The System Of Nature

Author : Paul Henri Thiery
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000696646

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Originally published in 1984. Paul Henri Thiery, Baron d'Holbach (1723-1789), was the center of the radical wing of the philosophers. Holbach wrote, translated, edited, and issued a stream of books and pamphlets, often under other names, that has made him the despair of bibliographers but has connected his name, by innuendo, gossip, and association, with most of what was written in defeense of atheistic materialism in late eighteenth-century France. Holbach is best known for The System of Nature (1770) and deservedly, since it is a clear exposition of his main ideas. His initial position determines all the rest of his argument: 'There is not, there can be nothing out of that Nature which includes all beings.' Conceiving of nature as strictly limited to matter and motion, both of which have always existed, he flatly denies that there is any such thing as spirit or supernatural. This is the first of three volumes.

Author : Paul Henri Thiery
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000696660

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The System of Nature by Paul Henri Thiery Pdf

Originally published in 1984. Paul Henri Thiery, Baron d'Holbach (1723-1789), was the center of the radical wing of the philosophers. Holbach wrote, translated, edited, and issued a stream of books and pamphlets, often under other names, that has made him the despair of bibliographers but has connected his name, by innuendo, gossip, and association, with most of what was written in defeense of atheistic materialism in late eighteenth-century France. Holbach is best known for The System of Nature (1770) and deservedly, since it is a clear exposition of his main ideas. His initial position determines all the rest of his argument: 'There is not, there can be nothing out of that Nature which includes all beings.' Conceiving of nature as strictly limited to matter and motion, both of which have always existed, he flatly denies that there is any such thing as spirit or supernatural. This is the third of three volumes.

Author : F. W. J. Schelling
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780791485514

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First Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature by F. W. J. Schelling Pdf

Schelling's first systematic attempt to articulate a complete philosophy of nature.

Author : Jonathan Nelson Professor of Humanities and Philosoph Paul Guyer,Paul Guyer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2005-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199273461

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Kant's System of Nature and Freedom by Jonathan Nelson Professor of Humanities and Philosoph Paul Guyer,Paul Guyer Pdf

The governing theme of this volume is the role of systematicity in Kant's theoretical and practical philosophy. Kant's System of Nature and Freedom will be essential for anyone working on the history of modern philosophy and related areas of ethics, philosophy of science, and metaphysics.

Author : William Wollaston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1722
Category : Natural theology
ISBN : BL:A0019175734

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The Religion of Nature Delineated by William Wollaston Pdf

Author : Julia Annas
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1402770529

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Plato by Julia Annas Pdf

"Julia Annas provides an incisive exploration of the many-sided and elusive genius whose wide-ranging, bold, and influential ideas continue to challenge, provoke, and inspire us today"--Page 4 of cover.

Author : Lynn Margulis,Dorion Sagan
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781603581363

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Dazzle Gradually by Lynn Margulis,Dorion Sagan Pdf

At the crossroads of philosophy and science, the sometimes-dry topics of evolution and ecology come alive in this new collection of essays--many never before anthologized. Learn how technology may be a sort of second nature, how the systemic human fungus Candida albicans can lead to cravings for carrot cake and beer, how the presence of life may be why there's water on Earth, and many other fascinating facts. The essay "Metametazoa" presents perspectives on biology in a philosophical context, demonstrating how the intellectual librarian, pornographer, and political agitator Georges Bataille was influenced by Russian mineralogist Vladimir Vernadsky and how this led to his notion of the absence of meaning in the face of the sun--which later influenced Jacques Derrida, thereby establishing a causal chain of influence from the hard sciences to topics as abstract as deconstruction and post-modernism. In "Spirochetes Awake" the bizarre connection between syphilis and genius in the life of Friedrich Nietzsche is traced. The astonishing similarities of the Acquired-Immune-Deficiency-Syndrome symptoms with those of chronic spirochete infection, it is argued, contrast sharply with the lack of evidence that "HIV is the cause of AIDS". Throughout these readings we are dazzled by the intimacy and necessity of relationships between us and our other planetmates. In our ignorance as "civilized" people we dismiss, disdain, and deny our kinship with the only productive life forms that sustain this living planet.

Author : Dan Edelstein
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780226184401

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The Terror of Natural Right by Dan Edelstein Pdf

Natural right—the idea that there is a collection of laws and rights based not on custom or belief but that are “natural” in origin—is typically associated with liberal politics and freedom. In The Terror of Natural Right, Dan Edelstein argues that the revolutionaries used the natural right concept of the “enemy of the human race”—an individual who has transgressed the laws of nature and must be executed without judicial formalities—to authorize three-quarters of the deaths during the Terror. Edelstein further contends that the Jacobins shared a political philosophy that he calls “natural republicanism,” which assumed that the natural state of society was a republic and that natural right provided its only acceptable laws. Ultimately, he proves that what we call the Terror was in fact only one facet of the republican theory that prevailed from Louis’s trial until the fall of Robespierre. A highly original work of historical analysis, political theory, literary criticism, and intellectual history, The Terror of Natural Right challenges prevailing assumptions of the Terror to offer a new perspective on the Revolutionary period.

Author : Johann Gottlieb Heineccius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1741
Category : Ethics
ISBN : UOM:35112103965085

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A Methodical System of Universal Law by Johann Gottlieb Heineccius Pdf

Author : Per Bak
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781475754261

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How Nature Works by Per Bak Pdf

Self-organized criticality, the spontaneous development of systems to a critical state, is the first general theory of complex systems with a firm mathematical basis. This theory describes how many seemingly desperate aspects of the world, from stock market crashes to mass extinctions, avalanches to solar flares, all share a set of simple, easily described properties. "...a'must read'...Bak writes with such ease and lucidity, and his ideas are so intriguing...essential reading for those interested in complex systems...it will reward a sufficiently skeptical reader." -NATURE "...presents the theory (self-organized criticality) in a form easily absorbed by the non-mathematically inclined reader." -BOSTON BOOK REVIEW "I picture Bak as a kind of scientific musketeer; flamboyant, touchy, full of swagger and ready to join every fray... His book is written with panache. The style is brisk, the content stimulating. I recommend it as a bracing experience." -NEW SCIENTIST

Author : Arthur M. Melzer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226226002

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The Natural Goodness of Man by Arthur M. Melzer Pdf

The true key to all the perplexities of the human condition, Rousseau boldly claims, is the “natural goodness of man.” It is also the key to his own notoriously contradictory writings, which, he insists, are actually the disassembled parts of a rigorous philosophical system rooted in that fundamental principle. What if this problematic claim—so often repeated, but as often dismissed—were resolutely followed and explored? Arthur M. Melzer adopts this approach in The Natural Goodness of Man. The first two parts of the book restore the original, revolutionary significance of this now time-worn principle and examine the arguments Rousseau offers in proof of it. The final section unfolds and explains Rousseau’s programmatic thought, especially the Social Contract, as a precise solution to the human problem as redefined by the principle of natural goodness. The result is a systematic reconstruction of Rousseau’s philosophy that discloses with unparalleled clarity both the complex weave of his argument and the majestic unity of his vision. Melzer persuasively resolves one after another of the famous Rousseauian paradoxes–enlarging, in the process, our understanding of modern philosophy and politics. Engagingly and lucidly written, The Natural Goodness of Man will be of interest to general as well as scholarly readers.

Author : Paul W. Taylor
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400838530

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Respect for Nature by Paul W. Taylor Pdf

What rational justification is there for conceiving of all living things as possessing inherent worth? In Respect for Nature, Paul Taylor draws on biology, moral philosophy, and environmental science to defend a biocentric environmental ethic in which all life has value. Without making claims for the moral rights of plants and animals, he offers a reasoned alternative to the prevailing anthropocentric view--that the natural environment and its wildlife are valued only as objects for human use or enjoyment. Respect for Nature provides both a full account of the biological conditions for life--human or otherwise--and a comprehensive view of the complex relationship between human beings and the whole of nature. This classic book remains a valuable resource for philosophers, biologists, and environmentalists alike--along with all those who care about the future of life on Earth. A new foreword by Dale Jamieson looks at how the original 1986 edition of Respect for Nature has shaped the study of environmental ethics, and shows why the work remains relevant to debates today.

Author : Alfred North Whitehead
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Nature
ISBN : WISC:89055060990

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The Concept of Nature by Alfred North Whitehead Pdf

The Tarner Lectures delivered in Trinity College November 1919.

Author : Samuel Myers,Howard Frumkin
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781610919661

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Planetary Health by Samuel Myers,Howard Frumkin Pdf

Human health depends on the health of the planet. Earth’s natural systems—the air, the water, the biodiversity, the climate—are our life support systems. Yet climate change, biodiversity loss, scarcity of land and freshwater, pollution and other threats are degrading these systems. The emerging field of planetary health aims to understand how these changes threaten our health and how to protect ourselves and the rest of the biosphere. Planetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves provides a readable introduction to this new paradigm. With an interdisciplinary approach, the book addresses a wide range of health impacts felt in the Anthropocene, including food and nutrition, infectious disease, non-communicable disease, dislocation and conflict, and mental health. It also presents strategies to combat environmental changes and its ill-effects, such as controlling toxic exposures, investing in clean energy, improving urban design, and more. Chapters are authored by widely recognized experts. The result is a comprehensive and optimistic overview of a growing field that is being adopted by researchers and universities around the world. Students of public health will gain a solid grounding in the new challenges their profession must confront, while those in the environmental sciences, agriculture, the design professions, and other fields will become familiar with the human consequences of planetary changes. Understanding how our changing environment affects our health is increasingly critical to a variety of disciplines and professions. Planetary Health is the definitive guide to this vital field.

Author : Denis Diderot
Publisher : Clinamen Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025120309

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Thoughts on the Interpretation of Nature by Denis Diderot Pdf

This anthology includes an English translation of Pensees sur l'Interpretation de la Nature, a work attacking the state of science in the mid-18th century.