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By Don Garrett. 1996
Spinoza sought to unify mind and body, science and religion, and to derive an ethics of reason, virtue and freedom…
'in geometric order' from a monistic metaphysics. Of all the philosophical systems of the seventeenth century it is his that speaks most deeply to the twentieth century. The essays in this volume provide a clear and systematic exegesis of Spinoza's thought informed by the most recent scholarship. They cover his metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy, ethics, political theory, theology, and scriptural interpretation, as well as his life and influence on later thinkers. 1996.By Marilou Brousseau, Marcel Lebœuf. 2013
Le hasard voyage incognito : il nous surprend au détour dun événement improbable, dune rencontre, dune série de coïncidences Alors…
que lon se croyait coincé, en train de sombrer dans une sorte de routine, il surgit de nulle part, transforme le cours dune journée, parfois même le cours dune vie. Cet ouvrage, Sur les chemins du hasard, a été écrit par le comédien, conférencier et animateur de radio, Marcel Leboeuf avec la collaboration de lécrivaine Marilou Brousseau , pour permettre aux lecteurs de prendre conscience de la réalité du hasard dans leur quotidien et de ses implications profondes dans leur devenir . À partir dexemples, danecdotes et même de témoignages de ses proches, Marcel nous rappelle que toute quête intérieure doit inclure une compréhension et une intégration des effets du hasard. 2013.By John Stevens, Morihei Ueshiba. 2002
The essential wisdom of Morihei Ueshiba, founder of the martial art known as Aikido, is explained in this book. Aikido…
promotes a way of life that fosters fearlessness, wisdom and compassion. The sayings in this book are drawn from Ueshiba's writings, poems and calligraphy. 2002.By Nassim Taleb. 2010
By Bertrand Russell, Robert E Egner, Lester E Denonn. 1992
This comprehensive anthology of Russell's writings brings together his definitive essays from the period of 1903-1959 It covers the most…
fertile and lasting work in every significant area he published in. With over 30 essays divided into 17 sections this book provides an invaluable introduction to the scope of Russell's thinking. 1992.By Roger-Pol Droit. 2013
" Si je n’avais plus qu’une heure à vivre, une heure seulement, exactement, inéluctablement, qu’en ferais-je ? quels actes accomplir…
? que penser, éprouver, vouloir ? quelle trace laisser ? car dès lors tout devient plus intense, plus urgent et plus dense il faut écarter les illusions, les trompe-l’œil, ôter le superflu, aller à l’essentiel, direct, mais il est où, l’essentiel ? Chacun de vous y a déjà songé au moins une fois. Roger-Pol Droit propose ici un exercice radical, décisif, qui vaut toutes les leçons de philosophie et de sagesse. Et si, à votre tour, vous n’aviez qu’un moment pour dresser le bilan, pour vous souvenir, pour chercher ce qui, pour vous, compte le plus ? " -- 4e de couv.By Georges Didi-Huberman. 2009
P.P. Pasolini s'inquiétait de la disparition des lucioles, ces lueurs survivantes des contre-pouvoirs tandis que, plus récemment, G. Agamben se…
penchait sur la destruction de l'expérience. Il faut organiser le pessimisme, conseillait W. Benjamin. Les images aussi, ajoute l'auteur de cette réflexion déclinée autour de cinq thèmes : Enfer, Survivance, Apocalypses, Peuples, Destructions, Images. 2009.By Denis Diderot. 2007
By Walter Alvarez. 1997
A geologist recalls the first scientific proposals of the theory that a large asteroid or comet had collided with Earth…
sixty-five million years ago, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs. Describes the vehement debate that followed, the accumulation of evidence, and the discovery of a crater beneath the Yucatan peninsula that appears to substantiate the impact claim. c1997.By Jane Jacobs. 1994
In the form of a Platonic dialogue, Jacobs identifies two distinct moral syndromes - one governing commerce, the other, politics…
- and explores what happens when these two syndromes collide. She investigates such examples as business fraud, government subsidies to agriculture and criminal enterprise. She provides a new way of seeing our public transactions and encourages us towards the best use of our natural inclinations. 1994.By Martin Heidegger, John Van Buren. 2002
By David Peters, Don Lessem. 1997
Lessem explains that the "biggest" dinosaurs weighed the most. They were plant-eating dinosaurs,the sauropods. He details how dinosaur bones have…
been discovered and what scientists have learned from them. He concludes with a description of the Argentinosaurus, officially named in 1993, which may prove to be the biggest dinosaur ever. Grades 3-6. c1997.By Alan P Lightman. 2018
By John Jerome. 1997
For Jerome, the work of building a stone wall on his property in the Massachusetts Berkshires provides an opportunity for…
reflection. During his year-long project, Jerome comes to realize that it is not the product, but the process that’s important. 1997.By Jeffrey Kluger. 2008
Frustrated by the traffic on narrow bridges? Stunned by the number of buttons on a remote control? Saddened by the…
lack of basic medical care in the developing world? Kluger makes the modern world comprehensible, analyzing social and technological systems to reveal that things that seem complicated can be preposterously simple; things that seem simple can be dizzyingly complex. c2008.By Mortimer Jerome Adler. 1981
Adler's seminar consists of ideas that permeate our every waking moment which, through better understanding, will allow everyone to cope…
with the moral, social, and political issues that confront us today. 1981.By Alexis Carrel. 1952
By Luc Ferry, Anne Christine Fournier. 2013
Y a-t-il une fatalité du mal ? La vérité est-elle une quête ? Existe- t-il un droit au bonheur ?…
Notre civilisation décline-t-elle ? Qu'a- t-on fait de Dieu ? Ce livre d'entretiens avec cinq éminents intellectuels contemporains, Luc Ferry, Alain Finkielkraut, René Girard, Fabrice Hadjadj, Lucien Jerphagnon, livre leurs réponses à ces grandes questions et offre des clés pour comprendre notre monde. Des concepts fondamentaux en des termes simples et lumineux pour entrer dans une meilleure intelligence de notre condition d'homme et tracer un chemin de vie et de bonheur. 2013.By William T Vollmann. 2004
An extended inquiry into our motivations for and justification of violence. Why has violence always been a part of human…
affairs, and what forms of moral calculus have we used to sanctify and excuse it? Journalist Vollman scrutinizes everything from self-defence to suicide, slavery, torture, genocide, and war, using others for guidance, including Plato, Robespierre, Lenin, Hitler, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King. Descriptions of sex, violence and strong language. 2004.By Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari. 2005
La philosophie comme activité qui crée les concepts se distingue de la science et de la logique, lesquelles opèrent par…
fonctions, sur un plan de référence et avec des observateurs partiels.