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A German philologist, philosopher, cultural critic, poet and composer. He wrote several critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and aphorism. The Antichrist- Save for his raucous, rhapsodical autobiography, "Ecce...

First published in 1886 at Nietzsche’s own expense, the book was not initially considered important. In it, Nietzsche denounced what he considered to be the moral vacuity of 19th century thinkers. He attacked philosophers for what he considered to be their lack of critical sense and their blind...

Have any of these questions bothered you?1. How can a loving, merciful God send millions of people to Hell forever without hope?2. How can God be good, when there is so much suffering and sorrow in this world?3. Am I going to go to Hell when I die?If you have been looking for answers to these and...

Exploration of logical good and evil including: The difference between logical and emotional goodness, where habits, behavior, and personalities come from, what the structure of the soul looks like, time as meaning of life, animal versus human behavior, and more!

W.B. Yeats was an Irish poet who was one of the biggest contributors to the Irish Literary Revival of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  In 1923, Yeats became the first Irishman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.  This edition of Ideas of Good and Evil includes a table of contents.

Is life a theatrical version of a much truer, darker world inside our minds?  What is a friend? Why care for someone you don’t need? How can someone even consider walking the straight and narrow path in a world that anyone could be lurking in the shadows, ready to walk over you if he was to? ...

Stephen Batchelor's seminal work on humanity's struggle between good and evil In the national bestseller Living with the Devil, Batchelor traces the trajectory from the words of the Buddha and Christ, through the writings of Shantideva, Milton, and Pascal, to the poetry of Baudelaire, the fiction...

Eryxias (/ɨˈrɪksiəs/; Greek: Ἐρυξίας) is a Socratic dialogue attributed to Plato, but which is considered spurious. It is set in the Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios, and features Socrates in conversation with Critias, Eryxias, and Erasistratus (nephew of Phaeax). The dialogue concerns...

The problem of understanding why an all-powerful and wholly good and loving God could permit so much evil to occur has puzzled many Christians as well as skeptics since St. Augustine grappled with the problem in the Fourth Century A.D. Many skeptics have found the evidence of evil sufficient to reject...

Virtue and the Moral Life brings together distinguished philosophers and theologians with younger scholars of consummate promise to produce ten essays that engage both academics and students of ethics. The volume explores the role virtues play in identifying the good life and the good society with special reference to family ethics, public responsibilities, and interreligious dialogue.

In this book, John Kekes discusses the hard questions we all must face in the course of our lives. Is there an absolute value that overrides all other considerations? Must we conform to prevailing conventions? Do we owe what our country asks of us? Must justice be done at all costs? How should we...

The existence of evil in a world created by a perfect God is an enigma which has always preoc­cupied philosophers and theologians. Without departing from the general framework of the Judeo-Christian tradition, Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov’s approach to the problem is original: he insists that the...

Ever wondered how God can be Love, yet allow so much Evil?  -Or know anyone who has? Maybe this is the book for you! Modelling himself on C.S.Lewis, the writer angles his approach and style as clearly and accessibly as possible because the Problem of Evil can easily get way too complicated....

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. Eryxias is a Socratic dialogue attributed to Plato, but which...