How artists work, how they ritualize their days with the comforting (mundane) details of their lives: their daily routines, fears, dreams, naps, eating habits, and other prescribed, finely calibrated "subtle maneuvers" that help them use time, summon up willpower, exercise self-…
We all want to know how to live. But before the good life was reduced to ten easy steps or a prescription from the doctor, it was the philosophers who offered arresting answers to the most fundamental questions about who we are and what makes for a life worth living. Here, James…
In 'Philosophy Bites Again', a brand new selection of interviews from the popular podcast, leading philosophers explore some of the major philosophical questions that affect us all. Both thought-provoking and engaging, the discussion ranges from pleasure, pain, and humour, to fr…
Samling af essays.
Renæssance-filosoffen Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) var i pagt med renæssancens tænkning, betaget af og overbevist om sandheden i klassicismen in casu den hellenistiske vismand Hermes Trismegistos guddommeligt inspirerede skrifter. Dermed var hans verdensbillede placeret på koperni…
Andrew Curran describes Diderot's relationship with Rousseau, his feud with Voltaire, his marriage, his passionate affairs, and his often-paradoxical stand on art, morality, and religion
Brings readers into the world of this brilliant, eccentric, and deeply troubled man, illuminating the events and people that shaped his life and work. From his placid, devoutly Christian upbringing - overshadowed by the mysterious death of his father - through his teaching caree…
The story of the greatest of all philosophical friendships--and how it influenced modern thought David Hume is widely regarded as the most important philosopher ever to write in English, but during his lifetime he was attacked as "the Great Infidel" for his skeptical religious v…
Brevveksling mellem den tyske filosof Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) og hans jødiske elev Hannah Arendt
Breaks down the core concepts of both Eastern and Western philosophy in clear language that explains the most important people and ideas
by Adorno, Theodor W., Gödde, Christoph, Sprecher, Thomas, Mann, Thomas
