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This is an accessible account of Darwin's major work. It explores Darwin's main arguments, and the influence of Darwin both in his own lifetime and in the 21st century.
This text investigates the background of "Thus Spake Zarathustra, " offering a concise summary of the book and giving close-up explanations of the most important arguments.
Since its appearance in 1949, Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex has been a central text of feminist thought and the wider feminist movement. Always controversial, this book has arguably exercised more personal and plitical influence than any other work. Yet for all its direct impact, the book's arguments are elaborate and often difficult, and its range is immense. Its philosophical and historical origins are complex, and its literary and intellectual methods are subtle.
'It's a free country!', we say, when we want to make our own decisions, or express our own ideas. Easily said: but what really makes a society free? Written in 1859, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty still provides the classic answer. As we enter the third millennium, few of our societies would pass Mill's test of true freedom! George Myerson's lively text: investigates the background to Mill's On Liberty; offers a clear and concise summary of the whole book; gives close-up explanations of the most important arguments; offers a critical appreciation of Mill's contribution to the theory of human liberty. the facts...the concepts...the ideas...
This handly series from Headway offers brief yet lucid introductions to the world's cultural icons. Each book examines the life, the work, and the legends surrounding its subject, and key terms and concepts are highlighted and clearly explained. Additionally, each chapter ends with a review section for easy reference and to help consolidate the reader's understanding of the text.
Sartre's existentialism and humanism has probably been the single most influential work by a modern philosopher, outside the walls of specialist philosophy. Written by a leading novelist as well as thinker, this short book provides a condensed version of Sartre's life and defines the practical and theoretical meaning of existentialism for many.