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Actualmente, Sören Kierkegaard es considerado el fundador del existencialismo y el primer teólogo moderno. Según su perspectiva radical, la filosofía resultaba inútil si no producía un cambio permanente en la vida de las personas. Su desconfianza por los grandes sistemas abstractos, en particular el de Hegel, y su insistencia en que la filosofía es en esencia una forma de literatura, lo caracterizan, además, como un precursor de la problemática posmoderna. Kierkegaard ocultó la autoría de sus obras tras una multitud de seudónimos y puntos de vista que solían contradecir sus creencias. Fue el primer gran pensador que exploró la inexplicable angustia que afecta al hombre moderno. Se sumergió, también, en las paradojas de las creencias religiosas y desafió a una sociedad hipócrita que se decía cristiana. Kierkegaard para Principiantes es un relato acerca de la extraña vida y las ideas de un hombre torturado por su afán de cambiar las prioridades del pensamiento occidental.

Bertrand Russell cambió la filosofía occidental para siempre. Fue co-autor de Principia Matematica, el libro más difícil jamás escrito sobre la lógica de las Matemáticas. Pionero en el análisis lógico, empírico audaz, postuló numerosas hipótesis: sobre cómo funciona la mente, cómo experimentamos el mundo, cuál es la verdadera naturaleza de sentido, entre otras. Participó activamente en el mundo político y estuvo dispuesto a ir preso por sus ideas. Sostuvo muchos romances, sus controversiales puntos de vista sobre el sexo, el matrimonio, la religión y la educación escandalizaron a muchos de sus contemporáneos, y siguen escandalizando. Pese a todo lo que hizo y recogió este hombre extraordinario en muchos aspectos de su vida se consideraba un fracaso. Bertrand Russell para Principiantes describe claramente sus teorías filosóficas y explica por qué muchos filosofos modernos están en desacuerdo con él.

Los filósofos siempre han disfrutado haciendo preguntas embarazosas y provocativas, tales como: ¿cuál es la esencia de la realidad? ¿Cómo son realmente los seres humanos? ¿Qué tienen de especial la mente y la conciencia humanas? ¿Somos libres de elegir quienes somos y lo que hacemos? ¿Podemos demostrar que Dios existe? ¿Podemos estar seguros de algo? ¿Que es la verdad? ¿Nos proporciona el lenguaje una representacion verdadera del mundo? ¿Como deberiamos comportarnos los unos con los otros? ¿Piensan los ordenadores?

"Soy diferente de todo el mundo..." Así comienzan las provocadoras Confesiones de Jean-Jacques Rousseau, una autobiografía en la que sorprende por su profunda introspección. Rousseau fue músico, poeta, novelista y botanico, pero sobre todas las cosas un filosofo que nego terminantemente serlo y el primero en preguntar: ¿que valor tiene la civilizacion? Su respuesta la civilizacion corrompe la bondad natural del hombre y aumenta las desigualdades sociales, escandalizo a sus contemporaneos, los iluministas, y aun hoy resulta provocativa. ¿Rousseau fue un inspirador de la Revolucion Francesa? ¿Dio origen al romanticismo, el psicoanalisis y el existencialismo? ROUSSEAU PARA PRINCIPIANTES revela a un pensador rebelde cuyas ideas revolucionaron nuestra comprension de la infancia, la educacion, el gobierno, el lenguaje y muchas cosas mas.

The Imperium is on the brink of annihilation, and only one person can save it. After centuries of peace, the Enemy has returned, and the only one who can unlock the Imperiums last line of defense is the rightful emperor. Unfortunately, the throne has been empty for a decade. The sole remaining heir is rumored to be on a backwater planet where no one has heard of the Imperium. Can he be found before the Imperial system is dissolved and the ships of the Imperial Guard are sent to the Wreckers? Meanwhile, on Earth, a homeless man dreams of the stars. Who will be willing to pay the Price of Imperium?

When Nazi gorillas try to crash a Zeppelin full of zombies into Doc Vandals 87th floor home, he knows hes got trouble.Doc and his team have to track their attackers to a lost city half way across the world to find the secret behind the aerial attack. Its not just a physical battle Doc has to win, its a contest for his very soul.On one side:An enemy older than time;Nazi aerial battleships;Man-eating dinosaurs.On the other:Doc Vandal, a man raised by artificial intelligences, and the worlds foremost scientific adventurer;Gus, a gorilla with a fistful of doctorates, and secrets bigger than he is;Vic, an expatriate Russian countess and daredevil pilot with a predilection for playing solitaire with razor-edged cards.Can Doc and friends save the world from the tyranny of the Eldest Flame? Can Vic kill a Tyrannosaur with a short sword?Find out in the first Doc Vandal adventure: Against the Eldest Flame!

Welcome to a world of pulp super-science, talking gorillas, and rocket-powered Zeppelins. This is the world of Doc Vandal and his crew. Followed by Gus, the gorilla polymath, and Vic, the expatriate Russian countess, Doc is the foremost scientific adventurer of the age. Follow the team around the world and into the depths of space itself as they battle everyone from Nazis to utopian cultists.Thrill as Doc Vandal and the crew find themselves up against:Giant Robots battling around the shores of Lake Tunguska!A Mad Scientist about to destroy the world!Ancient Aliens from the depth of hyperspace!Its all there in the second collection of Doc Vandal adventures.

Ancient Aliens in Mesopotamia! When the Christmas ball they are attending is thrown into chaos by the attack of power-armored Nazis, Doc and the team find themselves thrown into an adventure that will rewrite everything they know about human origins. Everything leads to the Great Ziggurat of Ur, where a column of fire reaches all the way to space. Will they find the answer before the world is destroyed? Sharks in the desert, winged aliens, robot skeletons, and biblical spaceships! Its all there in the sixth Doc Vandal adventure--The Ziggurat of Doom!

From New York, to Africa, to Antarctica this collection takes Doc Vandal and the team around the world with the first three adventures collected into a single volume.Against the Eldest Flame:When Nazi gorillas try to crash a Zeppelin full of zombies into Doc Vandals 87th floor home, he knows hes got trouble.Doc and his team have to track their attackers to a lost city half way across the world to find the secret behind the aerial attack. Its not just a physical battle Doc has to win, its a contest for his very soul.On one side:An enemy older than time;Nazi aerial battleships;Man-eating dinosaurs.On the other:Doc Vandal, a man raised by artificial intelligences, and the worlds foremost scientific adventurer;Gus, a gorilla with a fistful of doctorates, and secrets bigger than he is;Vic, an expatriate Russian countess and daredevil pilot with a predilection for playing solitaire with razor-edged cards.Can Doc and friends save the world from the tyranny of the Eldest Flame? Can Vic kill a Tyrannosaur with a short sword?Find out in the first Doc Vandal adventure: Against the Eldest Flame!When Nazi gorillas try to crash a Zeppelin full of zombies into Doc Vandals 87th floor home, he knows hes got trouble.Doc and his team have to track their attackers to a lost city half way across the world to find the secret behind the aerial attack. Its not just a physical battle Doc has to win, its a contest for his very soul.On one side:An enemy older than time;Nazi aerial battleships;Man-eating dinosaurs.On the other:Doc Vandal, a man raised by artificial intelligences, and the worlds foremost scientific adventurer;Gus, a gorilla with a fistful of doctorates, and secrets bigger than he is;Vic, an expatriate Russian countess and daredevil pilot with a predilection for playing solitaire with razor-edged cards.Can Doc and friends save the world from the tyranny of the Eldest Flame? Can Vic kill a Tyrannosaur with a short sword?Air Pirates of Krakatoa:When Doc Vandals cousin is murdered with a bowl of poisonous fish soup, its not long before Doc and the team are thrown on a collision course with the Air Pirates of Krakatoa!After Vic escapes a deadly drone attack on the streets of New York City, all clues point to the coffee plantations of Java.Doc and the team have to fight their way past the Air Pirates deadly flying wing to get to the root of the mystery. Its a story of international conspiracies, giant robots, and colonial revolutionaries.Can Doc escape the prison beneath Krakatoa?Who is Tigress?...and what about Vic, trapped in the hold of a ship about to explode?Attacked Beneath Antarctica:An ancient evil lurks beneath Lake Vostok!When Doc and the team receive a mysterious message from a lost Antarctic expedition they launch a rescue mission only to find themselves stranded in the coldest place on Earth. Their only hope of survival lies in an 800 mile trek across the icecap, and nothing can prepare them for what they find beneath the ice.Trapped between an invader from outside space itself and a Nazi expedition seeking secrets humanity was not meant to know the team is caught in a race to save the world from threats it cannot understand.Travel back to a 1937 that never existed and join Doc and the team in a series of wild adventures t...

An ancient evil lurks beneath Lake Vostok! When Doc and the team receive a mysterious message from a lost Antarctic expedition they launch a rescue mission only to find themselves stranded in the coldest place on Earth. Their only hope of survival lies in an 800 mile trek across the icecap, and nothing can prepare them for what they find beneath the ice. Trapped between an invader from outside space itself and a Nazi expedition seeking secrets humanity was not meant to know the team is caught in a race to save the world from threats it cannot understand. Like all Doc Vandal Adventures this is a complete story in one volume.

"Introducing Plato" begins by explaining how philosophers like Socrates and Pythagoras influenced Platos thought. It provides a clear account of Platos puzzling theory of knowledge, and explains how this theory then directed his provocative views on politics, ethics and individual liberty. It offers detailed critical commentaries on all of the key doctrines of Platonism, especially the very odd theory of Forms, and concludes by revealing how Platos philosophy stimulated the work of important modern thinkers such as Karl Popper, Martha Nussbaum, and Jacques Derrida.

Bertrand Russell changed Western philosophy forever. He tackled many puzzles--how our minds work, how we experience the world, and what the true nature of meaning is. In "Introducing Bertrand Russell "we meet a passionate eccentric, active in world politics, who had outspoken views on sex, marriage, religion, and education.

Ethical philosophy has a long and distinguished history, but how can you apply it to your life? This Practical Guide explores the alternative ethical philosophies and how we can all use these to aid us with everyday dilemmas. Introducing Ethics for Everyday Life provides advice on whether human beings really are selfish and greedy, why you might want to be a good person, and how to pick an ethical philosophy that works for you. Free of jargon but full of straightforward advice, case studies and step-by-step instructions, this is the perfect concise introduction to using ethics to help you make decisions.