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  • L'argent

    Le texte qui suit fut rédigé en 1913, dans un contexte social et culturel marqué notamment par l’industrialisation de la France, l’émergence du modèle capitaliste en Occident et les changements profonds qu’implique le basculement d’un modèle de société vers un autre. Et c’est justement de la critique d’un système de représentation dont il est ici question, de la remise en cause d’une idéologie ... Read more

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  • The Ayn Rand Lexicon

    Objectivism from A to Z

    by Ayn Rand ...
    Series Book 4 - Ayn Rand Library
    A prolific writer, bestselling novelist, and world-renowned philosopher, Ayn Rand defined a full system of thought--from epistemology to aesthetics. Her writing is so extensive and the range of issues she covers so enormous that those interested in finding her discussions of a given topic may have to search through many sources to locate the relevant passage. The Ayn Rand Lexicon brings together ... Read more

    $17.69 USD

  • Karma as an Educator

    Series Book 4 - Karma
    No man can ever receive what he has not earned, and all things come to us as the result of causes which we ourselves have set in motion. If we have caused anything we have also caused its result, for the cause and the effect are like the two sides of a coin , we cannot have one without the other; indeed, the result comes upon us as part of our original action, which may be said in this case to be ... Read more

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  • The Bible in a Nutshell: The Director's Cut

    by Casper Rigsby ...
    This is the story of the bible told like you've very likely never heard it told before.The bible is one the most highly regarded literary works of all time. A number one best-seller before there even was such a thing, the bible has long been the most purchased book in history. The problem is however, that most people haven't actually read the book, and those who have don't really understand a very ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Tratado da Correção do Intelecto

    O Tratado da Correção do Intelecto de Spinoza, escrito por volta de 1660 e publicado em 1677, é uma obra inacabada que delineia um método para alcançar o conhecimento verdadeiro e a felicidade. Spinoza critica bens transitórios como riqueza e fama, propondo que a verdadeira felicidade vem do conhecimento da união da mente com a Natureza. Ele distingue quatro tipos de conhecimento, valorizando a ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Shop Class as Soulcraft

    An Inquiry into the Value of Work

    **A philosopher/mechanic's wise (and sometimes funny) look at the challenges and pleasures of working with one's hands“This is a deep exploration of craftsmanship by someone with real, hands-on knowledge. The book is also quirky, surprising, and sometimes quite moving.” —Richard Sennett, author of The Craftsman**Called “the sleeper hit of the publishing season” by The Boston Globe, Shop Class as ... Read more

    $8.19 USD

  • The Basic Works of Aristotle

    by Aristotle ...
    Edited by Richard McKeon, with an introduction by C.D.C. ReevePreserved by Arabic mathematicians and canonized by Christian scholars, Aristotle’s works have shaped Western thought, science, and religion for nearly two thousand years. Richard McKeon’s The Basic Works of Aristotle—constituted out of the definitive Oxford translation and in print as a Random House hardcover for sixty years—has long ... Read more

    $5.29 USD

  • Le Banquet ou De l’Amour

    Le Banquet est un texte de Platon écrit aux environs de 380 av. J.-C. Il est constitué principalement d’une longue série de discours portant sur la nature et les qualités de l’amour. Tò sumpósion en grec est traduit traditionnellement par Le Banquet, terme désignant une réception, une fête mondaine.Dans Le Banquet, Platon ne rapporte pas la scène en tant que narrateur, et se sert d'un ... Read more

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  • Write Away

    One Writer's Approach to the Novel

    Here's what I tell mystudents on the first day when I teach one of my creative writing courses: Youwill be published if you possess three qualities—talent, passion, anddiscipline.In Write Away, NewYork Times bestsellingauthor Elizabeth George offers would-be writers exactly what they need to knowabout how to construct a novel. She provides a detailed overview of the craftand gives helpful ... Read more

    $11.49 USD

  • Manual Didáctico De Filosofia

    Es un texto metdico que se basa en lo que realmente es el universo de la filosofa y cuyo fin es que el profesor ensee y que los estudiantes aprendan. (Profesor Universidad Privada) El autor nos sumerge en el maravilloso conocimiento filosfico y, con los contenidos propios del programa de introduccin a la filosofa, nos facilita construir una visin universal, claro est que de forma sistmica, metdica ... Read more

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  • Baudelaire e a modernidade

    Translated by João Barrento ...
    "A modernidade é em Baudelaire uma conquista", eis aqui a definição de Benjamin. Já no primeiro poema de As flores do mal, Baudelaire convoca o leitor à ruptura da apatia. Benjamin aponta o método da aventura, a captura do presente, a intenção do poeta de revidar os atordoantes choques na grande cidade. Para não se tornar receptor inanimado ou ator automatizado, Baudelaire troca o gabinete pelas ... Read more

    $12.96 USD

  • An Intelligent Person's Guide to Philosophy

    by Roger Scruton ...
    "Philosophy's the 'love of wisdom', can be approached in two ways: by doing it, or by studying how it has been done," so writes the eminent philosopher Roger Scruton. In this user-friendly book, he chooses to introduce philosophy by doing it. Taking the discipline beyond theory and "intellectualism," he presents it in an empirical, accessible, and practical light. The result is not a history of ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • Del sentimiento trágico de la vida

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    *** Premium Ebook optimizado para la lectura digital ***"La vida es tragedia, y la tragedia es perpetua lucha, sin victoria ni esperanza de ella; es contradicción."Profunda incursión en la problemática existencial del hombre contemporáneo, Del sentimiento trágico de la vida es uno de los más destacados ensayos filosóficos de Miguel de Unamuno. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Studies in Words

    by C. S. Lewis ...
    Language—in its communicative and playful functions, its literary formations and its shifting meanings—is a perennially fascinating topic. C. S. Lewis's Studies in Words explores this fascination by taking a series of words and teasing out their connotations using examples from a vast range of English literature, recovering lost meanings and analyzing their functions. It doubles as an absorbing ... Read more

    $8.59 USD

  • La Pesanteur et la Grâce

    by Simone Weil ...
    Philosophe humaniste, juive d’origine convertie à « L’Amour du Christ » à l’âge de 27 ans, Simone Weil apparaît comme une mystique chrétienne dont la pensée, complexe et profonde, dépasse largement les clivages religieux et doctrinaires. Refusant d’être baptisée par l’Église Catholique, elle s’est en outre approprié le christianisme d’une manière très personnelle, rejetant la tyrannie de l’Ancien ... Read more

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  • A ordem do discurso

    Aula inaugural no Collège de France, pronunciada em 2 de dezembro de 1970

    Series series Leituras filosóficas
    Por Laura Fraga de Almeida Sampaio, tradutora do livro A aula inaugural, que Foucault pronunciou ao assumir a cátedra vacante no Collège de France pela morte de Hyppolite, pode ser considerada um texto de ligação entre suas obras, datadas dos anos 60, como História da loucura, As palavras e as coisas, A arqueologia do saber, centradas predominantemente na análise das condições de possibilidade das ... Read more

    $3.06 USD

  • Passion of the Western Mind

    Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View

    "[This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' and the 'radically changing world' of the 1990s, offers a new breakthrough for lay and scholarly readers alike....Allows readers to grasp the big picture of Western culture for the first time."SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLEHere are the great minds of Western civilization and their pivotal ideas, ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy

    Series series Oxford Quick Reference
    This bestselling dictionary is written by one of the leading philosophers of our time, and it is widely recognized as the best dictionary of its kind. Comprehensive and authoritative, it covers every aspect of philosophy from Aristotle to Zen. With clear and concise definitions, it provides lively and accessible coverage of not only Western philosophical traditions, but also themes from Chinese, ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • La ética de la crueldad

    by José Ovejero ...
    Estamos acostumbrados a ser testigos de violencias extremas, torturas, violaciones y humillaciones en todas las formas del arte. A menudo la crueldad allí desplegada se nos presenta como espectáculo o como propaganda de las ideas hegemónicas. Sin embargo, hay una crueldad que no satisface el morbo del espectador ni corteja sus valores, sino que lo confronta con sus hipocresías y sus miserias. Es ... Read more

    $12.49 USD

  • Theodicy

    by G.W. Leibniz ...
    Theodicy, in its most common form, is the attempt to answer the question of why a good God permits the manifestation of evil. Theodicy attempts to resolve the evidential problem of evil by reconciling the traditional divine characteristics of omnibenevolence, The term was coined in 1710 by German philosopher Gottfried Leibniz in his work, Théodicée. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Apologie de Socrate

    by PLATON ...
    Dans ce dialogue court et accessible de Platon, c’est de la mort de Socrate qu’il est question et à travers lui, de la figure du philosophe. Cet livre irradie toujours l’ensemble de la philosophie.Cette édition : Traduction de l'oeuvre originale réalisée par Emile CHAMBRY, lequel a inséré une Notice sur la vie de Platon ainsi qu'une analyse de l'oeuvre. ... Read more

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  • La solitude

    cours de philosophie

    La solitude, la solitude il est clair que c'est un état d'âme. Il n'y a de solitude qu’éprouvée, sentie du dedans, vécue par un moi. La solitude ne se définit pas du dehors, comme si c'était quelque chose d'objectif, de géographique. Est seul qui a l'impression d'être seul. Nul ne le sait à part lui. On peut être seul sans aucunement éprouver de solitude, si l'on pense par exemple à ceux que l'on ... Read more

    $1.17 USD

  • La Consolation de la philosophie

    (Edition Intégrale - Version Entièrement Illustrée)

    by Boèce ...
    La Consolation de la philosophie (Edition Intégrale - Version Entièrement Illustrée) * Inclus une courte biographie de Boèce Descriptif : Boèce écrivit ce texte dans une prison romaine peu avant d’y être exécuté. Véritable dialogue avec la sagesse divine, ce texte a imprégné toute la pensée occidentale pendant un millénaire, de Dante à Pétrarque, de Boccace à Saint-Thomas d’Aquin ... Cette œuvre ... Read more

    $3.60 USD