Жанр "Философия. Религия"

In the third in a new series of short, provoking books of original philosophy, acclaimed thinker Barry Dainton takes us through...

Isaiah Berlin was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century - an activist of the intellect who marshalled...

'When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved,...

'One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brief space of time, make a man...

So the only question is: do animals other than man suffer?

One of the great moral philosophers of the modern age, Peter Singer...

One of the most inspiring thinkers of our age, the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics transforms the way we...

A funny, wise guide to the art of thinking, and why the smallest people have the answers to the biggest questions

'Anyone can...

When did humans develop spiritual thought? What is religion's evolutionary purpose? And in our increasingly secular world, why...

A key work of ancient Chinese philosophy is brought back to life in Ian Johnston's compelling, definitive translation

Very...

This epoch-making book cuts through confused thinking and forces us to re-examine many cherished ideas about knowledge,...

Created by the seventeenth-century philosopher and mathematician Pascal, the essays contained in Human Happiness are a curiously...

This landmark work challenges the separatist doctrines which have come to dominate our understanding of the world. Appiah revives...

This fresh and brilliant history of how philosophy became established in English presents a new form of philosophical...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

Mencius was one of the great philosophers of ancient China, second only in influence to Confucius, whose teachings he defended...

A major writer and a leading figure in the public life of Rome, Seneca (c. 4BC-AD 65) ranks among the most eloquent and...

One of the central texts of the Middle Ages, The Golden Legend deeply influenced the imagery of poetry, painting and stained...

'The noblest and most lovable of the great philosophers ... ethically he is supreme' Bertrand Russell

Published shortly after...

Wagner was one of the few major composers who studied philosophy seriously. Bryan Magee places the composer's artistic...

Daniel C. Dennett's Freedom Evolves tackles the most important question of human existence - is there really such a thing as free...

The path to achieving Zen (a balance between the body and the mind) is brilliantly explained by Professor Eugen Herrigel in this...

'Wealth and poverty; the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of...

''Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt. "
First written during the sixth...

Rene Descartes (1569-1650), the 'father' of modern philosophy, is without doubt one of the greatest thinkers in history: his...

From the internationally bestselling author of Zealot comes a fascinating, provocative and meticulously researched history of...

Little Lien wasn't taken from her Jewish parents in the Hague - she was given away in the hope that she might be saved. Hidden...

Андренов Н.Б. - писатель, ученый, методолог и публицист. На данное время написал около 250 научных и методологических работ, из...

Translated by Yuan Shibing and J.J.L.Duyvendak. With introductions by Robert Wilkinson. The two political classics in this book...

Philosophers are familiar with the words of Bertrand Russell, that philosophy takes neutral field between science and theology....

The quote from Karl Marx taken out to the headline treats a person as a rational being realizing the being as a whole and...