Arthur Schopenhauer 
Studies in Pessimism [EPUB ebook] 
A Series of Essays

Would you like to build greater trust in your relationships? Discuss this book together.Trusting relationships are key to economics and life: a student wants to win a prestigious business contest wit …

This book offers an inspiring exploration of current findings from the psychology of meaning in life, analysing cutting-edge research to propose practical, evidence-based applications. Schnell draws …

Utilitarianism – a philosophy based on the principle of the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people – has been hugely influential over the past two centuries. Beyond ethics or morality, …

The global political economy is inescapably cultural. Whether we talk about the economic dimensions of the ‘war on terror’, the sub-prime crisis and its aftermath, or the ways in which new informatio …

This volume gathers together leading philosophers of science and cognitive scientists from around the world to provide one of the first book-length studies of this important and emerging field. Speci …

What constitutes personhood? How are persons and their bodies related? What is the relationship between personhood and value? The Unity of a Person: Philosophical Perspectives explores the current de …

The world has witnessed the creation of new democracies and the maturing of old ones. Yet, everywhere there is democracy, there is also political inequality. Voices of everyday folk struggle to be he …

Originally published in 1963. In an introductory chapter the author argues that philosophy ought to be more than the art of clarifying thought and that it should concern itself with outlining a scien …

Drawing on a diverse array of thinkers from Plato to Kierkegaard, On the Internet is one of the first books to bring philosophical insight to the debate on how far the internet can and cannot take us …