This book presents an original understanding of Arendt in the context of comparative political theory. The author discusses Arendt’s acute and perceptive view of violence as well as practical applications of her thought in a comparative context.

Combines comprehensive coverage of the core elements of metaphysics with contemporary and lively debates within the subject. It provides a rigorous and yet accessible overview of a rich array of topics, connecting the abstract nature of metaphysics with the real world.

One of this century’s most original philosophical thinkers, Nozick brilliantly renews Socrates’s quest to uncover the life that is worth living. In brave and moving meditations on love, creativity, happiness, sexuality, parents and children, the Holocaust, religious faith, politics, and wisdom, The Examined Life brings philosophy back to its preeminent subject, the things that matter most.

We join in Nozick’s reflections, weighing our experiences and judgments alongs...

The book develops a comprehensive and measured case that bitcoin is a net benefit to the world, despite its imperfections. Resistance Money is intended for all, from the clueless to the specialist, from the proponent to the die-hard skeptic, and everyone in between.

A student of Eastern philosophy and an avid guitar player, Philip Sudo realized that each of us carries a song inside that makes us unique. In "Zen Guitar", he shows readers how to find--and awaken--the song within. For professional musicians, amateur guitar enthusiasts, or music lovers who have never played a chord, this unique book sounds a theme of harmony that will resonate in all aspects of life. Illustrations. National print publicity. Online promos. 208 pp.

The Aeneid is widely considered Virgil's finest work and one of the most important poems in the history of western literature. Virgil worked on the Aeneid during the last eleven years of his life (29–19 BC), commissioned, according to Propertius, by Augustus. The epic poem consists of 12 books in dactylic hexameter verse which describe the journey of Aeneas, a warrior fleeing the sack of Troy, to Italy, his battle with the Italian prince Turnus, and the foundation of a city from which Rome ...

In de zomer van 1795 ondernam filosofe en schrijfster Mary Wollstonecraft een reis door Scandinavië te proberen een gestolen schip voor haar onbetrouwbare geliefde en vader van haar kind, de Amerikaanse avonturier Gilbert Imlay, terug te vorderen.

Dit werk is een verzameling van de brieven die ze aan Imlay schreef, waarin Wollstonecraft een rijk en complex verslag geeft van haar reis. Ze beschrijft de ruige Scandinavische natuur en de gevoelens en overpeinzingen die dat bij haar oproept, de...

Bertrand Russell's study of the philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Leibniz is one of Russell's earliest books and gives us a fascinating glimpse of his philosophical brilliance. This Routledge Classics Edition has a new Foreword by Richard T. W. Arthur.

Empower students to think critically about ethical theories and moral dilemmas.