Philosophie

The Essential Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Newly translated by Peter ConstantineEdited and with an Introduction by Leo DamroschThe Essential Writings of Rousseau collects the best and most indispensable work of one of the world's most influential writers. A towering figure of Enlightenment thought, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was also one of that movement's most passionate and persuasive critics. His extraordinarily original observations on …Lire la suite

A Companion to Bioethics

This second edition of A Companion to Bioethics, fully revised and updated to reflect the current issues and developments in the field, covers all the material that the reader needs to thoroughly grasp the ideas and debates involved in bioethics.Thematically organized around an unparalleled range of issues, including discussion of the moral status of embryos and fetuses, new genetics, life and …Lire la suite

The Heart of Buddhism

 This classic Buddhist title explains why Buddhism is now so appropriate to our personal, social and global situation. Unlike many other religions, Buddhism is very well suited to a secular age. It offers a practical, comprehensible way to achieve peace of mind and generosity of spirit. Buddhism requires no adherence to obscure beliefs, and is mainly concerned with improving the …Lire la suite

The Crisis of the European Mind

1680-1715

Paul Hazard’s magisterial, widely influential, and beloved intellectual history offers an unforgettable account of the birth of the modern European mind in all its dynamic, inquiring, and uncertain glory. Beginning his story in the latter half of the seventeenth century, while also looking back to the Renaissance and forward to the future, Hazard traces the process by which new …Lire la suite

Paradoxes

Paradoxes are arguments that lead from apparently true premises, via apparently uncontroversial reasoning, to a false or even contradictory conclusion. Paradoxes threaten our basic understanding of central concepts such as space, time, motion, infinity, truth, knowledge, and belief.In this volume Roy T Cook provides a sophisticated, yet accessible and entertaining, introduction to the …Lire la suite

Kripke

Saul Kripke has been a major influence on analytic philosophy and allied fields for a half-century and more. His early masterpiece, Naming and Necessity, reversed the pattern of two centuries of philosophizing about the necessary and the contingent. Although much of his work remains unpublished, several major essays have now appeared in print, most recently in his long-awaited collection …Lire la suite

Locke

John Locke (1632-1704) has a good claim to the title of the greatest ever English philosopher, and was a founding father of both the empiricist tradition in philosophy and the liberal tradition in politics. This new book provides an accessible introduction to Locke’s thought. Although its primary focus is on the Essay Concerning Human Understanding, it also discusses the Two Treatises…Lire la suite

Reif für die Ewigkeit

Sören Kierkegaard und die Kunst der Selbstfindung

Wie kein Denker vor ihm hat Sören Kierkegaard die Freiheitsdimension der menschlichen Existenz vermessen. Seine Überlegungen haben auch heute - Stichwort 'Selbstfindung' und 'Individualismus' - noch Gültigkeit. Der dänische Philosoph, dessen Geburtstag sich im Mai 2013 zum 200. Mal jährt, entpuppt sich als Zeitgenosse inkognito.Otto A. Böhmer, erfolgreicher Autor von Portaits über …Lire la suite

Philosophie des Körpers

Schönheitsoperationen, Geschlechtsumwandlungen und Gesichtstransplantationen - der Körper des modernen Menschen ist ein Spielplatz seines Willens. Wir tunen, verändern und optimieren unseren Leib fast nach Belieben. Damit beginnt, unbemerkt, ein neues Kapitel der Menschheitsgeschichte. Alle Zeiten zuvor verstanden den Leib als natürliche und unverfügbare Grenze, als Willensbremse des …Lire la suite

Imagining the Soul

A History

Basing her approach on historical sources, Rosalie Osmond explores the way the soul has been represented in different cultures and at different times, from Ancient Egypt and Greece, through medieval Europe and into the 21st century.