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There have been claims that meaninglessness has become epidemic in the contemporary world. One perceived consequence of this is that people increasingly turn against both society and the political establishment with little concern for the content (or lack of content) that might follow. Most often, encounters with meaninglessness and nothingness are seen as troubling. "Meaning" is generally seen as being a cornerstone of the human condition, as that...
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Peter Gnit, a funny enough, but so-so specimen of humanity, makes a lifetime of bad decisions on the search for his True Self. This is a rollicking yet cautionary tale about (among other things) how the opposite of love is laziness. Gnit is a faithful, unfaithful and willfully American misreading of Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt (a nineteenth-century Norwegian play), written by Will Eno, who has never been to Norway. Will Eno's most recent plays include...
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Machiavel n'est pas « machiavélisme », mais en quête d'intégrité. Pour comprendre cette affirmation, il faudra revenir sur le terme « machiavélisme » et sur Machiavel à travers son livre Le Prince, mais il faudra aussi s'aider de deux philosophes qui ont ouvertement fait place à l'altérité (car si Machiavel était « machiavélisme », il ne pouvait l'être qu'envers autrui, les autres). J'ai donc choisi de re-visiter les...
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Partez à la découverte de la phénoménologie avec ce Grand Article Universalis !
« Pour une part essentielle, la phénoménologie assume, en notre siècle, le rle même de la philosophie » (Jean-Luc Marion). Si elle a pu assumer ce rle, c'est grâce à l'œuvre de Husserl. L'expression elle-même fut forgée par Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728-1777) pour désigner la doctrine de l'apparaître,...
Un ouvrage spécialement conçu pour le numérique...
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A book on the subject of personal accountability for the evolution of humankind based on trainable laws of nature vs uncontrolled, unnatural selection. This book answers the question of how a human can make the next evolutionary step as a species consciously.
Who will succeed the human race on Earth?
One view is religious-mystical (irrational), the other is analytical (rational).
In great ancient civilizations such as Egypt, China, and Greece,...
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This volume provides the first English translation of Nietzsche's unpublished notes from late 1879 to early 1881, the period in which he authored Dawn, the second book in the trilogy that began with Human, All Too Human and concluded with The Joyful Science.
In these fragments, we see Nietzsche developing the conceptual triad of morals, customs, and ethics, which undergirds his critique of morality as the reification into law or dogma of conceptions...
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In a world saturated with war, political corruption, extreme inequality, and environmental decay, it becomes difficult to create and adhere to a moral code that allows a person to successfully navigate the ethical challenges of human society. Human societies in the past have also born witness to the same social ills that plague us today.
Throughout history there have been many prophets and sages who have implored their fellow citizens to avoid...
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La question de l'identité sous-entend une autre question : celle de la connaissance de soi. Qui suis-je ? Pas seulement ceci ou cela, mais surtout ce que je fais, jour après jour, de tout ce que j'ai reçu. C'est dans ce va et vient entre ce qui me différencie de l'autre et ce qui m'en rapproche que se définit mon identité du moment, comme une signature faite de ma main à partir de mon nom, qui prouve que je suis unique tout en étant dans la...
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The text is from Howard V. Hong's and Edna H. Hong's standard English translation of The Writings of Kierkegaard. The foreword by John Updike was specifically commissioned for this volume.
"In the vast literature of love, The Seducer's Diary is an intricate curiosity--a feverishly intellectual attempt to reconstruct an erotic failure as a pedagogic success, a wound masked as a boast," observes John Updike in his foreword to Søren Kierkegaard's...
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Known for his wry humor and deeply moving plays, Will Eno's "gift for articulating life's absurd beauty and its no less absurd horrors may be unmatched among writers of his generation" (New York Times). This new volume of the acclaimed playwright's work includes five short plays about being alive--Behold the Coach, in a Blazer, Uninsured; Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rain; Enter the Spokeswoman, Gently; The Bully Composition; and Oh, the Humanity--as...
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This book explores the significance of human animality in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, and provides the first systematic treatment of the animal theme in Nietzsche's body of work. Vanessa Lemm argues that the animal is neither a random theme nor a metaphorical device in Nietzsche's thought. Instead, it stands at the center of his renewal of the practice and meaning of philosophy itself. Lemm provides an original contribution to ongoing debates...
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Décryptez L'Existentialisme est un humanisme de Jean-Paul Sartre avec l'analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr !
Que faut-il retenir de L'Existentialisme est un humanisme, l'ouvrage philosophique emblématique du courant existentialiste ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une analyse complète et détaillée.
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• Des éclairages tels que la philosophie de l'existence...
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In a time of plague, fundamental questions become immediate and personal. The pandemic, droughts, floods, fire, political violence: the world has been grimly reminded of the proximity and inevitability of death. Jack Miles and Mark C. Taylor-acclaimed public intellectuals and scholars of religion, one a Christian and the other an atheist, close friends for fifty years-have spent their lives grappling with questions of ultimate concern. At the onset...
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Cet essai décrypte le monde à travers l'histoire et les grands auteurs, soulignant la violence engendrée par la croyance en des absolus. L'auteur analyse les diverses manifestations de l'absolu, qu'il s'agisse des religions, des idéologies dominantes ou des expressions contemporaines, et met en lumière les raisons qui attirent et fascinent les hommes à son égard. Il invite le lecteur à suivre les philosophes qui ont embrassé le doute et combattu...
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These three essays-originally written in the 1960s as lectures-show how novels, poems, and plays confront the philosophical complexities of humanity's existence.
Our self-awareness-the very thing that makes us human-also makes us realize our powerlessness and the limitations of our existence. This concept is explored in this thought-provoking guide and provides a jumping off point for this treatise on existentialism and literature.
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This is Friedrich Nietzsche's seminal work; "Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits" - first published in 1878. It constitutes the first work in his signature aphoristic style, discussing many different concepts in brief paragraphs and sentences. The 638 aphorisms are divided into nine sections by subject, with a short poem as an epilogue. This fantastic book is highly recommended for students of philosophy, and is not to be missed by fans...
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Publiée en 1947, La Peste s'inscrit dans le cycle de la révolte, qui constitue une réponse à l'absurde de la vie. Dans ce roman, l'auteur évoque une épidémie contre laquelle doit se battre la population d'Oran, malgré les souffrances qu'elle engendre. Mais derrière ce fléau se cache un mal plus allégorique qui représente le nazisme, mais aussi la lutte de l'homme contre sa condition et contre la mort.
Après avoir raconté la vie de...
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