Filosofia ja uskonto
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The Way of Korean Zen
Sunim, KusanShambhala 2009The power and simplicity of the Korean Zen tradition shine in this collection of teachings by a renowned modern master, translated by Martine Batchelor. Kusan Sunim provides a weal...
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Beauty’s Appeal
Tymieniecka, Anna-teresaSpringer 2008 1. painosTable of contents 1. Eros/Kalon/Agathos Lawrence Kimmel 2. The Beautiful RecollectedGabriel Hindin 3. Art After Beauty John Baldacchino 4. The Semantics of BeautyPiero Trupia 5. Th...
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A Comprehensible Universe
Coyne, George V.; Heller, MichaelSpringer 2008 1. painosTable of contents I. The Drama of Rationality 1. Discovery that the World is Rational 2. Should the Astronomer Look into the Sky? 3. Seven Fighters against Thebes 4. How to Count t...
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A guide to the good life : the ancient art of stoic joy
Irvine, William BOxford University Press 2008One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discover at the end that we have wasted our life. In A Guide to the Good Life , William...
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Norse mythology : a guide to the gods, heroes, rituals, and beliefs
Lindow, JohnOxford University Press 2002Norse Mythology explores the magical myths and legends of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Viking-Age Greenland--outlining along the way the prehistoric tales and beliefs from...
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The problem of evil
Inwagen, Peter vanOxford University Press 2008The vast amount of suffering in the world is often held as a particularly powerful reason to deny that God exists. Highly accessible and carefully argued, Peter van Inwagen's book...
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Hate is the Sin: Putting Faces on the Debate over Human Sexuality
Munday, John S.Taylor & Francis Group 2009 1. painosArguments based in doctrine and scripture over the inclusion of homosexual people within Christian congregations and sacraments have done little to persuade the faithful on either...
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The Black Swan : The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Taleb, Nassim NicholasPenguin Books Ltd 2008The phenomenal international bestseller that shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertainty What have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, th...
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Asian islam in the 21st century
Esposito, John L.; Voll, John O.; Bakar, OsmanOxford University Press 2008Although more than half of the world's Muslims live in Asia, most books on contemporary Islam focus on the Middle East, giving short shift to the dynamic and diverse presence of As...
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Philosophers without Gods: Meditations on Atheism and the Secular Life
Antony, Louise M.Oxford University Press 2007 1. painosAtheism is a minority position in today's world. At least in the parts of the globe accessible to pollsters, most people believe in God. The rate of theism has little to do with th...
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Filologin som vetenskap artiklar om textutgivning och filologisk metod
Lönnroth, HarryVetenskapsbokhandeln TAJU [jakaja] 2007Denna artikelsamling handlar om nordisk filologi i teori och praktik, speciellt textutgivning och filologisk metod. De sex vetenskapliga artiklarna i boken fokuserar på originalhan...
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Ancient Ethics
Suave Meyer, SusanTaylor & Francis Group 2008 1. painosThis is the first comprehensive guide and only substantial undergraduate level introduction to ancient Greek ethics. It covers the ethical theories and positions of all the major...
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A Short History of Secularism
Smith, GraemeBloomsbury Publishing 2007What does it mean to call Western society 'secular'? What is 'secularism'? And how should we understand the concept of 'secularism' in international relations, particularly the cla...
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Rawls
Freeman, SamuelTaylor & Francis Group 2007 1. painosIn this superb introduction, Samuel Freeman introduces and assesses the main topics of Rawls' philosophy. Starting with a brief biography and charting the influences on Rawls' earl...
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Aristotle
Shields, ChristopherTaylor & Francis Group 2007 1. painosIn this excellent introduction, Christopher Shields introduces and assesses the whole of Aristotle’s philosophy, showing how his powerful conception of human nature shaped much of...
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On Translation
Tuominen, KariTaylor & Francis Group 2006 1. painosPaul Ricoeur was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this short and accessible book, he turns to a topic at the heart of much of his work: What is t...
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Fifty Major Philosophers
Plant, Kathryn; Collinson, DianéTaylor & Francis Group 2007 2. painosFifty Major Philosophers invites the reader to explore the ideas of some of the most important and influential thinkers of the last two-and-a-half thousand years. This revised edit...