Thomas More's «Utopia» is one of the most influential books in western literature. Within «Utopia» is described an idealized island community upon which perfect social harmony has been achieved. On this island all property is community owned, violence is nonexistent and everyone has the opportunity to work and live in an environment of religious tolerance. Many social movements throughout history have drawn upon More's work for inspira ...
Written between 1873 and 1876, The «Untimely Meditations», or «Thoughts out of Season» is a collection of four essays by famed philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. In the first essay 'David Strauss: the Confessor and the Writer', Nietzsche attacks David Strauss's «The Old and the New Faith: A Confession». In the second essay 'On the Use and Abuse of History for Life', Nietzsche presents an alternative way of reading history, ...
"Beyond Good and Evil" is Nietzsche at his best. In the book the philosopher attempts to systematically sum up his philosophy through a collection of 296 aphorisms grouped into nine different chapters based on their common theme. For the reader who has yet to discover Nietzsche in this translation by Helen Zimmern will be found a fabulous introduction. For those who have already discovered Nietzsche here you will find the opportunity to und ...
William James' «Pragmatism» is a collection of lectures that were delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston in November and December, 1906, and in January, 1907, at Columbia University, in New York. «Pragmatism» outlines the principles of the pragmatic philosophical movement, which was greatly furthered by the writings and speeches of William James. In this book you will find the following lectures: I. The Present Dilemma in Philosophy, I ...
Perhaps one of the most controversial and inflammatory philosophers in western civilization, Friedrich Nietzsche summarized his extraordinary ideas in «The Twilight of the Idols.» This work is a lightning strike on many of the prevalent ideas of his day, especially what he describes as the 'The Problem of Socrates' and 'The Four Great Errors.' Overall, Nietzsche attacks our system of evaluating life, the confusion of cause an ...
Regeln sind essentiell fur das menschliche Zusammenleben, von der Sprache uber Brauchtum und Moral bis hin zur Rechtsordnung. Es fuhrte daher in eine bis heute anhaltende Verunsicherung, als drei der wirkmachtigsten Theoretiker des fruhen 20. Jahrhunderts einige der mit dem Regelbegriff verbundenen kulturellen Selbstverstandlichkeiten zur Disposition stellten. Dies betraf die Entstehung von Regeln, ihren Geltungsbereich, ihre Verbindung zu unser ...
