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The example of the Greek philosopher Diogenes, who lived "a dog's life," sleeping, teaching, having sex in the public square, sets the tone for this extraordinary, genre-bending memoir. Posing crucial questions about what drives certain individuals to risk physical suffering in the name of freedom, Bite Your Friends also asks what we ourselves might learn from such examples to become braver, more authentic individuals.

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Dive into the profound world of Albert Camus with Camus Dictionary, an enlightening exploration of the essential terms that illuminate Camus's existential philosophy. This comprehensive guide is more than just a dictionary; it's a bridge to understanding one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. Albert Camus, a figure synonymous with the Absurd and Existentialism, left behind a legacy rich in thought-provoking concepts and literary masterpieces. Camus Dictionary meticulously unpacks the language and ideas that define his work.

Este sfârșitul anului 1932. Trei prieteni reuniți la faimoasa cafenea Bec-de-Gaz de pe rue Montparnasse din Paris dezbat aprins în timp ce își sorb cocktailul de caise. Detaliu care, la o primă vedere, ar putea părea o simplă anecdotă, dacă nu ar fi prilejuit nașterea unui sistem filozofic care a marcat istoria intelectuală a secolului XX: existențialismul. Cei trei prieteni sunt Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir și Raymond Aron, iar episodul întâlnirii lor dă tonul acestei admirabile relatări, care ne poartă pe urmele celor mai importanți făuritori de idei filozofice ai veacului trecut.

Julien Offray de la Mettrie (1709 - 1751) war zwar Arzt, jedoch auch philosophisch außerordentlich interessiert. Er war ein Anhänger des hedonistischen Materialismus, beeinflusst unter anderem von Descartes und Locke. Sein berühmtestes Werk ist die Kampfschrift "Der Mensch eine Maschine" ("L'homme machine"), in der er die Willensfreiheit des Menschen als eine bloße Illusion erklärt. Dieses Werk schlug seinerzeit hohe Wellen, wurde in Frankreich verbrannt - und ist noch heute faszinierende Literatur!

If anything, Karl Marx’s life reminds us of the power of the pen over the sword. During his lifetime, he lived in relative obscurity. Rather than making any waves, Marx was usually lucky just to make the rent. And to make the ongoing hardship of his life even worse, Karl Marx was afflicted with boils from the top of his head to the soles of his feet. But his pen would indeed demonstrate its power, and by the time 70-some years had passed since his demise, one-third of the entire planet would be living under regimes based upon his ideology.

This is the second of three volumes of posthumously collected writings of G. A. Cohen, who was one of the leading, and most progressive, figures in contemporary political philosophy. This volume brings together some of Cohen's most personal philosophical and nonphilosophical essays, many of them previously unpublished. Rich in first-person narration, insight, and humor, these pieces vividly demonstrate why Thomas Nagel described Cohen as a "wonderful raconteur".

Lorsque l'on évoque René Descartes, viennent spontanément à l'esprit l'adjectif « cartésien » et la formule « Je pense, donc je suis ». Réduite à une exaltation de la seule raison, sa pensée est pourtant souvent simplifiée à l'excès. Cet ouvrage propose de dépasser ces lectures convenues en restituant la richesse et la complexité de son œuvre, où la méthode s'articule étroitement avec l'intuition et l'expérience du doute.

Seneca három Vigasztalása , consolációja az ókori vigasztalásirodalom legérettebb alkotása. Az első egy asszonyhoz szól, aki elvesztette fiát, a második az író egy barátjához, aki testvérét siratja, a harmadikat pedig édesanyjához írta Seneca korzikai száműzetéséből. E műfaj elméletét Ciceró foglalta össze tömören: a vigasztalás első eszköze bebizonyítani, hogy nincs rossz, s ha van, nem jelentékeny; a második, rámutatni, hogy minden bánat és gyász az élet törvénye; a harmadik, bebizonyítani, hogy értelmetlen elemészteni magunkat a bánatban, holott világosan tudjuk, hogy nincs ellene orvosság.

Moses Ben Maimon, frequently called Maimonides, was a medieval philosopher who revolutionized thinking about ethics, reason, and the Jewish Torah through his emphasis on reason and evidence. His works were broadly accepted by the Sephardi Jewish community and spread across the medieval world. St. Thomas Aquinas is known as one of the most important medieval philosophers and in many respects a harbinger of the Renaissance that began to flourish across Europe in the centuries that followed his life.

Ayn Rand and her philosophical school, Objectivism, have had a considerable influence upon American popular culture, yet the true story of her life and work has yet to be told. In this book, Jeff Walker debunks the cult-like following that developed around the author of the classics Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead - a cult that persists even today.

'The book we needed - about the man we need.' - Arun Shourie, Economist, journalist, author and politician, winner of the, Ramon Magsaysay Award 'This is a stunning book ... Avik Chanda makes Dara Shukoh, the man, come alive and, in an engaging way, makes history come alive too.' - Bibek Debroy...

Socrates has been hiding in plain sight. We call him the father of Western philosophy, but what exactly are his philosophical views? He is famous for his humility, but readers often find him arrogant and condescending. We parrot his claim that “the unexamined life is not worth living,” yet take no steps to live examined ones. In Open Socrates, acclaimed philosopher Agnes Callard recovers the radical move at the center of Socrates’ thought, and shows why it is still the way to a good life.

"The others form the human being, I depict him; and here I present an individual who is quite poorly formed and whom I would certainly make largely differently if I had to reshape him. But now that's the way he is." This phrase from the famous essays of Michel de Montaigne outlines the character of the author and his work. Montaigne wrote his essays not from a position of certainty but from an awareness of his inadequacy. He thus reveals a level of critical self-reflection that, before his time, was rarely put on paper.

"Ecce Homo: Cómo se llega a ser lo que se es", es una obra autobiográfica del propio Nietzsche, escrita en 1888, poco antes de su colapso mental. En este texto, Nietzsche reflexiona sobre su vida, su filosofía y el significado de sus obras. La obra está compuesta por varios capítulos, cada uno dedicado a un aspecto de su vida o a sus libros principales. Es un texto tanto de autoanálisis como de autopromoción, en el que Nietzsche utiliza un tono irónico, provocador y a veces mesiánico. En el prólogo Nietzsche plantea la pregunta "¿Cómo se llega a ser lo que se es?

Bertrand Russell (May 18, 1872-February 2, 1970) was born in Monmouthshire, into one of the most prominent aristocratic families in Britain. Russell was a philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, prominent anti-war activist, and an outspoken opponent of nuclear weapons. In 1950, Russell was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The following recording is from a 1952 tv interview conducted at Russell's home in Surrey, England.

En août 1943, une femme de ménage londonienne dépose un petit bouquet de fleurs bleues, blanches et rouges sur le cercueil d’une autre femme, une humaniste : Simone Weil. Rare philosophe à avoir cherché à comprendre la vie des travailleurs, cette figure atypique et militante est dépositaire d’un or pur : l’unité de pensée et de vie. Son œuvre est nourriture pour l’âme, festin amoureux pour l’esprit. Simone Weil dérange, inspire et guide tous les chercheurs de vérité et de justice.

I finished my first book, Multiple Sclerosis: A Blessing in Disguise, around the end of 1998. At that time, I was going through a lot of issues that I thought were very important to me. That book told of my discovery, my eventual acceptance of the illness, and how I dealt with what was happening to me. Like anybody else who is faced with the burden of discovery, I had a lot of questions that I felt I really needed to answer, but I never sought to answer why this had happened to me.

Jean-Paul Sartre - Denker und eigenwilliger Rebell. Der erfahrene Autor und Herausgeber Bert Alexander Petzold nimmt uns mit auf eine faktenreiche Kulturreise und erläutert verständlich, unterhaltsam und strukturiert Basiswissen zum großen Existenzialisten Jean-Paul Sartre. Der französische Schriftsteller und Philosoph Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (1905-1980) wird in Paris geboren. Dort studiert er Psychologie, Philosophie und Soziologie und erhält 1929 eine Lehrberechtigung für Philosophie. Seine Freundschaft mit Simone de Beauvoir beginnt, beide werden ein legendäres Paar.

Pocos se atreverían a afirmar que Platón sea el único padre de la filosofía, pero eso es lo que se defiende en este libro, siguiendo la línea del filósofo inglés Alfred North Whitehead cuando afirmó que «la historia de la filosofía occidental no es más que una serie de notas al pie de página de Platón».