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Weltschmerz is a study of the pessimism that dominated German philosophy in the second half of the nineteenth century. Pessimism was essentially the theory that life is not worth living. This theory was introduced into German philosophy by Schopenhauer, whose philosophy...
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OUP Oxford
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2016-04-28
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In her essay collection First, Second, and Other Selves: Essays on Friendship and Personal Identity, well-known scholar of ancient philosophy Jennifer Whiting gathers her previously published essays taking Aristotle's theories on friendship as a springboard to engage...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-04-26
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Allen W. Wood presents the first book-length systematic exposition in English of Fichte's most important ethical work, the System of Ethics (1798). He places this work in the context of Fichte's life and career, of his philosophical system as conceived in the later Jena...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-04-22
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This coursebook addresses key presocratics from Heraclitus to the sophists, who stand at the origin of philosophy as cornerstone of European spirituality. Readers might find that already at this point we encounter timeless and actual questions concerning the human...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-04-22
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The coursebook presents Plato and Aristotle as the two most significant and groundbreaking thinkers of European thought from the era of classical Greek philosophy.The author provides prefatory orientation in the labyrinth of their complex thought and sketches their...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-04-22
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Allen W. Wood presents the first book-length systematic exposition in English of Fichte's most important ethical work, the System of Ethics (1798). He places this work in the context of Fichte's life and career, of his philosophical system as conceived in the later Jena...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-04-21
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Desmond M. Clarke presents a thematic history of French philosophy from the middle of the sixteenth century to the beginning of Louis XIV's reign. While the traditional philosophy of the schools was taught throughout this period by authors who have faded into permanent...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-04-15
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The book deals with martyrdom understood as a philosophical category.The main question pertains to the evidential value of the Christian witness through death.The author approaches an answer through a philosophical interpretation of the belief in the evidential role of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-04-15
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Desmond M. Clarke presents a thematic history of French philosophy from the middle of the sixteenth century to the beginning of Louis XIV's reign. While the traditional philosophy of the schools was taught throughout this period by authors who have faded into permanent...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-04-14
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Kenneth R. Westphal presents an original interpretation of Hume's and Kant's moral philosophies, the differences between which are prominent in current philosophical accounts. Westphal argues that focussing on these differences, however, occludes a decisive, shared...
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Clarendon Press
Parution :
2016-04-08
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Kenneth R. Westphal presents an original interpretation of Hume's and Kant's moral philosophies, the differences between which are prominent in current philosophical accounts. Westphal argues that focussing on these differences, however, occludes a decisive, shared...
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Clarendon Press
Parution :
2016-04-07
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Offering an original perspective on the central project of Descartes' Meditations, this book argues that Descartes' free will theodicy is crucial to his refutation of skepticism.
A common thread runs through Descartes' radical First Meditation doubts, his Fourth...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-04-01
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This book investigates Hegel’s interpretation of the mystical philosophy of Jakob Böhme (1575-1624), considered in the context of the reception of Böhme in the 18th and 19th centuries, and of Hegel’s own understanding of mysticism as a philosophical approach. The three...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-03-31
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'All teaching and all intellectual learning come to be from pre-existing knowledge.' So begins Aristotle's Posterior Analytics, one of the most important, and difficult, works in the history of western philosophy. David Bronstein sheds new light on this challenging text...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-03-25
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This original book enters the undeveloped territory of feminist metaphysics and offers a bold and unusual contribution to debates about identity, essence and self. Using a diverse range of theories - from Kant to chaos theory, from Kierkegaard to Deleuze, Irigaray,...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2016-03-21
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Bayle, Jurieu and the Dictionnaire Historique et Critique presents a new study of Pierre Bayle's Dictionnaire Historique et Critique (1696), with special reference to Bayle's polemical engagement with the theologian Pierre Jurieu. While recent years have seen a surge of...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-03-17
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Kann man das 17. und 18. Jahrhundert unter die kulturgeschichtlichen Oberbegriffe Rationalismus bzw. Aufklärung subsumieren, so ist das für die Philosophie des 19. Jahrhunderts nicht mehr möglich. Stattdessen liegt eine Disparatheit der Denkhorizonte vor, die als...
Editeur :
J.B. Metzler
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2016-03-14
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The Oxford Handbook of Hobbes collects twenty-six newly commissioned, original chapters on the philosophy of the English thinker Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679). Best known today for his important influence on political philosophy, Hobbes was in fact a wide and deep thinker...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-03-07
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Within Citizenship for the Learning Society, the governance of the learning citizen is mapped in relation to European educational and cultural policy. Prevalent notions of voice and narrative - in policy and in educational research - are analysed in relation to Europe’s...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2016-03-02
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Journal of Philosophy of Education
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Alfred
von Martins "Soziologie der Renaissance“ gehört zu den großen Leistungen
der deutschen Kultursoziologie in der Nachfolge Burckhardts, Sombarts, Max
Webers und Mannheims. Am Beispiel des florentinischen Renaissance-Kapitalismus
analysiert von Martin die ersten...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2016-02-26
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