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An die Stelle des bisherigen, 1974 erstmals erschienenen Bändchens (UB 9714) tritt mit dieser Neuerscheinung eine wesentlich breiter und international angelegte Auswahl, die einen Eindruck von den herrschenden Tendenzen der Aufklärungsbewegung vermit ..

Karl Jaspers' Programm einer „Weltgeschiche der Philosophie“ erschöpfte sich keineswegs in dem bereits umfassenden Konzept seiner „Großen Philosophen“. Vielmehr wird deutlich, dass Jaspers neben einer Geschichte der "philosophierenden Persönlichkeite ..

The new edition of this celebrated anthology surveys the Western philosophical tradition from its origins in ancient Greece to the work of today's leading philosophersWestern Philosophy: An Anthology provides an authoritative guided tour through the ..

A remarkable work, What I Believe remains the best concise introduction to Russell's thought.

How do we judge whether an action is morally right or wrong? If an action is wrong, what reason does that give us not to do it? Why should we give such reasons priority over our other concerns and values? This text offers answers to these questions, and explores the views and values behind them.

In this fascinating book, Alan Watts explores man's quest for psychological security, examining our efforts to find spiritual and intellectual certainty in the realms of religion and philosophy. The „Wisdom of Insecurity“ underlines the importance of ..

‚A revelatory classic‘ Maria Popova ‚A spiritual polymath, the first and possibly greatest‘ Deepak Chopra What we have forgotten is that thoughts and words are conventions, and that it is fatal to take conventions too seriously Too often we fall in

In this essay from Schopenhauer final work, Parerga und Paralipomena (1851), the philosopher favors individual strength of will and independent, reasoned deliberation over the tendency to act on irrational impulses. He examines the ways in which life ..

When the ancient Greeks looked up into the heavens, they saw not just sun and moon, stars and planets, but a complete, coherent universe, a model of the Good that could serve as a guide to a better life. How this view of the world came to be, and how ..

Acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters, this modern epic became an instant bestseller upon publication in 1974, transforming a generation and continuing to inspire millions. A narration of a summer motorcycle ..

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR AND A READER'S GUIDE Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance caused a sensation when it was first published in 1974.The story of the narrator, his son Chris and their month-long motorcycle odyssey from Minnesota t ..

„A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action.“–„Samurai Maximum.“ Under the guidance of such celebrated masters as Ed Parker and the immortal Bruce Lee, Joe Hyams vividly recounts his more than 25 years of experience in t ..