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Zobrazeno: 2791-2820 z celkem 3508 záznamů Začátek | Předchozí | Následující | Konec The World Set Free
Anotace: This chilling, futuristic novel, written in 1913 and first published the following year, was incredibly prophetic on a major scale. Wells was a genius and visionary, as demonstrated by many of his other works, but this book is clearly one of his best. He predicts nuclear warfare years before research began and describes the chain reactions involved and the resulting radiation. He describes a weapon of enormous destructive power, used from the air that would wipe out everything for miles, and actually used the term "atomic bombs." This book may have been at least part of the original inspiration for the development of atomic weapons, as well as presenting many other ideas that would ultimately come to pass. Some ideas may still be coming, including a one-world government referred to as The World Republic, that will attempt to end all wars. When the Sleeper Wakes
Anotace: Graham, an 1890s radical pamphleteer who is eagerly awaiting the twentieth century and all the advances it will bring, is stricken with insomnia. Finally resorting to medication, he instantly falls into a deep sleep that lasts two hundred years. Upon waking in the twenty-second century to a strange and nightmarish place, he slowly discovers he is master of the world, revered by an adoring populace who consider him their leader. Terrified, he escapes from his chamber seeking solace—only to realize that not everyone adores him, some even wish to harm him. The Wheels of Chance
A Bicycling Idyll
Anotace: A humorous account of a young man's cycling holiday in the south of England. By the author of The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds. War and the Future
War and the Future. Italy, France, Britain at War
Anotace: War and the Future, a work of propaganda written at the heart of the First World War, brings together diverse observations on the ongoing conflict, highlighting the radical change that the new armament technologies are bringing to the art of warfare. Wells states his theory of a new world scientific and technical order, which already ran through his science-fiction masterpieces at the end of the last century. Twelve Stories and a Dream
Anotace: Twelve Stories and a Dream contains thirteen stories written by H. G. Wells many of which are fantasy. Included are: Filmer, The Magic Shop, The Valley of Spiders, The Truth about Pyecraft, Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland, The Inexperienced Ghost, Jimmy Goggles the God, The New Accelerator, Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation, The Stolen Body, Mr. Brisher's Treasure, Miss Winchelsea's Heart, A Dream of Armageddon. Tono-Bungay
Anotace: One of the greatest of all satires of the power of advertising and the modern press The Soul of a Bishop
Anotace: He is known, along with Jules Verne, as one of the 19th-century fathers of logical, rational science fiction, but in this 1917 novel, H. G. Wells weaves a more intuitive tale, about a bishop haunted by strange dreams and visions that challenge his faith. Lyrical, poetic, and verging on stream-of-consciousness in places, this little-read work of one of the most enduringly popular writers of modern literature is like found treasure, offering a captivating and unexpected insight into Wells' psyche. The Secret Places of the Heart
Anotace: H.G. Wells was so charmed by Margaret Sanger that he based The Secret Places of the Heart on his time with her. The novel -- a thinly-veiled autobiography -- depicts an English gentleman, Sir Richard Hardy, who is attempting to sort out his marital problems while he travels the English countryside in the company of a psychiatrist. The Secret Places of the Heart was, in many ways, a love letter from Wells to Sanger... The Research Magnificent
Anotace: The story of William Porphyry Benham is the story of a man who was led into adventure by an idea. It was an idea that took possession of his imagination quite early in life, it grew with him and changed with him, it interwove at last completely with his being. His story is its story. The Red Room
Anotace: The Red Room is a short story by H. G. Wells. The story deals with the internal human conflict between rationality and the irrational fear of the unknown. The New Machiaveli
Anotace: Well's vivid and unfailingly candid account of the damage wrought by a scandalous society affair and the overwhelming power of passion God the Invisible King
Anotace: God the Invisible King is a theological work published by one of the worlds most respected and cherished authors, H.G. Wells. First and Last Things
A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life
Poznámky: intellectual self-confession Anotace: First and Last Things is a 1908 work of philosophy by H. G. Wells setting forth his beliefs in four "books" entitled "Metaphysics," "Of Belief," "Of General Conduct," and "Some Personal Things." Parts of the book were published in the Independent Magazine in July and August 1908. Wells revised the book extensively in 1917, in response to his religious conversion, but later published a further revision in 1929 that restored much of the book to its earlier form. Its main intellectual influences are Darwinism and certain German thinkers Wells had read, such as August Weismann. The pragmatism of William James, who had become a friend of Wells, was also an influence. Totem and Taboo
Anotace: In his book, Totem and Taboo, he proposes that all modern forms of socialization are shaped by the primitive culture of origin. In addition to that, he states that all behaviors of conformity spring from a common primitive form. Generally, a totem is a symbol that is common to a group of people. Typically, members who are of the same totem are prohibited from breeding. In this book, Freud argues that these simplistic societies would simply have had no way of knowing the physiological effects of incest. Instead, Freud argues that these primitive societies are driven by something else. Thus, Freud instigated a study into these groups and came up with conclusions. In the book, he also has something to say about how modern and monotheistic religions came into being. Psychology and Social Practice
Anotace: In this piece, Dewey explores the relationship between psychology and social practice, emphasizing the importance of a pragmatic approach that integrates both disciplines. He argues that psychology must go beyond the study of individual behavior and delve into the understanding of how individuals interact with and are influenced by their social environment. Dewey's article highlights the need for psychology to contribute to the improvement of society by addressing social issues and promoting human flourishing. The Republic
Anotace: Since the mid-nineteenth century, the Republic has been Plato’s most famous and widely read dialogue. As in most other Platonic dialogues the main character is Socrates. It is generally accepted that the Republic belongs to the dialogues of Plato’s middle period. In Plato’s early dialogues, Socrates refutes the accounts of his interlocutors and the discussion ends with no satisfactory answer to the matter investigated. In the Republic however, we encounter Socrates developing a position on justice and its relation to eudaimonia(happiness). He provides a long and complicated, but unified argument, in defense of the just life and its necessary connection to the happy life. The dialogue explores two central questions. The first question is “what is justice?” Socrates addresses this question both in terms of political communities and in terms of the individual person or soul. He does this to address the second and driving question of the dialogue: “is the just person happier than the unjust person?” or “what is the relation of justice to happiness?” Given the two central questions of the discussion, Plato’s philosophical concerns in the dialogue are ethical and political. In order to address these two questions, Socrates and his interlocutors construct a just city in speech, the Kallipolis. They do this in order to explain what justice is and then they proceed to illustrate justice by analogy in the human soul. On the way to defending the just life, Socrates considers a tremendous variety of subjects such as several rival theories of justice, competing views of human happiness, education, the nature and importance of philosophy and philosophers, knowledge, the structure of reality, the Forms, the virtues and vices, good and bad souls, good and bad political regimes, the family, the role of women in society, the role of art in society, and even the afterlife. This wide scope of the dialogue presents various interpretative difficulties and has resulted in thousands of scholarly works. In order to attempt to understand the dialogue’s argument as a whole one is required to grapple with these subjects. The Hound of the Baskervilles
Anotace: In this, one of the most famous of Doyle's mysteries, the tale of an ancient curse and a savage ghostly hound comes frighteningly to life. The gray towers of Baskerville Hall and the wild open country of Dartmoor will haunt the reader as Holmes and Watson seek to unravel the many secrets of the misty English bogs. Pravěk českých zemí v evropském kontextu
Anotace: Na rozdíl od dřívějších knížek o pravěku českých zemí se autor soustřeďuje na vztahy našeho pravěku k jiným částem Evropy a Středomoří, pokouší se je osvětlit v širším kontextu a ukázat, jak se i Čechy s Moravou aktivně účastnily kulturního vývoje celoevropského i celosvětového. Kniha je bohatě vybavena ilustracemi a mapami, dokumentujícími širší souvislosti jednotlivých etap pravěkých dějin našich zemí.PhDr. Jan Bouzek, DrSc., profesor klasické archeologie na Karlově univerzitě, se narodil v r. 1935 v Praze, byl hostujícím profesorem v Německu, Rakousku, Francii a USA, vedl řadu archeologických výzkumů u nás i v zahraničí (Bulharsko, Libanon, Srí Lanka), studoval zejména vztahy mezi různými starověkými civilizacemi; vydal řadu knih v zahraničí i u nás. Hlavními popularizujícími knihami jsou Objevy ve Středomoří (1980), Periklovo Řecko (1990, s I. Ondřejovou), Thrákové (1990) a tři menší knížky vydané společně se Z. Kratochvílem (Od mýtu k logu, Archaické myšlení a umění, Proměny interpretací). Jan Hus známý i neznámý
(Resumé knihy, která nebude napsána)
Anotace: Jiří Kejř vypráví přístupnou formou příběh života mistra Jana Husa, systematicky vysvětluje pohnutky jednání tohoto významného myslitele i podstatu jeho individualistického založení. Shrnuje tak své početné práce, které se Husa dotkly nebo zcela zásadně analyzovaly okolnosti jeho procesu u kurie a na koncilu kostnickém. Podává zhuštěně vysvětlení nepřesných či zavádějících tvrzení spojených s jeho osobou, která se objevují ve velmi bohaté odborné i popularizující husovské literatuře. Právě shrnutí a vyvrácení dosavadních omylů kolem Husa, jeho přátel i protivníků jsou hlavním cílem Kejřovy knihy. Přestože autor pokládá osobně svoji novou knihu za pouhý zlomek díla, jež by mělo o osobnosti Husova formátu vzniknout, lze ji právem považovat nikoli za fragment, ale za koncentrovaný, hodnotný extrakt zamýšlené, ale nerealizované obsáhlé monografie. Voltaire
Socrates
Anotace: Socrates (French: Socrate) is a 1759 French play in three acts written by Voltaire. It is set in Ancient Greece during the events just before the trial and death of Greek philosopher Socrates. It is heavy with satire specifically at government authority and organized religion. The main characters besides the titular role is that of the priest Anitus, his entourage, Socrates' wife Xantippe, several judges, and some children Socrates has adopted as his own. Immanuel Kant
Beobachtungen über das Gefühl des Schönen und Erhabenen
Anotace: Im Jahr 1764 veröffentliche Immanuel Kant die Schrift ‚Beobachtungen über das Gefühl des Schönen und Erhabenen‘. Das Werk ist in vier Abschnitte unterteilt. Lives
Volume II
Anotace: Plutarch's Lives, written at the beginning of the second century A.D., is a brilliant social history of the ancient world by one of the greatest biographers and moralists of all time. In what is by far his most famous and influential work, Plutarch reveals the character and personality of his subjects and how they led ultimately to tragedy or victory. Richly anecdotal and full of detail, Volume I contains profiles and comparisons of Romulus and Theseus, Numa and Lycurgus, Fabius and Pericles, and many more powerful figures of ancient Greece and Rome. The Ego and Its Own
Anotace: Stirner's The Ego and its Own (1845) is striking in both style and content, attacking Feuerbach, Moses Hess and others to sound the death-knell of Left Hegelianism. The work also constitutes an enduring critique of liberalism and socialism from the perspective of an extreme eccentric individualism. Stirner has latterly been portrayed variously as a precursor of Nietzsche, a forerunner of existentialism, an individualist anarchist, and as manifestly insane. This edition includes an Introduction placing Stirner in his historical context. Robert Spencer
Empire of God
How the Byzantines Saved Civilization
Anotace: Without the Byzantine Empire, there never would have been Western civilization. Cleopatra
Anotace: Cleopatra VII was more than the last Macedonian Queen of Egypt. She was a femme fatale of epic proportion, ensnaring the two mightiest Romans of her time, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, with her famed beauty and intelligence. The story of Cleopatra reads like a modern thriller. From her murderous family, who were not averse to killing parents, siblings, and their own children, to the civil wars between Pompey, Caesar, Octavian Augustus, Brutus, and Mark Antony, the tale of this last queen of Egypt is filled with high drama, tension and, ultimately, tragedy. It is a story which, once started, is almost impossible to put down. This is possibly master storyteller Jacob Abbott's finest book. Friedrich Schiller
Wallenstein's Camp
Anotace: This is the first play of Friedrich Schiller's Wallenstein Trilogy. Set in a Bohemian camp during the Thirty Years War, it introduces the major characters of the rest of the trilogy, like Albrecht von Wallenstein and Max Piccolomini, from their subordinates' point of view. The Witch of Portobello
Anotace: How do we find the courage to always be true to ourselves—even if we are unsure of who we are? That is the central question of international bestselling author Paulo Coelho's profound new work, The Witch of Portobello. It is the story of a mysterious woman named Athena, told by the many who knew her well—or hardly at all. Like The Alchemist, The Witch of Portobello is the kind of story that will transform the way readers think about love, passion, joy, and sacrifice. Friedrich Schiller
Schiller's Philosophical Letters
Anotace: The Philosophical Letters were published by Schiller in the March 1786 edition of Thalia, Schiller’s journal of poetry and philosophical writings. The idea for the letters arose earlier, during Schiller’s academic years. The poem Friendship, which is quoted in part in the letters, originally appeared in an anthology of his poems in the year 1782 and was referred to as coming from the letters of Julius to Raphael, a yet unpublished fictional work. Although the letters are represented as a fiction, the Theosophy of Julius, which is the centerpiece of the correspondence, clearly reflects the philosophical outlook of the young Schiller. The role of Raphael was assumed by Schiller’s friend Christian Gottfried Körner. The beginning of the first letter from Raphael was apparently written by Körner, and the second letter from Raphael, which is the concluding letter of the correspondence, was definitely written by Körner and not Schiller. Although Schiller printed the final letter by Körner in Thalia, it did not appear in the first printing, nor in subsequent printings. This letter was apparently part of a plan by Schiller to continue the letters beyond the Theosophy of Julius, but this plan was never carried out beyond Körner’s final letter. This letter is therefore included in this translation for its historical interest, but should not be read as a direct philosophical statement by Schiller. It in no way contradicts the view, that the Theosophy of Julius and the poem Friendship reflect the youthful philosophical outlook of the Poet of Freedom. Plótinos
O krásném
Anotace: Řecko-český text. Novoplatónské pojednání, „O krásném“ (Enn. I 6) náleží mezi klasické texty estetiky a filosofie umění. Plótinos
O duchovní kráse
Anotace: Řecko-český text. Novoplatónské pojednání „O duchovní kráse“ (Enn. V 8) náleží mezi klasické texty estetiky a filosofie umění. Zobrazeno: 2791-2820 z celkem 3508 záznamů Začátek | Předchozí | Následující | Konec
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