Leibniz: Philosophical Essays (Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm)(Paperback / softback)

Discourse on Metaphysics and Other Essays (Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm)(Paperback / softback)

Leibniz: A Very Short Introduction (Antognazza Maria Rosa)(Paperback)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) was a man of extraordinary intellectual creativity who lived an exceptionally rich and varied intellectual life in troubled times. More than anything else, he was a man who wanted to improve the life of his fellow human beings through the advancement of all the

Korespondence - Stephen Clarke, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Polemická korespondence mezi německým polyhistorem G. W. Leibnizem a anglickým teologem, fyzikem a Newtonovým žákem S. Clarkem, která se rozvinula ve druhém desetiletí 18. století, patří k vůbec nejznámějším a nejvlivnějším korespondenčním výměnám v dějinách evropského

Pacidus Philalethi - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Pacidius Philalethi je filosofický dialog 'pojednávající o povaze změny a kontinua, nakolik jsou přítomné v pohybu' složený more socratico v říjnu 1976 během plavby z Anglie do Holandska, na samém konci Leibnizových pařížských let. Mezi epochálními objevy diferenciálního

Metafyzická rozprava / Discours de métaphysique - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Metafyzická rozprava byla sepsána v zimě 1685-1686, kdy Leibniz sloužil již desátým rokem u hannoverského dvoru, nejprve jako knihovník a pak také jako osobní poradce lankraběte Ernsta Augusta. Podle Leibnize je spisek výsledkem dlouhodobého přemítání - a vskutku lze říci, že

THEODICEA - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Studie o dobrotě Boha, svobodě člověka a o původu zla. Klasické dílo německého filosofa obhajuje myšlenku, že náš svět je nejlepší ze všech možných světů, proti mínění P. Bayla a jiných, že existence zla na světě je neslučitelná s pojmem Boží dobroty

Texty k metafyzice, ontologii a přírodní filosofii - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Předložený výbor, který z francouzských a latinských originálů přeložil a úvodními poznámkami opatřil Jan Palkoska, nabízí reprezentativní průřez těmi z Leibnizových filosofických textů, které lze považovat za zásadní pro náležité porozumění jak základům, tak i

Quicksilver (Stephenson Neal)(Paperback / softback)

Including a cast of characters such as Newton, Leibniz, Christopher Wren, Charles II, Cromwell and the young Benjamin Franklin, this book shows the ability to get inside a place and time; and

Leibniz: An Intellectual Biography (Antognazza Maria Rosa)(Paperback)

Of all the thinkers of the century of genius that inaugurated modern philosophy, none lived an intellectual life more rich and varied than Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716). Trained as a jurist and employed as a counsellor, librarian, and historian, he made famous contributions to logic,

Ideas That Created the Future: Classic Papers of Computer Science (Lewis Harry R.)(Paperback)

Classic papers by thinkers ranging from from Aristotle and Leibniz to Norbert Wiener and Gordon Moore that chart the evolution of computer science. Ideas That Created the Future collects forty-six classic papers in computer science that map the evolution of the field. It covers all aspects of

The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing, Third Edition (Davis Martin)(Paperback)

The breathtakingly rapid pace of change in computing makes it easy to overlook the pioneers who began it all. The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing explores the fascinating lives, ideas, and discoveries of seven remarkable mathematicians. It tells the stories of the unsung heroes

Philosophical Essays: From Ancient Creed to Technological Man (Jonas Hans)(Paperback)

Philosophical Essays is a pivotal volume in the collected works of Hans Jonas (1903-1993), one of most important German-American philosophers of the last half of the 20th century. Of the four books published in English during his lifetime, it is the only one to include contributions from his three

Potentialities: Collected Essays (Agamben Giorgio)(Paperback)

This book collects fifteen major philosophical essays written over a period of more than twenty years by acclaimed Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben. The volume opens with an introduction in which the editor situates Agamben's work with respect to both the history of philosophy and contemporary

Hegel: A Biography (Pinkard Terry)(Paperback)

One of the founders of modern philosophical thought Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) has gained the reputation of being one of the most abstruse and impenetrable of thinkers. This first major biography of Hegel in English offers not only a complete, up-to-date account of the life, but also

Wilhelmina Barnes-Graham (Button Virginia)(Paperback / softback)

Another Philosophy of History and Selected Political Writings (Herder Johann Gottfried)(Paperback / softback)

Function of the Orgasm (Reich Wilhelm)(Paperback / softback)

Ein Regenschirm fur diesen Tag (Genazino Wilhelm)(Paperback / softback)

Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and No One (Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm)(Paperback)

Friedrich Nietzsche's most accessible and influential philosophical work, misquoted, misrepresented, brilliantly original and enormously influential Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary and subversive thinkers in Western philosophy, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra remains his most famous and

Nietzsche: Untimely Meditations (Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm)(Paperback)

The four early essays in Untimely Meditations are key documents for understanding the development of Nietzsche's thought and clearly anticipate many of his later writings. They deal with such broad topics as the relationship between popular and genuine culture, strategies for cultural reform, the

Philosophical and Theological Writings (Rosenzweig Franz)(Paperback / softback)

Bacon: Selected Philosophical Works (Bacon Francis)(Paperback / softback)

Friedrich Hoelderlin's Life, Poetry and Madness (Waiblinger Wilhelm)(Paperback / softback)

The Cambridge Companion to Hume (Norton David Fate)(Paperback)

Each Cambridge Companion to a philosophical figure is made up of specially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars, providing students and non-specialists with an introduction to a major philosopher. The series aims to dispel the intimidation that readers may feel when faced with