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1) The Ethics
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"Ethics" is the most famous work of Benedict de Spinoza, who is considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy. Spinoza was born of Jewish and Portuguese ancestry in 1632 and lived a simple life in Amsterdam as an optical lens grinder. His greatest fame came about when "Ethics," a collection of several of his philosophical works, was published anonymously by his close friends in 1677 shortly after Spinoza's untimely death at age...
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L'influence exercée par la lecture de Hobbes (1588-1679) sur la pensée de Leibniz (1646-1716) est attestée par le philosophe allemand lui-même, qui déclare à son aîné, alors qu'il n'a que 24 ans : « Je crois avoir lu la plupart de vos œuvres publiées tantt séparément, tantt rassemblées, et je prétends en avoir tiré profit comme peu d'autres en notre siècle. » À notre connaissance, Leibniz n'en dira jamais autant d'un autre de...
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Plato said over 2,500 years ago that "an unexamined life for a man is not worth living." To examine one's life, on a regular basis, cannot but lead to a consideration of virtue, which in turn leads to a search for the Good, which both Plato and Plotinus say all men naturally seek. What we call a good informs the value system we live by, but a good can only reflect the Good, if it is good for our soul and the soul of our neighbor, any more than we...
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Under the patronage of the Medici family, Marsilio Ficino translated into Latin and commentated on the meaning and implications of key works by Plat-including 25 of Plat's dialogues and 12 letters ascribed to the philosopher. The 40 concise articles in this collection comprise the first English translation of Ficin's works and provide an insightful glimpse into the philosophy that contributed to the Renaissance.
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El libro es una investigación sobre un aspecto poco difundido de la obra científica del filósofo René Descartes: la presencia de imágenes en sus tratados. Los estudiosos de su obra han omitido este particular: prácticamente no se ha dicho nada sobre ellas en casi 400 años.
Las imágenes son utilizadas como ejemplos para las nuevas demostraciones que el filósofo propone, y este libro expone la complejidad de las referencias visuales que están...
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Aristotle (384 BC–322 BC) was an important Greek philosopher. One of the most influential thinkers in Western culture, he was a disciple of the philosopher Plato. Aristotle developed an entire philosophical system in which he pondered on virtually all existing subjects, such as geometry, physics, metaphysics, botany, zoology, astronomy, medicine, psychology, ethics, drama, poetry, rhetoric, mathematics, and logic. Being one of the oldest and most...
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El diario íntimo del gobernante estoico más famoso de la Antigüedad.
Tienes entre manos un libro que vale su peso en oro. Es el libro que escribió Marco Aurelio, el hombre más poderoso y sabio de su tiempo. El que influyó en Felipe ii de España, Federico ii de Prusia, Catalina II de Rusia o George Washington. El que inspiró el ascetismo cristiano, influyó en la Ilustración europea y condicionó la filosofía contemporánea a través del...
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Western philosophy which is the philosophical thought of the western world is divided into four main sections; Ancient, Medieval, Modern and Contemporary. Each period have done a great impact towards the development of western philosophical thought. There are clear link of influence of greek throughout the western philosophy because it was a highly intellectual period. However, when it comes to medieval philosophy, there was a suppression of thought....
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The Future of the World Is Open examines the work and thought of three prominent Italian feminist philosophers, Lea Melandri, Luisa Muraro, and Adriana Cavarero, as it delves into the significant experiences that shaped them, highlighting their converging and diverging positions. Also appearing here for the first time in English translation are three essays by renowned author, journalist, and political figure Rossana Rossanda. Rossanda's essays offer...
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Offering, for the first time, a full historicized accounting of philosophical archaeology, Ido Govrin delineates how this overarching method of historical inquiry has today become associated, to a large extent, with the work of Giorgio Agamben-and how it constitutes Agamben's philosophy of history in particular. As befits a book situated at an intellectual crossroads that brings together a range of discourses-philosophy, history, aesthetics, theology...
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Este libro pretende examinar algunas de las polémicas más cruentas de Friedrich Nietzsche en relación a temas tan apremiantes de la moral contemporánea como son la configuración actual del hombre medio, el nihilismo como un hábito adquirido en los comportamientos morales del occidente, la crítica de los valores morales según su procedencia histórica, la trascendencia y el significado de la "muerte de Dios" en cada uno de los ámbitos de la...
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In these boldly original studies, Heidegger's thought is carried critically and constructively beyond its original limitations, re-presenting his project in terms of an emerging body of understanding, making sense of this project not only in its historical, cultural significance but also in its bearing on the emergence of future possibilities. Continuing Heidegger's commitment to a way of thinking that is formed from reflectively lived experience,...
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A partir de las raíces fenomenológicas que introdujeron en esta corriente filosófica el problema del cuerpo y la constitución del mundo, el autor se aboca al estudio de lo que fuera la tesis doctoral de Ricoeur (Filosofía de la voluntad I), y sus primeras consideraciones sobre la relación entre carne y conciencia. Desde allí, elabora líneas de reflexión que recuperan la evolución de la relación cuerpo-naturaleza en las subsiguientes obras...
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The human being stands at the center of the humanities and social sciences. In an age that some have dubbed the Anthropocene, this book addresses Heidegger's conception of the human being and its role in the world. Contributors discuss how Heidegger envisages and interprets the human being and what we can learn from his thought. Pluralistic in outlook, this volume covers a broad range of divergent views on Heidegger and his complex conception of the...
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Sofía es una adolescente de diecisiete años, no entiende
muy bien qué le sucede y ha intentado evitarse. Es
hija de una profesora de filosofía y, de alguna manera,
siempre ha tenido una relación con esta, pero la ha
esquivado por creer que con ello perpetúa el camino
(y el destino) de su madre. Un día, sumida en muchas
dudas en cuanto a su existencia—aquellas cuestiones
propias de la adolescencia—y a punto de entrar en una
depresión profunda,...
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In the early 1950s, German philosopher Martin Heidegger proclaimed the Austrian expressionist Georg Trakl to be the poet of his generation and of the hidden Occident. Trakl, a guilt-ridden lyricist who died of a cocaine overdose in the early days of World War I, thus became for Heidegger a redemptive successor to Hölderlin. Drawing on Derrida's “Geschlecht” series and substantial archival research, “Dialogue on the Threshold” explores the...
20) Antígona
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"Antígona contra las injustas leyes del Estado. Antígona defendiendo las leyes del corazón. Antígona frente a la ceguera complaciente. Antígona combatiendo el patriarcado. Son muchas y muy diversas las lecturas que se han hecho del clásico de Sófocles, de Platón a Judith Butler, pasando por Hegel o Kierkegaard. Ahora bien, nadie hasta hoy se había atrevido a reescribir Antígona como lo ha hecho Slavoj Žižek, con la declarada intención...
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