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Plato's «Phaedrus» is a dialogue between Phaedrus and the great Greek philosopher Socrates. Phaedrus has been spending the morning with Lysias, the celebrated rhetorician, and is going to refresh himself by taking a walk outside the wall, when he is met by Socrates, who professes that he will not leave him until he has delivered up the speech with which Lysias has regaled him, and which he is carrying about in his mind, or more probably in a book hidden under his cloak, and is intending to...
| Автор | Plato |
Among the most influential books in Western civilization, Aristotle's Poetics is really a treatise on fine art. In it are mentioned not only epic and dithyrambic poetry, but tragedy, comedy, and flute and lyre playing. Aristotle's conception of tragedy, i.e. the depiction of a heroic action that arouses pity and fear in the spectators and brings about a catharsis of those emotions, has helped perpetuate the Greek ideal of drama to the present day. Similarly, his dictums concerning...
| Автор | Aristotle |
Aristotle's «Politics» is a treatise on the subject of political science and government and is considered to be one of the greatest works on the subject from classical antiquity. Expounding upon, «The Republic», the earlier work of his teacher Plato, Aristotle examines the various options for governance and their respective values. A detailed and pragmatic approach to the subject, Aristotle's «Politics» provides much of the foundation for modern political thought. Great insight for the...
| Автор | Aristotle |
What is the relationship of the individual to the state? What is the ideal state, and how can it bring about the most desirable life for its citizens? What sort of education should it provide? What is the purpose of amassing wealth? These are some of the questions Aristotle attempts to answer in one of the most intellectually stimulating works.Both heavily influenced by and critical of Plato's Republic and Laws, Politics represents the distillation of a lifetime of thought and observation....
| Автор | Aristotle, Aristotle Aristotle |
The philosophy of Paul Ricoeur is rarely viewed through the lens of political philosophy, and yet questions of power, and of how to live together in the polis , were a constant preoccupation of his writings. This volume brings together a selection of his texts spanning six decades, from 1958 to 2003, which together present Ricoeur’s political project in its coherence and diversity. In Ricoeur’s view, the political is the realm of a tension between “rationality” (the attempt to provide a...
| Автор | Paul Ricoeur |
Written in Latin in 1509 and published in 1511, “Praise of Folly” by Dutch humanist and scholar Desiderius Erasmus is considered one of the most important works of literature in Western Civilization. The essay is a classic satirical work in the style of Lucian, the ancient Greek satirist, in which the Goddess of Folly extols the virtues of frivolousness and indulgence of one’s passions, then moves to a darker praise of delusion and madness, and finally turns to a satirical examination of...
| Автор | Erasmus |
Considered one of the most important works of literature in Western Civilization, Desiderius Erasmus's essay, «Praise of Folly», is a classic satirical work in the style of Lucian, the ancient Greek, in which the Goddess of Folly extols the virtues of frivolousness and indulgence of ones passions and then turns to a satirical examination of Christian piousness. In a humorously satirical way, «Praise of Folly» examines the abuses of power of the Roman Catholic Church at the time and is seen...
| Автор | Erasmus |
The «Protagoras», like several of the Dialogues of Plato, is put into the mouth of Socrates, who describes a conversation which had taken place between himself and the great Sophist at the house of Callias-'the man who had spent more upon the Sophists than all the rest of the world'-and in which the learned Hippias and the grammarian Prodicus had also shared, as well as Alcibiades and Critias, both of whom said a few words-in the presence of a distinguished company consisting of...
| Автор | Plato |
"Protagoras" by Plato (translated by Benjamin Jowett). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and...
| Автор | Plato |
Продолжение бестселлера «Фаина Раневская. Жизнь, рассказанная ею самой». Ранее не публиковавшиеся афоризмы великой актрисы, заслуженной матерщинницы, народной насмешницы Советского Союза. «Крылатые» остроты и анекдоты на все случаи жизни. Так язвила Раневская! «Что-то давно о себе гадости не слышала. Теряю популярность…» «Если тебе не в чем раскаиваться, жизнь прожита зря!» «Живу с высоко поднятой головой. А как иначе, если по горло в г. не?» «Если жизнь повернулась к тебе ж. пой, дай ей пинка...
| Автор | Фаина Раневская |
Культовая книга Робин Норвуд «Женщины, которые любят слишком сильно», ставшая международным бестселлером и классическим практическим руководством по терапии созависимости, перевернула наши представления о любви и помогла нескольким поколениям женщин во всем мире разобраться в своих чувствах, выйти из неблагополучных отношений и перестать страдать от несчастной или неразделенной любви. «Размышления на каждый день для женщин, которые любят слишком сильно» – своеобразная путеводная карта,...
| Автор | Робин Норвуд |
From the shores of Europe to the Mexican-US border, mass migration is one of the most pressing issues we face today. Yet at the same time, calls to defend national sovereignty are becoming ever more vitriolic, with those fleeing war, persecution, and famine vilified as a threat to our security as well as our social and economic order. In this book, written amidst the dark resurgence of appeals to defend ‘blood and soil’, Donatella Di Cesare challenges the idea of the exclusionary state, arguing...
| Автор | Donatella Di Cesare |
Christianity is bound up with the very idea of the West: we cannot evade it even if we would like to. While many people no longer believe in Christianity, we cannot deny that it has left a deep imprint on Western thought. But how might we develop a philosophy of Christianity that is not a Christian philosophy? How can we take a view that is external to the traditions of apologetics and criticism? For there is a question that concerns us all here: are the coherences of Christianity still useful...
| Автор | Francois Jullien |
Эта книга для тебя.
В ней я приоткрою великую мужскую тайну и расскажу о самом главном в женщине. Я не претендую на то, чтобы стать для тебя инстанцией высшей истины, но, надеюсь, наш доверительный разговор доставит тебе удовольствие и подарит много приятных минут. С любовью, Олег Рой.
| Автор | Олег Рой |