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Author
Series
Dover books volume T112
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[1956]
Physical Desc
xvi, 457 p. 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hegel wrote this classic as an introduction to a series of lectures on the "philosophy of history." With this work, he created the history of philosophy as a scientific study. He reveals philosophical theory as neither an accident nor an artificial construct, but as an exemplar of its age.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set against the sweeping panoply of Napoleons invasion of Russia, "War and Peace" is often considered the greatest novel ever written.
Set in Russia during the Napoleonic era, this epic novel follows the fortunes of five aristocratic Russian families over the course of the French invasion. Tolstoy's timeless portrayal of the fates of families set against the backdrop of war is ultimately optimistic and life-affirming, with the educated, but socially...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First Pegasus Books edition.
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
While still in high school, Tovar Cerulli experimented with vegetarianism and by the age of twenty, he was a vegan. Ten years later, in the face of declining health, he would find himself picking up a rifle and heading into the woods.Through his personal quest, Tovar Cerulli bridges disparate worldviews and questions moral certainties, challenging both the behavior of many hunters and the illusion of blamelessness maintained by many vegetarians. In...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Language
English
Description
Drawing from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and from the worlds of theater, philosophy, history and education, one of the nation's leading writers and commentators helps us become more understanding and considerate toward others, and to find the joy that comes from being seen.
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
[1968]
Physical Desc
116 p. 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
The authors devoted five decades to the study of world history and philosophy, culminating in the masterful eleven-volume Story of Civilization. In this compact summation of their work, Will and Ariel Durant share the vital and profound lessons of our collective past. Their perspective, gained after a lifetime of thinking and writing about the history of humankind, is an invaluable resource for us today. The rare archival recordings of the Durants...
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
1901-1905
Physical Desc
3 v. in 4
Language
English
Description
Including many of the principal conceptions of ethics, logic, aesthetics, philosophy of religion, mental pathology, anthropology, biology, neurology, physiology, economics, political and social philosophy, philology, physical science, and education and giving a terminology in English, French, German, and Italian.
Contains works by leading authors of the day.Written by many hands and edited by James Mark Baldwin.
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
1901-1905
Physical Desc
3 v. in 4
Language
English
Description
Including many of the principal conceptions of ethics, logic, aesthetics, philosophy of religion, mental pathology, anthropology, biology, neurology, physiology, economics, political and social philosophy, philology, physical science, and education and giving a terminology in English, French, German, and Italian.
Contains works by leading authors of the day.Written by many hands and edited by James Mark Baldwin.
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
1901-1905
Physical Desc
3 v. in 4
Language
English
Description
Including many of the principal conceptions of ethics, logic, aesthetics, philosophy of religion, mental pathology, anthropology, biology, neurology, physiology, economics, political and social philosophy, philology, physical science, and education and giving a terminology in English, French, German, and Italian.
Contains works by leading authors of the day.Written by many hands and edited by James Mark Baldwin.
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
1901-1905
Physical Desc
3 v. in 4
Language
English
Description
Including many of the principal conceptions of ethics, logic, aesthetics, philosophy of religion, mental pathology, anthropology, biology, neurology, physiology, economics, political and social philosophy, philology, physical science, and education and giving a terminology in English, French, German, and Italian.
Contains works by leading authors of the day.Written by many hands and edited by James Mark Baldwin.