The "Meditations" of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius are areadable exposition of the system of metaphysics known as stoicism.Stoics maintained that by putting aside great passions, unjustthoughts and indulgence, man could acquire virtue and live at onewith nature.
Behind Edinburghs regimented Georgian Facades,its moral compasses are spinning with greed,dishonesty,lustand murderous intent. Isabel Dalhousie knows this. Isabel,in fact,rather relishes it. An accomplished philosopher andeditor of the Review of Applied Ethics, she knows all about the difference between good and bad. Which is probably why,by instinct,she is an amateur sleuth Andinstinct tells her the man who tumbled to hisdeath in front of her eysx after aconcert inthe Usher Hall didn tfall He was pushed… The Sunday Philosophy Chib marks new territory_but familiar moral ground-from the authorof The NO Ladies Detective Agency. With Isabel Dalhousie,Alexander McCall Smith introduces anew and waspish female sleuth to tackle murder, mayhem-and the mysteries of life.
This Norton Critical Edition of the At)ologia stresses the literary,, humanistic, and religious power of the text, Newman's personal development, and the progress of the Oxford movement, teprinted is a definitive text,which reached its final form about 1886 and incorporates all of Newman's later changes. Extensive notes are provided. "Basic Texts of the Newman-Kingsley Controversy" enables students to see the AFologia by setting it against other important documents in the Newman-Kingsley controversy. Included in the book are correspondence, Kingsley's pamphlet "What, Then, Does I)r. Newman Mean?," Newman's pamphlets "Mr. Kings- ley's Mode of Disputation" and "True Mode of Meeting Mr.Kingsley," and Newman's two Appendices of 1866.
These works were written against a background of war andracism. Freud sought the sources of conflict in the deepestmemories of humankind, finding clear continuities between our'primitive' past and 'civilized' modernity. In "Totem and Taboo",he explores institutions of tribal life, tracing analogies betweenthe rites of hunter-gatherers and the obsessions of urban-dwellers,while "Mourning and Melancholia" sees a similarly self-destructivesavagery underlying individual life in the modern age, which issuesat times in self-harm and suicide. And Freud's extraordinary letterto Einstein, Why War? - Rejecting what he saw as the physicist'snaive pacifism - sums up his unsparing view of history in a fewprofoundly pessimistic, yet grimly persuasive pages.
Galen of Pergamum (AD 129–c.216) was the most influential doctorof later antiquity, whose work was to influence medical theory andpractice for more than fifteen hundred years. He was a prolificwriter on anatomy, physiology, diagnosis and prognosis,pulse-doctrine, pharmacology, therapeutics, and the theory ofmedicine; but he also wrote extensively on philosophical topics,making original contributions to logic and the philosophy ofscience, and outlining a scientific epistemology which married adeep respect for empirical adequacy with a commitment to rigorousrational exposition and demonstration. He was also a vigorouspolemicist, deeply involved in the doctrinal disputes among themedical schools of his day. This volume offers an introduction toand overview of Galen's achievement in all these fields, whileseeking also to evaluate that achievement in the light of theadvances made in Galen scholarship over the past thirty years.
Marriage and Morals is a compelling cross-cultural examination of individual, familial and societal attitudes towards sex and marriage. By exploring the codes by which we live our sexual lives and conventional morality, Russell daringly sets out a new morality, shaped and influenced by dramatic changes in society such as the emancipation of women and the wide-spread use of contraceptives. From the origin of marriage to the influence of religion, Russell explores the changing role of marriage and codes of sexual ethics. The influence of this great work has turned it into a worthy classic. 作者简介： Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) was born in England and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. His long career established him as one of the most influential philosophers, mathematicians, and social reformers of the twentieth century. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Non Sequitur has been entertaining fans for more than a decade, with its Twilight Zone of cartoon moments. Day after day, Non Sequitur hilariously jabs at the feats and foibles of life, skewering everyone from politicians to teenagers. Wiley's irreverent, satirical wit, combined with his superbly crafted illustrations, confirms that the universe is one big joke at humanity's expense.That said, some of Non Sequitur's most popular panels have been the ones where Wiley has offered his takes on "What he heard/what she said." In strip after strip, the cartoonist succinctly captures the absurd and unexpected miscommunications that lie at the heart of every relationship. For example:o What he heard: "Let's go drain the life force from your body." What she said: "Let's go shopping."o What he heard: "Honey, why don't you put your head in a vise and I'll turn the handle until your skull explodes." What she said: "Honey, why don't we turn off the TV and just talk."o What she heard: "Life as we know it will cease to exis
THE FORTIES IN PICTURES is one of a series of books that together provide a comprehensive pictorial history of the 20th century, decade by decade. With over 250 pictures, this volume is a unique record of the greatest and most graphic images of the age, reveaLing the best and worst of a turbuLent era: from battlefield to beauty parlor,from the London bLack-out to the glittering screens of HoLLywood's golden age, from old enemies to new nations.
One of Freud’s central achievements was to demonstrate howunacceptable thoughts and feelings are repressed into theunconscious, from where they continue to exert a decisive influenceover our lives. This volume contains a key statement about evidencefor the unconscious, and how it works, as well as major essays onall the fundamentals of mental functioning. Freud explores how weare torn between the pleasure principle and the reality principle,how we often find ways both to express and to deny what we mostfear, and why certain men need fetishes for their sexualsatisfaction. His study of our most basic drives, and how they aretransformed, brilliantly illuminates the nature of sadism,masochism, exhibitionism and voyeurism.
Insightful and highly accessible, this selection of seven essays displays Russell's signature brilliance of exposition in the examination of ethical subjects and the nature of truth, and marks an important period in the evolution of thought of one of the world’s most influential thinkers.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra, by Friedrich Nietzsche, is part of theBarnes Noble Classics series, which offers quality editionsat affordable prices to the student and the general reader,including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages ofcarefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable featuresof Barnes Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers andscholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporaryhistorical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes andendnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems,books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired bythe work Comments by other famous authors Study questions tochallenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographiesfor further reading Indices Glossaries, when appropriateAlleditions are beautifully designed and are printed to superiorspecifications; some include illustrations of historical interest.Barnes Noble Classics pulls together a constellation o
This title is one of fifteen volumes in the new Freud seriescommissioned for Penguin by series editor Adam Phillips. It is partof a plan to generate a new, non-specialist Freud for a widereadership, which goes way beyond the institutional/clinical marketand presents material to the reader in a new way. This volume willcontain "New Introductory Lectures in Psychoanalysis" and "AnOutline of Psychoanalysis".
THE FIFTIES IN PICTURES is one of a series of books that together provide a comprehensive pictorial history of the 20th century, decade by decade. With over 250 pictures, this volume is a unique record of the moments that shaped the 1950s: from the French defeat in Indo-China to the Communist triumph in Cuba, from racial desegregation in Little Rock to the grip of apartheid in South Africa, from Sugar Ray Robinson's pink Cadillac to the world's first jet airliner.
In this book Jane Kneller focuses on the role of imagination as a creative power in Kant’s aesthetics and in his overall philosophical enterprise. She analyzes Kant's account of imaginative freedom and the relation between imaginative free play and human social and moral development, showing various ways in which his aesthetics of disinterested reflection produce moral interests. She situates these aspects of his aesthetic theory within the context of German aesthetics of the eighteenth century, arguing that Kant’s contribution is a bridge between early theories of aesthetic moral education and the early Romanticism of the last decade of that century. In so doing, her book brings the two most important German philosophers of Enlightenment and Romanticism, Kant and Novalis, into dialogue. It will be of interest to a wide range of readers in both Kant studies and German philosophy of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Jane Kneller is a knowledgeable and perceptive scholar both of Kant and of ea
The new "Penguin Freud", under Adam Phillips' generaleditorship, offers a fantastic opportunity to see Freud in a freshlight. This endlessly beguiling, suggestive, thought-provokingwriter can be appreciated nowhere more vividly than in "The CaseHistories": "Little Hans", "The Rat Man", "The Wolf Man" and "SomeCharacter Types Met within Psychoanalytic Work".
This collage-like book is an inquiry into the nature of life and of existence itself. Simultaneously philosophical, spiritual, and literary, it pushes the boundaries of this area of thought beyond the strictures of science, religion, and all other forms of ideology. Author Richard Grossinger dazzlingly blends narrative memoir, short science fiction “novels” (the shortest being a mere paragraph), political think pieces, Buddhist screeds, public dialogue via found art, and even dreams to create a bold view of the world and humankind’s precarious place in it.
Review 'A genuine contribution to the problems of moral philosophy. These essays emphasize the essential unity of human beings, and make a plea for an interdisciplinary approach to the study of moral philosophy and moral psychology. It is a welcome antidote to the abstract and general ideas (not to mention the pseudo-technicalities) which bedevil much modern moral philosophy.' - British Book News 'It is a book of superb spirit and style, more entertaining than a work of philosophy has any right to be.' - The Times Literary Supplement 'Midgley is a very friendly and cultured philosopher, always ready to quote Byron or imagine aliens, and like all good philosophy this is interesting and provocative even if one doesn't agree with it.' - The Guardian 'This is not the usual introduction to moral philosophy, but an invitation to think about the issues. Mary Midgley clearly belongs among those who believe that there are facts, facts of human nature, which have to be the starting-point for any
Like the Flowing River is an intimate collection of Paulo Coelho's reflections and short stories, written from 1998 to 2005. These are powerful tales of living and dying, of destiny and choice, of love lost and found. Sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, but always profound, this book, like all of Coelho's work, explores what it means to be truly alive.
Grade 3 Up–While other books on the topic go into more depth on specific sports, athletes, or historical events, none are as enthusiastically broad or as enjoyable to read as this one. And, it's superbly illustrated with colorful, well-chosen, and enticing photographs. Following a foreword from sportscaster Bob Costas, Macy shares her own young Olympic dreams to represent the appeal of the Games and how they have changed over time. She tells of the rebirth of the Olympic movement in the late 1800s, the changing status of female participants, and the triumph of the thousands of "awe-inspiring athletic performances." Different personalities throughout the years emerge; likewise, fair attention is given to some of the controversies and tragedies that have befallen the event. Nary a spread goes by without dynamic photographs and artifacts, both contemporary and historical; some show, and photo galleries present, compilations of diverse athletes competing, excelling, and celebrating. A world map indicating Summe
This collection of writings is famous for giving us the phrase'Freudian slip'. It also builds up a strong social history ofVienna and the middle-class social milieu of Freud and hispatients. Through a series of case histories, some no longer than afew lines long, Freud explores how it is that normal people makeslips of speech, writing, reading and remembering in their everydaylife, and reveals what it is that they betray about the existenceof a sub-text or subliminal motive to our conscious actions. As heexplains, most of these slips tend of be of a relatively anodynenature, but some are a little more sinister, particularly thosewhere pride or thwarted love are concerned...
Meditations(Τ?ε???αυτ?ν,Taeisheauton,literally"thoughts/writingsaddressedtohimself")isaseriesofpersonalwritingsbyMarcusAurelius,RomanEmperor161–180CE,settingforthhisideasonStoicphilosophy.MarcusAureliuswrotethe12booksoftheMeditationsin"highly-educated"KoineGreek[1]asasourceforhisownguidanceandself-improvement.ItispossiblethatlargeportionsoftheworkwerewrittenatSirmium,wherehespentmuchtimeplanningmilitarycampaignsfrom170to180.SomeofitwaswrittenwhilehewaspositionedatAquincumoncampaigninPannonia,becauseinternalnotestellusthatthesecondbookwaswrittenwhenhewascampaigningagainsttheQuadiontheriverGranova(modern-dayHron)andthethirdbookwaswrittenatCarnuntum.Itisnotclearthatheeverintendedthewritingstobepublished,sothetitleMeditationsisbutoneofseveralcommonlyassignedtothecollection.Thesewritingstaketheformofquotationsvaryinginlengthfromonesentencetolongparagraphs.Hisstoicideasofteninvolveavoidingindulgenceinsensoryaffections,askillwhich,hesays,willfreeamanfromthepainsandpleasuresofthematerialworld.Heclaimsthattheo
