Catálogo de libros: Historia de la filosofía occidental

3169 Catálogo de libros: Historia de la filosofía occidental

Humanidades / Filosofía / Historia de la filosofía occidental
Libros Eliminar filtro Inglés Eliminar filtro Humanidades Eliminar filtro Filosofía Eliminar filtro Historia de la filosofía occidental Eliminar filtro Quitar filtros
  • Philosophers in the Middle Ages and the development of physics
    Carlos Eugênio
    The medieval period is also known as the 'dark ages', in reference to the ecclesiastical focus on metaphysical and theological reflection. However, several authors stand out for their numerous contributions to the most varied fields of knowledge. In this book I seek to highlight aspects that demystify this period of human history, showing that it is not only a period of faith a...
    Disponible

    56,21 €

  • Sophist
    Plato
    Sophist is a Platonic dialogue from the philosopher’s late period, most likely written in 360 BC. In it the interlocutors, led by Eleatic Stranger employ the method of division in order to classify and define the sophist and describe his essential attributes and differentia vis a vis the philosopher and statesman. Like its sequel, the Statesman, the dialogue is unusual in that ...
    Disponible

    16,50 €

  • Francis of Assisi and the Legend of Umbria
    Fabio Monteiro de Melo
    During the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries there were changes in society that stimulated the emergence of new religious movements which aroused the concern of the Roman Catholic Church. Although many aspects of these movements were resisted, others were 'utilised' by the Church. Many of these movements were characterised by the search for their faith through a simple lif...
    Disponible

    57,52 €

  • Euthyphro
    Plato
    Euthyphro by Plato, is a Socratic dialogue whose events occur in the weeks before the trial of Socrates (399 BC), between Socrates and Euthyphro. The dialogue covers subjects such as the meaning of piety and justice. As is common with Plato’s earliest dialogues, it ends in aporia.In this dialogue, Socrates meets Euthyphro at the porch of the archon basileus (the ’king magistrat...
    Disponible

    13,54 €

  • Phaedo
    Plato
    Phaedo, also known to ancient readers as On The Soul, is one of the best-known dialogues of Plato’s middle period, along with the Republic and the Symposium. The philosophical subject of the dialogue is the immortality of the soul. It is set in the last hours prior to the death of Socrates, and is Plato’s fourth and last dialogue to detail the philosopher’s final days, followin...
    Disponible

    14,51 €

  • Timaeus
    Plato
    Timaeus is one of Plato’s dialogues and a philosophy classic, mostly in the form of long monologues given by Critias and Timaeus, written c. 360 BC. The work puts forward reasoning on the possible nature of the physical world and human beings and is followed by the dialogue Critias.Participants in the dialogue include Socrates, Timaeus, Hermocrates, and Critias. Some scholars b...
    Disponible

    15,48 €

  • Animals in the World
    Pierre Pellegrin / Anthony Preus
    Five innovative essays demonstrating how Aristotle’s biology is an integral part of Aristotle’s understanding of the universe. ...
    Disponible

    43,06 €

  • The Complete Works of Plato
    Plato / Benjamin Jowett
    Introducing 'The Complete Works of Plato,' meticulously translated by the esteemed scholar, Benjamin Jowett. This comprehensive collection showcases Plato’s philosophical journey, from his early Socratic Dialogues to the complex Cosmological Dialogues, and even the disputed but insightful Apocryphal Dialogues. Jowett’s translation adeptly preserves Plato’s idiosyncratic style a...
    Disponible

    33,63 €

  • The History of Chinese Philosophy Book 1
    Laszlo Montgomery
    This volume of the China History Podcast takes us from the early days of Chinese philosophy more than 2,000 years ago, through to the Neo-Confucianists in the Han dynasty.Laszlo Montgomery’s award-winning podcasts on Chinese history have swept the world and gained many thousands of fans, including people who want to learn about Chinese history and those who want to improve thei...
    Disponible

    22,36 €

  • Symposium
    Plato
    The Symposium is a philosophical text by Plato, dated c. 385-370 BC. It depicts a friendly contest of extemporaneous speeches given by a group of notable men attending a banquet. The men include the philosopher Socrates, the general and political figure Alcibiades, and the comic playwright Aristophanes. The speeches are to be given in praise of Eros, the god of love and desire....
    Disponible

    12,85 €

  • Phaedrus
    Plato
    The Phaedrus, written by Plato, is a socratic dialogue between Socrates, and Phaedrus, an interlocutor in several dialogues. The Phaedrus was presumably composed around 370 BCE, about the same time as Plato’s Republic and Symposium. Although ostensibly about the topic of love, the discussion in the dialogue revolves around the art of rhetoric and how it should be practiced, and...
    Disponible

    14,31 €

  • The Problem of Evil in the Ancient World
    Mark Edwards
    The aim of this book is to ascertain how ancient Greek and Latin authors, both pagan and Christian, formulated and answered what is now called the problem of evil. The survey ranges chronologically from the classical and Hellenistic eras, through the Roman era, to the end of the pagan world. Six of the twelve chapters are devoted to Christianity (including Manichaeism), as one ...
    Disponible

    37,11 €

  • The Problem of Evil in the Ancient World
    Mark Edwards
    The aim of this book is to ascertain how ancient Greek and Latin authors, both pagan and Christian, formulated and answered what is now called the problem of evil. The survey ranges chronologically from the classical and Hellenistic eras, through the Roman era, to the end of the pagan world. Six of the twelve chapters are devoted to Christianity (including Manichaeism), as one ...
    Disponible

    56,23 €

  • Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed
    ...
    Disponible

    39,06 €

  • Pragmatism
    William James
    Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking is an American philosophy classic by the great American writer and philosopher, William James.Pragmatism is a philosophical approach that seeks to both define truth and resolve metaphysical issues. William James demonstrates an application of his method in the form of a simple story:A live squirrel supposed to be clinging on ...
    Disponible

    15,66 €

  • Of Rule and Office
    Melissa Lane
    A constitutionalist reading of Plato’s political thoughtPlato famously defends the rule of knowledge. Knowledge, for him, is of the good. But what is rule? In this study, Melissa Lane reveals how political office and rule were woven together in Greek vocabulary and practices that both connected and distinguished between rule in general and office as a constitutionally limited k...
    Disponible

    63,46 €

  • How the Worlds Became
    Stephen R. L. Clark
    Our ancestors told many a story about the world, addressing in imaginative terms questions we now consider philosophical or scientific. Among the oldest stories are those telling how the First Thing emerged from Nothing and gradually became 'the ten thousand things,' including powers of a larger and longer-lasting sort than those of mortals, sometimes represented in the motion ...
    Disponible

    24,74 €

  • The Yellow Cow
    Paul Costa Gavin
    The Yellow Cow is a tragic-comic humanist novel about a young man from Ireland (Eire) named Llywelyn O’Dweyer, whose purpose in life is to acquire wisdom. Living in the early years of Christianity, he can see that this religion is just a copy of many others, all much older. He knows that Christ never existed and that his story is mostly copied from the biography of the god Mith...
    Disponible

    96,74 €

  • Gorgias
    Plato
    Gorgias is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around 380 BC. The dialogue depicts a conversation between Socrates and a small group of sophists (and other guests) at a dinner gathering. Socrates debates with the sophist seeking the true definition of rhetoric, attempting to pinpoint the essence of rhetoric and unveil the flaws of the sophistic oratory popular in Athens at the...
    Disponible

    14,41 €

  • A Sketch of the Life of Apollonius of Tyana
    Daniel M. Tredwell
    ...
    Disponible

    25,07 €

  • A Sketch of the Life of Apollonius of Tyana
    Daniel M. Tredwell
    ...
    Disponible

    46,78 €

  • Apology
    Plato / Benjamin Jowett
    The Apology of Socrates is a Socratic dialogue of the speech of legal self-defence which Socrates (469-399 BC) spoke at his trial for impiety and corruption in 399 BC.Specifically, the Apology of Socrates is a defence against the charges of 'corrupting the youth' and 'not believing in the gods in whom the city believes, but in other daimonia that are novel' to Athens (24b).[2]A...
    Disponible

    11,26 €

  • Toward a Pragmatist Philosophy of the Humanities
    Sami Pihlström
    Develops a pragmatist approach to the philosophy of the humanities, interpreting history, literature, and religion in terms of pragmatic realism. ...
    Disponible

    41,95 €

  • Consolations
    Seneca / Stewart Aubrey
    'Death is a release from and an end of all pains: beyond it our sufferings cannot extend: it restores us to the peaceful rest in which we lay before we were born.'Dealing mainly with the themes of death and suffering, Seneca makes philosophy appear here as a form of therapy, Stoic introspection allowing to find meaning in the most painful situations. Therefore it is essential t...
    Disponible

    12,55 €

  • Alétheia in Herodotus’ Histories
    Sonila Morelo
    Herodotus’ prose narrative is a constant dialogue in which opinions about a subject are exposed to its addressee, the listener-reader, either through the words of the historian or through the voice of his characters. His work is based on the way of knowing that is related to seeing, but mainly to listening, after all, this historian’s narrative is based on testimonial informati...
    Disponible

    76,19 €

  • Meditations
    Marcus Aurelius / Samuel Cartaxo
    The timeless wisdom of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. It is incredible how these teachings can span centuries and more centuries, and yet, still be of immense relevance to our lives today!Discovering Inner SerenityAre you seeking a new reading experience that can help you shape your outlook on life? 'Meditations: A New Perspective' offers an invigorating take on the timeless t...
    Disponible

    14,28 €

  • Pre-Augustan coins from Cavaillon’s Saint-Jacques hill
    Gisèle Gentric
    This study of 764 coins found on the Saint-Jacques hill in Cavaillon (Vaucluse, France) brings together the collection of the Musée de la Ville and a private collection, previously published separately. Together, they provide a good overview of monetary circulation on the Cavaillon oppidum of Cabellio in pre-Augustan times. As at other sites in the Lower Rhône Valley, circulati...
    Disponible

    55,80 €

  • The evolution of the agrarian problem in Attica from the 7th to the 4th century B.C.
    Adou Marcel Aka
    The book consists of three parts. The first part outlines the evolution of the climate and soil degradation, agricultural tools and techniques. It also outlines the way in which the soil is used, the species of fruit trees and cereals cultivated and the yields of the land. The second part of the paper looks first at the question of the stability of the conditions of property ac...
    Disponible

    159,62 €

  • SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES ON ANTIQUITIES, HISTORY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
    Huda Abdel Rahim Adel Kadir
    This book deals with a presentation of eighteen scientific researches dealing with several archaeological, historical and cultural aspects, as well as research on heritage, architecture, urban planning, social life, and the British campaign in 1807 AD. Subsequent events and developments on the Egyptian and international levels, and the excavations in Rosetta Castle, Al-Abd Cast...
    Disponible

    69,34 €

  • The Relay Race of Virtue
    William H. F. Altman
    Demonstrates that Plato and Xenophon ought to be regarded less as rivals and more as engaged in a dialogue advancing a common goal of preserving the Socratic legacy. ...
    Disponible

    42,84 €


01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 Última