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Gareth Southwell

    Deze auteur duikt in diepgaande filosofische vraagstukken, met name met betrekking tot de perceptie van geesten en ethiek. Zijn werk biedt toegankelijke verkenningen van complexe concepten, vaak vanuit onconventionele invalshoeken, en nodigt lezers uit om gevestigde ideeën opnieuw te overwegen. Naast filosofische essays strekt zijn creatieve reikwijdte zich uit tot sciencefiction en illustratie, wat een veelzijdige artistieke gevoeligheid toont. Zijn schrijven kenmerkt zich door helderheid en een tot nadenken stemmende aanpak.

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    Instant Philosophy
    What Would Marx Do?
    A Beginner's Guide to Descartes's Meditations
    Words of Wisdom
    A Beginner's Guide to Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil
    • A Beginner's Guide to Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil is an accessible summary of Nietzsche's influential 1886 work on truth, morality, and the Will to Power. It features illustrations, clear explanations, critical analysis, and additional resources, making it perfect for students and general readers exploring this complex philosophical text.

      A Beginner's Guide to Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil
    • "Words of Wisdom" is an anthology of history's most memorable, uplifting or thought-provoking quotations from the greatest philosophers who have ever lived. Each of the 350 quotations is accompanied by a brief essay that tells the story of the speaker or explains the circumstances that gave rise to the quotation. The words used often encapsulate the human condition and offer instruction and inspiration in equal measure.Contains all the most famous philosophical quotations, including: 'I know that I know nothing', "Socrates"'"Eureka" I have found it ', "Archimedes"'Every instant of time is a pinprick of eternity', "Marcus Aurelius"'Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily', "William of Occam"'"Cogito ergo sum'," "Descartes"'I am what I am', "Descartes"'The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals', "Bentham"'The world is will to power - and nothing else', "Nietzsche"'What does not destroy me makes me stronger', "Nietzsche"'One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman', "Simone de Beauvoir"'Existence precedes essence', "Jean-Paul Sartre"'Life must be lived forward, but can only be understood backward', "Kierkegaard"'Many people would sooner die than think. In fact they do', "Russell"

      Words of Wisdom
    • A concise and readable summary of the Meditations geared toward beginner philosophy students and general readers. The book is well-illustrated with tables, diagrams, and images, and contains a glossary of difficult terms as well as relevant biographical and historical information.

      A Beginner's Guide to Descartes's Meditations
    • Let the greatest political philosophers in history answer all your everyday questions and in doing so make even the most complex political theories easy to understand.

      What Would Marx Do?
    • Instant Philosophy pulls together all the pivotal philosophical knowledge and thought into one concise volume.

      Instant Philosophy
    • Witaj w zaskakującym świecie paradoksów. Książka Paradoksy ujawnia, jak dziwny może być świat myśli. Podzielona na osiem rozdziałów, zabierze cię w fascynującą podróż po filozoficznych koncepcjach, od sprzecznych z intuicją po zupełnie absurdalne. Po drodze zapoznasz się z takimi tematami, jak figury niemożliwe, dowiesz się, jak oczekiwać nieoczekiwanego i jakie są problemy z podróżami w czasie. Pełna eksperymentów myślowych, przykładów z prawdziwego życia i ćwiczeń, Paradoksy to książka, która zmieni twój sposób postrzegania wszystkiego, co cię otacza. Dzięki niej poznasz również kilka wybitnych postaci zajmujących się paradoksami, od starożytnych greckich filozofów po Alberta Einsteina.

      Paradoksy