). The dialogue of Star Begotten makes brief references to Wells's earlier novel, referring to it as having been written by "Jules Verne, Conan Doyle, one of those fellows".

Author : Henry Cabot Lodge,Francis Whiting Halsey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Literature
ISBN : OSU:32435029075504

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The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose by Henry Cabot Lodge,Francis Whiting Halsey Pdf

Author : Robert C. Solomon
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0070596549

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Morality and the Good Life by Robert C. Solomon Pdf

Author : Nathaniel B. Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781108420129

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Painting, Ethics, and Aesthetics in Rome by Nathaniel B. Jones Pdf

Demonstrates how ancient Roman mural paintings stood at the intersection of contemporary social, ethical, and aesthetic concerns.