Author: Robert Franklin Davidson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Philosophies Men Live by undertakes to make the insights of the great philosophers available to the beginner in terms in which he can understand, and in a fashion which he will find appealing.
Philosophies Men Live by
Author: Robert Franklin Davidson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Philosophies Men Live by
Author: Robert Franklin Davidson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Philosophies Men Live by undertakes to make the insights of the great philosophers available to the beginner in terms in which he can understand, and in a fashion which he will find appealing.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Philosophies Men Live by undertakes to make the insights of the great philosophers available to the beginner in terms in which he can understand, and in a fashion which he will find appealing.
The Philosophy of Man
Author: Howard P. Kainz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780819176035
Category : Philosophical anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The questions considered in this book are common to philosophers, psychologists and anthropologists alike: What is man, and how does he differ from the animals? Is it true that man is less ruled by instinct than animals? How is man affected by heredity and environment? In particular, how are masculine and feminine "traits" affected by heredity and/or environment? Are there any relatively clear-cut stages in the evolution of the individual and of the human race? Does man have a mind or soul distinct from the body, and does it entail the possibility of survival after physical death? Questions such as these posed throughout civilized time are examined anew in this book. Originally published by the University of Alabama Press in 1981.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780819176035
Category : Philosophical anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The questions considered in this book are common to philosophers, psychologists and anthropologists alike: What is man, and how does he differ from the animals? Is it true that man is less ruled by instinct than animals? How is man affected by heredity and environment? In particular, how are masculine and feminine "traits" affected by heredity and/or environment? Are there any relatively clear-cut stages in the evolution of the individual and of the human race? Does man have a mind or soul distinct from the body, and does it entail the possibility of survival after physical death? Questions such as these posed throughout civilized time are examined anew in this book. Originally published by the University of Alabama Press in 1981.
Philosophies for Living
Author: Robert M. Timko
Publisher: Pearson
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
This interdisciplinary and intercultural anthology approaches some fundamental philosophical questions with a focus on the "self" -- and its discovery, limitations, possibilities, and contexts. Numerous readings and a wide variety of voices include Africans, Natives, Hispanic Americans, religious traditions outside dominant Christian philosophies, and European and Asian traditions. These narratives, poetry selections, and discursive arguments either reinforce or challenge each other and traditional thoughts and beliefs -- about human nature, the natural world, race and gender, the good life, society, culture and morality, relationships with others, and religion. For risk-takers who are not afraid to question popular beliefs in order to discover which ones are true to his or her own self.
Publisher: Pearson
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
This interdisciplinary and intercultural anthology approaches some fundamental philosophical questions with a focus on the "self" -- and its discovery, limitations, possibilities, and contexts. Numerous readings and a wide variety of voices include Africans, Natives, Hispanic Americans, religious traditions outside dominant Christian philosophies, and European and Asian traditions. These narratives, poetry selections, and discursive arguments either reinforce or challenge each other and traditional thoughts and beliefs -- about human nature, the natural world, race and gender, the good life, society, culture and morality, relationships with others, and religion. For risk-takers who are not afraid to question popular beliefs in order to discover which ones are true to his or her own self.
This I Believe II
Author: Jay Allison
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1429933836
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
A new collection of inspiring personal philosophies from another noteworthy group of people This second collection of This I Believe essays gathers seventyfive essayists—ranging from famous to previously unknown—completing the thought that begins the book's title. With contributors who run the gamut from cellist Yo-Yo Ma to ordinary folks like a diner waitress, an Iraq War veteran, a farmer, a new husband, and many others, This I Believe II, like the first New York Times bestselling collection, showcases moving and irresistible essays. Included are Sister Helen Prejean writing about learning what she truly believes through watching her own actions, singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore writing about a hard-won wisdom based on being generous to others, and Robert Fulghum writing about dancing all the dances for as long as he can. Readers will also find wonderful and surprising essays about forgiveness, personal integrity, and honoring life and change. Here is a welcome, stirring, and provocative communion with the minds and hearts of a diverse, new group of people—whose beliefs and the remarkably varied ways in which they choose to express them reveal the American spirit at its best.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1429933836
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
A new collection of inspiring personal philosophies from another noteworthy group of people This second collection of This I Believe essays gathers seventyfive essayists—ranging from famous to previously unknown—completing the thought that begins the book's title. With contributors who run the gamut from cellist Yo-Yo Ma to ordinary folks like a diner waitress, an Iraq War veteran, a farmer, a new husband, and many others, This I Believe II, like the first New York Times bestselling collection, showcases moving and irresistible essays. Included are Sister Helen Prejean writing about learning what she truly believes through watching her own actions, singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore writing about a hard-won wisdom based on being generous to others, and Robert Fulghum writing about dancing all the dances for as long as he can. Readers will also find wonderful and surprising essays about forgiveness, personal integrity, and honoring life and change. Here is a welcome, stirring, and provocative communion with the minds and hearts of a diverse, new group of people—whose beliefs and the remarkably varied ways in which they choose to express them reveal the American spirit at its best.
This I Believe
Author: Jay Allison
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1429918454
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
An inspiring collection of the personal philosophies of a group of remarkable men and women Based on the National Public Radio series of the same name, This I Believe features eighty essayists—from the famous to the unknown—completing the thought that begins the book's title. Each piece compels readers to rethink not only how they have arrived at their own personal beliefs but also the extent to which they share them with others. Featuring a well-known list of contributors—including Isabel Allende, Colin Powell, Gloria Steinem, William F. Buckley Jr., Penn Jillette, Bill Gates, and John Updike—the collection also contains essays by a Brooklyn lawyer; a part-time hospital clerk from Rehoboth, Massachusetts; a woman who sells Yellow Pages advertising in Fort Worth, Texas; and a man who serves on the state of Rhode Island's parole board. The result is a stirring and provocative trip inside the minds and hearts of a diverse group of people whose beliefs—and the incredibly varied ways in which they choose to express them—reveal the American spirit at its best.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1429918454
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
An inspiring collection of the personal philosophies of a group of remarkable men and women Based on the National Public Radio series of the same name, This I Believe features eighty essayists—from the famous to the unknown—completing the thought that begins the book's title. Each piece compels readers to rethink not only how they have arrived at their own personal beliefs but also the extent to which they share them with others. Featuring a well-known list of contributors—including Isabel Allende, Colin Powell, Gloria Steinem, William F. Buckley Jr., Penn Jillette, Bill Gates, and John Updike—the collection also contains essays by a Brooklyn lawyer; a part-time hospital clerk from Rehoboth, Massachusetts; a woman who sells Yellow Pages advertising in Fort Worth, Texas; and a man who serves on the state of Rhode Island's parole board. The result is a stirring and provocative trip inside the minds and hearts of a diverse group of people whose beliefs—and the incredibly varied ways in which they choose to express them—reveal the American spirit at its best.
The Five Great Philosophies of Life
Author: William De Witt Hyde
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
This I Believe
Author: Lawrence Welk
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780425049457
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780425049457
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Feminist Theory and the Philosophies of Man
Author: Andrea Nye
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134566956
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
In the past decade there has been an explosion of feminist theory - in many cases depending on theoretical foundations borrowed from men. Andrea Nye critically examines the ambivalent relationship between feminists and male theory.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134566956
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
In the past decade there has been an explosion of feminist theory - in many cases depending on theoretical foundations borrowed from men. Andrea Nye critically examines the ambivalent relationship between feminists and male theory.
The Book of Dead Philosophers
Author: Simon Critchley
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN: 0522855148
Category : Death
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Diogenes died by holding his breath. Plato allegedly died of a lice infestation. Diderot choked to death on an apricot. Nietzsche made a long, soft-brained and dribbling descent into oblivion after kissing a horse in Turin. From the self-mocking haikus of Zen masters on their deathbeds to the last words (gasps) of modern-day sages, The Book of Dead Philosophers chronicles the deaths of almost 200 philosophers-tales of weirdness, madness, suicide, murder, pathos and bad luck. In this elegant and amusing book, Simon Critchley argues that the question of what constitutes a 'good death' has been the central preoccupation of philosophy since ancient times. As he brilliantly demonstrates, looking at what the great thinkers have said about death inspires a life-affirming enquiry into the meaning and possibility of human happiness. In learning how to die, we learn how to live.
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN: 0522855148
Category : Death
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Diogenes died by holding his breath. Plato allegedly died of a lice infestation. Diderot choked to death on an apricot. Nietzsche made a long, soft-brained and dribbling descent into oblivion after kissing a horse in Turin. From the self-mocking haikus of Zen masters on their deathbeds to the last words (gasps) of modern-day sages, The Book of Dead Philosophers chronicles the deaths of almost 200 philosophers-tales of weirdness, madness, suicide, murder, pathos and bad luck. In this elegant and amusing book, Simon Critchley argues that the question of what constitutes a 'good death' has been the central preoccupation of philosophy since ancient times. As he brilliantly demonstrates, looking at what the great thinkers have said about death inspires a life-affirming enquiry into the meaning and possibility of human happiness. In learning how to die, we learn how to live.