599円 Is genius a freak event of nature or is it something we can develop for ourselves? We live in a world where genius is rare. Every now and then, the world is blessed with a genius. Sometimes they are listened to, and mankind reaps the rewards of their great intelligence and insight. But what if......

534円 Indice Parte I La filosofia è la vita, vol. 1 Aforismi Parte II La filosofia è la vita, vol. II IL POTERE, L'INDIVIDUO E TU IL VALORE DI QUELLO CHE FAI Nessun può diventare uomo (o dio) al posto tuo Opinione e comportamento Osservazioni sul coraggio Uomo, divieni quello che sei Parte III La filos...

6,134円 In this invaluable book, Tim Lewens shows in a clear and accessible manner how important Darwin is for philosophy and how his work has shaped and challenged the very nature of the subject. Beginning with an overview of Darwin’s life and work, the subsequent chapters discuss the full range of fund...

10,943円 The central theme of this collection of essays, first published in 1978, is the basic tension in Nietzsche, and so in his work, between the urge to weave a satisfying web out of reality and the equally strong compulsion to expose its painful truths. The book aims to stress, not to play down, the ...

9,616円 Property Rights: Philosophic Foundations, first published in 1977, comprehensively examines the general justifications for systems of private property rights, and discusses with great clarity the major arguments as to the rights and responsibilities of property ownership. In particular, the argum...

669円 Este é o meu segundo livro, mais uma coletânea de textos focados no Futuro do Ser Humano. Desta vez com o desígnio de Despertar no Leitor a Consciência de matérias Futuras essenciais à vida do Homem e a um relacionamento com Valor em Sociedade. Gostaria de lhe recordar que o seu ‘Despertar’ é fun...

1,126円 Every day we seem to make and act upon all kinds of free choices - some of them trivial, and some so consequential that they may change the course of our life, or even the course of history. But are these choices really free? Or are we compelled to act the way we do by factors beyond our control?...

2,334円 Kafka’s aphorisms are fascinating glimpses into the lure and the enigma of the form itself. • From the acclaimed author of The Metamorphosis and The Trialーand one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century. The aphorism eludes definition: it can appear to be a random jotting or a mor...

12,103円 Against jurisprudential reductions of Spinoza’s thinking to a kind of eccentric version of Hobbes, this book argues that Spinoza’s theory of natural right contains an important idea of absolute freedom, which would be inconceivable within Hobbes’ own schema. Spinoza famously thought that the univ...

794円 Poverty is not accident, but design. We are not all equal before the law. And the central message of contemporary ethics is that only some people matter. Expanding on work described as “crucial” and “very fine and provocative” by the Editor of The Oxford Handbook of Free Will, author James Miles ...

496円 The Symposium is a philosophical work by Plato dated c. 385â 370 BC. It concerns itself at one level with the genesis, purpose and nature of love, and (in latter-day interpretations) is the origin of the concept of Platonic love. Love is examined in a sequence of speeches by gentlemen attending ...

1,122円 This antiquarian volume contains an essay by Arnold Bennett on the subject of mental efficiency. This text is typical of the numerous self-improvement essays and books that Bennett wrote alongside his famous fiction work, and it is a text that, although old, still contains much that will amuse an...