The seventeen contributions constituting this edited volume focus on archaic Greek thought - Presocratics broadly understood, including Sophists, Archaic poets, or Tragedians - and its multiform reception, use or appropriation through times and lands.
The question of hospitality is the most pressing question in contemporary thought: How can we host that which is utterly Other, that which resists all conceptualization, and thus disrupts the proper course of thought?
Franz Schuberts Streichquartett, eines der bedeutendsten Kammermusikwerke der Romantik, berührt seit Generationen durch seine emotionale Tiefe und thematische Vielschichtigkeit.
This book presents an original study of the work of Pritzker Prize-winning Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza from the perspective of architecture as an interpretation of human life.
FROM KOREA'S MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHORWith profound wisdom and even greater warmth, Korea's best-loved monk Pomnyun Sunim shows us how to unlock inner happiness and become more resilient in the face of setbacks, small or large.
Originally published in 2001, Hegel's Metaphysics of God presents Hegel's response to Kant's claim that metaphysics in general and, in particular, knowledge of God, is beyond the grasp of human knowledge.
This accessible textbook provides therapy students and practitioners with an understanding of postmodern theories, founders, and practical applications to family therapy.
This volume demonstrates how Wittgenstein's philosophy can illuminate our understanding of politics and open new ways of conceptualizing democratic theory and practice.
Without denying the real importance of the more 'traditional' tasks of a historian of ideas or scholar of literature - the edition of a text and research into its sources and influence - Professor Flint's objective has been to look sideways from the texts, so into the society to which their authors belonged.
This book provides insights into new developments and persistent traditions in Zen teacher training and education through the use of historical archival research and original interviews with living Zen Masters.
Spanning thirty years, the papers brought together in this volume reflect three of Professor Colish's interests as a historian of medieval scholastic thought.
This volume explores the relationship between justice and freedom in Hegel's practical philosophy, with a particular focus on the pivotal concept of reciprocal recognition.
Wittgenstein used the concept of language games to refer to all forms of linguistic expression in practical contexts and to the myriad ways in which signs are used in language.
The essays in this book discuss a number of the central metaphysical and ethical themes that engaged the minds of Platonist philosophers during late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages.
The Diary of a Young Girl, also known as The Diary of Anne Frank, is a book of the writings from the Dutch language diary kept by Anne Frank while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
*; Shares ancient Tibetan wisdom to help readers break through the process of ';ego-clinging' to find deeper freedom and escape from feelings of lack and scarcity*; Offers authentic guidance and support for confidence in overcoming challenges, bravery in caring for the self and others, as well as fearlessness in the face of dying*; Examines key concepts and history in Dzogchen Buddhism, including a guide to the Vajrayana teachings, the Bardo teachings, and the role of the five elementsAccording to the Buddha, all sentient beings are naturally enlightened and have been pure since the beginning.
Dictado primero y mimeografiado en Estrasburgo en 1953, luego transformado en "Curso de la Sorbona" reproducido en mimeógrafo en 1957, este Curso interpreta con rigor los sentidos de las tres palabras del título: "ser", "esencia" y "sustancia" -los conceptos fundamentales de la filosofía occidental- o como tales representan un progreso considerable de la razón conceptual en relación con los presocráticos, que todavía hablaban de los "elementos".
This volume brings together Professor Cranz's published studies on Nicholas of Cusa with a set of seven papers left unpublished at the time of his death.
