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Télécharger le livre :  On the Genealogy of Morals
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On the Genealogy of Morals


Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael A. Scarpitti


The companion book to Beyond Good and Evil, the three essays included here offer vital insights into Nietzsche's theories of morality and human psychology.Nietzsche claimed that the purpose ofThe Genealogy of Morals was to call attention to his previous writings. But in...

Parution : 2013-11-07
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Télécharger le livre :  An Answer to the Question: 'What is Enlightenment?'
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An Answer to the Question: 'What is Enlightenment?'


Immanuel Kant


Immanuel Kant was one of the most influential philosophers in the whole of Europe, who changed Western thought with his examinations of reason and the nature of reality. In these writings he investigates human progress, civilization, morality and why, to be truly...

Parution : 2013-09-26
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Télécharger le livre :  Truth
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Truth


John D. Caputo


In the first in a new series of easily digestible, commute-lengthbooks of original philosophy, renowned thinker John D. Caputo explores the many notions of 'truth', and what it really meansRiding to work in the morning has has become commonplace. We ride everywhere....

Parution : 2013-09-26
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Télécharger le livre :  The Silence of Animals
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The Silence of Animals


John Gray


The powerful, beautiful and chilling sequel to the bestselling Straw DogsJohn Gray draws on an extraordinary array of memoirs, poems, fiction and philosophy to make us re-imagine our place in the world. Writers as varied as Ballard, Borges, Freud and Conrad are...

Parution : 2013-02-28
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Télécharger le livre :  Antifragile
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Antifragile


Nassim Nicholas Taleb


'Really made me think about how I think' - Mohsin Hamid, author of Exit WestTough times don't last. Tough people do. In The Black Swan, Taleb showed us that highly improbable and unpredictable events underlie almost everything about our world. Here Taleb stands...

Parution : 2012-11-27
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Télécharger le livre :  Is God Happy?
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Is God Happy?


Leszek Kolakowski


'The most esteemed philosopher to have produced a general introduction to his discipline since Bertrand Russell' Independent In these essays, one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century writes about communism and socialism, the problem of evil, Erasmus...

Parution : 2012-11-01
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Télécharger le livre :  Distrust that Particular Flavor
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Distrust that Particular Flavor


William Gibson


Distrust That Particular Flavor - an acclaimed nonfiction collection by William Gibson, bestselling author of Neuromancer'The future's already here: it's just not evenly distributed'William Gibson was writing fiction when he predicted the internet. And as his stories...

Parution : 2012-02-02
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Télécharger le livre :  Meditations
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Meditations


Desmond M. Clarke , René Descartes


Widely regarded as the father of modern Western philosophy, Descartes sought to look beyond established ideas and create a thought system based on reason. In this profound work he meditates on doubt, the human soul, God, truth and the nature of existence itself.GREAT...

Parution : 2010-08-26
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Télécharger le livre :  The Case for Working with Your Hands
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The Case for Working with Your Hands


Matthew Crawford


Why do some jobs offer fulfilment while others leave us frustrated?Why do we so often think of our working selves as separate from our 'true' selves?Over the course of the twentieth century, we have separated mental work from manual labour, replacing the workshop with...

Parution : 2010-05-06
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Télécharger le livre :  On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings
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On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings


William James


William James's strong beliefs in a pragmatic theory of truth - that truth is only as relevant as its effect on us - lead to these absorbing essays on fact and belief. Within them is a fascinating theory of reality that suggests nothing is truly 'real' without...

Parution : 2009-08-27
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Télécharger le livre :  In Search of Civilization
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In Search of Civilization


John Armstrong


In Arthur Ransome's charming tale of childhood adventure, Secret Water, four children are pretending to be savages approaching an outpost of the civilized world. 'What is civilization?' asks Bridget, the youngest. 'Ices,' explains her brother, 'and all that sort of...

Parution : 2009-06-25
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Télécharger le livre :  The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
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The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work


Alain De Botton


From one of our greatest voices in modern philosophy, author of The Course of Love, The Consolations of Philosophy, Religion for Atheists and The School of Life - a lucid exploration of the state in which most of us spend most of our lives'De Botton's wit and powers of...

Parution : 2009-04-02
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Télécharger le livre :  Timaeus and Critias
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Timaeus and Critias


Desmond Lee , Plato


Timaeus and Critias is a Socratic dialogue in two parts. A response to an account of an ideal state told by Socrates, it begins with Timaeus’s theoretical exposition of the cosmos and his story describing the creation of the universe, from its very beginning to the...

Parution : 2008-08-28
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Télécharger le livre :  Nature
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Nature


Ralph Emerson


Originally published anonymously, Nature was the first modern essay to recommend the appreciation of the outdoors as an all-encompassing positive force. Emerson’s writings were recognized as uniquely American in style and content, and launched the idea of going for a...

Parution : 2008-08-07
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Télécharger le livre :  In Consolation to his Wife
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In Consolation to his Wife


Plutarch , Robin Waterfield


From an intimate and moving letter to his grieving wife on the death of their daughter, to elegant writings on morality, happiness and the avoidance of anger, Plutarch’s powerful words of consolation and inspiration still offer timeless wisdom and guidance today....

Parution : 2008-08-07
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Télécharger le livre :  Man Alone with Himself
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Man Alone with Himself


Friedrich Nietzsche


Friedrich Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary thinkers in Western philosophy. Here he sets out his subversive views in a series of aphorisms on subjects ranging from art to arrogance, boredom to passion, science to vanity, rejecting conventional notions of...

Parution : 2008-08-07
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Télécharger le livre :  Truth: A Guide for the Perplexed
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Truth: A Guide for the Perplexed


Simon Blackburn


This important book is about truth, and the enemies of truth, and the wars that are fought between them. As Simon Blackburn says in his introduction, "the ground is complicated, strewn with abandoned fortresses and trenches, fought over by shifting alliances". Truth is...

Parution : 2006-05-25
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Télécharger le livre :  Protagoras and Meno
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Protagoras and Meno


Adam Beresford , Plato


Exploring the question of what exactly makes good people good, Protagoras and Meno are two of the most enjoyable and accessible of all of Plato's dialogues. Widely regarded as his finest dramatic work, the Protagoras, set during the golden age of Pericles, pits a...

Parution : 2005-10-27
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Télécharger le livre :  A Beginner's Guide to Reality
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A Beginner's Guide to Reality


Jim Baggott


A Beginner's Guide to Reality is an introduction to philosophy for people who don't read philosophy. Jim Baggott's sources range from Aristotle to The Matrix. He examines the major developments in Western philosophical thought on the nature of reality, at each of three...

Parution : 2005-09-01
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Télécharger le livre :  On Suicide
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On Suicide


David Hume


One of the most important thinkers ever to write in English, the Empiricist David Hume liberated philosophy from the superstitious constraints of religion; here, he argues that all are free to choose between life and death, considers the nature of personal taste and...

Parution : 2005-08-25
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