Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus: From the Great Philosophers, Volume I (Jaspers Karl)(Paperback)

Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus: From the Great Philosophers, Volume I (Jaspers Karl)(Paperback)

A part of Jaspers s planned universal history of philosophy, focusing on the four paradigmatic individuals who have exerted a historical influence of incomparable scope and depth. Edited by Hannah Arendt; Index. Translated by Ralph

General Psychopathology, 2 (Jaspers Karl)(Paperback)

In 1910, Karl Jaspers wrote a seminal essay on morbid jealousy in which he laid the foundation for the psychopathological phenomenology that through his work and the work of Hans Gruhle and Kurt Schneider, among others, would become the hallmark of the Heidelberg school of psychiatry. In General

The Origin and Goal of History (Jaspers Karl)(Paperback)

Karl Jaspers (1883-1969) was a German psychiatrist and philosopher and one of the most original European thinkers of the twentieth century. As a major exponent of existentialism in Germany, he had a strong influence on modern theology, psychiatry and philosophy. He was Hannah Arendt's supervisor

The Great Philosophers: An Introduction to Western Philosophy (Magee Bryan)(Paperback)

Beginning with the death of Socrates in 399 BC, and following the strand of philosophical inquiry through the centuries to recent figures such as Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein, Bryan Magee's conversations with fifteen contemporary writers and philosophers provide an accessible and exciting

The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers (Weiner Eric)(Paperback)

The New York Times bestselling author of The Geography of Bliss embarks on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history's greatest thinkers and showing us how each--from Epicurus to Gandhi, Thoreau to Beauvoir--offers practical and spiritual lessons for today's unsettled

Jesus, Buddha, Krishna, & Lao Tzu: The Parallel Sayings (Hooper Richard)(Paperback)

In this fascinating volume, theologian and philosopher Richard Hooper reveals the common spiritual threads of the world's great religious traditions.Hooper organizes hundreds of sayings attributed to Jesus, Buddha, Krishna and Lao Tzu thematically and assembles these parallel sayings into four

The Cynic Philosophers: From Diogenes to Julian (Various)(Paperback)

A unique new volume illuminating the philosophy of the ancient Greek and Roman Cynics The Greek Cynics owned no property and rejected fame and fortune, living almost entirely out of doors while surviving on wild plants and water from natural springs. They promoted ideals such as self-sufficiency,

From Socrates to Sartre: The Philosophic Quest (Lavine T. Z.)(Mass Market Paperbound)

A challenging new look at the great thinkers whose ides have shaped our civilizationFrom Socrates to Sartre presents a rousing and readable introduction to the lives, and times of the great philosophers. This thought-provoking book takes us from the inception of Western society in Plato's Athens to

100 Philosophers - The Wisdom of the World's Great Thinkers (Levene Lesley)(Pevná vazba)

A definitive treasury of philosophers from around the world, from ancient times to the modern day. A must-read for anyone wanting answers to the most important questions, from those that have dared to ask them. This essential introduction to world philosophy contains the most noted quotations from

The Classics of Marxism: Volume Two (Marx Karl)(Paperback)

Following the great success of the first volume of the Classics of Marxism, a second volume is now published with five more important works. Wage Labour and Capital Karl Marx's Wage Labour and Capital contains many important insights into the workings of the capitalist system and the way in which

Philosophy of Existence (Jaspers Karl)(Paperback)

Philosophy of Existence was first presented to the public as a series of lectures invited by The German Academy of Frankfurt. In preparing these lectures Jaspers, whom the Nazis had already dismissed from his professorship at Heidelberg, knew that he was speaking in Germany for the last time

A Companion to Ethics (Singer Peter)(Paperback)

In this volume, some of today's most distinguished philosophers survey the whole field of ethics, from its origins, through the great ethical traditions, to theories of how we ought to live, arguments about specific ethical issues, and the nature of ethics itself. The book can be read straight

Dying for Ideas: The Dangerous Lives of the Philosophers (Bradatan Costica)(Paperback)

What do Socrates, Hypatia, Giordano Bruno, Thomas More, and Jan Patocka have in common? First, they were all faced one day with the most difficult of choices: stay faithful to your ideas and die or renounce them and stay alive. Second, they all chose to die. Their spectacular deaths have become not

End - My Struggle Book 6 (Knausgaard Karl Ove)(Paperback / softback)

From the international phenomenon Karl Ove Knausgaard, the extraordinary final volume of `the most significant literary enterprise of our times' (Guardian) In this final novel in the My Struggle cycle, Karl Ove Knausgaard examines life, death, love and literature with unsparing rigour and begins to

My Struggle, Book 5: Some Rain Must Fall (Knausgaard Karl Ove)(Paperback)

The fifth installment in the multi-volume, internationally celebrated My Struggle series from Karl Ove Knausgaard. The fifth book of Karl Ove Knausgaard's powerful My Struggle series is written with tremendous force and sincerity. As a nineteen-year-old, Karl Ove moves to Bergen and invests all of

The Birth of Hedonism: The Cyrenaic Philosophers and Pleasure as a Way of Life (Lampe Kurt)(Paperback)

According to Xenophon, Socrates tried to persuade his associate Aristippus to moderate his excessive indulgence in wine, women, and food, arguing that only hard work can bring happiness. Aristippus wasn't convinced. Instead, he and his followers espoused the most radical form of hedonism in ancient

The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah; Volume 1 (Edersheim Alfred)(Paperback)

The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah; Volume 2 (Edersheim Alfred)(Paperback)

Political Writings (Marx Karl)(Paperback / softback)

All of Marx's essential political writing in one volume Karl Marx was not only the great theorist of capitalism. He was also a superb journalist, politician, and historian. This book brings together all of his essential political and historical writings in one volume for the first time. These works

The Virtues: A Very Short Introduction (Boyd Craig A.)(Paperback)

From the philosophy of Aristotle and Confucius, to Thomas Aquinas'Summa Theologiae, to the paintings of Raphael, Botticelli and many more, fascination with the virtues has endured and evolved to fit a wide range of cultural, religious, and philosophical contexts through the centuries. This Very

Buddha, Volume 3: Devadatta (Tezuka Osamu)(Paperback)

The Eisner and Harvey Winner The third volume of this epic graphic novel send Siddhartha further into a world mired in pain and suffering. The journey to peace and enlightenment looms far but bright. Prince Siddhartha quickly learns that the monk's path is covered in thorns and self-abuses much

Great Shark Hunt - Strange Tales from a Strange Time (Thompson Hunter)(Paperback / softback)

The first volume of the bestselling Gonzo

Jesus (Le Donne Anthony)(Paperback)

Jesus: A Beginner's Guide introduces Jesus, the man and his enduring legacy. Separating fact from fiction, Professor Le Donne places Jesus within the context of first-century Judaism, and explores the debate about his status as 'Son of God' among the early Christians. He then follows his legacy

Mahasatipatthana Sutta: The Great Discourse on the Establishing of Awareness (Buddha Gotama)(Paperback)

This sutta is the primary discourse in which the Buddha describes the practice of meditation in detail. This translation of the Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta has Roman-script Pāli with an English translation on facing pages as well as an introductory article and detailed footnotes explaining Pali