Жанр "Философия. Религия"

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

A profound examination of the nature of happiness by one of the giants of ancient Greek philosophy

In The Nicomachean Ethics,...

In the course of a lively drinking party, a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on eros, or desire. From their...

Beyond Good and Evil confirmed Nietzsche's position as the towering European philosopher of his age. The work dramatically...

Exploring the question of what exactly makes good people good, Protagoras and Meno are two of the most enjoyable and accessible...

The works collected in this volume form the true foundation of Western philosophy - the base upon which Plato and Aristotle and...

Lucretius' poem On the Nature of Things combines a scientific and philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry ever...

While Buddhism has no central text such as the Bible or the Koran, there is a powerful body of scripture from across Asia that...

One of the foundation-stones of modern philosophy, Rene Descartes' Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings is translated from...

This is the second of a new two-volume edition of the works of Descartes in Penguin Classics. This volume is designed for...

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...

Aristotle's probing inquiry into some of the fundamental problems of philosophy, The Metaphysics is one of the classical Greek...

Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly responsible for popularising the...

In these two devastating late works, Nietzsche offers a powerful attack on the morality and the beliefs of his...

With the emergence of democracy in the city-state of Athens in the years around 460 BC, public speaking became an essential skill...

For the Pre-Socratic philosophers the soul was the source of movement and sensation, while for Plato it was the seat of being,...

In A Discourse on Inequality Rousseau sets out to demonstrate how the growth of civilization corrupts man’s natural happiness and...

Few figures in intellectual history have proved as notorious and ambiguous as Niccolo Machiavelli. But while his treatise The...

'The Master said, "If a man sets his heart on benevolence, he will be free from evil"'

The Analects are a collection of...

The literary career of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) spanned less than twenty years, but no area of intellectual inquiry was...

Rene Descartes was a central figure in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. In his Discourse on Method he...

'Have little thought of self and as few desires as possible'

Whether or not Lao Tzu was a historical figure is uncertain, but...

Edmund Burke was one of the foremost philosophers of the eighteenth century and wrote widely on aesthetics, politics and society....

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

Published shortly after...

Barely acknowledged in his lifetime, the New Science of Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) is an astonishingly perceptive and...

In An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, first published in 1690, John Locke (1632-1704) provides a complete account of how we...

Nietzsche's first published book, The Birth of Tragedy is a compelling argument for the necessity of art in life

This landmark...

No philosopher has held a higher opinion of art than Hegel, yet nor was any so profoundly pessimistic about its prospects -...

One of the greatest British philosophers, Bishop Berkeley (1685-1753) was the founder of the influential doctrine of...