Philosophical traditions and schools of thought

This book offers a reassessment of argumentation in classical rhetoric, foregrounding its rational dimension.

Was ist Literatur?

En Introducción a la filosofía moderna, Schelling examina, a través de las siete conferencias que dictó en la Universidad de Múnich (1827), el recorrido que había seguido la filosofía a partir de Descartes, para desembocar en Kant y finalmente en su propio sistema, al que califica de "Filosofía de la Naturaleza".

"¿Qué es el idealismo filosófico?

This new book explores the historical development of mediation (conflict resolution) from a cultural and existential perspective, and considers the cultural challenges involved for a mediator.

This vintage book contains a collection dialogues by the classical Greek philosopher Plato.

A new intellectual biography of Goethe, examining the paradox of his thoughtJohann Wolfgang von Goethe (17491832) was a poet, a novelist, a scientist and an essayist on a dizzying range of topics.

First Published in 1999.

This volume covers many of the most important philosophers and movements of the nineteenth century, including utilitarianism, positivism and pragmatism.

This survey of the history of Western philosophy, from Thales to Augustine, introduces the central tenets of each philosopher or school within the cultural and historical aspect of the particular time.

First published in 1977 this book is both expository and critical and concentres on Hobbes' ethical and political theory, but also considering the effect on these of his metaphysics.

The notion of conscience remains one of the most widely used moral concepts and a cornerstone of ordinary moral thinking.

Here are the words of the Buddha himself, setting forth his core beliefs.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Timaeus is one of Plato's dialogues, mostly in the form of a long monologue given by the title character.

Kant''s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is one of the most important works in modern moral philosophy.

Critical thinking is an essential 21st century skill.

This volume collects together Russell's philosophical writings during the period from 1947-68.

Unlock the Hidden Doors to Personal and Spiritual GrowthThe chakras are the body's invisible energy centers that store information and distribute life force.

The great eighteenth-century theorist of international law Emer de Vattel (1714-1767) was a key figure in sustaining the practical and theoretical influence of natural jurisprudence through the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras.

What would Buddha do?

The essays collected in this volume develop the theoretical perspective initiated in Laclau and Chantal Mouffe's classic Hegemony and Socialist Strategy.

This interdisciplinary collection of essays demonstrates how the ethical and political problems we are confronted with today have come to focus largely on life.

The first five chapters of Aristotle's De Generatione et Corruptione distinguish creation and destruction from mere qualitative change and from growth.

How can we live in such a way that we die only once?

The correlation between person and environment has long been a central focus of phenomenological analysis.

The one book you need to master stoic philosophy!

The 19th-century German thinker G.

The book is a Festschrift celebrating the 70th birthday of Ziauddin Sardar, a scholar and public intellectual known for his work on postnormal times theory and Islamic thought.

Therese's Dream - Maine to Darfur: A Doctor's Story chronicles Dr.

The book "Dictionary of Islamic Philosophers and Their Philosophical History" is a historical philosophical dictionary in which the author establishes the history of Islamic philosophers through a comprehensive study.

En esta Introducción a la filosofía se tratan cuestiones centrales del pensamiento, tales como «¿qué es la filosofía?