3,640円 Any state exists only for the benefit of human beings.  This basic tenet of Edith Stein's political thought rests on her conviction that humanity is fundamentally one community, precious beyond measure.  Differences of race, culture, and language offer us means to grasp the values of li...

836円 Fabulous wealth, literary fame, exile, an amazing come back to the height of political power and a tragic ending – the life of Lucius Annaeus Seneca - aka Seneca the Younger or simply Seneca – is one of the great untold stories of Ancient Rome. In The Stoic, Francis Holland presents a riveting po...

1,657円 The objective of this book is to introduce a new theory of leadership. Traditionally, leadership is understood as the ability of charismatic personalities to create a following and to achieve significant results against great odds. This study takes a different point of departure.Author Armin Kles...

14,939円 Something is subject to luck if it is beyond our control. In this book, Haji shows that luck detrimentally affects both moral obligation and moral responsibility. He argues that factors influencing the way we are, together with considerations that link motivation and ability to perform intentiona...

14,939円 Our Fate is a collection of John Martin Fischer's previously published articles on the relationship between God's foreknowledge and human freedom. The book contains a new introductory essay that places all of the chapters in the book into a cohesive framework. The introductory essay also provides...

496円 “True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.” - Lucius Annaeus Seneca. De Vita Beata or On the Happy Life is a dialogue written by Seneca the Younger around the year 58 AD. It was intended for his older brother Gallio, to whom Seneca also dedicated his d...

1,657円 “Not what we have but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.” - Epicurus. Epicurus posited a materialistic physics, in which pleasure, by which he meant freedom from pain, is the highest good. Serenity, the harmony of mind and body, is best achieved, through virtue and simple living. In additi...

1,657円 “True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.” - Socrates. Two centuries before the Stoics lived The Sophists, star philosophers who roamed Athens during the fifth century B.C. commanding large fees for speaking and private lessons. They offered practical education, speculation on the ...

4,227円 In 1687 Isaac Newton ushered in a new scientific era in which laws of nature could be used to predict the movements of matter with almost perfect precision. Newton's physics also posed a profound challenge to our self-understanding, however, for the very same laws that keep airplanes in the air a...

0円 Waking Up is a brief essay by Matt Schmitz of the Altrusian Grace blog, addressing the issue of becoming aware of the illusory nature of reality and the "matrix"-like systems of control to which we are indoctrinated into.

1,300円 Der Orgelkünstler Albert Schweitzer konnte auch in seinem Leben verschiedene Register ziehen: Er war bedeutender Theologe, engagierter Urwalddoktor, Bestseller-Autor und Philosoph der Ehrfurcht vor dem Leben. Nils Ole Oermann zeichnet auf der Grundlage bisher unbekannter Quellen ein neues Bild vo...

1,300円 Gibt es zu der modernen Denkform, der zufolge in allem vom Menschen auszugehen und alles auf den Menschen zurückzuführen ist, tatsächlich keine Alternative, oder ist es an der Zeit, über sie hinauszugehen? Kann der Mensch die Welt erkennen, wie sie ist, oder kann er sich nur eine menschlich gedeu...