This bookintegrates thinking about dilemmas faced in the context of the clinical practice of psychoanalysis today, with contemporary social and political concerns specific to the age of the global consumer marketplace. Beginning with an analysis of the fate of the concept of sublimation in Freud’s work, and its rela...

Do you know what negative liberty is? It’s when the powers-that-be say, “Solve your own problems. Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps. Don’t expect us to help you. Make your own way in life. Succeed in a system that was never designed for YOU to succeed, but for those that run the system. US. The In Crowd. The I...

Mediante un delicato e fine intreccio tra Vangelo e le fonti francescane, gli autori indagano il mistero dell'accoglienza in Francesco e Chiara.

Iris Murdoch is well-known for her moral philosophy, especially for the light it sheds on the inner life. This Element focuses on the political significance and contours of Murdoch's ethics. Its chief aim is to illuminate the affinities between Murdoch's concept of the individual and the Enlightenment ideal of a soc...

The eBook series Learning about mathematics aims to create for the readers a unificatory image of the complex nature of mathematics, as well as a conceptual perspective ultimately necessary to the holistic understanding of school mathematics. Mathematician and philosopher of science Catalin Barboianu talks about mat...

The eBook series Learning about mathematics aims to create for the readers a unificatory image of the complex nature of mathematics, as well as a conceptual perspective ultimately necessary to the holistic understanding of school mathematics. Mathematician and philosopher of science Catalin Barboianu talks about mat...

An awe-inspiring overview of the development of human knowledge over the centuries! Part of the highly successful '1001' series which have sold over a million copies in the UK alone 1001 Ideas That Changed The Way We Think offers not only a comprehensive history of ideas, but also an eminently browsable source of am...

**“[E]xcellent . . . a deft and engaging work of history, philosophy and biography . . . a kind of intellectual thriller.” ーBecca Rothfeld, Washington Post From an eminent historian and classicist, an incisive portrait of the philosopher Plato, showing how the ideas in his masterwork, Republic, were tested by viole...

You support a principle of relativity. Why not a principle of absolutism? You support the abolition of a spatial aether. Why not support the existence of a non-spatial aether? You believe that things can be stationary. Why not that they must be in a state of absolute motion? You believe that space and time are the p...

「心」可以訓練嗎？ 該怎麼訓練？訓練目標是什麼？ 如何量化跑者「心」的強弱或高低？ 我們該如何形容一個運動者「心」的能力？ 菁英跑者都具有優越的心理素質。本書率先從專業教練角度出發，提出了關於「心」的系統性訓練策略，解開如何「練心」的密秘。 書中有多種關於「練心」的開創性觀點，還有具體的練心課表，使跑者透過「以身練心」，...

追求自由戀愛的人們為何要進入婚姻被種種責任義務束縛？ 當愛情或婚姻忠誠沒有帶來更大快樂，劈腿出軌是否有正當理由？ 看看以啟蒙與解釋世界為己任的哲學家們， 對劈腿、偷情、不忠、外遇提出了什麼精闢見解。 __________________________________________________________ 人類的歷史，就是一部劈腿、偷情、不忠、外遇的歷史 美國前總統柯...

The foundation of Western philosophyーall in one definitive collection. Aristotle: The Complete Works presents the timeless wisdom of the greatest philosopher of antiquity. Spanning critical disciplines such as ethics, politics, metaphysics, logic, poetics, and rhetoric, Aristotle's writings have shaped human though...

Explore the foundational texts of Western philosophy with the complete works of Platoーscholar, teacher, and eternal seeker of truth. This definitive digital edition gathers all of Plato's surviving works, including his most famous dialogues like The Republic, Symposium, Phaedrus, and Apology. From metaphysics and p...

Awaken your inner strength, clarity, and compassion with the collected teachings of one of India's most revered spiritual leadersーSwami Vivekananda. The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda offers a profound exploration of spirituality, yoga, Vedanta, meditation, and the universal harmony of all faiths. This compreh...

Héritière d’anciennes traditions gnostiques proches du manichéisme et profondément marquée par le néoplatonisme antique, la branche ismaélienne de l’islam chiite a élaboré une philosophie qui aborde avec une grande originalité des questions éternelles comme la nature de Dieu, l’origine de l’univers, le salut de l’âm...

Discover the voice that defined American transcendentalism and continues to inspire thinkers, creators, and changemakers today. In Self-Reliance and Other Essays, Ralph Waldo Emerson explores the power of the individual spirit, the importance of living authentically, and the moral courage required to trust one's own...