Catalog Search Results
1) Essays
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Considered the inventor of the essay itself, Michel de Montaigne published Essays (Essais, literally "Attempts") in 1850. Known for his skill at merging serious intellectual debate with personal anecdotes, his vast work collects together some of the most influential essays the world has ever seen, shaping the thoughts Blaise Pascal, René Descartes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Stefan Zweig, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Isaac
...Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Myth of Sisyphusis one of the most profound philosophical statements written this century. It is a discussion of the central idea of absurdity that Camus was to develop in his novel The Outsider. Here Camus poses the fundamental question: Is life worth living? If existence has ceased to retain significance when confronted with the fragmented reality of the human condition, what then can keep us from suicide? Camus movingly argues for an acceptance...
Author
Publisher
Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
Français
Description
Le Discours de la méthode, publié en 1637, est le premier texte philosophique écrit par René Descartes et le premier ouvrage qui traite du sujet en langue française (par opposition à la tradition scientifique de l'époque de rédiger en latin).
Author
Language
English
Description
Contained here in this volume, are two of the most influential works of philosophy ever written, Descartes' "Discourse on Method" and "Meditations on First Philosophy." First published in 1637, "Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason and Seeking for Truth in the Sciences," as it is more fully known, is a foundational work of modern philosophy, which is noted for being one of the first to apply the scientific method to the discipline....
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
An award-winning historian presents an absorbing account of the French mind, shedding light on France's famous tradition of intellectual life.
Why are the French such an exceptional nation? Why do they think they are so exceptional? The French take pride in the fact that their history and culture have decisively shaped the values and ideals of the modern world. French ideas are no less distinct in their form: while French thought is abstract, stylish...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Sick of striving? Giving up on grit? Had enough of hustle culture? Daunted by the 10,000-hour rule? Relax: As the French know, it's the best way to be better at everything. In the realm of love, what could be less seductive than someone who's trying to seduce you? Seduction is the art of succeeding without trying, and that's a lesson the French have mastered. We can see it in their laissez-faire parenting, chic style, haute cuisine, and enviable...
Author
Series
Publisher
Everyman
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
By calling everything into doubt, Descartes laid the foundations of modern philosophy. With the celebrated words “I think therefore I am,” his compelling argument swept aside ancient and medieval traditions. He deduced that human beings consist of minds and bodies; that these are totally distinct “substances”; that God exists and that He ensures we can trust the evidence of our senses. Ushering in the “scientific revolution” of Galileo...
Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Difference and Repetition, a brilliant exposition of the critique of identity, has come to be considered a contemporary classic in philosophy and one of Deleuze's most original works. Successfully defended in 1969 as Deleuze's main thesis toward his Doctorat d'Etat at the Sorbonne, the work has been central in initiating the shift in French thought away from Hegel and Marx, towards Nietzsche and Freud. The text follows the development of two central...
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The importance of Stoicism for Gilles Deleuze's Logic of Sense and Michel Foucault's Hermeneutics of the Subject and The Care of the Self is well known. However, few students of either classics or philosophy are aware of the breadth of French and Italian receptions of Stoicism. This book firstly presents this broad field to readers, and secondly advances it by renewing dialogues with ancient Stoic texts. The authors in this volume, who combine expertise...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request
