7 livros parecidos com A Consolação da Filosofia
Utopia
First published in 1516, Thomas More's Utopia is one of the most important works of European humanism. Through the voice of the mysterious traveler Raphael Hythloday, More describes a pagan, communist city-state governed by reason. Addressing such issues as religious pluralism, women's rights, state-sponsored education, colonialism, and justified warfare, Utopia seems remarkably contemporary…
Temas em comum: Consolation, Miniature books, History
Do sentimento trágico da vida nos homens e nos povos
Del sentimiento trágico de la vida en los hombres y en los pueblos, conocida usualmente como Del sentimiento trágico de la vida, es uno de los más destacados ensayos filosóficos de Miguel de Unamuno, publicado en 1913. Bajo la influencia de Søren Kierkegaard y de san Ignacio de Loyola, entre otros, quien fuera eximio rector de la Universidad de Salamanca hace una profunda incursión en la…
Temas em comum: Philosophy and religion, Philosophy
Política
"This new translation of one of the fundamental texts of Western political thought combines strict fidelity to Aristotle's Greek with a contemporary English prose style. Lord's intention throughout is to retain Aristotle's distinctive style. The accompanying notes provide literary and historical references, call attention to textual problems, and supply other essential information and…
Temas em comum: Incunabula, Philosophy, Poetry, History
Areopagitica
Areopagitica: A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England is John Milton's famous tract against censorship. Published in 1644, Areopagitica is named after a speech by Isocrates, a fifth century BC Athenian orator. The work is counted as one of the most influential and inspired defenses of the right to freedom of expression in history. It is also a personal issue…
Temas em comum: Miniature books, Philosophy
Guia dos Perplexos
The Guide for the Perplexed (Hebrew:מורה נבוכים, translit. Moreh Nevukhim, Arabic: dalālatul ḥā’irīn דלאל̈ה אלחאירין دلالة الحائرين) is one of the major works of Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, better known as Maimonides or "the Rambam". It was written in the 12th century in the form of a three-volume letter to his student, Rabbi Joseph ben Judah of Ceuta, the son of Rabbi Judah, and is the main source…
Temas em comum: Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy, History
Da Natureza das Coisas
This is regarded as a seminal text of Epicurean science and philosophy. Epicurians discarded both the idea of immortality and the superstitious worship of wilful gods for a life of serene contentment in the available pleasures of nature. Lucretius (c100-c55BC), in elucidating this belief, steers the reader through an extraordinary breadth of subject matter, ranging from the indestructibility of…
Temas em comum: Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy, Poetry, History
Moral
The Moralia of the 1st-century Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea is an eclectic collection of 78 essays and transcribed speeches. They provide insights into Roman and Greek life, but often are also timeless observations in their own right.
Temas em comum: Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy, Poetry