The ever increasing ability of medical technology to reshape the human body in fundamental ways - from organ and tissue transplants to reconstructive surgery and prosthetics - is something now largely taken for granted. But for a philosopher, such interventions raise fundamental and fascinating questions about our sense of individual identity and its relationship to the physical body. Drawing on and engaging with philosophers from across the centuries, Jenny Slatman here develops a novel argu...

You deserve to allow yourself to feel good now. When you send positive energy and are ready to receive providence gets into action. You don't need to understand how this happens, just to trust the universe is at work and will rearrange itself to make the right things happen for you. Trust in the magic of life to aid you in picking up the pieces and the Journey back you yourself.

Chapters can change in an instant. Trust that soon you will be telling a different story. A story about how your mi...

Spirituele intelligentie is een wezenlijk kenmerk van ieder mens, zij het dat men zich daar niet altijd van bewust is. Het treedt steeds verder op de voorgrond. Dit boek beschrijft mijn reis. Het is een autobiografisch verhaal. Niet bedoeld om te vertellen hoe jij het moet doen, wel om verslag te doen van mijn ontdekkingstocht naar mijn ziel. Misschien inspireert het jou ook die reis aan te gaan en te ontdekken wat jij vormt en hoe je authentieke zelf zich manifesteert.

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Immanuel Kant's views on politics, peace, and history have lost none of their relevance since their publication more than two centuries ago. This volume contains a comprehensive collection of Kant's writings on international relations theory and political philosophy, superbly translated and accompanied by stimulating essays. Pauline Kleingeld provides a lucid introduction to the main themes of the volume, and three essays by distinguished contributors follow: Jeremy Waldron on Kant's theory o...

The Logic Manual is the ideal introduction to logic for beginning philosophy students. It offers a concise but complete introductory course, giving a firm grounding in the logic that is needed to study contemporary philosophy. Exercises, examples, and sample examination papers are provided on an accompanying website.

This Very Short Introduction to hermeneutics demonstrates the central role of interpretation in our daily lives. By considering the historic developments in hermeneutic theory as well as its contemporary relevance, Zimmermann explains how humans continue to draw knowledge from the world around them.

The Gift of Death, Jacques Derrida’s most sustained consideration of religion, explores questions first introduced in his book Given Time about the limits of the rational and responsible that one reaches in granting or accepting death, whether by sacrifice, murder, execution, or suicide. Derrida analyzes Czech philosopher Jan Patocka’s Heretical Essays in the Philosophy of History and develops and compares his ideas to the works of Heidegger, Lévinas, and Kierkegaard. One of Derrida’s ...

Is it always wrong to lie? Should there be limits to personal freedom? Can killing sometimes be justified? Is the free market fair? What is the right thing to do? This title invites readers of all ages and political persuasions on a journey of moral reflection, and shows how reasoned debate can illuminate our lives.