This volume of new translations unites three shorter works by Arthur Schopenhauer that expand on themes from his book The World as Will and Representation. In On the Fourfold Root he takes the principle of sufficient reason, which states that nothing is without a reason why it is, and shows how it covers different forms of explanation or ground that previous philosophers have t...(展开全部)

"Schopenhauer's analyses of causation and related concepts . . . rival and probably surpass in their depth and brilliance the more celebrated discussions of David Hume. Where Hume grossly oversimplified these problems and left them riddled with paradoxes, Schopenhauer disentangled them and shed light on what had seemed hopelessly dark." --Richard Taylor, University of Rochester...(展开全部)

Can great powers be confident that their peers have benign intentions? States that trust each other can live at peace; those that mistrust each other are doomed to compete for arms and allies and may even go to war. Sebastian Rosato explains that states routinely lack the kind of information they need to be convinced that their rivals mean them no harm. Even in cases that suppo...(展开全部)

Can great powers be confident that their peers have benign intentions? States that trust each other can live at peace; those that mistrust each other are doomed to compete for arms and allies and may even go to war. Sebastian Rosato explains that states routinely lack the kind of information they need to be convinced that their rivals mean them no harm. Even in cases that suppo...(展开全部)

恩斯特·马赫（Ernst Mach，1838-1916），奥匈帝国物理学家、心理学家和哲学家。马赫数和马赫带效应因其得名。

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Trees provoke deep affection, spirituality, and creativity. They cover about a third of the world’s land and play a crucial role in our environmental systems—influencing the water, carbon, and nutrient cycles and the global climate. This puts trees at the forefront of research into mitigating our climate emergency; we cannot understate their importance in shaping our daily live...(展开全部)

作者：保罗·史密斯（Paul Smith） 深耕植物保护领域30年，现任国际植物园保护联盟（BGCI）秘书长，BGCI牵头开展了全球树木评估项目，并于2021年发布了《世界树木状况报告》。此前，他曾担任英国皇家植物园邱园千年种子库（MSB）的负责人。 他是非洲南部植物和植被方面的专家，也是威尔士国家植物园受托人、世界自然保护联盟植物保护委员会联合主席和英格兰树木园咨询委员会主席，获得过新英格兰野花协会国际植物保护服务奖章和戴维·费尔柴尔德植物探索奖章。 译者：殷茜 国家植物园科普馆高级实验师。先后任职于江苏省中国科学院植物研究所和国家植物园，从事过植物保护、植物引种保育、科普教育等工作。曾获得全国科普讲解大赛三等奖，所著《遗世独立：珍稀濒危植物手绘观察笔记》获得2020年度中国科普作家协会优秀科普作品奖银奖。