Medieval Western philosophy

From Lucretius's horror loci and Buddhist drowsiness to the religious boredom of acedia and the philosophical explorations of Kant, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, and Heidegger, boredom has long been a subject of philosophical fascination.

The most comprehensive collection of passages from later Stoic thinkers, providing fresh translations and up-to-date commentary.

Voltaire reflexionó y actuó como un intelectual comprometido, y nos invita a "meter las manos en el mundo".

Se aborda en este volumen la revuelta realizada por Eriúgena (800-877), obstinado filósofo irlandés de la Edad Media que, apoyándose en la defensa y ejercicio de la razón frente a toda autoridad humana, interpretó la Escritura y sostuvo que el infierno no era sino un estado de consciencia; que la vida alcanza incluso a los seres que solemos pensar como inanimados; que el nombre más apropiado con que debemos llamar a Dios es "Nada"; que la Nada está más allá de todo y escapa al esfuerzo del pensamiento; y que el ser humano no es sino imagen de esa Nada.

Jorge Luis Borges llegó a considerar 'La divina comedia' de Dante como un microcosmos del saber medieval.

Radical understanding of ourselves is now possible to our very coregreater insight into whom we really are, where we came from, what our evolution has been, what it has meant, and what it means now and for the future.

In this book it is not my intention to teach anyone but only to incite everyone to think about, to speak about and to recommend in order improving life for entire humanity independent, of race, color, ethnicity, languages or religion for everyone to become in agreement according to its given gift, which is powerful Spirit of love, what we call talent.

Follow Your Inspiration and Become Universal is a book about how life challenges can lead us to finding our true purpose in life and help us live a more fulfilled and joyful life.

I would like to begin by thanking you all for sacrificing your time and patience to listen to what I have to say today.

Bushido: A Modern Adaptation of the Ancient Code of the Samurai attempts to address the violent nature of the human spirit and to harness and redirect that trait into a constructive force for the betterment of mankind.

This book is exclusively written on the foundation of sacred books called Bible and on the experience of many good and great people, for man who was created for hard work, accordingly to its given gift calls talent.

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For far too many people today, their perception and discernment of history begins with the day that they were born.

The Talisman Walter Scott - The Talisman is one of the Waverley novels by Sir Walter Scott.

Notes From The Underground - Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky - Notes from Underground is a study of a single character, and a revelation of Dostoyevsky's own deepest beliefs.

Sollte man sich denn mit Geistern befassen, in diesem Jahrhundert, im christlich geprägten und ach-so-aufgeklärten Abendland?

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Ion - Plato - Plato is a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.

Optimize joy, overcome obstacles-discover the calm of stoicism Being a stoic means embracing positivity and self-control through the ability to accept the uncertainty of outcomes.

Using novel symbols, the Author studies if there are tangible, meaningful constituents within the fabric of the Mind and Vision are, and in doing so, he seeks to find a deeper meaning to what our ultimate Reality is.

We inhabit extraordinary times: times in which we are acutely aware of the intensity of what revolutionary thinker Frantz Fanon called "e;the glare of history's floodlights.

What Socrates's greatest failure says about a 2,000-year-old question: is it possible to teach ourselves and others to become better people?

What happens when the body becomes art in the age of biotechnological reproduction?

Positive humanism is an applied secular humanistic philosophy based on the scientific findings of positive psychology that focuses on personal, professional, and societal flourishing.

Explores a new paradigm for understanding social-psychological situations in which we live our lives.

Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar.

COVER IV The novelties, scientifically substantiated as theses and points of view: a law The Law of nature and of mankind"e;, which directs the people's way of being and which represents "e;the source and engine"e; which gives the world a shape and content in time and space; an invention The live protection shield, which ensures the dialectics of work of organization and management at the level of state administration, directly proportional with the dialectics of the mans intellectual force, which partly and all together become the base of initiation, organization and leadership of a peaceful revolutionary world process, benefic for each social class, for each small or big national state, rich or poor, regardless of the social-economical organization that it has, the humanity being able to be placed from the "e;orbit of social injustices to the orbit of social justices, the life and activity of the human species entering into normality and in consensus with the laws of nature.

Positive humanism is an applied secular humanistic philosophy based on the scientific findings of positive psychology that focuses on personal, professional, and societal flourishing.

Letters on England Voltaire - Letters on the English (or Letters Concerning the English Nation; French: Lettres philosophiques) is a series of essays written by Voltaire based on his experiences living in England between 1726 and 1729 (though from 1707 the country was part of the Kingdom of Great Britain).

Historia de la filosofía medieval constituye una exposición sucinta de los momentos más importantes dentro de la filosofía medieval, ya sea a través de la revisión general del pensamiento de algunos teólogos o escuelas, ya en la confrontación de varios pensadores a partir de un problema.

¿Cómo piensan que es la vida de una bailarina?

The Last Laugh - D.

In diesem Buch seiner 'Confessiones' sucht Augustinus nach einer Antwort auf die Frage, wie sich der einzelne, obwohl in seinem Sein und in seinen Handlungen auf sich selbst gestellt, gleichwohl darauf einstellen kann und soll, sich nicht von rein egoistischen Motiven leiten zu lassen, sondern von den Prinzipien der – von Gott gesetzten – Moralität.

Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim beschäftigten Fragen der Natur- und Religionsphilosophie, der Astrologie sowie der Magie.