Author: Juhani Pietarinen
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004177124
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
What is the ultimate explanatory factor for the existence of the world, for all its changing phenomena and the enduring order found in it? In the history of Western thought, we can find a longstanding philosophical tendency to answer this question in terms of power: the universe is understood as an ordered whole produced by a rational power, that is, by the power of reason. That power is thought to be active in the sense of being capable of existing and acting in itself as an infinite, eternal, and unchangeable cause of the world. The essays in this collection discuss the idea of active power in the world-explanations of Plato, the Stoics, Neoplatonism, early and late medieval scholasticism, Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Kant, Hegel, and Schopenhauer.
The World As Active Power
Author: Juhani Pietarinen
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004177124
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
What is the ultimate explanatory factor for the existence of the world, for all its changing phenomena and the enduring order found in it? In the history of Western thought, we can find a longstanding philosophical tendency to answer this question in terms of power: the universe is understood as an ordered whole produced by a rational power, that is, by the power of reason. That power is thought to be active in the sense of being capable of existing and acting in itself as an infinite, eternal, and unchangeable cause of the world. The essays in this collection discuss the idea of active power in the world-explanations of Plato, the Stoics, Neoplatonism, early and late medieval scholasticism, Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Kant, Hegel, and Schopenhauer.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004177124
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
What is the ultimate explanatory factor for the existence of the world, for all its changing phenomena and the enduring order found in it? In the history of Western thought, we can find a longstanding philosophical tendency to answer this question in terms of power: the universe is understood as an ordered whole produced by a rational power, that is, by the power of reason. That power is thought to be active in the sense of being capable of existing and acting in itself as an infinite, eternal, and unchangeable cause of the world. The essays in this collection discuss the idea of active power in the world-explanations of Plato, the Stoics, Neoplatonism, early and late medieval scholasticism, Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Kant, Hegel, and Schopenhauer.
Essays on the Active Powers of Man
Author: Thomas Reid
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Act (Philosophy)
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Act (Philosophy)
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Power to Save the World
Author: Gwyneth Cravens
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 030726856X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
An informed look at the myths and fears surrounding nuclear energy, and a practical, politically realistic solution to global warming and our energy needs. Faced by the world's oil shortages and curious about alternative energy sources, Gwyneth Cravens skeptically sets out to find the truth about nuclear energy. Her conclusion: it is a totally viable and practical solution to global warming. In the end, we see that if we are to care for subsequent generations, embracing nuclear energy is an ethical imperative.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 030726856X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
An informed look at the myths and fears surrounding nuclear energy, and a practical, politically realistic solution to global warming and our energy needs. Faced by the world's oil shortages and curious about alternative energy sources, Gwyneth Cravens skeptically sets out to find the truth about nuclear energy. Her conclusion: it is a totally viable and practical solution to global warming. In the end, we see that if we are to care for subsequent generations, embracing nuclear energy is an ethical imperative.
Thomas Reid - Essays on the Active Powers of Man
Author: Thomas Reid
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748642935
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The Essays on the Active Powers of Man (1788) was Thomas Reid's last major work. It was conceived as part of one large work, intended as a final synoptic statement of his philosophy. The first and larger part was published three years earlier as Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man (edited as vol. 3 of the Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid). These two works are united by Reid's basic philosophy of common sense, which sets out native principles by which the mind operates in both its intellectual and active aspects. The Active Powers shows how these principles are involved in volition, action, and the ability to judge morally. Reid gives an original twist to a libertarian and realist tradition that was prominently represented in eighteenth-century British thought by such thinkers as Samuel Clarke and Richard Price.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748642935
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The Essays on the Active Powers of Man (1788) was Thomas Reid's last major work. It was conceived as part of one large work, intended as a final synoptic statement of his philosophy. The first and larger part was published three years earlier as Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man (edited as vol. 3 of the Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid). These two works are united by Reid's basic philosophy of common sense, which sets out native principles by which the mind operates in both its intellectual and active aspects. The Active Powers shows how these principles are involved in volition, action, and the ability to judge morally. Reid gives an original twist to a libertarian and realist tradition that was prominently represented in eighteenth-century British thought by such thinkers as Samuel Clarke and Richard Price.
Essays on the active powers of man
Author: Thomas Reid
Publisher:
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Category : Free will and determinism
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Free will and determinism
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Essays on the Powers of the Human Mind
Author: Thomas Reid
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
The Works of Thomas Reid, P. D., Now Fully Collected, with Selections from His Unpublished Letters
Author: Thomas Reid
Publisher:
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 940
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 940
Book Description
Ontology and Analysis
Author: Laird Addis
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110327031
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Gustav Bergmann (1906-1987) was, arguably, the greatest ontologist of the twentieth century in pursuing the fundamental questions of first philosophy as deeply as any philosopher of any time. In 2006 and 2007, international conferences devoted solely to Bergmann’s work were held at the University of Iowa in the USA, Université de Provence in France, and Università degli Studi Roma Tre in Italy. The papers in this volume were presented at the first of these conferences, in Iowa City, where Bergmann taught for nearly four decades after escaping from Europe, following the dissolution of the Vienna Circle of which he had been the youngest member. There are nine philosophical papers, reminiscences of three of his students, and a complete bibliography of his published writings.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110327031
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Gustav Bergmann (1906-1987) was, arguably, the greatest ontologist of the twentieth century in pursuing the fundamental questions of first philosophy as deeply as any philosopher of any time. In 2006 and 2007, international conferences devoted solely to Bergmann’s work were held at the University of Iowa in the USA, Université de Provence in France, and Università degli Studi Roma Tre in Italy. The papers in this volume were presented at the first of these conferences, in Iowa City, where Bergmann taught for nearly four decades after escaping from Europe, following the dissolution of the Vienna Circle of which he had been the youngest member. There are nine philosophical papers, reminiscences of three of his students, and a complete bibliography of his published writings.
The Works of Thomas Reid ... Sixth Edition
Author: Thomas Reid
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Real Power
Author: Mita Thakur
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1847534252
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
A short manual to self-improvement through the powers of concentration and meditation.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1847534252
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
A short manual to self-improvement through the powers of concentration and meditation.