Filosofihistorie, filosofiske traditioner

Published in the Series Encyclopedia of Indian Religions, this volume is devoted to Christianity in India, where it has had a long presence, going back to the time of the apostles of Jesus Christ. Divided into two parts, this volume focuses on the history, origin, organizations and local engagements, belief system, worship practices, Rites, Rituals, Christian life, Contributions, Spirituality and a few of the main doctrinal items. The Second Part covers the doctrinal and theological arena. It examines the earlier phase of the history of Christianity starting with the traditional belief of the arrival of St. Thomas in AD 52, moving to the periods of its association with the Chaldean church, the Portuguese, the Dutch, English and so on. This volume highlights the missionary activities of persons like St. Francis Xavier, the creative contributions made to the inter-religious dialogue by such people as Roberto de Nobili (1577-1656) and Swami Abhishiktananda (1910-1973), the linguistic and educational contributions of some of the pioneers like the German Jesuit Johanne Ernst Hanxleden (known as Arnos Padiri) (1681-1732), Herman Gundert (1814-1893), St. Elias Kuriakos Chavara (1805-1871), and, a fortiori, the enormous contributions in the healthcare area throughout the country. Caring for and serving the socio-economically marginalized ones, the peripheralized people formed an integral part of the Christian activity In India, as it is done even today. This is highlighted very much in the volume. It, further, explores the contact India had with European Christianity, showing that European Christianity proved to have wider influence in the Norther part of India, unlike Indiäs early episodic encounters with Palestinian and Persian forms of Christianity, which had deep influence in the Southern part of India. The volume also highlights the inner struggle among the followers resulting even in its division originating at the Synod of Diamper in 1599 manifesting, by and large, the Church-state ¿love and hate¿ relationships. In fine, in spite of the drawbacks of putting the herculean task of two thousand years of history in eight hundred pages or so, this volume gives a rather comprehensive view of Christianity in India especially to those who are unfamiliar with its life and dynamics in the Indian context. The wide range of photographs, especially of the churches revealing the architectural beauty and multiplicity along with the ensample of art and paintings and pilgrimage centers adds to the enrichment of the volume.

The Environmental Gaze: Reading Sartre through Guido van Helten's No Exit Murals offers an environmental reading of Sartre's theory of the gaze. Challenging the common association of his work with Western anthropocentrism, Balay argues that the Sartrean gaze involves an inter-human-natural mode of perception: the environmental gaze.

The present book verses on the current discussion, between authors writing within the Thomistic tradition, on the issue of human rights, and pretends to adjudicate that discussion. The positions of authors who are critical of the notion of human rights, like Michel Villey and Alasdair MacIntyre, as well as that of those who try to justify their existence and explain their nature, like Jacques Maritain, John Finnis, and others, are carefully explained and evaluated. This book is the first to deal in detail with this contemporary discussion and therefore represents an important contribution to the bibliography on the philosophy of human rights, as well as to the bibliography on the Thomistic tradition.

This comprehensive collection brings out the rich and deep philosophical resources of the Zhuangzi. It covers textual, linguistic, hermeneutical, ethical, social/political and philosophical issues, with the latter including epistemological, metaphysical, phenomenological and cross-cultural (Chinese and Western) aspects. The volume starts out with the textual history of the Zhuangzi, and then examines how language is used in the text. It explores this unique characteristic of the Zhuangzi, in terms of its metaphorical forms, its use of humour in deriding and parodying the Confucians, and paradoxically making Confucius the spokesman for Zhuangzi's own point of view. The volume discusses questions such as: Why does Zhuangzi use language in this way, and how does it work? Why does he not use straightforward propositional language? Why is language said to be inadequate to capture the "e;dao"e; and what is the nature of this dao? The volume puts Zhuangzi in the philosophical context of his times, and discusses how he relates to other philosophers such as Laozi, Xunzi, and the Logicians.

In den 60er-Jahren des ersten Jahrhunderts n. Chr. hat der römische Politiker und Philosoph Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca der Jüngere) eine Sammlung von 124 Briefen verfasst, in denen er seinem Freund Lucilius Einblicke in seine persönliche Ausdeutung der stoischen Philosophie gewährt. Dabei geht die heute geläufige Einteilung der Briefe in 20 Bücher bereits auf die Antike zurück. Der vorliegende Band beinhaltet die Briefe 93-95 aus Buch 15 in deutscher Übersetzung sowie den lateinischen Originaltext.

I Guldborgsund Kommune er dannelse en bærende værdi og vision. Kommunen har en erklæret ambition om at være ”Danmarks dannelseskommune” og har prioriteret dannelse gennem initiativer som Dannelsesrygsækken, Filosofi i Folkeskolen, MasterClass om dannelse, Kulturtjenesten, forskningsprojekter og nationale konferencer om dannelse.”Det skal kendes på en voksen, at det har været barn i Guldborgsund,” er et slogan og pejlemærke for kommunens ambition. Sloganet udtrykker ambitionen om, at kommunens store satsning på dannelse vil præge børn og unge og sætte sig så bemærkelsesværdige spor, at det simpelthen kan kendes på en voksen, at det har været barn i Guldborgsund.Hele Guldborgsund Kommunes dannelsesarbejde munder nu ud i bogudgivelsen ”Det skal kendes. Dannelse som kommunal vej og vision”. Visionen med bogen er båret af en passion for at styrke dannelsens plads, nøglepersoner og praktik i alle landets kommuner. Bogen indfanger og formidler Guldborgsund Kommunes vej og vision som dannelseskommune, og har som formål at inspirere og kvalificere dannelsespraktikere i hele Danmark.Bogen rummer blandt andet ti teoretiske tekster om dannelsesfilosofi skrevet af ti professorer samt ti praktiske beskrivelser af dannelsessteder. Med bogen ”Det skal kendes” kan alle tage med på Guldborgsund Kommunes dannelsesrejse og få inspiration, viden og baggrund, teori og praksis samt redskaber til at tage rejsen selv.Bogen er redigeret af direktør og forfatter Jonas Norgaard Mortensen. Læs mere på www.dannelseskommune.dk

This collection of essays brings together a selection of some of the most important studies of Professor Ivo Assad Ibri about the work of Charles Sanders Peirce. In the last decades, Prof. Ibri made important contributions to Peirce studies by showing that the various individual aspects of Peirce's work actually form a coherent philosophical system, a metaphysical architecture, as he describes it in his previous book Kosmos Noetos (Springer, 2017). Now this new book brings together a selection of 24 articles and book chapters originally published in both Portuguese and English on different topics and aspects of Peirce's work, such as philosophy of art, heuristic logic, theories of beliefs and habits, objective idealism, pragmatism and pragmaticism. By bringing together this collection of essays in a single publication, Semiotics and Pragmatism: Theoretical Interfaces will be a valuable source for scholars interested in Prof. Ibri's unique contributions to the study of the philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce. "e;In recognizing Ivo Assad Ibri as one the leading exponents of qualitative interpretations of Peirce in the world today, I refer especially to Ibri's concentration on Peirce's later-phase metaphysical writings. Ibri's expertise will be seen to consist in his precise reformulations of Peirce's full-fledged philosophy, not just pursuing specialized minor topics."e; David A. Dilworth Professor of Philosophy, Stonybrook University"e;Ivo Ibri's collected essays brims with clarifying insights from beginning to end. He manages to reveal plenty of aspects of Peirce's thought from angles the traditional scholarship has not been equipped to notice. How not to miss such kairotic theoretical opportunities and how to exploit them to heuristic advantage is a lesson well taught in this outstanding book."e; Andr De TienneProfessor of Philosophy and Director of the Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) launched a new science dedicated to the theory of force. His "dynamics" is an important episode in the history of the scientific revolution. Its starting point has been a particular theory of the combination of motions placed within the framework of a mechanistic natural philosophy. Its turning point was Leibniz's discovery in 1678 of a new principle later known as principle of conservation of live force, which he proposed in 1686 as replacement for Descartes' principle of conservation of quantity of motion. In Dynamica de potentia (1689-90), Specimen dynamicum (1695), Essay de dynamique (ca. 1700), and various pieces of correspondence, Leibniz applied his creative methodology, fostered original scientific models and hypotheses, and refined demonstrative arguments in support of his theory. As a result, the dynamics would comprise the conceptual and architectonic fundamental elements for a revised "system of nature". Our endeavor has been to unveil the genesis and explain the makeup of this Leibnizian scientific and philosophical achievement.

Der Dorotheenstädtische Friedhof in Berlin ist zwischen Hegels Tod und der Gegenwart allmählich zu einem Mausoleum deutscher Kulturgeschichte geworden. Er bezeugt steinern die Größe deutscher Literatur und Philosophie wie die Irrungen und Wirrungen deutscher Geschichte. In sieben Porträts von dort Begrabenen (Hegel, Bonhoeffer, Heinrich Mann, Brecht, Marcuse, Heiner Müller und Christa Wolf) wird ihr letzter Lebensabschnitt, werden ihre letzten Werke, ihre Auseinandersetzungen mit dem nahen Tod, ihre Beerdigungen und ihr Nachleben dargestellt. Ihre Endzeiten reflektieren das Ende der Goethezeit, den Widerstand gegen den Nationalsozialismus, das Exil und das Scheitern der sozialistischen Hoffnungen, die sich mit der DDR verbanden.

The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

The Philosophy of History, Vol. 2 of 2, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

This is the fifth lesson booklet of the first Mardukite Academy Basic Course on the Fundamentals of Systemology.

Tim and Kate go on a adventure to fix Kate's teddy and find the giant teapot in the sky. Along the way they meet a host of wonderful characters and ask important questions about what they believe and why they believe in it.

"The Blue Cliff Record, a twelfth-century collection of Ch'an (Zen) koans, is a treasure of world religious literature. Like any such text, it operates at several levels: it is a remarkable example of classical Chinese literature and poetry; it is a philosophical text of profound power; and it is an active practice guide in use by Ch'an and Zen Buddhists all over the world. In this innovative rendering, renowned translator David Hinton pares the Chinese original down to its earliest and most essential version-the sangha-cases (koans) and brief poetic responses (or gathas, meaning a Buddhist "sutra-poem") compiled by the great master Snow-Chute Mountain (Hsèueh Tou, 980-1052). In doing so, he brings the reader closer to the Taoist cosmological framework that lays at the foundation of the entire Ch'an tradition-revealing a whole new understanding of this seminal text. In these one hundred classic koans, beginners will discover a strange, funny, and provocative world of quixotic exchanges and penetrating insights, and longtime koan practitioners will find themselves challenged anew by Hinton's masterful translations"--

Makes the case that the different stances Aristotle and Socrates take toward politics can be traced to their divergent accounts of friendship.

A fresh, provocative reading of Freud's theory of sexuality.

A study of non-representational art and poetry in the work of Bataille, Klossowski, and Michaux.

A philosophical investigation of the concept of interiority, presenting readers with its unmined aspects and senses.

"A collection of seminal philosophical studies on ancient Greek approaches to the various notions of concept, exploring the early history of conceptual theory and its associated philosophical debates from the end of the archaic age to the end of antiquity"--

I rum sø: En sentenser-bog er en samling af aforismer af Friedrich Nietzsche. Samlingen er fra et mindre kvarthæfte fra Nietzsches efterladte papirer fra efteråret 1882. Hæftet er i en kort periode tænkt som en selvstændig udgivelse. Men Nietzsche opgiver overvejelsen. I sentenserne udfolder Nietzsche sit talent for den psykologiske iagttagelse og rekapitulerer flere af sine filosofiske tankefigurer. Kvarthæftets tekster dokumenterer desuden Nietzsches veneration for og tilføjelser til den franske moralist François de La Rochefoucaulds portræt af ”det menneskelige hjerte” – livets forstillelser, bedrag og glæder. Nietzsches aforismer I rum sø: En sentenser-bog foreligger her for første gang i en dansk oversættelse med et forord af Peter K. Westergaard.”At det at tænke over det menneskelige, alt for menneskelige – eller, med det mere lærde udtryk: den psykologiske iagttagelse – hører til de midler, hvormed man kan gøre sig livets byrde lettere, at øvelsen i denne kunst giver åndsnærværelse i svære stunder og underhold midt i en kedsommelig omgivelse, ja, at man kan plukke sentenser af de mest tornefulde og ubehagelige træk ved ens eget liv og således føle sig en smule bedre tilpas: det troede man, det vidste man – i tidligere århundreder. Hvorfor har dette århundrede glemt det … ?” Friedrich Nietzsche: Menneskeligt, alt for menneskeligt, §35

Questa edizione completamente adattata e riscritta di "The Enchiridion" (L'ENCHIRIDION) offre un aggiornamento completo per soddisfare le esigenze dei lettori contemporanei. Le caratteristiche principali di questa edizione includono:Completa riscrittura del testo per garantirne la pertinenza e l'accessibilità per i lettori moderni.Introduzione di discussioni uniche sotto forma di "Dalla lezione... All'azione!" segmenti, consentendo ai lettori di applicare facilmente gli inestimabili insegnamenti stoici di Epitteto alle proprie vite.Sezioni "Dalla lezione" che distillano il messaggio centrale di ogni insegnamento stoico in affermazioni concise e di grande impatto."All'azione!" sezioni che forniscono linee guida chiare, concise e pratiche per l'immediata applicazione nella nostra vita quotidiana.Un indice completo con termini e definizioni importanti in tutto il testo, facilitando una navigazione facile ed efficiente.Un layout visivamente accattivante progettato per migliorare l'esperienza di lettura e garantire un flusso continuo di informazioni.Con questi miglioramenti, questa edizione offre un'esperienza di lettura potente e trasformativa, colmando il divario tra la saggezza antica e le esigenze della vita moderna.Saggezza stoica per la vita moderna: unire la filosofia antica con i lettori contemporaneiSu misura per riunire la saggezza antica e le abitudini del lettore di oggi, questo è un libro profondo e trasformativo che allinea magnificamente l'antica filosofia stoica con le esigenze e le sfide dei lettori moderni. Basata sugli insegnamenti senza tempo di Epitteto, uno dei filosofi stoici più influenti, questa guida offre una nuova prospettiva sull'applicazione dei principi stoici alla vita di tutti i giorni. In questo libro, l'autore presenta abilmente la saggezza senza tempo e i consigli pratici di Epitteto in un modo che risuona con i lettori contemporanei. L'Enchiridion, un manuale conciso scritto da Epitteto, funge da base per gli insegnamenti di questa guida. Attraverso un attento adattamento e un'analisi perspicace, l'autore esplora i principi stoici essenziali, fornendo ai lettori preziose indicazioni su come condurre vite più significative e virtuose.Saggezza senza tempo presentata in modo accessibileIl libro approfondisce gli insegnamenti di Epitteto, esplorando argomenti come il potere dell'accettazione, l'importanza di comprendere ciò che è e non è sotto il nostro controllo, la ricerca dell'autocontrollo e la pratica della gratitudine. Illuminando questi concetti con esempi riconoscibili e trasmettendoli in uno stile colloquiale e accessibile, l'autore assicura che i lettori possano facilmente comprendere e implementare i principi stoici nella loro vita quotidiana.Una guida pratica all'applicazione dello stoicismoInoltre, la discussione va oltre la semplice spiegazione della filosofia; incoraggia i lettori ad agire. In tutto il libro, l'autore offre esercizi pratici e suggerimenti, fornendo ai lettori gli strumenti per interiorizzare gli insegnamenti stoici e sviluppare la propria mentalità stoica. Questi esercizi stimolanti guidano i lettori in un viaggio di autoriflessione e auto-miglioramento, consentendo loro di scoprire il loro vero potenziale e vivere una vita più appagante.Unire la saggezza antica con la vita modernaCome guida accuratamente personalizzata allo stoicismo, questo libro non serve solo come introduzione agli insegnamenti di Epitteto, ma unisce anche la saggezza antica con le esigenze e le abitudini dei lettori di oggi. Questo testo è un compagno moderno, che offre saggezza senza tempo e tecniche pratiche per coloro che cercano di affrontare le sfide della vita con chiarezza, scopo e tranquillità.

In a world that often denies the reality of death, The Tao of Death unveils a universal truth - in understanding and embracing our mortality, we unlock a fuller, richer experience of life. Inspired by the ancient, mystical verses of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, which translator Stephen Mitchell describes as "one of the wonders of the world," this adaptation is a transformative journey into the heart of existence. Driven by a profound personal connection with the ebb and flow of life, hospice physician Karen Wyatt reveals the joy and wisdom that emerges from confronting our greatest fear. In Bhutan, once named the happiest place on Earth, thinking about death is a daily practice. Can contemplating the impermanence of life be the key to true happiness? Dive deep into this unique exploration of life, death, and the intertwining of their paths.Just as the ancient Tao Te Ching speaks of harmony and balance, this book calls readers to find harmony between life and death, to live with purpose, love, and a deep sense of gratitude. Whether you're seeking solace, understanding, or a renewed zest for life, The Tao of Death serves as a luminary guide. "Life is precious because it is brief and fleeting. Embrace death, and you uncover the secrets to a life of meaning and depth."This is more than just a book; it's an awakening. Dive in, and let the wisdom of ages illuminate your journey.

This book shows the importance of knowledge production using requisite terms and frameworks to the broader scheme of epistemic liberation in Africa. The text considers what this veritable direction to knowledge production would mean to other areas of concern in African philosophy such as morality, education and the environment.  These contributions are important because the success of decolonising projects in African countries depend upon the methods that underpin envisioned liberative knowledge production in light of Africa's historical and present condition. This volume appeals to students and researchers working in epistemology and African philosophy.

This book presents both a historical overview of the absorption of Heidegger's thought into English-language philosophical schools as well as a philosophical discussion of his thought provided by contemporary scholars. The text describes the ways in which a philosophical methodology and worldview seemingly so inhospitable to Anglophone academia has managed to find an unlikely home.This volume is roughly divided into two types of contributions: discussions of Heidegger's reception in the English-speaking world, and outstanding examples of English-language Heidegger scholarship. The first type includes both historiographical accounts of the encounters between Heidegger's thought and the Anglo-American world, as well as their philosophical expositions and critiques. The second group of chapters reveal the latest contemporary scholarship by contemporary Heideggerians writing in English. It is moreover the first volume to bring together thinkers from both genealogies of Anglo-American Heideggerianism appealing to students and researchers working in both of these camps.