Der Ausweg aus dem Fliegenglas – Gert Scobel zeigt Wege zwischen Glaube und Vernunft aufFür die meisten Menschen scheinen Glaube und Vernunft unvereinbare Gegensätze zu sein.
Wofür es sich zu leben lohnt - Eine philosophische Erkundung der Lebenskunst und des Genusses in unserer KulturIn Wofür es sich zu leben lohnt untersucht der renommierte Philosoph Robert Pfaller, warum unsere Kultur den Zugang zu Glamour, Großzügigkeit und Genuss verloren hat.
Wie aus Jägern Sportler wurdenBei aller Ähnlichkeit zu den uns nahestehenden Tierarten ist der Mensch doch das einzige Lebewesen, das gewinnen will nur um des Gewinnens willen.
Stoicism is two things: a long past philosophical school of ancient Greece and Rome, and an enduring philosophical movement that still inspires people in the twenty-first century to re-think and re-organize their lives in order to achieve personal satisfaction.
Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt der ägyptischen Pyramiden und entdecken Sie die verborgenen Geheimnisse hinter diesen monumentalen Bauwerken.
In ›Die Erfindung der Philosophie‹ erkunden wir die faszinierende Reise des menschlichen Geistes von den mythischen Erklärungen der Welt zur rationalen Untersuchung und Reflexion, die wir heute als Philosophie kennen.
***As recommended by Josh Widdicombe on the PARENTING HELL podcast"e;It's staggeringly honest but also really funny - I laughed out loud several times.
This book was written out of a sense of hopefulness; a sense that there is an answer to the perennial question asked by members of our species: Is there a state of mind which I can attain which will make my life wonderful, a joy to live?
Drawing on the writings of the great philosophers, You Kant Make it Up sends the reader on thrilling, non-stop tour of their most outrageous and counter-intuitive conclusions.
The Big Questions series is designed to let renowned experts confront the 20 most fundamental and frequently asked questions of a major branch of science or philosophy.
Questions of ethics - about how we should act, our responsibilities to one another, the difference between right and wrong - have long been debated by philosophers the world over and form the foundations of government, culture and religion.
AS HEARD ON RADIO 4'S DESERT ISLAND DISCS Thought-provoking Financial Times Wonderful shows how modern psychology is consistent with the best that was thought and known in the Ancient World beautifully written Lord Richard Layard, author of Happiness: Lessons From A New ScienceJules Evans reveals how ancient philosophy saved his life and can make us all happier, wiser and more resilient.
Philosophers certainly like to make life sound awfully complicated, whether theyre wondering if a falling tree still makes a sound if theres nobody around to hear it (Berkeley) or declaring that everything in the universe is in a state of flux (Heraclitus).
How Michel Foucault, drugs, California and the rise of neoliberal politics in 1970s France are all connectedIn May 1975, Michel Foucault took LSD in the desert in southern California.
In this exciting, innovative work, Polish feminist philosopher Ewa Majewska maps the creation of feminist counterpublics around the world-spaces of protest and ideas, community and common struggle, that can challenge the emergence of fascist states as well as Western democratic "e;public spheres"e; populated by atomized, individual subjects.
Philosophy is traditionally understood as the search for universal truths, and philosophers are supposed to transmit those truths beyond the limits of their own culture.
A perfect introduction for students and laypeople alike, A Degree in a Book: Philosophy provides you with all the concepts you need to understand the fundamental issues.
From Socrates' fascinating discussions of morality and virtue to Pythagoras' attempts to understand the arrangement of the cosmos, the thinkers of the ancient world provided us with an astonishing array of ideas that has helped to shape the modern world.
Offering a unique insight into human behaviour, this book explains why we behave the way we do and what happens when humans interact with the world and each other.