Author: David HumePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects
Author: David HumeNature, the Utility of Religion, and Theism
Author: John Stuart MillPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : God
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Essays
Author: DAVID HUMEPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 9361157671
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
The 18th-century collection of philosophical articles "Essays" was penned by Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume. The essays' broad range of subjects reflects Hume's varied interests in politics, literature, and philosophy. "A Treatise of Human Nature," one of Hume's most important essays, examines human thinking and makes the case for a more sceptical and empirical philosophy. He promotes a study of human nature based on observation and experience, challenging conventional beliefs about causality, identity, and the nature of knowledge. Hume's writing is distinguished by its empiricism, wit, and clarity. His writings, which provide insights into human nature, the basis of knowledge, and the difficulties of moral and aesthetic judgments, continue to have an impact on the domains of philosophy and economics. The compilation offers a thorough understanding of Hume's contributions to philosophy and is still studied because of its significant influence on Western thought.
Toleration and Other Essays
Author: VoltaireThick
Author: Tressie McMillan CottomPublisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1620974371
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
FINALIST FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Named a notable book of 2019 by the New York Times Book Review, Chicago Tribune, Time, and The Guardian As featured by The Daily Show, NPR, PBS, CBC, Time, VIBE, Entertainment Weekly, Well-Read Black Girl, and Chris Hayes, "incisive, witty, and provocative essays" (Publishers Weekly) by one of the "most bracing thinkers on race, gender, and capitalism of our time" (Rebecca Traister) “Thick is sure to become a classic.” —The New York Times Book Review In eight highly praised treatises on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom—award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed—is unapologetically "thick": deemed "thick where I should have been thin, more where I should have been less," McMillan Cottom refuses to shy away from blending the personal with the political, from bringing her full self and voice to the fore of her analytical work. Thick "transforms narrative moments into analyses of whiteness, black misogyny, and status-signaling as means of survival for black women" (Los Angeles Review of Books) with "writing that is as deft as it is amusing" (Darnell L. Moore). This "transgressive, provocative, and brilliant" (Roxane Gay) collection cements McMillan Cottom's position as a public thinker capable of shedding new light on what the "personal essay" can do. She turns her chosen form into a showcase for her critical dexterity, investigating everything from Saturday Night Live, LinkedIn, and BBQ Becky to sexual violence, infant mortality, and Trump rallies. Collected in an indispensable volume that speaks to the everywoman and the erudite alike, these unforgettable essays never fail to be "painfully honest and gloriously affirming" and hold "a mirror to your soul and to that of America" (Dorothy Roberts).
Two Treatises of Government
Author: John LockePublisher:
ISBN: 9787532783083
Category : Liberty
Languages : zh-CN
Pages : 391
Book Description
Essays in Ancient and Modern Historiography
Author: Arnaldo MomiglianoPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226533859
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
"Originally published 1977 by Basil Blackwell Oxford in Great Britain and by Wesleyan University Press in the United States."
Classic Essays on Legal Advocacy
Author: George RossmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781584779971
Category : Legal composition
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Preface by Bryan A. Garner, President, LawProse, Inc. 2010 reprint published in co-operation with Scribes - The American Society of Writers. Reprint of the only edition of Advocacy and the King's English: A Garland of Treatises on Advocacy and the Better Use of the English Language Selected by the Scribes, an Organization Composed of Lawyers Who Have Done Superior Legal Writing, with a new Preface by Bryan A. Garner. A "Garland of Treatises" on Legal Writing. This anthology is organized by the following topics: "Inspirational and Introduction," "Form," "Contents," "The Use of English," "The Appellate Process and Judicial Opinions" and "The Ethics of Advocacy."
Locke: Political Essays
Author: John LockePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521478618
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
We know more about the development of John Locke's ideas than we do about almost any other philosopher's before modern times. This book brings together a comprehensive collection of the writings on politics and society that stand outside the canonical works which Locke published during his lifetime. In the aftermath of the Revolution of 1688 the three works by which he is chiefly known appeared: the Two Treatises of Government, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, and A Letter Concerning Toleration, and the themes raised in these works had been reflected upon over many years. Mark Goldie's edition makes possible the fullest exploration of the evolution of Locke's ideas concerning the philosophical foundations of morality and sociability, the boundary of church and state, the shaping of constitutions, and the conduct of government and public policy.
Essays and Aphorisms
Author: Arthur SchopenhauerPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141921757
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
One of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, Schopenhauer (1788-1860) believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind and irrational desire for physical existence. This selection of his writings on religion, ethics, politics, women, suicide, books and many other themes is taken from Schopenhauer's last work, Parerga and Paralipomena, which he published in 1851. These pieces depict humanity as locked in a struggle beyond good and evil, and each individual absolutely free within a Godless world, in which art, morality and self-awareness are our only salvation. This innovative - and pessimistic - view has proved powerfully influential upon philosophy and art, directly affecting the work of Nietzsche, Wittgenstein and Wagner among others.