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An Essay on the History of Civil Society
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 237 Size: 239 kB Book genre: sociology Language: English Read: NO Added: 19.08.2016, 11:43 Annotation: A pioneering work of the Scottish Enlightenment in the field of “philosophical history”, or what we would today call sociology. It deals with the social, political, economic, intellectual, and legal changes which accompanied societies as they made the transition to modern commercial and manufacturing society. The Genealogy of Morals
A Polemic
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 142 Size: 221 kB Book genre: philosophy Language: English Read: NO Added: 05.07.2016, 01:31 Annotation: This is a book about interpretation and the history of ethics which raises profoundly disquieting issues about the violence of both. This is the most sustained of Nietzsche's later works and offers one of the fullest expressions of his characteristic concerns. The introduction places his ideas within the cultural context of his own time and stresses the relevance of his work for a contemporary audience. The Case of Wagner
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 126 Size: 187 kB Book genre: philosophy Language: English Read: NO Added: 05.07.2016, 01:27 Annotation: The book is a critique of Richard Wagner and the announcement of Nietzsche's rupture with the German artist, who had involved himself too much, in Nietzsche's eyes, in the Völkisch movement and antisemitism. His music is no longer represented as a possible "philosophical affect," and Wagner is ironically compared to Georges Bizet. However, Nietzsche presents Wagner as only a particular symptom of a broader "disease" that is affecting Europe: that is, nihilism. The book shows Nietzsche as a capable music-critic, and provides the setting for some of his further reflections on the nature of art and its relationship to the future health of humanity. This work is in sharp contrast with the second part of Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy, wherein he praised Wagner as fulfilling a need in music to go beyond the analytic and dispassionate understanding of music. Nietzsche also praised Wagner effusively in his essay "Wagner at Bayreuth" (part of the Untimely Meditations), but his disillusion with Wagner the composer and the man was first seen in his 1878 work Human, All Too Human. One of the last works that Nietzsche wrote returned to the critical theme of The Case of Wagner. In Nietzsche contra Wagner, Nietzsche pulled together excerpts from his works to show that he consistently had the same thoughts about music, only that he had misapplied them to Wagner in the earliest works. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Theodicy
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 400 Size: 436 kB Book genre: philosophy Language: English ISBN: 0-87548-437-9 Read: NO Added: 25.09.2024, 14:51 Annotation: In order to be truly free, must you act arbitrarily? If an event did not happen, could it have happened? Since there is evil, and God could have made the world without evil, did God fail to pick the best course? Grappling with such simple--yet still intriguing--puzzles, Leibniz was able to present attractively his new theories of the real and the phenomenal, freewill and determinism, and the relation between minds and bodies. Theodicy was Leibniz's only book-length work to be published in his lifetime, and for many years the work by which he was known to the world. Fully at home with the latest scienctific advances, Leibniz ultimately rejected the new atomistic philosophies of Descartes, Gassendi, and Hobbes, and drew upon the old cosmology of Aristotelian scholasticism. There could be no conflict, he argued between faith and reason, freedom and necessity, natural and divine law. Ingeniously defending his postulate of pre-established harmony, Leibniz made important advances in the precise analysis of concepts. The Sea Lady
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 102 Size: 792 kB Book genre: fiction Language: English Read: NO Added: 28.05.2016, 17:49 Annotation: Such previous landings of mermaids as have left a record, have all a flavour of doubt. Even the very circumstantial account of that Bruges Sea Lady, who was so clever at fancy work, gives occasion to the sceptic. I must confess that I was absolutely incredulous of such things until a year ago. But now, face to face with indisputable facts in my own immediate neighbourhood, and with my own second cousin Melville (of Seaton Carew) as the chief witness to the story, I see these old legends in a very different light. The Importance of Being Earnest
A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 48 Size: 50 kB Book genre: stage plays Language: English Read: NO Added: 28.05.2016, 17:47 Annotation: Here is Oscar Wilde's most brilliant tour de force, a witty and buoyant comedy of manners that has delighted millions in countless productions since its first performance in London's St. James' Theatre on February 14, 1895.The Importance of Being Earnest is celebrated not only for the lighthearted ingenuity of its plot, but for its inspired dialogue, rich with scintillating epigrams still savored by all who enjoy artful conversation. From the play's effervescent beginnings in Algernon Moncrieff's London flat to its hilarious denouement in the drawing room of Jack Worthing's country manor in Hertfordshire, this comic masterpiece keeps audiences breathlessly anticipating a new bon mot or a fresh twist of plot moment to moment. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative. A Midsummer Night's Dream
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 49 Size: 51 kB Book genre: stage plays Language: English Read: NO Added: 28.05.2016, 17:45 Annotation: A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of the most popular of Shakespeare’s works. The supernatural and the mundane, the illusory and the substantial, are all shimmeringly blended. Love is treated as tragic, poignant, absurd and farcical. ‘Lord, what fools these mortals be!’, jeers Robin Goodfellow; but the joke may be on him and on his master Oberon when Bottom the weaver, his head transformed into that of an ass, is embraced by the voluptuously amorous Titania. Recent stage-productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream have emphasised the enchanting, spectacular, ambiguous and erotically joyous aspects of this magical drama which culminates in a multiple celebration of marriage. The Joyful Wisdom
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 218 Size: 278 kB Book genre: philosophy Language: English Read: NO Added: 28.05.2016, 17:42 Annotation: First published in 1882 and revised in 1887, "The Gay Science (The Joyful Wisdom)" was written at the peak of Nietzsche's intellectual abilities. It includes a large number of poems and an appendix of songs, all written with the intent of encouraging freedom of the mind. While he praises the benefits of science, intellectual discipline, and skepticism, the influence of the Provençal tradition from which he drew is also an enthusiastic affirmation of life. Nietzsche additionally explores the notion of power and the idea of eternal recurrence, though not in a systematic way. Described by the philosopher himself as "perhaps my most personal book," he produced a work that is worthy of attention from anyone with an interest in moral psychology or the most essential themes and views of Nietzsche. Titus Lucretius Carus
On the Nature of Things
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 203 Size: 203 kB Book genre: philosophy Language: English Read: NO Added: 28.05.2016, 01:56 Annotation: Lucretius' only extant work, written in dactylic hexameter, addressed to Gaius Memmius (who became praetor in 58 BC and failed to be converted) , written c. 59 BC, possibly incomplete and lacking final revision. He faithfully reproduces the doctrines or Epicurus. Epicurus was born in Samos 341 BC, after Athens had been defeated by Philip II of Macedon. Most of his writings have perished, particularly On Nature. Lucretius regarded him as the spiritual savior of mankind. Epicureanism was a missionary philospohy, aiming to give man happiness by making him self-sufficient. Its key teachings included: Study science in order to rid yourself of unneccesary fears, especially of the gods and death. Sensation is the basis of all knowledge. Pleasure that leads to pain shoul be avoided and pain that leads to pleasure should not be avoided. Pleasure means freedom from pain in the body and trouble in the mind. Not all desires are to be satisfied. Most pleasure is to be obtained by living a simple life. Sydney Tyler
The Japan-Russia War
An Illustrated History the War in the Far East
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 330 Size: 5,62 MB Book genre: history Language: English Read: NO Added: 28.05.2016, 01:51 Annotation: To borrow a term from the world of cinema, The Japan-Russia War was indeed a "classic". Prior to the Great War, it was the first of the 'modern wars', involving the famous Vladivostok Fleet of the Russian Navy. The war - and its vessels had far reaching efforts in shaping the history of both the nations. Originally intended for American readers, this book has now claimed its rightful place as a comprehensive guide to one of the most thrilling stories of all time. Sydney Tyler, war correspondent and author of The Spanish War and The War in South Africa has chronicled what was then called 'the greatest conflict of modern times'. An additional 'collection' are the illustrated photographs and drawings made by eye witnesses, a far cry from present day war correspondents being 'embedded' in a particular action.A real collector's item, first published in 1905. Discoveries and Inventions
A Lecture
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 14 Size: 267 kB Book genre: history Language: English Read: NO Added: 28.05.2016, 01:47 Annotation: On April 6, 1858, Abraham Lincoln gave his first lecture on "Discoveries and Inventions" before the Young Men's Association of Bloomington, Illinois. In 1859 he delivered it in Jacksonville, Illinois. He repeated the lecture in Decatur, Springfield, and Pontiac, but turned down future requests, saying, "I am not a professional lecturer. Have never got up but one lecture; and that I think, a rather poor one." Thoughts Out of Season, Part II
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 131 Size: 191 kB Book genre: philosophy Language: English Read: NO Added: 15.05.2016, 02:48 Thoughts Out of Season, Part I
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 149 Size: 208 kB Book genre: philosophy Language: English Read: NO Added: 15.05.2016, 02:48 The Birth of Tragedy
or Hellenism and Pessimism
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 146 Size: 210 kB Book genre: philosophy Language: English Read: NO Added: 07.03.2016, 02:14 Kacířka
Hledání svatého grálu 3
Format: PDFNumber of pages: 360 Size: 1,9 MB Book genre: fiction Language: Czech ISBN: 80-86508-59-5 Read: NO Added: 22.12.2015, 02:45 The Art of Literature
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 86 Size: 87 kB Book genre: philosophy Language: English Read: NO Added: 19.09.2015, 16:57 Annotation: Selected essays. Counsels and Maxims
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 103 Size: 105 kB Book genre: philosophy Language: English Read: NO Added: 19.09.2015, 16:55 Annotation: Counsels and Maxims represents the second part of Schopenhauer's work originally titled Aphorismen zur Lebensweisheit (first published in 1851) and translated by T. B. Saunders. The first part of the original has been translated under the name The Wisdom of Life. Both parts, however, deal with a single treatise with there being no division in the original. The World As Will and Idea
Volume 3
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 467 Size: 565 kB Book genre: philosophy Language: English Read: NO Added: 19.09.2015, 16:53 Annotation: SCHOPENHAUER'S magnificent work, The World as Will and Idea (Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung), published in 1819, is not only a masterly exposition of philosophy, but a comprehensive record of Schopenhauer's own views on mankind. The keynote of his philosophy is that the sole essential reality in the universe is the will, and that all visible and tangible phenomena are merely subjective representations of that 'will which is the only thing-in-itself' that actually exists. The defect of his system is its tendency to a sombre pessimism. An enlarged edition appeared in 1844. The chief of Schopenhauer's other works are On the Will in Nature (1836), The Main Problems of Ethics (1841), and Parerga and Paralipomena (1851). The World As Will and Idea
Volume 2
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 419 Size: 439 kB Book genre: philosophy Language: English Read: NO Added: 19.09.2015, 16:53 Annotation: SCHOPENHAUER'S magnificent work, The World as Will and Idea (Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung), published in 1819, is not only a masterly exposition of philosophy, but a comprehensive record of Schopenhauer's own views on mankind. The keynote of his philosophy is that the sole essential reality in the universe is the will, and that all visible and tangible phenomena are merely subjective representations of that 'will which is the only thing-in-itself' that actually exists. The defect of his system is its tendency to a sombre pessimism. An enlarged edition appeared in 1844. The chief of Schopenhauer's other works are On the Will in Nature (1836), The Main Problems of Ethics (1841), and Parerga and Paralipomena (1851). The World As Will and Idea
Volume I
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 443 Size: 776 kB Book genre: philosophy Language: English Read: NO Added: 19.09.2015, 16:52 Annotation: SCHOPENHAUER'S magnificent work, The World as Will and Idea (Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung), published in 1819, is not only a masterly exposition of philosophy, but a comprehensive record of Schopenhauer's own views on mankind. The keynote of his philosophy is that the sole essential reality in the universe is the will, and that all visible and tangible phenomena are merely subjective representations of that 'will which is the only thing-in-itself' that actually exists. The defect of his system is its tendency to a sombre pessimism. An enlarged edition appeared in 1844. The chief of Schopenhauer's other works are On the Will in Nature (1836), The Main Problems of Ethics (1841), and Parerga and Paralipomena (1851). The History of Mr. Polly
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 167 Size: 169 kB Book genre: fiction Language: English Read: NO Added: 20.07.2015, 00:28 Annotation: The History of Mr. Polly is a 1910 comic novel by H. G. Wells. Ann Veronica
A Modern Love Sotry
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 236 Size: 237 kB Book genre: fiction Language: English Read: NO Added: 20.07.2015, 00:27 Annotation: Ann Veronica is a New Woman novel by H.G. Wells published in 1909. Ann Veronica describes the rebellion of Ann Veronica Stanley, "a young lady of nearly two-and-twenty," against her middle-class father's stern patriarchal rule. The novel dramatizes the contemporary problem of theNew Woman. It is set in Victorian era London and environs, except for an Alpine excursion. Ann Veronica offers vignettes of the Women's suffrage movement in Great Britain and features a chapter inspired by the 1908 attempt of suffragettes to storm Parliament. H. L. Mencken
The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 229 Size: 309 kB Book genre: biography Language: English Read: NO Added: 20.07.2015, 00:24 Annotation: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche is a book by H. L. Mencken, the first edition in 1907. The book covers both wider and lesser known areas of Friedrich Nietzsche's life and philosophy, notable both for its suggestion of Mencken's still-developing literary talents at the age of 27 and for its impressive detail as the first book on Nietzsche written in English (on only the seventh year of Nietzsche's death) considering the lack of reliable interpretations of Nietzsche in the Western sphere of letters at the time; Mencken prepared for writing this book by reading all of Nietzsche's published philosophy, including several works in the original German. A Short History of the World
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 343 Size: 9,3 MB Book genre: non-fiction Language: English Read: NO Added: 07.07.2015, 01:07 Annotation: Of the more than one hundred books that H. G. Wells published in his lifetime, this is one of the most ambitious. Spanning the origins of the Earth to the outcome of World War I, A Short History of the World is an engrossing account of the evolution of life and the development of the human race. Wells brings his monumental learning and penetrating historical insight to bear on the Neolithic era, the rise of Judaism, the Golden Age of Athens, the life of Christ, the rise of Islam, the discovery of America, the Industrial Revolution, and a host of other subjects. Breathtaking in scope, this thought-provoking masterwork remains one of the most readable and rewarding of its kind. Decay - Humanity
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 197 Size: 244 kB Book genre: sci-fi & fantasy Language: English Read: NO Added: 07.07.2015, 01:02 Annotation: The undead have risen, spreading death across a once thriving and beautiful world. Now the world is blackening, and the undead are no longer the only threat to what little life is left. Humanity has decayed, and some survivors will go to any lengths to stay alive. The most innocent of families have turned to cannibalism while violent criminals manipulate their way to leadership. Ondřej Neff
Tma 2.0
Format: PDBNumber of pages: 278 Size: 555 kB Book genre: sci-fi & fantasy Language: Czech Read: YES (25.06.2015) Added: 07.07.2015, 00:42 kolektiv
The Koran
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 897 Size: 896 kB Book genre: religion and theology Language: English Read: NO Added: 09.06.2015, 14:25 Annotation: The Quran (literally meaning "the recitation"; also romanized Qurʾan or Koran) is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be a revelation fromGod (Arabic: الله, Allah). Its scriptural status among a world-spanning religious community, and its major place within world literature generally, have led to a great deal of secondary literature on the Quran. Quranic chapters are called suras and verses are called ayahs. Muslims believe the Quran was verbally revealed by God to Muhammad through the angel Gabriel (Jibril), gradually over a period of approximately 23 years, beginning on 22 December 609 CE, when Muhammad was 40, and concluding in 632, the year of his death. Muslims regard the Quran as the most important miracle of Muhammad, a proof of his prophethood, and the culmination of a series of divine messages that started with the messages revealed to Adam and ended with Muhammad. They consider the Quran to be the only revealed book that has been protected by God from distortion or corruption. According to the traditional narrative, several companions of Muhammad served as scribes and were responsible for writing down the revelations. Shortly after Muhammad's death, the Quran was compiled by his companions who wrote down and memorized parts of it. These codices had differences that motivated the Caliph Uthman to establish a standard version now known as Uthman's codex, which is generally considered the archetype of the Quran we have today. However, the existence of variant readings, with mostly minor and some significant variations, and the early unvocalized Arabic script mean the relationship between Uthman's codex to both the text of today's Quran and to the revelations of Muhammad's time is still unclear. The Quran assumes familiarity with major narratives recounted in the Jewish and Christian scriptures. It summarizes some, dwells at length on others and, in some cases, presents alternative accounts and interpretations of events. The Quran describes itself as a book of guidance. It sometimes offers detailed accounts of specific historical events, and it often emphasizes the moral significance of an event over its narrative sequence. The Quran is used along with the hadith to interpret sharia law. During prayers, the Quran is recited only in Arabic. Someone who has memorized the entire Quran is called a hafiz. Some Muslims read Quranic ayahs (verses) with elocution, which is often called tajwid. During the month of Ramadan, Muslims typically complete the recitation of the whole Quran during tarawih prayers. In order to extrapolate the meaning of a particular Quranic verse, most Muslims rely on the tafsir. Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels
The Communist Manifesto
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 34 Size: 79 kB Book genre: politology Language: English Read: NO Added: 22.09.2024, 19:02 Annotation: The political tract in which Marx presented the core of his philosophy and revolutionary program. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume V
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 528 Size: 720 kB Book genre: biography Language: English Read: NO Added: 15.05.2015, 14:41 Annotation: Of all the "historical" biographies of Napoleon, the one most often forgotten but one which played an important part in the creation of the Napoleonic legend was Sir Walter Scott's nine-volume 'Life of Napoleon Buonaparte'. Review: Of all the "historical" biographies of Napoleon, the one most often forgotten but one which played an important part in the creation of the Napoleonic legend was Sir Walter Scott's nine-volume 'Life of Napoleon Buonaparte'. [Frontispiece, 1827 French edition]
The work was to be received coolly on both sides of the channel, for diametrically opposed reasons. Walter Scott proclaimed his own impartiality, but as a result was criticised in Britain by Torys for his positive attitude towards the fallen emperor notably with respect to his military genius, his mastery of administration and his impressive legacy to France (the national system of education, greatly improved communications, and the Code Napoléon). However his negative comments on the emperor his overweaning ambition and his blind egotism) alienated to a certain extent part of his French readership. As for its literary qualities, some criticised his works 'poetry', other his wordy language. Yet others were to note that Scott's knowledge of the subject was extremely superficial. French journalists took Gourgaud's side, as did Napoleon's other companions in exile, Bertrand et Montholon (Scott had in fact succeeded in uniting them where Napoleon had failed!). The actual duel however did not take place (Gourgaud would have had to got to Scotland) so the conflict became a war of words. Whilst Gourgaud was successfully represented as a martyr, the doubt had nevertheless been shed, and recent publications on the Saint Helena incident have revealed that Gourgaud was in fact consumed with rancour at Napoleon, Bertrand and the general atmosphere on Saint Helena and did indeed allow himself certain indiscretions and betrayed certain secrets. http://www.napoleon.org/en/reading_room/articles/files/napopages_scott.asp Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume IV
Format: EPUBNumber of pages: 499 Size: 738 kB Book genre: biography Language: English Read: NO Added: 15.05.2015, 14:40 Annotation: Of all the "historical" biographies of Napoleon, the one most often forgotten but one which played an important part in the creation of the Napoleonic legend was Sir Walter Scott's nine-volume 'Life of Napoleon Buonaparte'. Review: Of all the "historical" biographies of Napoleon, the one most often forgotten but one which played an important part in the creation of the Napoleonic legend was Sir Walter Scott's nine-volume 'Life of Napoleon Buonaparte'. [Frontispiece, 1827 French edition]
The work was to be received coolly on both sides of the channel, for diametrically opposed reasons. Walter Scott proclaimed his own impartiality, but as a result was criticised in Britain by Torys for his positive attitude towards the fallen emperor notably with respect to his military genius, his mastery of administration and his impressive legacy to France (the national system of education, greatly improved communications, and the Code Napoléon). However his negative comments on the emperor his overweaning ambition and his blind egotism) alienated to a certain extent part of his French readership. As for its literary qualities, some criticised his works 'poetry', other his wordy language. Yet others were to note that Scott's knowledge of the subject was extremely superficial. French journalists took Gourgaud's side, as did Napoleon's other companions in exile, Bertrand et Montholon (Scott had in fact succeeded in uniting them where Napoleon had failed!). The actual duel however did not take place (Gourgaud would have had to got to Scotland) so the conflict became a war of words. Whilst Gourgaud was successfully represented as a martyr, the doubt had nevertheless been shed, and recent publications on the Saint Helena incident have revealed that Gourgaud was in fact consumed with rancour at Napoleon, Bertrand and the general atmosphere on Saint Helena and did indeed allow himself certain indiscretions and betrayed certain secrets. http://www.napoleon.org/en/reading_room/articles/files/napopages_scott.asp
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