Author: A. J. Ayer
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9780631194781
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The dictionary shows philosophers at their best (and their worst), at their most perverse and their most elegant. Organised by philosopher, and indexed by thought, concept and phrase, it enables readers to discover who said what, and what was said by whom. Over 300 philosophers are represented, from Aristotle to Zeno, including Einstein, Aquinas, Sartre and De Beauvoir, and the quotations range from short cryptic phrases to longer statements. This Dictionary of Philosophical Quotations d will not change your life. It will change your mind.
A Dictionary of Philosophical Quotations
Author: Alfred Jules Ayer
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9780631170150
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
A collection of quotations by more than three hundred philosophers, including Aristotle, Karl Marx, Rene Descartes, William James, John Locke, and Jean-Paul Sartre.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9780631170150
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
A collection of quotations by more than three hundred philosophers, including Aristotle, Karl Marx, Rene Descartes, William James, John Locke, and Jean-Paul Sartre.
A Dictionary of Philosophical Quotations
The Philosophical Dictionary
The Philosophical Dictionary
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780371683293
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780371683293
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources
Author: Rev. James Wood
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1449
Book Description
This dictionary results from the titanic work by Rev. James Wood who collected quotations from ancient and modern English and foreign sources and put them in alphabetic order. The dictionary contains phrases, mottoes, maxims, proverbs, definitions, aphorisms, and sayings of different prominent people.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1449
Book Description
This dictionary results from the titanic work by Rev. James Wood who collected quotations from ancient and modern English and foreign sources and put them in alphabetic order. The dictionary contains phrases, mottoes, maxims, proverbs, definitions, aphorisms, and sayings of different prominent people.
The New Dictionary of Thoughts
Author: Tryon Edwards
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258455132
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
From The Best Authors Of The World, Both Ancient And Modern, Alphabetically Arranged By Subjects.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258455132
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
From The Best Authors Of The World, Both Ancient And Modern, Alphabetically Arranged By Subjects.
Deep Thought
Author: Gary Cox
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472567285
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Gary Cox guides us through 42 of the most misunderstood, misquoted, provocative and significant quotes in the history of philosophy providing a witty and compelling commentary along the way. This entertaining and illuminating collection of quotes doesn't merely list who said what and when, it explores who each philosopher is and what he or she really meant when they said what they said. Viewing each quote as a philosophical thesis in itself, Cox probes the writings of everyone from Douglas Adams to A.J. Ayer and Thomas Aquinas to Karl Marx. This is a philosophical journey through history, culture and writing to bring us to a deeper understanding of why we think the way we do. As Douglas Adams points out, if there is no final answer to the question, 'What is the meaning of life?', '42' is as good or bad an answer as any other. Here Cox shows that 42 quotes might be even better!
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472567285
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Gary Cox guides us through 42 of the most misunderstood, misquoted, provocative and significant quotes in the history of philosophy providing a witty and compelling commentary along the way. This entertaining and illuminating collection of quotes doesn't merely list who said what and when, it explores who each philosopher is and what he or she really meant when they said what they said. Viewing each quote as a philosophical thesis in itself, Cox probes the writings of everyone from Douglas Adams to A.J. Ayer and Thomas Aquinas to Karl Marx. This is a philosophical journey through history, culture and writing to bring us to a deeper understanding of why we think the way we do. As Douglas Adams points out, if there is no final answer to the question, 'What is the meaning of life?', '42' is as good or bad an answer as any other. Here Cox shows that 42 quotes might be even better!
The Blackwell Dictionary of Western Philosophy
Author: Nicholas Bunnin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470997214
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
The Blackwell Dictionary of Western Philosophy The Blackwell Dictionary of Western Philosophy ???The style is fresh and engaging, and it gives a broad and accurate picture of the western philosophical tradition. It is a pleasure to browse in, even if one is not looking for an answer to a particular question.??? David Pears ???Its entries manage to avoid the obscurities of an exaggerated brevity without stretching themselves out, as if seeking to embody whole miniature essays. In short it presents itself as a model of clarity and clarification.??? Alan Montefiore
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470997214
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
The Blackwell Dictionary of Western Philosophy The Blackwell Dictionary of Western Philosophy ???The style is fresh and engaging, and it gives a broad and accurate picture of the western philosophical tradition. It is a pleasure to browse in, even if one is not looking for an answer to a particular question.??? David Pears ???Its entries manage to avoid the obscurities of an exaggerated brevity without stretching themselves out, as if seeking to embody whole miniature essays. In short it presents itself as a model of clarity and clarification.??? Alan Montefiore
“The” Philosophical Dictionary of M. de Voltaire
Words to the Wise
Author: Thomas Szasz
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351471120
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
"The human mind abhors the absence of explanation, but full understanding is never possible. Human understanding is likely to be incomplete at best and, more often, utterly fallacious. To make matters worse, it is likely to be supported as truth and wisdom by religious and scientific authority, intellectual fashion and social convention. In Words to the Wise, Thomas Szasz offers a compendium of thoughts, observations, and aphorisms that address our understanding of a broad range of subjects, from birth to death.In this book, Szasz tackles a problem intrinsic to the human condition. What problem? In the words of the American humorist Josh Billings: ""The trouble with people is not what they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so."" Many of Thomas Szasz's books have been devoted to exposing what ""ain't so"" about mental illness and psychiatry. Here, Szasz applies the same skeptical spirit to the larger problem of people knowing much that ""ain't so."" About addiction, Szasz observes: ""If a person ingests a drug prohibited by legislators and claims that it makes him feel better, that proves he is an addict; if he ingests a drug prescribed by a psychiatrist and claims that it makes him feel better, that proves that mental illness is a biomedical disease."" About beauty: ""Beauty is in the eye of the beholder; ugliness is in the personality of the beholden."" About libertarians: ""Libertarians regard liberty as contingent on the right to property; scientists regard disease as contingent on pathological alteration of the body. All libertarians reject the notion of 'socialist liberty,' yet many accept the notion of 'mental disease.'"" Or about power: ""Many of my critics say I am hostile to medicine and physicians. They are wrong. I am hostile only to the power of the medical profession and of physicians.""Szasz notes that despite enormous social pressure for a shared perspective on how the world works and how we ought to live, every person'saunde"
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351471120
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
"The human mind abhors the absence of explanation, but full understanding is never possible. Human understanding is likely to be incomplete at best and, more often, utterly fallacious. To make matters worse, it is likely to be supported as truth and wisdom by religious and scientific authority, intellectual fashion and social convention. In Words to the Wise, Thomas Szasz offers a compendium of thoughts, observations, and aphorisms that address our understanding of a broad range of subjects, from birth to death.In this book, Szasz tackles a problem intrinsic to the human condition. What problem? In the words of the American humorist Josh Billings: ""The trouble with people is not what they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so."" Many of Thomas Szasz's books have been devoted to exposing what ""ain't so"" about mental illness and psychiatry. Here, Szasz applies the same skeptical spirit to the larger problem of people knowing much that ""ain't so."" About addiction, Szasz observes: ""If a person ingests a drug prohibited by legislators and claims that it makes him feel better, that proves he is an addict; if he ingests a drug prescribed by a psychiatrist and claims that it makes him feel better, that proves that mental illness is a biomedical disease."" About beauty: ""Beauty is in the eye of the beholder; ugliness is in the personality of the beholden."" About libertarians: ""Libertarians regard liberty as contingent on the right to property; scientists regard disease as contingent on pathological alteration of the body. All libertarians reject the notion of 'socialist liberty,' yet many accept the notion of 'mental disease.'"" Or about power: ""Many of my critics say I am hostile to medicine and physicians. They are wrong. I am hostile only to the power of the medical profession and of physicians.""Szasz notes that despite enormous social pressure for a shared perspective on how the world works and how we ought to live, every person'saunde"