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The Death And Anti-Death Series By Ria University Press discusses issues and controversies related to death, life extension, and anti-death. A variety of differing points of view are presented and argued. Death And Anti-Death, Volume 14: Four Decades After Michael Polanyi, Three Centuries After G. W. Leibniz is edited by Charles Tandy, Ph.D.: ISBN 978-1-934297-25-4 is the Hardback edition and ISBN 978-1-934297-26-1 is the Softback edition. (It is available from most retail bookstores and all Espresso Book Machines.) (It is distributed by...

The continuing growth of worldwide interest in Michael Oakeshott's philosophy and political theory has recently (2016) been marked by the publication of two 'Companion to Oakeshott' volumes. This event provides a welcome opportunity to explore the reasons for his influence both within the West and beyond it.

Essays by contributors from Britain, Canada, Hong Kong, India, and the USA provide a comprehensive critical assessment of the principal aspects of Oakeshott's thought that account for his contemporary relevance.

The unusually multi-national background of the authors aims to...

An in-depth history of the linguistic turn in analytic philosophy, from a leading philosopher of language

This is the second of five volumes of a definitive history of analytic philosophy from the invention of modern logic in 1879 to the end of the twentieth century. Scott Soames, a leading philosopher of language and historian of analytic philosophy, provides the fullest and most detailed account of the analytic tradition yet published, one that is unmatched in its chronological range, topics covered, and depth of treatment. Focusing on the major milestones and distinguishing...

Eduard von Hartmann: Moderne Probleme

Edition Holzinger. Taschenbuch

Berliner Ausgabe, 2017

Durchgesehener Neusatz bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Michael Holzinger

• Erstdruck: Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Friedrich, 1886. Hier nach der zweiten Auflage, 1888.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Moderne Probleme
• Vorwort zur ersten Auflage
• Vorwort zur zweiten Auflage
• I. Was sollen wir essen?
• II. Unsere Stellung zu den Thieren
• III. Die Gleichstellung der...

This summation of his life's work, published posthumously in 1862, became a seminal influence in the modern environmental movement and is no less relevant today than 150 years ago. "Above all, we cannot afford not to live in the present," he wrote. He extolled walking as a delightful and necessary idleness, an antidote to the burdens of civilization, a means of immersing ourselves in nature and awakening to the moment.

"Walking" is recognized by most scholars as Thoreau's "other" masterpiece, Walden in a more concise form. In the introduction of this edition, Adam Tuchinsky...