Títulos en Filósofos

At the center of the book lies a question that extends far beyond the legacy of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Albert Schweitzer: whether human universality is still possible in an age built on specialization; whether a person can remain whole when society rewards only fragments; whether integrity can survive when myth inevitably replaces life. This is a reflection on the tensions between authenticity and legend, work and representation, individual destiny and the machinery of history.

Symposion (Das Gastmahl) ist einer der bekanntesten Dialoge Platons – und ein Schlüsseltext der westlichen Philosophie. In einem literarisch inszenierten Gesprächskreis reflektieren Sokrates und andere Gäste über die Natur der Liebe, die Rolle des Eros und das Streben nach Wahrheit und Schönheit. Mit Witz, Tiefgang und überraschenden Einsichten entsteht ein einzigartiges philosophisches Porträt der Liebe – zwischen Sinnlichkeit, Geist und Ideal.

This comprehensive dictionary offers an accessible and profound entry into the key concepts of Edith Stein’s thought—a unique fusion of phenomenology, Thomistic metaphysics, and Carmelite spirituality. Spanning 100 essential terms, each entry includes a clear definition and carefully selected quotations from Stein’s major works, revealing the depth and clarity of one of the most original minds of the 20th century.

Dive into the profound world of Albert Camus with Camus Dictionary, an enlightening exploration of the essential terms that illuminate Camus's existential philosophy. This comprehensive guide is more than just a dictionary; it's a bridge to understanding one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. Albert Camus, a figure synonymous with the Absurd and Existentialism, left behind a legacy rich in thought-provoking concepts and literary masterpieces. Camus Dictionary meticulously unpacks the language and ideas that define his work.

" Le 19 avril 1980, une foule immense, silencieuse, accompagne le convoi funèbre de Sartre jusqu’au cimetière du Montparnasse, à Paris. Derrière Simone de Beauvoir, en tête de cortège, plus de cin-quante mille personnes sont venues rendre un dernier hommage au penseur français le plus célèbre au monde. Comment expliquer sa notoriété, comment mesurer aujourd’hui l’impact de la pensée et de l’écriture de Sartre dans la société actuelle ?

دسيدريوس إيراسموس الفيلسوف الهولندي إحدى رواد الحركة الإنسانية في أوروبا، كان يحاول جاداً إناحة قراءة الكتاب المقدس للعامة وحتى للنساء أيضاً، وهو ما كان محرماً،...

في الوقت الذي بدأ فيه «فويرباخ» أبحاثه في الدين، كان الفلسفة المثالية قد بلغت القمة في عهد التنوير الألماني، خاصةً فلسفة هيجل. وجد فويرباخ نفسه أمام كنيسة معادية...

As Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch labored to make a place for themselves in a male-dominated world, as they made friendships and families, and as they drifted toward and away from each other, they never stopped insisting that some lives are better than others. Drawing on a cluster of recently opened archives and extensive correspondence and interviews with those who knew them best, Benjamin Lipscomb traces the lives and ideas of four friends who gave us a better way to think about ethics, and ourselves.

Even after Greek power waned, the Romans borrowed Greek culture, so it should come as little surprise that various Greeks continued to be influential in antiquity. In fact, if people in the third century CE were asked which religious or philosophical figure from the first century CE was most likely to found or inspire a global religion that would attract millions of followers and last for centuries, they would not have answered Jesus of Nazareth.

Born and raised in a small town in Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) began his career in philology (the study of language), and served as a professor at the University of Basel. In 1879, he was forced to leave due to health issues, which afflicted him throughout his life. Supported by his university pension and aided by friends, he spent the next decade as an independent author, writing the books for which he would become famous, including Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, and On the Genealogy of Morals.

Moses Ben Maimon, frequently called Maimonides, was a medieval philosopher who revolutionized thinking about ethics, reason, and the Jewish Torah through his emphasis on reason and evidence. His works were broadly accepted by the Sephardi Jewish community and spread across the medieval world. St. Thomas Aquinas is known as one of the most important medieval philosophers and in many respects a harbinger of the Renaissance that began to flourish across Europe in the centuries that followed his life.

In this fiction, a former University classmate, now colonel of the SS, meets Edith Stein in Auschwitz to persuade her to contribute to the doctrinal development of a new religion that would be functional to the Nazi regime. The story presents the development of the conflict between two world views that are absolutely irreconcilable.

Rene Descartes was born in La Haye en Touraine, France, on March 31, 1596. He attended a Jesuit college and studied law for two years, but he soon gave up formal academics to immerse himself in “the great book of the world”. In 1618, he joined the army, where he became interested in military engineering and expanded his knowledge of physics and mathematics. Then, one night in 1619, he experienced what he described as divine visions, which inspired him to create a new mathematics-based philosophy.

Karl Marx (1818-1883) - philosopher, historian, sociologist, economist, current affairs journalist, and editor - was one of the most influential and revolutionary thinkers of modern history, but he is rarely thought of as a Jewish thinker, and his Jewish background is either overlooked or misrepresented. Avineri puts Marx's Jewish background in its proper and balanced perspective, and traces Marx's intellectual development in light of the historical, intellectual, and political contexts in which he lived. 

Dallas Willard was a personal mentor and inspiration to hundreds of pastors, philosophers, and average churchgoers. His presence and ideas rippled through the lives of many prominent leaders and authors, such as John Ortberg, Richard Foster, James Bryan Smith, Paula Huston, and J. P. Moreland. As a result of these relationships and the books he wrote, he fundamentally altered the way tens of thousands of Christians have understood and experienced the spiritual life.

Since the publication of The Prince five centuries ago, Machiavelli has been associated with political amorality. But that characterization is unfair. In Be Like the Fox, Erica Benner sets the record straight: far from the ruthless "Machiavellian" henchman that people think he was, Machiavelli emerges here as a profound ethical thinker who fought to uphold high moral standards and restore the democratic freedoms of his beloved Florence.

Thomas Paine was one of the greatest political propagandists in history. The Rights of Man, first published in 1791, is the key to his reputation. Inspired by his outrage at Edmund Burke's attack on the uprising of the French people, Paine's text is a passionate defense of the rights of man. Paine argued against monarchy and outlined the elements of a successful republic, including public education, pensions, and relief of the poor and unemployed, all financed by income tax.

يعدُّ الدكتور مصطفى محمود من أبرز مفكري القرن الواحد العشرين فبعد حصوله على شهادة الطب تفرَّغ للبحث والكتابة فألَّف ما يقارب المئة كتاب بمواضيع فكرية مختلفة...

يُصدِّر سلامة موسى كتابه بتصدير رمزيٍّ، يورد من خلاله قصة «التسامح» للكاتب الأميركي الهولندي «هندريك ويليم فان لون» الذي يقص علينا قصة الإنسان مع الجهل والقيد،...

दुनिया भर के दार्शनिकों में सुकरात का विशिष्‍ट स्थान है। उनमें सोचने-समझने की क्षमता थी और वह सत्य एवं न्याय की खोज के प्रति दृढ़-संकल्प थे। वह मानते थे कि एक बेहतर विश्‍व की कल्पना तभी साकार हो सकती है, जब लोग समझदार एवं बुद्धिमान हों। हमें किसी दूसरे के विचारों को यूँ ही स्वीकार नहीं कर लेना चाहिए, बल्कि उनको आलोचनात्मक तर्क की कसौटी पर परखना चाहिए।.