In many ways we have never been more 'free'. We have the means to follow our dreams, set goals and live the life we choose. Yet mental health issues are sky-rocketing. Anxiety and depression are rife and more people feel overwhelmed by daily living. The 21st century increasingly seems to breed distraction, pressure and discontent. So, is all our so-called freedom nothing more than a trap of our own making? Are we, as the saying goes, simply decorating the cage that keeps us imprisoned? What can...
A Discourse upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality among Mankind
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
On the Future of Our Educational Institutions
by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Lucretius' The Nature of Things (in Contemporary American English Prose) (The Nature of Things, #1)
by Titus Lucretius
Free Will (Readings in Philosophy S.)
Free Will and Theism
Concerns both about the nature of free will and about the credibility of theistic belief and commitment have long preoccupied philosophers. In addition, there can be no denying that the history of philosophical inquiry into these two issues has been dynamic and, at least to some degree, integrated. In a great many cases, classical treatments of one have influenced classical treatments of the other-and in a variety of ways. Without pretending to be able to trace all the historical integrations of...
The Complete Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Der Begriff Der Freiheit Bei Hegel (Europaische Hochschulschriften. Reihe XX, Philosophie,, #504)
by Joonsoo Kim
Diese Studie ist ein Beitrag zur Interpretation des Hegelschen Freiheitsbegriffs im sachlichen Zusammenhang mit dem Problem der praktischen Freiheit des Individuums. Sie versucht die dialektische Struktur des spekulativen Freiheitsbegriffs Hegels anhand seiner "Logik" und geistesphilosophischen Anerkennungstheorie zu erhellen und kommt zum Ergebnis, dass Hegels spate Philosophie eine wohlbegrundete Theorie der intersubjektiven Freiheit enthalt, die fur die gegenwartige Diskussion um die praktisc...
"Freedom, Nature, and World" is a collection of essays by Peter Loptson which examine issues posed by a broadly naturalistic view of the world, which Loptson defends while also exploring some of the challenges it confronts. Papers on freedom, Kant, Christianity, Homer, the history of analytic philosophy, the place of humanity in nature, and other topics, are brought together within a synoptically naturalistic purview. All the essays rest on, and in some cases extend, that synoptic perspective, w...
Between Chance and Choice
Are choice and free will possible in a world governed by deterministic fundamental equations? What sense would determinism make if many events and processes in the world seemed to be governed by chance? These and many other questions emphasize the fact that chance and choice are two leading actors on stage whenever issues of determinism are under discussion. This volume collects essays by accomplished scientists and philosophers, addressing numerous facets of the concept of determinism. The cont...
Life and Labour, Or, Characteristics of Men of Industry, Culture and Genius
by Samuel Smiles, Jr
Although much human action serves as proof that irrational behaviour is remarkably common, certain forms of irrationality - most incontinent action and self-deception - pose such difficult problems that philosophers have rejected them as logically or psychologically impossible. Here, Alfred Mele shows that incontinent action and self deception are indeed possible. Philosophers; psychologists.
