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A Thousand Plateaus is the second part of Deleuze and Guattari's landmark philosophical project, Capitalism and Schizophrenia – a project that still sets the terms of contemporary philosophical debate. Written over a seven year period, A Thousand Pla ..

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a treatise by Friedrich Nietzsche, written in four parts and published in German between 1883 and 1885. The work is among the first of Nietzsche's mature philosophy and is considered the masterpiece of his career. It receive ..

The strange verbal paradoxes called koans have been used traditionally in Zen training to help students attain a direct realization of truths inexpressible in words. The two works translated in this book, "Mumonkan "("The Gateless Gate ") and "Hekiga ..

Kniha Vita Contemplativa autora Byung-Chul Han vydaná v nakladatelství Polity Press v roce 2023, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Brožovaná, ISBN-13: 9781509558018, zařazení do kategorie: Filozofie.

Karl Jaspers' Programm einer „Weltgeschiche der Philosophie“ erschöpfte sich keineswegs in dem bereits umfassenden Konzept seiner „Großen Philosophen“. Vielmehr wird deutlich, dass Jaspers neben einer Geschichte der "philosophierenden Persönlichkeite ..

The new edition of this celebrated anthology surveys the Western philosophical tradition from its origins in ancient Greece to the work of today's leading philosophersWestern Philosophy: An Anthology provides an authoritative guided tour through the ..

In this fascinating book, Alan Watts explores man's quest for psychological security, examining our efforts to find spiritual and intellectual certainty in the realms of religion and philosophy. The „Wisdom of Insecurity“ underlines the importance of ..

In this essay from Schopenhauer final work, Parerga und Paralipomena (1851), the philosopher favors individual strength of will and independent, reasoned deliberation over the tendency to act on irrational impulses. He examines the ways in which life ..

Acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters, this modern epic became an instant bestseller upon publication in 1974, transforming a generation and continuing to inspire millions. A narration of a summer motorcycle ..

„A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action.“–„Samurai Maximum.“ Under the guidance of such celebrated masters as Ed Parker and the immortal Bruce Lee, Joe Hyams vividly recounts his more than 25 years of experience in t ..

This complete translation of the original collection of sermons, dialogues, and anecdotes of Huang Po, the illustrious Chinese master of the Tang Dynasty, allows the Western reader to gain an understanding of Zen from the original source, one of the ..

Bodhidharma, the 5th-century Indian Buddhist monk who is credited with bringing Zen to China, had few disciples in his lifetime. Today there are millions of Zen Buddhists and students of kung fu who claim him as their spiritual father. The edition teaches four of his teachings in their entirety.