Machiavelli's Ethics challenges the most entrenched understandings of Machiavelli, arguing that he was a moral and political philosopher who consistently favored the rule of law over that of men, that he had a coherent theory of justice, and that he did not defend the "e;Machiavellian"e; maxim that the ends justify the means.
The Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics practiced philosophy not as a detached intellectual discipline but as a worldly art of grappling with issues of daily and urgent human significance.
From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Bullshit, a landmark account of Descartes, reason, and truthIn this classic work, philosopher and bestselling author Harry Frankfurt provides a compelling analysis of the question that not only lies at the heart of Descartes's Meditations, but also constitutes the central preoccupation of modern philosophy: on what basis can reason claim to provide any justification for the truth of our beliefs?
Focusing on the new theories of human motivation that emerged during the transition from feudalism to the modern period, this is the first book of new essays on the relationship between politics and the passions from Machiavelli to Bentham.
A comprehensive and accessible account of the life and thought of Judaism's most celebrated philosopherMaimonides was the greatest Jewish philosopher and legal scholar of the medieval period, a towering figure who has had a profound and lasting influence on Jewish law, philosophy, and religious consciousness.
How ancient skepticism can help you attain tranquility by learning to suspend judgmentAlong with Stoicism and Epicureanism, Skepticism is one of the three major schools of ancient Greek philosophy that claim to offer a way of living as well as thinking.
The Flame of Eternity provides a reexamination and new interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy and the central role that the concepts of eternity and time, as he understood them, played in it.
Originally published in 1959, The Faith of a Heretic is the most personal statement of the beliefs of Nietzsche biographer and translator Walter Kaufmann.
How Maoism captured the imagination of French intellectuals during the 1960sMichel Foucault, Jean-Paul Sartre, Julia Kristeva, Phillipe Sollers, and Jean-Luc Godard.
The name Erasmus of Rotterdam conjures up a golden age of scholarly integrity and the disinterested pursuit of knowledge, when learning could command public admiration without the need for authorial self-promotion.
A colorful history of utilitarianism told through the lives and ideas of Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and its other foundersIn The Happiness Philosophers, Bart Schultz tells the colorful story of the lives and legacies of the founders of utilitarianism-one of the most influential yet misunderstood and maligned philosophies of the past two centuries.
How a Greek philosopher's encounters with Buddhism in Central Asia influenced Western philosophyPyrrho of Elis went with Alexander the Great to Central Asia and India during the Greek invasion and conquest of the Persian Empire in 334-324 BC.
Michel Foucault es el autor de libros emblemáticos del siglo XX, que trascendieron los límites de las lenguas y las disciplinas y lo convirtieron en uno de los pensadores más citados en el campo de las humanidades.
How ancient Stoicism can help teach us to treat othersand ourselvesmore fairly and mercifully There are times when we've all felt that we haven't been treated as we deservethat we've been misjudged, shortchanged, or given a raw deal.
Filósofo que supo criticar como nadie los fundamentos metafísicos de la cultura occidental, Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) es una figura esencial para entender el cambio entre la moral tradicional y la filosofía que estaba por venir.
Von Pythagoras wird überliefert, dass er im Bewusstsein der Schwierigkeit, Weisheit zu erreichen, für sich auf den Namen eines Weisen (Sophos) verzichtet und sich einen "Weisheitsliebenden" (Philosophus) genannt habe.
Filósofo que supo criticar como nadie los fundamentos metafísicos de la cultura occidental, Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) es una figura esencial para entender el cambio entre la moral tradicional y la filosofía que estaba por venir.
The thirty-four essays in this volume follow the particular interests of Leonard van der Kuijp, whose groundbreaking research in Tibetan intellectual and cultural history imbued his students with an abiding sense of curiosity and discovery.
René Descartes es sin duda uno de los pilares de la filosofía moderna y uno de aquellos filósofos cuyo pensamiento se halla plasmado en una gran obra: Meditaciones acerca de la Filosofía Primera.
A lifelong Emersonian scholar, teacher, and spiritual seeker reveals how American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emersons twelve essential teachings hold the answer to living an authentic and fulfilling life, one that is in harmony with our souls.
A delicious feast of ancient Greek and Roman writings on living well by eating well Today, we're stuffed with dietary recommendations from every direction.
A big, intensely involving and evocative Indian novel, with its story of a woman's fight for her place in the world, reminiscent of Khaled Hosseini's 'A Thousand Splendid Suns'.
Entre quienes estudian filosofía se nota, en las últimas dos décadas, cierto redoblado interés por el Idealismo Alemán, fenómeno llamativo pues los términos "idealismo" e "idealista" han padecido flujos de desprecio desde hace casi doscientos años.
El libro parte de la hipótesis de que la metafísica occidental nace con una sobredosis, identificada por Platón con la idea del Bien en República 509b, a la que sin embargo intenta conjurar por todos los medios.
En estas páginas Héctor Garza Saldívar, SJ, despliega la propuesta de que el pensamiento del filósofo Xavier Zubiri reconceptualiza la historia y el papel del conjunto de las acciones personales en ella.
Inhalt: Die Begriffsform im mythischen Denken (1922) · Der Begriff der symbolischen Form im Aufbau der Geisteswissenschaften (1923) · Die Kantischen Elemente in Wilhelm von Humboldts Sprachphilosophie (1923) · Eidos und Eidolon.
Die dreibändige »Philosophie der symbolischen Formen« ist das herausragende Werk, in dem Cassirer die Transformation der traditionellen Transzendentalphilosophie zur Kulturphilosophie vollzog.
Kants Leben und Lehre wendet sich nicht an solche Leser, »die mit Kant und seiner Lehre schon in irgendeinem Sinne 'fertig' zu sein glauben, sondern sie rechnet auf Leser, die noch mitten im Studium von Kants Werken stehen«.
Die dreibändige »Philosophie der symbolischen Formen« ist das herausragende Werk, in dem Cassirer die Transformation der traditionellen Transzendentalphilosophie zur Kulturphilosophie vollzog.
