This is a book on the relationship of believing and doing. It is written in the conviction that Christian ethics is not simply a lofty set of principles as to what we ought to do but is a way of deciding things based on the unique premises of the Christian faith and a way of doing things because of the unique sources of motivation for the Christian life.
The Tutankhamen exhibition draws unprecedented crowds around the world; archaeology classes at the universities are subscribed to overflowing; Margaret Mead is a household name; and Roots becomes an instant bestseller. All this testifies to the overwhelming desire we all have to know about our pasts, about the civilizations that formed us, and about the cultures that our ancestors created. Un…
In this survey, John Passmore concentrates on the British tradition in logic, metaphysics and the theory of knowledge, yet he never neglects parallel developments in Europe and America. He considers the crucial new insights that were generated into probability, propositions and private languages, meaning, minds and bodies and the limits of science. Accounts explore the main schools and individu…
Disebut-sebut oleh banyak kalangan sebagai pemikir Prancis terkemuka, Gilles Deleuze--hingga kematiannya pada 1995--merupakan salah satu pemikir penting di dunia Barat. Karya-karyanya disambut antusias, sedangkan kolaborasinya yang luar biasa dengan Felix Guattari telah memantapkan posisinya sebagai figur sangat berpengaruh dan orisinal di bidang kritisisme sastra dan filsafat. What is Philosop…
Argues that we often try to substitute materialism for spiritual fulfillment, shows how reigion, psychotherapy, and meditation can help one discover one's spiritual self
Semua orang dewasa di desa di mana Ivan tinggak mengenakan topi yang menunjukkan kegiatan yang paling mereka sukai atau yang dapat mereka kerjakan dengan terampil. Karena ayah Ivan adalah sang pembuat topi... Ivan sering melihat bagaimana ayahnya membuatkan topi yang tepat untuk setiap orang. Ivan jadi penasaran. Topi apa yang akan dia dapatkan? Apakah dia akan mendapatkan topi pemusik? Top…
Henri Bergson (1859-1941) was one of the great philosophers of our era whose concept of creative evolution continues to dominate a large area of modern thought. In Bergson’s view, the world includes two opposing tendencies-life and matter. Life is dynamics, has force and will, and struggles for richness and complexity through and beyond matter. Matter is the congealed residue of creation that…
Moments to remember: brilliantly brings together moments and images of searing insight from a vast range of times, settings and emotions
A complete summary of the views of the most important philosophers since the beginning of Western civilization. Each major field of philosophic inquiry is treated in a separate chapter, so that each chapter can be read as a complete unit, without reference to the others. Includes Plato, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Dewey, Sartre, and many others.
Abad ke-20 ditandai oleh ketegangan antara kekuatan-kekuatan pemersatu globalisasi dan konflik pluralitas pandangan hiduo, religius, moral, dan ideologis. Konflik itu tercermin jelas dalam pluralitas posisi dan pendekatan etika abad ke-20 yang sudah kehilangan kesatuan visi dasarnya. Dua belas tokoh dalam buku ini representatif bagi kemajemukan itu: dari etika dasar Emmanuel Levinas sampai ke r…