Описание: Why cracking the code of human conception took centuries of wild theories, misogynist blunders, and ludicrous mistakes Throughout most of human history, babies were surprises. People knew the basics: men and women had sex, and sometimes babies followed. But beyond that the origins of life were a colossal mystery. The Seeds of Life is the remarkable and rollicking story of how a series of blundering geniuses and brilliant amateurs struggled for two centuries to discover where, exactly, babies come from. Taking a page from investigative thrillers, acclaimed science writer Edward Dolnick looks to these early scientists as if they were detectives hot on the trail of a bedeviling and urgent mystery. These strange searchers included an Italian surgeon using shark teeth to prove that female reproductive organs were not 'failed' male genitalia, and a Catholic priest who designed ingenious miniature pants to prove that frogs required semen to fertilize their eggs. A witty and rousing history of science, The Seeds of Life presents our greatest scientists struggling-against their perceptions, their religious beliefs, and their deep-seated prejudices-to uncover how and where we come from.
Автор: Melamed Yitzhak Y. Название: Spinoza`s Metaphysics: Substance and Thought ISBN: 0190237341 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190237349 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 13104.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book offers a new and radical interpretation of the core of Spinoza`s metaphysics.
Автор: O`Hear Название: Mind, Self and Person ISBN: 1107545668 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107545663 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4277.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This volume contains papers based on the lectures given by leading figures in current philosophy of mind as part of the Royal Institute of Philosophy`s London Lecture series for 2013-14. The collection explores a wide range of issues, including consciousness, the self and the nature of the human person.
Автор: Jon Miller Название: Spinoza and the Stoics ISBN: 1108456049 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108456043 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Spinoza and the Stoics is the first book-length systematic examination of the key elements of Spinoza`s metaphysics, epistemology, philosophical psychology, and ethics in relation to their Stoic counterparts. It is of great interest to scholars and students of ancient philosophy, early modern philosophy, Spinoza, and the philosophy of the Stoics.
Автор: Edited By Emily Thom Название: Early modern women on metaphysics ISBN: 1107178681 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107178687 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 14256.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Investigates early modern women philosophers` views on metaphysics, including matter, time and mind. It uncovers neglected perspectives and demonstrates their historical importance. Cutting-edge and fully contextualised, this volume will be essential for scholars and students of early modern philosophy, religion and science, as well as of the history of feminism.
Concepts such as influence, imitation, emulation, transmission or plagiarism are transcendental to cultural history and the subject of universal debate. They are not mere labels imposed by modern historiography on ancient texts, nor are they the result of a later interpretation of ways of transmitting and teaching, but are concepts defined and discussed internally, within all cultures, since time immemorial, which have yielded very diverse results. In the case of culture, or better Arab-Islamic cultures, we could analyze and discuss endlessly numerous terms that refer to concepts related to the multiple ways of perceiving the Other, receiving his knowledge and producing new knowledge.
The purpose of this book evolves around these concepts, and it aims to become part of a very long tradition of studies on this subject that is essential to the understanding of the processes of reception and creation. The authors analyze them in depth through the use of examples that are based on the well-known idea that societies in different regions did not remain isolated and indifferent to the literary, religious or scientific creations that were developed in other territories and moreover that the flow of ideas did not always occur in only one direction. Contacts, both voluntary and involuntary, are never incidental or marginal, but are rather the true engine of the evolution of knowledge and creation. It can also be stated that it has been the awareness of the existence of multidimensional cultural relations which has allowed modern historiography on Arab cultures to evolve and be enriched in recent decades.
Описание: The Sufi thinker ‘Abd al-Karim al-Jili (d. 1408) is best-known for his treatment of the idea of the Perfect Human, yet his masterpiece, al-Insan al-kamil (The Perfect Human), is in fact a wide-ranging compendium of Sufi metaphysical thought in the Ibn ‘Arabian tradition. One of the major topics treated in that work is sacred history, the story of God’s revelation of the truth to humanity through His prophets and scriptures.
Fitzroy Morrissey provides here the first in-depth study of this important section of al-Jili’s major work and the key ideas contained within it. Through a translation and analysis of the key passages on the Qur’an, Torah, Psalms and Gospel, it shows how al-Jili’s view of sacred history is conditioned by his Ibn ‘Arabian Sufi metaphysics, whereby the phenomenal world is viewed as a manifestation of God, and the prophets and scriptures as special places where the divine attributes appear more completely. It also looks at how this idea influences al-Jili’s understanding of the hierarchy of prophets, scriptures and religions. The book argues that, contrary to common assumptions, al-Jili’s Sufi metaphysical view of sacred history is in keeping with the common medieval Muslim view of sacred history, whereby the Qur’an is viewed as the best of scriptures, Muhammad as the best of prophets, and Islam as the best religion. The book therefore not only gives an insight into a key text within medieval Sufi thought, but also has ramifications for our understanding of medieval Sufi views on the relationship between Islam and other religions.
Автор: THOMASSON Название: Social Metaphysics ISBN: 0415816254 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415816250 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 13781.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Palous Martin Название: Once Upon a Time of Transition ISBN: 1680539264 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781680539264 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 12534.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Once Upon a Time of Transition is a journey through four decades in the career of a Czech dissident and diplomat reflecting on transitions from the 20th to the 21st century. A meaningful contribution to on-going public debates, and to a better understanding of our current political situation, Ambassador Martin Palou? explores the uncertain territory between philosophy and politics. Directly or indirectly, his texts were inspired by three great Central European thinkers of the 20th century, Hannah Arendt, Jan Pato?ka and Eric Voegelin. At stake is the classical Socratic question concerning the “common good” that they all raised in their investigations of the human condition -- the question that Aristotle held to direct all our actions whether we adhere to some form of metaphysics or theology, or subscribe to the post-modern nihilism so fashionable these days.
Описание: This book consists of twelve essays dealing with main trends and specific figures within the medieval Platonic tradition. It will be of special interest to students of the classical tradition in western thought, and more generally to students of medieval philosophy, theology, history, and literature.
Название: Early modern women on metaphysics ISBN: 1316631001 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781316631003 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Investigates early modern women philosophers` views on metaphysics, including matter, time and mind. It uncovers neglected perspectives and demonstrates their historical importance. Cutting-edge and fully contextualised, this volume will be essential for scholars and students of early modern philosophy, religion and science, as well as of the history of feminism.
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