吉达·克里希那穆提，印度著名哲学家，是与20世纪60年代开始的“新时代运动”（New Age Movement，又称“东西文化合流运动”）紧密相关的思想大师，在西方有非常大的影响。他主张真理纯属个人了悟，一定要用自己的思考来照亮自己。他一生的教诲都在帮助人类从恐惧中彻底解脱，体会生活的真正乐趣。他的四十余本著作，全是由演讲和谈话集结而成，目前已被译成47种文字。

"May is an existential analyst who deservedly enjoys a reputation among both general and critical readers as an accessible and insightful social and psychological theorist. . . . Freedom's characteristics, fruits, and problems; destiny's reality; death; and therapy's place in the confrontation between freedom and destiny are examined. . . . Poets, social critics, artists, and o...(展开全部)

Rationality and freedom are among the most profound and contentious concepts in philosophy and the social sciences. In two volumes on rationality, freedom, and justice, the distinguished economist and philosopher Amartya Sen brings clarity and insight to these difficult issues. This volume - the first of the two - is principally concerned with rationality and freedom.

"May is an existential analyst who deservedly enjoys a reputation among both general and critical readers as an accessible and insightful social and psychological theorist. . . . Freedom's characteristics, fruits, and problems; destiny's reality; death; and therapy's place in the confrontation between freedom and destiny are examined. . . . Poets, social critics, artists, and o...(展开全部)

Rationality and freedom are among the most profound and contentious concepts in philosophy and the social sciences. In two volumes on rationality, freedom, and justice, the distinguished economist and philosopher Amartya Sen brings clarity and insight to these difficult issues. This volume - the first of the two - is principally concerned with rationality and freedom.

理查德·埃德加·派普斯（Richard Edgar Pipes，1923年7月11日至2018年5月17日）是波兰出生的美国学者，他专门研究俄罗斯历史，特别是苏联的历史，在他的整个职业生涯中，他一直信奉一种强烈的反共观点。1976年，他领导了一个由中央情报局组织的分析小组，分析苏联军事和政治领导层的战略能力和目标。派普斯是美国历史学家和美国外交政策和中东问题专家丹尼尔·派普斯的父亲。 派普斯出生于波兰希岑的一个犹太家庭，在纳粹德国入侵波兰后作为难民逃离该国。1940年定居美国，1943年在美国陆军航空兵服役期间成为归化公民。从1958年到1996年，派普斯在哈佛大学工作。

Richard Pipes offers a vigorous defense of a fundamental freedom--private property--in this engaging mix of history, economics, and political theory. Western historians "take property for granted," complains the acclaimed scholar of Russian history (and author of the masterful The Russian Revolution). Pipes argues that a greater appreciation for this institution is necessary if...(展开全部)

In this profound and profoundly controversial work, a landmark of 20th-century thought originally published in 1971, B F Skinner makes his definitive statement about humankind and society. The book urges us to re-examine the ideals we have taken for granted and to consider the possibility of a radically behaviourist approach to human problems -- one that has appeared to some in...(展开全部)

Is there a moment in history when a work receives its ideal interpretation? Or is negotiation always required to preserve the past and accommodate the present? The freedom of interpretation, Charles Rosen suggests in these sparkling explorations of music and literature, exists in a delicate balance with fidelity to the identity of the original work. Rosen cautions us to avoid d...(展开全部)