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PHILOSOPHER’S LOVE – FROM SOCRATES TO FOUCAULT
by Manfred Geier
Love is a long-burning issue of philosophy. From antiquity to the present day, people have philosophised about love, which reveals itself in a variety of forms and norms. But what really happens when philosophers not only philosophise, but also love, from the initial games of seduction to the culmination of sexual lust? With the aid of eleven biographical case studies, from Socrates and Augustine to Martin Heidegger and Michael Foucault, Manfred Geier, author of several biographies on philosophers, documents how without their erotic lust, the philosophers would not have become searchers of wisdom.
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March 1998The Framing of Socrates
The Literary Interpretation of Xenophon´s Memorabilia
by Gray, Vivienne J.
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MedicineThe Maieutic Model for Nursing and Treatment
Presentation and Documentation
by Cora van der Kooij
In this successful introductory work, the author describes the principles, rationale, prospects for, and documentation of her maieutic method for nursing and care. The word “maieutics” is derived from the ancient Greek word for “midwife” and draws upon a method developed by Socrates. Through skillful questioning, it reveals the right answers and insights lying dormant in another person’s mind, although he or she was not conscious of them. Cora van der Kooij describes maieutics as midwifery for nursing professionalism. Target Group: Practicing nurses, geriatric nurses, nursing educators
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May 2023How Philosophers Fail Themselves
The somewhat different historyof philosophy
by Otto A. Böhmer
— Philosophy for beginners — For philosophy enthusiasts — A pleasant read This truly brilliant book tells of the sometimes sublime, sometimes exhilarating efforts of philosophers to maintain their attitude in everyday life without forgetting the meaning of their own words – and how they ultimately failed to do so. The minor, sometimes bizarre events in the lives of the great philosophers fit so aptly in the picture of the respective philosophy that one has to assume they could have been conceived to keep the associated intellectual giant in a strange and memorable mood. A book of cheerful science, full of wit, narrative and linguistic eloquence.
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)July 2013A Modern family
by Socrates Adams
Television's most popular car show presenter lives his life in the shadow of his career and his persona. He has the perfect job. He doesn't have the perfect family. His wife retches in the bathrooms of exclusive restaurants; his daughter's obsession with a friend is consuming her; his son lives a double life selling pornography by day and gaming by night. Te presenter views his family from the outside and watches as they slowly disintegrate in front of him, unable to control anything that is not scripted.
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Socrates in sneakers
by Elke Wiss
In a time when everyone is yelling all at once and opinions are elevated to the status of facts, common ground has become ever more elusive. We’re more intent on convincing the other that we’re right than going in search of real answers together. As a result, discussions often more resemble a debate than a dialogue. We talk rather than listen, and don’t take the time to ask questions. Wouldn’t it be great to know, at any moment and in any given situation, how to pose that one good question that turns a debate into a constructive conversation? Elke Wiss teaches you how. Inspired by Socrates and other philosophers, she illustrates how bad we are at asking good questions, and explains how we can become better at it.
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September 2015Our Search with Socrates for Moral Truth
by Gary Michael Atkinson
Many people believe that when it comes to moral questions, anyone's opinion is as good as anyone else's. Teachers of philosophy, by exposing students to the full panoply of moral theory, can reinforce this prejudice towards skepticism even when they intend to challenge it. Gary Michael Atkinson has taught introductory courses in philosophy for decades, and he has developed an effective approach to show that widespread skepticism based on the existence of persistent moral disagreement is mistaken. Our Search with Socrates for Moral Truth will appeal not only to students and teachers of philosophy but to any educated reader seeking to ascertain or defend the existence of moral truth.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJuly 2017Trilogy of Introductory Philosophy by Corrupt the Youth (好青年哲學讀本)
by Corrupt the Youth
More than 2000 years ago, Socrates, one the founding fathers of Philosophy, was condemned to death for corrupting the youth. Today, a group of young philosophers who crave to carry on the spirit of philosophy has founded “Corrupt the Youth” in search of the essence of life, language, science, ethics, knowledge and politics.二千多年前，蘇格拉底因荼毒青年而被判死；今天，一群盼哲學延續不息的青年建立「荼毒室」，追問生命、語言、科學、倫理、知識、政治等本質Click here for more information
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EducationThe Socratic Classroom
Reflective Thinking Through Collaborative Inquiry
by Chesters, S. D.
This book provides a framework for a collaborative inquiry-based approach to teaching and learning suitable not only for formal educational settings such as the school classroom but for all educational settings. For teachers, educationalists, philosophers and philosophers of education, The Socratic Classroom presents a theoretical as well as practical exploration of how philosophy may be adopted in education. The Socratic Classroom captures a variety of philosophical approaches to classroom practice that could be broadly described as Socratic in form. There is an exploration of three distinct approaches that make significant contributions to classroom practice: Matthew Lipman's Community of Inquiry, Leonard Nelson's Socratic Dialogue, and David Bohm's Dialogue. All three models influence what is termed in this book as 'Socratic pedagogy'. Socratic pedagogy is multi-dimensional and is underpinned by 'generative, evaluative, and connective thinking'. These terms describe the dispositions inherent in thinking through philosophical inquiry. This book highlights how philosophy as inquiry can contribute to educational theory and practice, while also demonstrating how it can be an effective way to approach teaching and learning. Audience This publication is suited to educators, teacher educators, philosophers of education and philosophers in general. It has a theoretical and practical focus, making it truly interdisciplinary.
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October 2014The World of Prejudices
History and Basics for the Human and the Inhuman
by Ágnes Heller
Ágnes Heller goes back to antiquity to show under what circumstances prejudice can arise. She investigates social and psychological conditions and analyses the fundamental prejudices of modernity: racial, ethnic and religious prejudices, class prejudices, prejudices against women and sexual prejudices. From Socrates to Shakespeare, from Leibniz and Weber to Foucault and Luhmann, the Grande Dame of philosophy shows us what she personally experienced and still experiences in the 20th and 21st centuries: a whole cosmos of prejudices.
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Children's & YASeptember 2020Plato Big Head
by Alba Sala, Valeria De Caterini
The first title in the Little Philosophers series, together with Descartes and Kant. Who said philosophy is just for grownups? Kids are always curious, asking questions about the world. This book lets them wonder even more! Plato, Big Head is the story of the philosopher’s childhood in Ancient Greece, his friendship with Socrates, the Academy, the Symposium and much more, enriched by colorful illustrations and engaging activities that will turn every young reader in a little philosopher.
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April 2016Commentary on Genesis
by Didymus the Blind
Blind since early childhood, the Egyptian theologian and monk Didymus (ca. 313-398) wielded a masterful knowledge of Scripture, philosophy, and previous biblical interpretation, earning the esteem of his contemporaries Athanasius, Antony of Egypt, Jerome, Rufinus, and Palladius, as well as of the historians Socrates and Theodoret in the decades following his death. He was, however, anathematized by the Fifth Ecumenical Council in 553 because of his utilization and defense of the works of Origen, and this condemnation may be responsible for the loss of many of Didymus's writings. Jerome and Palladius mentioned that Didymus had written commentaries on Old Testament books; these commentaries were assumed to be no longer extant until the discovery in 1941 in Tura, Egypt, of papyri containing commentaries on Genesis, Zechariah, Job, Ecclesiastes, and some of the Psalms.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJuly 2018Trilogy of Introductory Philosophy by Corrupt the Youth (小日常的哲學)
by Corrupt the Youth
More than 2000 years ago, Socrates, one the founding fathers of Philosophy, was condemned to death for corrupting the youth. Today, a group of young philosophers who crave to carry on the spirit of philosophy has founded “Corrupt the Youth” in search of the essence of life, language, science, ethics, knowledge and politics.人生匆匆數十載，不過是重重複複的小日常。穿衣上班去旅行、聽歌上網打機談戀愛，哲學探問最終極的大問題，亦反省最平凡的小日常。Click here for more information
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Humanities & Social SciencesJuly 2020Trilogy of Introductory Philosophy by Corrupt the Youth (大時代的哲學)
by Corrupt the Youth
More than 2000 years ago, Socrates, one the founding fathers of Philosophy, was condemned to death for corrupting the youth. Today, a group of young philosophers who crave to carry on the spirit of philosophy has founded “Corrupt the Youth” in search of the essence of life, language, science, ethics, knowledge and politics.時代動蕩，即使我們不質疑時代，時代也會向我們發問。種族、民主、抗爭、環境、科技、愛情，無一不成問題。大時代的哲學，時代問，我們亦問。Click here for more information
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Espionage & spy thrillerJanuary 2008The Janus Conspiracy
by Michael Davies
A conspiracy to take over the USA has been in development since soon after WWII, led by two mega-rich industrialists and a team of powerful interests in the Pentagon, Politics, the Church, Big Crime and Law Enforcement. But none of the team members knows the full intent of the leaders which is far more murderous and comprises a threat to the security of the whole world.
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May 2021Couch City
Socrates against Simonides
by Harry Berger, Jill Frank, Ward Risvold, J. Benjamin Fuqua
Berger’s trenchant readings are consistently surprising and entertaining.
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Children's & YAYou Can Count on Your Heart
by Andrea Maggi
In a small high school in Italy, professor Elpidi’s class mostly includes self-important and disillusioned students, such as Valentina, who is eager to become a famous beauty vlogger; Renzo, a street dancer; Paola, who feels trapped in a life programmed by her parents. All these teenagers have one thing in common: they don't know who they are, so they don't have the slightest idea about what to do in the future. Professor Elpidi tries to explain Socrates’ saying: “Know thyself”, in a completely original way: he organizes a retreat in a remote mountain hut, where they will all live together for a month in close contact with nature. They will have to learn to settle their differences and live in a community without wi-fi, cell phones or any other modern convenience. A book that is both entertaining and thought-provoking, and speaks to young people in their language about their fragility.
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July 2021Palimpsests
poems based on the classics that speak to the present
by Chris Mann, Michael Lambert (Preface)
Like a modern Orpheus, Chris Mann explores the underworld of the past and returns with peculiarly African poetry, based on the classics that deepens our understanding of the present. In this collection, youthful Narcissus gazes into a mobile phone, wandering Odysseus sails the seas of the Internet, and picknickers beside a river’s pool in South Africa encounter the shades. The satirical poets of ancient Rome mock a strangely familiar hunger for sex and power among politicians, dispossessed Britons revolt against the empire, Vandals ruthlessly plunder wealth and land, and tech-savvy Phoenicians colonise the coast of a pastoral Africa. Rising seas engulf the lost city of Atlantis, and a terrible plague devastates the Athens of Socrates, Pericles, and the Parthenon. Palimpsests speaks to the interplay of different cultures and how the past is interwoven in the fabric of the present. It is a fresh, new offering enabling lovers of the classics to experience this world in a unique, modern and African way.
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Humanities & Social SciencesRUMI, DIALOG WITH THE UNIVERSE
Gli insegnamenti spirituali del grande poeta mistico persiano
by COLELLA GIULIANA
A journey into the poetic and spiritual world of the great Sufi mystic Rumi, who lived in the thirteenth century, considered not only a poet but also a prophet and a saint, so much so that for many Muslims he is a new Mohammed; for many Christians, a new Jesus; for many Jews, a new Moses.His message - love is the essence of all things - can be compared to St. Francis' and Dante's, his contemporaries; but there is also evident affinity with the thinking of Pythagoras, Socrates and Plato. The book, through a selection of evocative verses by Rumi, explores the path connecting it with Dante's work, explaining how the treasure of doctrines and ecstatic techniques still preserve a very modern flavor. This is because Rumi's approach, free and universal, transcends the specifics of the individual religions. TOPICSIncludes practical instructions on meditative techniques used by Rumi.Gives an unprecedented experiential and spiritual angle unlike studies on Rumi that have a predominantly literary and historical approach.
