Philosophical traditions and schools of thought

Was ist eine Demokratie, und wann ist sie liberal?

Die Zeit gehört einem nicht nur selbst, sondern ihre Qualität und Gestalt hängen auch von der Umgebung und vom Handeln anderer ab.

Die dreibändige »Philosophie der symbolischen Formen« ist das herausragende Werk, in dem Cassirer die Transformation der traditionellen Transzendentalphilosophie zur Kulturphilosophie vollzog.

Während des englischen Bürgerkrieges fand 1645 im Pariser Exil eine zunächst höflich, dann gereizt und zuletzt erbittert geführte Kontroverse zwischen Thomas Hobbes und dem anglikanischen Bischof John Bramhall über Willensfreiheit statt.

Junto con Fedón, Banquete y República, Fedro ocupa un lugar preeminente entre los Diálogos de Platón (c.

Entre la reflexión filosófica y la teoría psicológica, Platón (c.

La Metafísica, uno de los tratados fundamentales de Aristóteles (384-322 a.

Hasta el final de su vida, y durante más de diez años, Publio Virgilio Marón (70-19 a.

La presente traducción de Ser y Tiempo -segunda en el mundo de habla castellana- es fruto de veintitrés años de trabajo.

Kant war zwar einer der bedeutendsten Kritiker der Metaphysik, aber er war kein Antimetaphysiker.

Ernst Cassirers Darstellung der Philosophie der Aufklärung, die er ursprünglich 'Ideengeschichte der Aufklärungszeit' nennen wollte, zählt zu den herausragenden Standardwerken zur Bestimmung der Leitgedanken der Epoche.

La finalidad del presente texto es explicar cómo entendemos la modernidad filosófica desde una perspectiva historiográfica.

En este libro realizamos una serie de reflexiones en torno a los rasgos epistemológicos básicos de la técnica moderna, expresión que describe la forma que tomó el fenómeno técnico después de tejer un número complejo de relaciones con la ciencia moderna.

Der metaethische Diskurs tendiert dazu, das moralische Urteil entweder kognitivistisch als theoretisches Urteil oder non-kognitivistisch als Ausdruck motivationaler Einstellungen aufzufassen.

Die derzeitige Konjunktur von Spinozas Philosophie auch im deutschen Sprachraum ruft nach neuen Zugängen und Methoden zu seinem Denken.

Con el nombre de La guerra de las Galias se conocen los siete libros de Julio César (100 a.

El sustento en que se apoya el Antiguo Régimen no aguanta más: irrumpe con estrépito un nuevo espíritu, mientras las viejas ideas heredadas amenazan con el colapso.

Un menú pitagórico vegano, un menú kantiano servido a la hora en punto, una comida medieval con fondo de Carmina Burana o un Banquete digno del mejor Sócrates.

Existe una escuela de pensamiento que intenta conciliar esfuerzo y disciplina con placer, sin oponerlos de manera estricta como tan a menudo reclaman los estoicos.

Robert Grossteste (1175-1253), obispo de Lincoln y probablemente el primer canciller de la Universidad de Oxford, donde introdujo el pensamiento de Aristóteles y la idea griega de la Explicatio en el método científico.

Theology and the Scientific Imagination is a pioneering work of intellectual history that transformed our understanding of the relationship between Christian theology and the development of science.

The surprising story of how Greek classics are being pressed into use in contemporary China to support the regime's political agendaAs improbable as it may sound, an illuminating way to understand today's China and how it views the West is to look at the astonishing ways Chinese intellectuals are interpreting-or is it misinterpreting?

Aristotle's Categories can easily seem to be a statement of a naive, pre-philosophical ontology, centered around ordinary items.

An argument for why Plato's Laws can be considered his most important political dialogueIn Plato's Second Republic, Andre Laks argues that the Laws, Plato's last and longest dialogue, is also his most important political work, surpassing the Republic in historical relevance.

Thoughts and Transmission brings together essays that originally appeared as introductions to works produced by Dharma Publishing.

"Once you invite the blessings of the Dharma into your heart, you may not have much need of teachers or traditions.

The year 2015 is the Chinese Year of the Goat - what will this mean for you?

Was Claus-Artur Scheier in diesem Buch unternimmt, ist nicht weniger als der Entwurf einer Philosophie der Moderne im Zeitalter der Medialität.

A Princeton Classics edition of an essential work of twentieth-century scholarship on India Since its first publication, Philosophies of India has been considered a monumental exploration of the foundations of Indian philosophy.

A compelling book that casts the Qur'anic encounter with Jews in an entirely new lightIn this panoramic and multifaceted book, Meir Bar-Asher examines how Jews and Judaism are depicted in the Qur'an and later Islamic literature, providing needed context to those passages critical of Jews that are most often invoked to divide Muslims and Jews or to promote Islamophobia.

A compelling collection of the life-changing writings of William JamesWilliam James-psychologist, philosopher, and spiritual seeker-is one of those rare writers who can speak directly and powerfully to anyone about life's meaning and worth, and whose ideas change not only how people think but how they live.

An entertaining and enlightening collection of ancient writings about the philosophers who advocated simple living and rejected unthinking conformityThe Cynics were ancient Greek philosophers who stood athwart the flood of society's material excess, unexamined conventions, and even norms of politeness and thundered "e;No!

This book is the fruit of twenty-five years of study of Spinoza by the editor and translator of a new and widely acclaimed edition of Spinoza's collected works.

Contradicting the long-held belief that Aristotle was the first to discuss individuation systematically, Mary Margaret McCabe argues that Plato was concerned with what makes something a something and that he solved the problem in a radically different way than did Aristotle.

La Humanidad ha tocado a su fin y, con el ascenso de los Póstumos, se ha producido el ingreso del orbe terrestre en el titanismo de una nueva Era signada por la tecnificación telemática universal.

This fresh outlook on Socrates' political philosophy in Plato's early dialogues argues that it is both more subtle and less authoritarian than has been supposed.

Timeless wisdom on generosity and gratitude from the great Stoic philosopher SenecaTo give and receive well may be the most human thing you can do-but it is also the closest you can come to divinity.

This book explores a fundamental tension in Aristotle's metaphysics: how can an entity such as a living organisma composite generated through the imposition of form on preexisting matterhave the conceptual unity that Aristotle demands of primary substances?

A vibrant new translation of Seneca's "e;On the Shortness of Life,"e; a pointed reminder to make the most of our timeWho doesn't worry sometimes that smart phones, the Internet, and TV are robbing us of time and preventing us from having a life?

Named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern LibraryAnne Carson's remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic loveSince it was first published, Eros the Bittersweet, Anne Carson's lyrical meditation on love in ancient Greek literature and philosophy, has established itself as a favorite among an unusually broad audience, including classicists, essayists, poets, and general readers.

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, which equates the ultimate end of human life with happiness (eudaimonia), is thought by many readers to argue that this highest goal consists in the largest possible aggregate of intrinsic goods.

A masterful overview of the philosophy of language from one of its most important thinkersIn this book one of the world's foremost philosophers of language presents his unifying vision of the field-its principal achievements, its most pressing current questions, and its most promising future directions.

Philosophic Pride is the first full-scale look at the essential place of Stoicism in the foundations of modern political thought.

The two volumes of Philosophical Essays bring together the most important essays written by one of the world's foremost philosophers of language.

How Maoism captured the imagination of French intellectuals during the 1960sMichel Foucault, Jean-Paul Sartre, Julia Kristeva, Phillipe Sollers, and Jean-Luc Godard.

A brief account of philosophical logic from one of the world's leading authoritiesPhilosophical Logic is a clear and concise critical survey of nonclassical logics of philosophical interest written by one of the world's leading authorities on the subject.