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"In A Brief History of History, acclaimed historian Jeremy Black seeks to reinvigorate and redefine our ideas about history. The stories we tell about the past are a crucial aspect of all cultures. However, while the traditional storytelling process--what we think of as "history" in the proper sense--is useful, it is also misleading, not least because it leads to the repetition of bias and misinformation. Black suggests that the conventional idea...
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"A dominant, human-centered worldview has brought us to the brink of social, ecological, and climate collapse. Braiding poetic storytelling, deep cultural and climate justice analyses, and knowledge of Earth-centered cultures, The Story is in Our Bones opens a portal to restoration and justice beyond the end of a world"--Provided by publisher.
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Get the Summary of Ryan Holiday's Discipline Is Destiny in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Discipline Is Destiny" by Ryan Holiday explores the pivotal role of discipline in achieving greatness and self-mastery. The book draws on historical figures like Lou Gehrig, whose consistent performance and modest lifestyle exemplified discipline, and Toni Morrison, who maintained a disciplined writing routine amidst challenges....
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El pensamiento de Kant, agotado el neokantismo desde que Ernst Cassirer y Martin Heidegger confrontaron sus modos de leer a Kant en el debate de Davos, entabla un diálogo creativo con las diversas filosofías del siglo veinte.
Este libro perfila las formas de un recorrido analítico que comienza con "Kant y el problema de la metafísica" (1929) y llega a los textos de Habermas y Foucault en los años ochenta, no solo como un capítulo de la historia...
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Este texto da cuenta de una investigación orientada a contestar las preguntas: ¿Cuál es la dimensión política de la escuela?, ¿Qué papel se le ha dado al cuerpo en la escuela? y ¿qué papel ocupa la escuela en el entramado del poder social? Para ello se apoya en el concepto foucaultiano de Biopoder, que permite pensar la escuela como un mecanismo viviente, organizado mediante técnicas Anatomopolíticas y Biopolíticas.
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WHY I DID NOT DIE A BOOK ON A LIFE OF RESILIENCE; A LIFE OF HARDINESS; A LIFE OF PLIABILITY LESSONS TAUGHT THROUGH REAL-LIFE NEAR-DEATH INCIDENTS. FATE LIFE & DEATH. A SIMPLE CYCLE. FATE ARE BIRTH & DEATH NOT PRESCRIBED? IS DEATH NOT A SIDE EFFECT OF LIVING? FATE ARE WE GIVEN MORE THAN ONE CHANCE, FOR OUR LAST DAY TO BE OUR LAST? HOW DOES ONE CONTEST FATE? FATE AFTER LIFE, DEATH HAS TO INEVITABLY FOLLOW. IT IS SIMPLY WRITTEN. IS THIS FATE?
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La filosofía nació como proyecto educativo de la humanidad, en busca de generar el máximo desarrollo del potencial humano. Esto implica educar para la escuela, pero también para la vida. Enseñar a pensar y a valorar, promover que las personas puedan elaborar juicios sobre sí mismas y los acontecimientos y, más aún, como decía Cicerón, que lleguen a ser médicas de sí mismas. Entonces, esta actividad no sólo es educativa, sino que lo es...
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La manipulación es un problema que mina la autonomía y el bienestar emocional de los individuos, por lo que es importante comprender sus mecanismos para prevenir y contrarrestar los efectos perjudiciales.
La Inteligencia Artificial (IA) ha sido aplicada para abordar problemas sociales y éticos, incluida la prevención de la manipulación.
Los algoritmos de IA analizan grandes cantidades de datos y detectan patrones asociados con tácticas manipuladoras....
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In the vast expanse of the mind lies a space, delicately poised between tangible reality and the ethereal unknown. This realm, governed by the unwavering justice and cosmic reason of the logos, is familiar to only a select few: philosophers who grasp its profound significance.
Within Pronoia: The Stoic Providence, the spotlight is cast not on a linear history of Stoicism, but on its deeper theoretical underpinnings. The narrative delves into the...
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Proposes an innovative rethinking of Aristotle's work as a system that integrates his theology with his doctrine of reproduction and life.
In this deep rethinking of Aristotle's work, Abraham P. Bos argues that scholarship on Aristotle's philosophy has erred since antiquity in denying the connection between his theology and his doctrine of reproduction and life in the earthly sphere. Beginning with an analysis of God's role in the Aristotelian system,...
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In "Money: The Power of Acquisition," we embark on a journey into the heart of this complex and compelling phenomenon. This book is not merely a study of currency, commerce, and capital; it is an exploration of the very essence of human ambition and aspiration. Through the lens of money, we examine the intricacies of desire, the dynamics of competition, and the depths of human ingenuity.At its core, this book is a testament to the enduring allure...
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These informative Essays are writings of alternative political and philosophical ideas - ideas that are thoughts which may be uppermost in our minds when we deal with questions about our extraordinary existence on this Planet. This vale of tears, and laughter - the agony, and the ecstasy.Though man has made extraordinary leaps and bounds in all technologies as well as know-how, and is proven also to be self-sacrificing in many instances at his best...
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"La dignidad de la persona, los derechos inviolables que le son inherentes, el libre desarrollo de la personalidad, el respeto a la ley y a los derechos de los demás son fundamento del orden político y de la paz social". Eso dice la Constitución española de 1978.
Sin embargo, no pocos advierten en el desarrollo legal una tendencia a construir una sociedad delirante, hostil a la dignidad del ser humano y a toda creencia, que contradice el acuerdo...
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How do we understand the agency and significance of material forces and their interface with human bodies? What does it mean to be human in these times, with bodies that are inextricably interconnected with our physical world? Bodily Natures considers these questions by grappling with powerful and pervasive material forces and their increasingly harmful effects on the human body. Drawing on feminist theory, environmental studies, and the sciences,...
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Firsthand perspectives on the past, present, and future of contemporary Italian philosophy.
Through conversations with twenty-three leading Italian philosophers representing a variety of scholarly concerns and methodologies, this volume offers an informal overview of the background, breadth, and distinctiveness of contemporary Italian philosophy as a tradition. The conversations begin with general questions addressing issues of provenance, domestic...
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La prédation dérive de l'esprit de mal. Elle est la résultante
de toutes les pensées et de toutes les institutions négatives. Elle se
manifeste par l'impérialisme, l'esclavagisme et le colonialisme.
C'est la source principale de la vie et de la prospérité occidentales
et orientales. C'est le substratum commun aux peuples occidentaux
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz᾽ Monaden-Lehre ist ein philosophisches Märchen, das den Verstand provoziert - und glücklich macht, wenn er᾽s dann einmal begriffen hat. Hiermit liegt eine Übersetzung der 90 Leitsätze in lesbares Deutsch vor nach den Regeln der leichten Sprache. Sie erschließt das barocke Gedankengebäude des Urtextes für Lesende von heute.
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El imperativo de autorrealización convierte a cada ciudadano en publicista de sí mismo. Las buenas acciones se truecan por exhibicionismo y golpes de efecto. No hay más bien que un tropel de bienes al peso, utilizados para halagar la buena conciencia de los consumidores.
La banalidad del bien pone énfasis en la palabra y trivializa la acción. El coraje cede su puesto a la molicie y el amor propio al autodesprecio. Los valores mercuriales del...
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Calls for a Foucauldian approach to political thought that is intrinsically resistant to power and subordination to public policy.
This book comprises a series of staged confrontations between the thought of Michel Foucault and a cast of other figures in European and Anglophone political philosophy, including Marx, Lenin, Althusser, Deleuze, Rorty, Honneth, and Geuss. Focusing on the status of normativity in their thought, Mark G. E. Kelly explains...
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