In this infectiously exciting book, Bryan Magee tells the story of his own discovery of philosophy and not only makes it come alive but shows its relevance to daily life. Magee is the Carl Sagan of philosophy, the great popularizer of the subject, and author of a major new introductory history, The Story of Philosophy. Confessions follows the course of Magee's life, exploring p...(展开全部)

The Making of a Philosopher follows Colin McGinn from his early years in England, reading Descartes and Anselm, to his years in the States, first in Los Angeles, then New York. McGinn presents a contemporary academic take on the great philosophical figures of the twentieth century -- including Bertrand Russell, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Noam Chomsky -- alongside stories of the tea...(展开全部)

Hao Wang (1921-1995) was one of the few confidants of the great mathematician and logician Kurt Godel. A Logical Journey is a continuation of Wang's Reflections on Godel and also elaborates on discussions contained in From Mathematics to Philosophy. A decade in preparation, it contains important and unfamiliar insights into Godel's views on a wide range of issues, from Platonis...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Melancholia is wrongly condemned as a condition of withdrawal and despair that alienates its sufferer from community. Countering that misconception, A Politics of Melancholia reclaims an understanding of melancholia not as an affliction in need of a remedy but as an affirmative stance toward decay and ruination in political life, and restores the melancholic figure—by turns inv...(展开全部)

Melancholia is wrongly condemned as a condition of withdrawal and despair that alienates its sufferer from community. Countering that misconception, A Politics of Melancholia reclaims an understanding of melancholia not as an affliction in need of a remedy but as an affirmative stance toward decay and ruination in political life, and restores the melancholic figure—by turns inv...(展开全部)

Bertil and Hseng Noung Lintner, and their baby daughter, born enroute, spent one and a half years traveling through northern and eastern Burma, from 1985-87. Throughout their account, they describe, with rare and deep insight, the struggle by northern Burma’s ethnic groups against brutal Burmese army rule, and record the decline and fall of the Communist Party of Burma. During ...(展开全部)

作者簡介 柏提爾．林納Bertil Lintner 瑞典記者、作家與緬甸問題專家，專研亞洲局勢近四十年。曾任《遠東經濟評論》緬甸特派員，目前為《瑞典日報》及丹麥《Politiken雜誌》亞洲特派員，報導與分析作品常見於《紐約時報》、《華爾街日報》及《亞洲時報》網路版。林納在二○○四年關於北韓的傑出報導，讓他獲得亞洲出版人協會獎。此外林納在緬甸、印度東北、寮國及中國雲南區域耕耘近四十年，以深入蹲點報導，爬梳區域安全、政治叛亂、族群衝突與組織犯罪之間盤根錯節的脈絡。 完成本書跋涉穿越緬北的十八個月行程之前，柏提爾就曾花費數月時間，多次採訪緬甸武裝反抗團體。一九八一年的採訪中，他認識了當時為撣邦軍密碼員的森倫士官長。他們在一九八三年結婚，目前住在泰國清邁。 相關著作:《中國的印度戰爭：世界屋脊上的衝突，亞洲兩大區域強權的角力》 譯者簡介 林玉菁 紐約市立大...(展开全部)

From the bestselling author of Oracle Bones and River Town comes the final book in his award-winning trilogy, on the human side of the economic revolution in China. In the summer of 2001, Peter Hessler, the longtime Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker , acquired his Chinese driver's license. For the next seven years, he traveled the country, tracking how the aut...(展开全部)

From the bestselling author of Oracle Bones and River Town comes the final book in his award-winning trilogy, on the human side of the economic revolution in China. In the summer of 2001, Peter Hessler, the longtime Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker , acquired his Chinese driver's license. For the next seven years, he traveled the country, tracking how the aut...(展开全部)