Free Will category: 515 books

A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, also known as Discourse on the Sciences and Arts and commonly referred to as The First Discourse, is an essay by Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau which argued that the arts and sciences corrupt human morality. Jean-Jacques...

Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men, also commonly known as the "Second Discourse", is a work by philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (born June 28, 1712, Geneva, Switzerland—died July 2, 1778, Ermenonville, France), Swiss-born philosopher,...

Blaise Pascal was born at Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne, on June 19, 1623. He sprung from a well-known legal family, many members of which had held lucrative and responsible positions. His father, Etienne Pascal, held the post of intendant, or provincial administrator, in Normandy, where, and at Paris...

A rare retrospection and simultaneous introspection challenging , inquiring and enquiring basic life perceptions and doctrines in a humorist way . The craziness of confusion that appears when the most simple reasoning expose the stupidity of modern and inherited norms and habits of any person. The...

Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences is a philosophical and autobiographical treatise published by René Descartes in 1637. It is best known as the source of the famous quotation "Je pense, donc je suis", which occurs in Part IV...

Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences is a philosophical and autobiographical treatise published by René Descartes in 1637. It is best known as the source of the famous quotation "Je pense, donc je suis", which occurs in Part IV...

annotated: - biography and comment Title: A Discourse on Method, Author: René Descartes.Translator: John Veitch DISCOURSE ON THE METHOD OF RIGHTLY CONDUCTING THE REASON, AND SEEKING TRUTH IN THE SCIENCES. Philosopher and mathematician René Descartes is regarded...

Principles of Philosophy is a book by René Descartes. In essence it is a synthesis of the Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy It was written in Latin, published in 1644 and dedicated to Elisabeth of Bohemia, with whom Descartes had a long-standing friendship. A French version...

ENCHANTED VERSES That Breathe fire into thoughts Forge thoughts into words Sculpt words into verses To bring alive fantasies Through             Love, Life & Poetry                ...

Un giovane hacker, Claudio, si imbatte casualmente in una piattaforma cloud di dati che sfugge al suo controllo e sulla quale non riesce ad intervenire. Sconfortato, chiede soccorso all’anziano professor De Grecis, docente di filosofia di cui è stato allievo al liceo, che ipotizza possa trattarsi...

Ad ogni nuovo evento calamitoso o efferatezza delittuosa, si leva una sorta di coro che afferma l’impossibilità di un Dio onnipotente ed infinitamente buono, in base al ragionamento che altrimenti il Male non esisterebbe, oppure se Dio esiste è sadico o meno potente di quanto crediamo. Integrando...

In spite of modern ideals and achievements in the area of freedom and choice, people today are often afflicted with a sense that they cannot change things for the better. They feel helpless, constrained, caught -- in a word, fatalistic. Beyond Fate, Margaret Visser's 2002 CBC Massey Lectures, examines...

UNDERSTANDING EXISTENCE explores the fundamental question: How is it possible that we exist? But also other intriguing questions such as: Were the disappearing / downing / crashing of three Malaysian based airplanes in a single year, a mere coincidence? Or are there other as yet inexplicable dynamics...