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41) Frases Idiomáticas y Proverbios del Español - Spanish Idioms and Proverbs: Uso Diario - Everyday Use
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Frases Idiomáticas y Proverbios del Español
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Esta obra es un excelente material de estudio y consulta para estudiantes de idioma español, así como para maestros y profesores que enseñan esta lengua a estudiantes extranjeros y público en general; constituye también una importante herramienta de trabajo para traductores e intérpretes. Las frases que aquí aparecen se usan todas en la actualidad, no están en desuso u obsoletas y...
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Tzvetan Todorov is Research Director of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris and the author of many books, including The Conquest of America, On Human Diversity, The Morals of History, Facing the Extreme, and The Fragility of Goodness (Princeton). He writes regularly for the New Republic, Salmagundi, and other publications.
Available in English for the first time, Imperfect Garden is both an approachable intellectual history...
43) Inward
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From poet, meditator, and speaker Yung Pueblo, comes the first in series, a collection of poetry and prose that explores the movement from self-love to unconditional love, the power of letting go, and the wisdom that comes when we truly try to know ourselves. It serves as a reminder to the reader that healing, transformation, and freedom are possible.
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Jean Seznec was for many years a member of the faculty at Harvard University, and up until his death in 1983 he taught at All Souls College, Oxford, England.
The gods of Olympus died with the advent of Christianity--or so we have been taught to believe. But how are we to account for their tremendous popularity during the Renaissance? This illustrated book, now reprinted in a new, larger paperback format, offers the general reader first a discussion...
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First published in 1789, Jeremy Bentham's best-known work remains a classic of modern philosophy and jurisprudence. Its definitions of the foundations of utilitarian philosophy and its groundbreaking studies of crime and punishment retain their relevance to modern issues of moral and political philosophy, economics, and legal theory. Based on the assumption that individuals seek pleasure and avoid pain, Bentham's utilitarian perspective forms a guide...
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El advenimiento del yo es un acontecimiento mayor en la historia de la cultura de Occidente y se manifiesta en la vasta difusión de una abundante literatura de la intimidad en la cual el autor escribe sobre sí mismo, pero también en la invención del espejo, en la aparición del autorretrato, del tocador y del jardín inglés. La reivindicación del yo personal se opone decididamente al racionalismo de las Luces dando lugar a una cultura que todavía...
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Eugenio Garin afirmaba que "no cabe duda de que es imposible asir el sentido del Renacimiento italiano ni comprender su peso en la historia, si no se aferra el secreto de su profunda unidad vivencial de ciencia y arte, de un tormentato pensamiento crítico unido a una fe religiosa renovada por el retorno a los orígenes". Haciéndose cargo de dicha aseveración, el filósofo francés Stéphane Toussaint sugiere en este libro dos conceptos que revitalizan...
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What mystery is capable of transforming the past, the present and the future of humanity?
In the midst of so many questions about God, our reason for existence, and the meaning of everything around us, this work answers the greatest mystery in the history of mankind. Through a vision-both innovative and revolutionary-and a thorough analysis of the two branches that throughout history have defined our lives directly or indirectly, this book seeks...
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Vivimos en un mundo en el que se suele experimentar la «realidad» como algo dado que acontece al margen de nosotros y ante lo cual no queda más que pronunciarse desde posiciones con frecuencia maniqueas y simplistas. A favor, en contra, lo bueno, lo malo, lo justo, lo injusto, lo verdadero, lo falso. La mayor parte de nuestras producciones culturales da cuenta de ello, y el deplorable estado de nuestra cultura puede comprenderse como uno de sus...
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En un libro conciso y claro Peter F. Strawson expone una forma peculiar de naturalismo que permite abordar cuestiones tradicionales filosóficas de la epistemología, la ontología, la filosofía del lenguaje o la moralidad. La diversidad de temas que recorre, la presentación brillante de debates controvertidos y la sugerencia de posibles vías reconciliadoras brindan al lector la oportunidad de participar en una reflexión filosófica que resulta...
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The Lucifer Principle is a revolutionary work that explores the intricate relationships among genetics, human behavior, and culture to put forth the thesis that "evil" is a by-product of nature's strategies for creation and that it is woven into our most basic biological fabric. In a sweeping narrative that moves lucidly among sophisticated scientific disciplines and covers the entire span of the earth's – as well as mankind's – history, Howard...
53) The Art of Being
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Renowned social psychologist Erich Fromm outlines a guide to well-being in the modern age Though laptops, smartphones, and TVs have in many ways made life more convenient, they have also disconnected us from the real world. Days are spent going from screen to machine, machine to screen. In The Art of Being, renowned humanist philosopher and psychoanalyst Erich Fromm draws from sources as varied as Sigmund Freud, Buddha, and Karl Marx to find a new,...
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Written partly in response to Social Darwinism and in particular to Thomas H. Huxley's Nineteenth Century essay, "The Struggle for Existence", Kropotkin's book drew on his experiences in scientific expeditions in Siberia to illustrate the phenomenon of cooperation. After examining the evidence of cooperation in nonhuman animals, pre-feudal societies, in medieval cities, and in modern times, he concludes that cooperation and mutual aid are the most...
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"Like few contemporary psychologists, Abraham Maslow has no answers, no absolutes, no solutions which bring the relief of finality. In this Second Edition of Toward a Psychology of Being, there is a constant optimistic thrust toward a future based on the intrinsic values of humanity. He demonstrates that human beings can be loving, noble, and creative, and are capable of pursuing the highest values and aspirations."--Back cover.
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The classic work that redefined the sociology of knowledge and has inspired a generation of philosophers and thinkers In this seminal book, Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann examine how knowledge forms and how it is preserved and altered within a society. Unlike earlier theorists and philosophers, Berger and Luckmann go beyond intellectual history and focus on commonsense, everyday knowledge-the proverbs, morals, values, and beliefs shared among...
58) Althusser et Spinoza: Détours et retours: Avec trois textes inédits de Louis Althusser sur Spinoza
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Spinoza était un auteur dérangeant dans son siècle et le reste aujourd'hui. Sa pensée resurgit quand on la croit refoulée pour ébranler des certitudes dont celles du marxisme, qui a subi l'impact du spectre de Spinoza convoqué par Althusser.
Il y a des philosophies dont il n'est pas facile de se débarrasser, qui, de façon directe ou par le détour de critiques et de dénégations, s'imposent par-delà les siècles dans le débat philosophique....
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An inspiring collection of the great thinker's views on a rapidly changing world. Nuclear proliferation, Zionism, and the global economy are just a few of the insightful and surprisingly prescient topics scientist Albert Einstein discusses in this volume of collected essays from between 1931 and 1950. Written with a clear voice and a thoughtful perspective on the effects of science, economics, and politics in daily life, Einstein's essays provide...
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Tyler Roberts encourages scholars to abandon rigid conceptual oppositions between "secular" and "religious" to better understand how human beings actively and thoughtfully engage with their worlds and make meaning. The artificial distinction between a self-conscious and critical "academic study of religion" and an ideological and authoritarian "religion," he argues, only obscures the phenomenon. Instead, Roberts calls on intellectuals to approach...
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