A massive crowd of people, cloaked in the colors of their beloved athletes, slowly fill a 150,000-seat arena to cheer on their favorite teams. Athletes enter the stadium amid great pomp and circumstance as opposing fans hurl insults at one another and place bets on the day's outcome. Although this familiar scene might describe a contemporary football game, it also portrays a da...(展开全部)

Nihilism is not an affliction to be overcome, but a vector of intellectual discovery which philosophy should try to push to its ultimate conclusion. Rather than trying to safeguard the experience of meaning - construed as the defining feature of human existence - from the incursions of science, philosophy should strive to demystify it and deploy its considerable speculative res...(展开全部)

媒體推薦 「在蒙古，狗死後會被埋在最高的山頭，這樣，就沒有任何人可以從牠的墳上踩過。狗的主人會在牠的耳邊輕聲許下願望，希望狗兒來世化成一個人，回到這個世界上。牠的尾巴會被會切下來擺在頭的下面，牠的嘴裡會擺著一塊肉，好讓牠有力氣旅行。在狗轉世之前，牠的靈魂可以自由地到處旅行，在高原沙漠上盡情奔馳。」 這是我在國家地理頻道的一個節目上看到的，我相信這是真的。節目上說，並不是所有的狗都會化為人回到世上，只有那些準備好的靈魂才會。 「我準備好了。」 Enzo 知道自己是一隻不一樣的狗，牠是一個哲學家，有著近似人類智慧的靈魂。他從電視節目中學習，也會仔細聆聽主人所說的話；牠的主人 Denny 是一名賽車手，Enzo 從主人身上學到許多人生的深刻體悟。人生就像賽車一樣，並不是只要「快」就好了；這件事在賽車場上非常重要，而能夠看透這一點的話，也就能看透人生遭遇的各...(展开全部)

霍尔•希格登  芝加哥马拉松官方训练计划制定者，芝加哥马拉松协会和芝加哥跑者协会原训练顾问。跑圈里的“百马王子”，曾创造多项世界纪录。  美国记者与作家协会终身成就奖获得者，创作了36部图书作品。《体育画报》《国家地理》《男性生活》《纽约时报》等知名报刊刊登过他的上百篇文章。

媒體推薦 「在蒙古，狗死後會被埋在最高的山頭，這樣，就沒有任何人可以從牠的墳上踩過。狗的主人會在牠的耳邊輕聲許下願望，希望狗兒來世化成一個人，回到這個世界上。牠的尾巴會被會切下來擺在頭的下面，牠的嘴裡會擺著一塊肉，好讓牠有力氣旅行。在狗轉世之前，牠的靈魂可以自由地到處旅行，在高原沙漠上盡情奔馳。」 這是我在國家地理頻道的一個節目上看到的，我相信這是真的。節目上說，並不是所有的狗都會化為人回到世上，只有那些準備好的靈魂才會。 「我準備好了。」 Enzo 知道自己是一隻不一樣的狗，牠是一個哲學家，有著近似人類智慧的靈魂。他從電視節目中學習，也會仔細聆聽主人所說的話；牠的主人 Denny 是一名賽車手，Enzo 從主人身上學到許多人生的深刻體悟。人生就像賽車一樣，並不是只要「快」就好了；這件事在賽車場上非常重要，而能夠看透這一點的話，也就能看透人生遭遇的各...(展开全部)

霍尔•希格登  芝加哥马拉松官方训练计划制定者，芝加哥马拉松协会和芝加哥跑者协会原训练顾问。跑圈里的“百马王子”，曾创造多项世界纪录。  美国记者与作家协会终身成就奖获得者，创作了36部图书作品。《体育画报》《国家地理》《男性生活》《纽约时报》等知名报刊刊登过他的上百篇文章。

Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions of life on earth. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. Elizabeth Kolbert combines brilliant field reporting, the history of ideas and the work of geologists, botanists a...(展开全部)

A major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes Over the last half-billion years, there have been Five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring t...(展开全部)

A major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring...(展开全部)

Ken Jowitt is the Pres and Maurine Hotchkis Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Robson Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Jowitt specializes in the study of comparative politics, American foreign policy, and postcommunist countries. He is particularly interested in studying types of anti-Western ideologies that might appear in ...(展开全部)