The publication series “Polish Christian Philosophy in the 20th Century” includes monographic studies of the thought of 13 outstanding representatives of Polish Christian philosophy mai...
Modern Man in Search of a Soul is the perfect introduction to the theories and concepts of one of the most original and influential religious thinkers of the twentieth century. Lively and insightfu...
Książka ta stawia tezę, że od religii uciec nie sposób. Teza ta może drażnić dogmatycznym nieprzejednaniem, zwłaszcza tych, którzy zwykli uważać filozofię za myśl bezpiecznie świecką,...
This book focuses on a number of questions that occupied Nietzsche ans Wittenstein and reveals in what way the two philosophers, who are quite different in temperament, do actually share much in co...
What is reality, really?Are humans more special or important than the non-human objects we perceive?How does this change the way we understand the world?We humans tend to be...
Francis Bacon's landmark writings on subjects ranging from anger and ambition, marriage and money to envy and empire established him as the founding father of modern scientific thinking, with his r...
The founding father of modern political philosophy, Thomas Hobbes, living in an era of horrific violence, saw human life as meaningless and cruel; here, he argues the only way to escape this brutal...
William James's strong beliefs in a pragmatic theory of truth - that truth is only as relevant as its effect on us - lead to these absorbing essays on fact and belief. Within them is a fascinating ...
John Ruskin's insights into the need for individual artistic freedom, and his disdain for the mass-production art. of the Victorian era, radically altered society's perception of creative design a...
Translated by J.J. Graham, revised by F.N. Maude Abridged and with an Introduction by Louise Willmot.On War is perhaps the greatest book ever written about war. Carl von Clausewitz, a P...
What moral values do human beings hold in common? As globalization draws us together economically, are our values converging or diverging? In particular, are human rights becoming a global ethic? T...
Should we believe in God? In this new book, written for a new generation, the brilliant science writer and author of The God Delusion, explains why we shouldn’t.Should we believe ...
Søren Kierkegaard, one of the most passionate and challenging of modern philosophers, is now celebrated as the father of existentialism - yet his contemporaries described him as a philosophe...
Philosophy in science should be sharply distinguished from the philosophy of science. The latter offers a philosophical reflection on the method of science; the former, on the contrary, is expected...
University studies mean the critical reading of texts, and also reflection. The latter should be stimulated by lectures and tutorials, and by discussion. In an attempt to meet the needs of students...
The publication series “Polish Christian Philosophy in the 20th Century” includes monographic studies of the thought of 13 outstanding representatives of Polish Christian philosophy mai...
W ramach niniejszej pracy przyjrzymy się, jak pojmują podmiot różni myśliciele dwóch cywilizacji orientalnych: indyjskiej i dalekowschodniej. Przewodnikiem naszym będą terminy kluczow...
W ramach niniejszej pracy przyjrzymy się, jak pojmują podmiot różni myśliciele dwóch cywilizacji orientalnych: indyjskiej i dalekowschodniej. Przewodnikiem naszym będą terminy kluczow...
Anyone seeking a clear presentation of major positions in political philosophy regarding religious discourse in democratic politics will want to read this book. Fr. Dańkowski’s analysis is im...
Richard Swineshead’s short treatises (opuscula) on motion provide us with a direct insight into the successive stages in the fourteenth-century Oxford speculative, mathematical science of loc...