Philosophers On Their Own Work

Author : DK
Publisher : Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780241425855

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Philosophers: Their Lives and Works by DK Pdf

From Confucius and Plato to Karl Marx and Noam Chomsky, this ebook brings together more than 100 illustrated biographies of the world's great philosophers. Introduced with a stunning portrait of each featured philosopher, each profile traces the ideas, friendships, loves, and rivalries that inspired the world's greatest thinkers and influenced their work, offering revealing insights into what drove them to question the meaning of life, and come up with new ways of understanding the world and the history of ideas. Lavishly illustrated with photographs and paintings of philosophers, their homes, friends, studies, and their personal belongings, together with pages from original manuscripts, first editions, and correspondence, this ebook introduces the key ideas, themes, and working methods of each featured individual, setting their ideas within a wider historical and cultural context. Charting the development of ideas across the centuries in both the East and West, from ancient Chinese philosophy to the work of contemporary thinkers, Philosophers provides a compelling glimpse into the personal lives, loves, and influences of the great philosophers as they probed into life's "big ideas".

Author : André Mercier,Maja Svilar
Publisher : Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1990-07
Category : Philosophy, Modern
ISBN : UCAL:B4462573

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Philosophers on Their Own Work by André Mercier,Maja Svilar Pdf

Contenu: Georges C. Anawati: Une carrière au service de la rencontre islamo-chrétienne/A Career at the Service of the Islamo-Christian Encounter - Hermann Lübbe: Philosophische Selbstdarstellung in redaktionellem Auftrag/Autoportrait philosophique - Stefan Tadeusz Morawski: Almost a Full Circle/Un cercle presque fermé - Kotta Satchidananda Murty: A Short Survey of myViews/Bref aperçu de ma pensée - H. Odera Oruka: My Strange Way to Philosophy/L'étrange approche de la philosophie que fut la mienne - Marian Przelecki: From a Semantical Point of View/Uneapproche sémantique.

Author : Ann Dummett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : England
ISBN : UCSC:32106019252441

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A Portrait of English Racism by Ann Dummett Pdf

Author : International Federation of Philosophical Societies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Philosophy, Modern
ISBN : UCAL:B4462572

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Philosophers on Their Own Work by International Federation of Philosophical Societies Pdf

Author : Kieran Setiya
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400888474

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Midlife by Kieran Setiya Pdf

Philosophical wisdom and practical advice for overcoming the problems of middle age How can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead, with possibilities foreclosed, and with nostalgia for lost youth? How can you accept the failings of the past, the sense of futility in the tasks that consume the present, and the prospect of death that blights the future? In this self-help book with a difference, Kieran Setiya confronts the inevitable challenges of adulthood and middle age, showing how philosophy can help you thrive. You will learn why missing out might be a good thing, how options are overrated, and when you should be glad you made a mistake. You will be introduced to philosophical consolations for mortality. And you will learn what it would mean to live in the present, how it could solve your midlife crisis, and why meditation helps. Ranging from Aristotle, Schopenhauer, and John Stuart Mill to Virginia Woolf and Simone de Beauvoir, as well as drawing on Setiya’s own experience, Midlife combines imaginative ideas, surprising insights, and practical advice. Writing with wisdom and wit, Setiya makes a wry but passionate case for philosophy as a guide to life.

Author : Brian O'Connor
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691204505

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Idleness by Brian O'Connor Pdf

"For millennia, idleness and laziness have been regarded as vices. We're all expected to work to survive and get ahead, and devoting energy to anything but labor and self-improvement can seem like a luxury or a moral failure. Far from questioning this conventional wisdom, modern philosophers have worked hard to develop new reasons to denigrate idleness. In Idleness, the first book to challenge modern philosophy's portrayal of inactivity, Brian O'Connor argues that the case against an indifference to work and effort is flawed--and that idle aimlessness may instead allow for the highest form of freedom. Idleness explores how some of the most influential modern philosophers drew a direct connection between making the most of our humanity and avoiding laziness. Idleness was dismissed as contrary to the need people have to become autonomous and make whole, integrated beings of themselves (Kant); to be useful (Kant and Hegel); to accept communal norms (Hegel); to contribute to the social good by working (Marx); and to avoid boredom (Schopenhauer and de Beauvoir). O'Connor throws doubt on all these arguments, presenting a sympathetic vision of the inactive and unserious that draws on more productive ideas about idleness, from ancient Greece through Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, Schiller and Marcuse's thoughts about the importance of play, and recent critiques of the cult of work. A thought-provoking reconsideration of productivity for the twenty-first century, Idleness shows that, from now on, no theory of what it means to have a free mind can exclude idleness from the conversation."--Provided by publisher

Author : Marcus Arvan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781137541819

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Rightness as Fairness by Marcus Arvan Pdf

Rightness as Fairness provides a uniquely fruitful method of 'principled fair negotiation' for resolving applied moral and political issues that requires merging principled debate with real-world negotiation.

Author : John Gray
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780374718794

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Feline Philosophy by John Gray Pdf

The author of Straw Dogs, famous for his provocative critiques of scientific hubris and the delusions of progress and humanism, turns his attention to cats—and what they reveal about humans' torturous relationship to the world and to themselves. The history of philosophy has been a predictably tragic or comical succession of palliatives for human disquiet. Thinkers from Spinoza to Berdyaev have pursued the perennial questions of how to be happy, how to be good, how to be loved, and how to live in a world of change and loss. But perhaps we can learn more from cats--the animal that has most captured our imagination--than from the great thinkers of the world. In Feline Philosophy, the philosopher John Gray discovers in cats a way of living that is unburdened by anxiety and self-consciousness, showing how they embody answers to the big questions of love and attachment, mortality, morality, and the Self: Montaigne's house cat, whose un-examined life may have been the one worth living; Meo, the Vietnam War survivor with an unshakable capacity for "fearless joy"; and Colette's Saha, the feline heroine of her subversive short story "The Cat", a parable about the pitfalls of human jealousy. Exploring the nature of cats, and what we can learn from it, Gray offers a profound, thought-provoking meditation on the follies of human exceptionalism and our fundamentally vulnerable and lonely condition. He charts a path toward a life without illusions and delusions, revealing how we can endure both crisis and transformation, and adapt to a changed scene, as cats have always done.

Author : Ben-Ami Scharfstein
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780195059274

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The Philosophers by Ben-Ami Scharfstein Pdf

This highly readable volume offers a broad introduction to modern philosophy and philosophers. Scharfstein contends that personal experience, especially that of childhood, affects philosophers' sense of reality and hence the content of their philosophies. Basing his argument on biographical studies of twenty great philosophers, from Descartes to Sartre, he provides the beginnings of a psychological history of philosophy.

Author : Bryan Magee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophers
ISBN : OCLC:1341892442

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The Great Philosophers by Bryan Magee Pdf

Author : Stuart Brown,Diane Collinson,Robert Wilkinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 967 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134927968

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Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers by Stuart Brown,Diane Collinson,Robert Wilkinson Pdf

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Author : Andaiye
Publisher : Between the Lines
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781771135085

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The Point Is to Change the World by Andaiye Pdf

Radical activist, thinker, and comrade of Walter Rodney, Andaiye was one of the Caribbean’s most important political voices. For the first time, her writings are published in one collection. Through essays, letters, and journal entries, Andaiye’s thinking on the intersections of gender, race, class, and power are powerfully articulated, Caribbean histories emerge, and stories from a life lived at the barricades are revealed. We learn about the early years of the Working Peopl’s Alliance, the meaning asnd impact of the murder of Walter Rodney and the fall of the Grenada Revolution. Throughout, we bear witness to Andaiye’s acute understanding of politics rooted in communities and the daily lives of so-called ordinary people. Featuring forewords by Clem Seecharan and Robin DG Kelley, these texts will become vital tools in our own struggles to “overcome the power relations that are embedded in every unequal facet of our lives.”

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781465499660

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Leaders Who Changed History by DK Pdf

Explore the lives of more than 85 of the world's most transformational and influential leaders in politics, business, religion, humanitarianism, and the military with this innovative and boldly graphic book. Comprehensive in its scope and depth, and fully illustrated, Leaders Who Changed History profiles leaders from inspirational to insidious, those who changed the world for the better and those whose corruption left enduring scars. These figures hail from all walks of life - including political, military, religious, and business. Combining accessible text with specially commissioned illustrated portraits in a range of bold styles, photographs, infographics, and timelines, entries explore the lives and legacies of each individual in a fresh, visual way. Covering political masterminds and military geniuses such as Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan, great kings and queens like Elizabeth I and Catherine the Great, icons of religion and rebellion from Mohammad to the Dalai Lama to Mahatma Ghandi, and captains of industry, Leaders Who Changed History explores and explains the world-changing actions of history's heroes and villains.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780744020830

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How Philosophy Works by DK Pdf

What is the meaning of life? Are we truly free? How can we make ethical choices? Discover the answers to life's greatest questions. Demystifying the key ideas of the world's greatest philosophers, and exploring all of the most important branches of philosophical thought in a uniquely visual way, this book is the perfect introduction to the history of philosophy. How Philosophy Works combines bold infographics and jargon-free text to demystify fundamental concepts about the nature of reality. Covering everything from ethics to epistemology and phenomenology, the book presents the ideas and theories of key philosophical traditions and philosophers - from Plato and Socrates to Nietzsche and Wittgenstein via Kant - in a novel, easy-to-understand way. Its infographics will help you to understand the elements of philosophy on a conceptual level and, by tackling life's "big questions", it will help you to look at the world in an entirely new way. With its unique graphic approach and clear, authoritative text, How Philosophy Works is the perfect introduction to philosophy, and the ideal companion to DK's The Philosophy Book in the "Big Ideas" series.

Author : Bryan Magee
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1999-05-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780375750366

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Confessions of a Philosopher by Bryan Magee Pdf

In this infectiously exciting book, Bryan Magee tells the story of his own discovery of philosophy and not only makes it come alive but shows its relevance to daily life. Magee is the Carl Sagan of philosophy, the great popularizer of the subject, and author of a major new introductory history, The Story of Philosophy. Confessions follows the course of Magee's life, exploring philosophers and ideas as he himself encountered them, introducing all the great figures and their ideas, from the pre-Socratics to Bertrand Russell and Karl Popper, including Wittgenstein, Kant, Nietzsche, and Schopenhauer, rationalism, utilitarianism, empiricism, and existentialism.