Humanism category: 419 books

A spirited biography of the prophetic and sympathetic philosopher who helped build the foundations of the modern world. Denis Diderot is often associated with the decades-long battle to bring the world's first comprehensive Encyclopédie into existence. But his most daring writing took place...

Emery Bigot's life spans the most brilliant years of seventeenth-century France. He left some six hundred letters addressed to the four corners of literary Europe; among his correspondents, acquaintances, and friends were men of the stature of Jean Chapelain, Nicolaus Heinsius, Charles du Cange, Richard...

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur Érasme et sa pensée en moins d’une heure ! Figure majeure de l’humanisme et de la Renaissance, Érasme reste malgré tout bien méconnu du grand public. Théologien, homme de lettres et voyageur infatigable, cet homme aux multiples facettes...

The first complete account of the ideas and writings of a major figure in twentieth-century intellectual life Walter Kaufmann (1921–1980) was a charismatic philosopher, critic, translator, and poet who fled Nazi Germany at the age of eighteen, emigrating alone to the United States. He was...

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD—BIOGRAPHY Elie Wiesel was a towering presence on the world stage—a Nobel laureate, activist, adviser to world leaders, and the author of more than forty books, including the Oprah’s Book Club selection Night. But when asked, Wiesel always said,...

This book is a continuation of my Motivation and Personality, published in 1954. It was constructed in about the same way, that is, by doing one piece at a time of the larger theoretical structure. It is a predecessor to work yet to be done toward the construction of a comprehensive, systematic and...

First published in 1921, “A Traveller in Little Things” is a charming travel narrative of the author's various rambles around the beautiful countryside of England. Highly recommended for all lovers of nature writing. William Henry Hudson (1841 – 1922) was an Argentinian naturalist, author, and...

“Great art discovers for us who we are,” writes eminent literature professor and critic Arnold Weinstein in this magisterial new book about how we can better uncover and understand our own stories by reading five major modern writers. Professor Weinstein, author of the highly acclaimed A Scream...

Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as "disgraceful." Ralph Waldo Emerson found it "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet produced." Published at the author's expense on July 4, 1855, Leaves...

The fourth volume in the popular series that began with Ten Poems to Change Your Life, Ten Poems to Last a Lifetime focuses on what it means to be truly human. In it, Roger Housden offers us poems on life and death, happiness, seeing ourselves in relation to the world, and, of course, the ineffable—the...

A travel on the city streets of India to connect with the people and their life to get rhythm of poetry and love. This book consists of Love, Travel, Philosophy, Social, Religion, Humanity, Poetry, and Politics and with many other features the writer is trying to formulate streets in a book....

Explications – Les Héros du Quotidien – No 609 – Alexandre et sa foi. 30-03-16. Samuel est un homme engagé dans sa foi. Il a la plus grande admiration pour St-Joseph. Dès sa plus jeune enfance, il lui a exprimé la profondeur de sa foi. De voir...

Explications – Les Héros du Quotidien – No 688 – Samuel et Sybille – 30-03-16. Samuel et Sybille demeurent chez leur grand-mère paternelle depuis que leurs parents sont mors lors d’un accident. Elle a juste 70 ans mais elle est encore très active et elle s’occupe...

Explications – Les Héros du quotidien – No 632  Christie et les 2 enfants – 29-3-16.   Cette Ville s’appelle St-Christophe. Elle a une population de 40,000 habitants.   C’est une belle Ville. Il y a un très grand lac au Centre...