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Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. Plato's retelling of the discourses between Socrates and his friends on such subjects as love and desire, truth and illusion, spiritual transcendence and the qualities of a good ruler, profoundly affected the ways in which we view human relationships, society and leadership - and shaped the whole tradition of Western philosophy.

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. The Father of Existentialism, Kierkegaard transformed philosophy with his conviction that we must all create our own nature; in this great work of religious anxiety, he argues that a true understanding of God can only be attained by making a personal 'leap of faith'.

The latest volume in the New York Times bestselling physics series explains Einstein's the general theory of relativityHe taught us classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, and special relativity. Now, physicist Leonard Susskind, assisted by a new collaborator, André Cabannes, returns to tackle Einstein's general theory of relativity. Starting from the equivalence principle and covering the necessary mathematics of Riemannian spaces and tensor calculus, Susskind and Cabannes explain the link between gravity and geometry. They delve into black holes, establish Einstein field equations, and solve them to describe gravity waves. The authors provide vivid explanations that, to borrow a phrase from Einstein himself, are as simple as possible (but no simpler).An approachable yet rigorous introduction to one of the most important topics in physics, General Relativity is a must-read for anyone who wants a deeper knowledge of the universe's real structure.

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-06-06 Pages: 544 Language: English Publisher: Penguin Books The hottest thinker in the world Bryan Appleyard. Sunday TimesIn The Black Swan. Taleb showed us that highly improbable and unpredictable events underlie almost everything about our world ... Here Taleb stands uncer-tainty on its head. making it desirable. even necessary The antifragile is beyond the resilient or robust The resil-ient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better and better.Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension. many things in life benefit from stress. disorder. volatility. and turmoil. What Taleb has identified and calls antifragile are things that not only gain from chaos but need it in order to survive and flourish.Whats more . the antifragile is immune to prediction errors and protected from adverse events. Why is the cit...

An accesible version of Einstein's masterpiece of theory, written by the genius himselfAccording to Einstein himself, this book is intended "to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics." When he wrote the book in 1916, Einstein's name was scarcely known outside the physics institutes. Having just completed his masterpiece, The General Theory of Relativity—which provided a brand-new theory of gravity and promised a new perspective on the cosmos as a whole—he set out at once to share his excitement with as wide a public as possible in this popular and accessible book.Here published for the first time as a Penguin Classic, this edition of Relativity features a new introduction by bestselling science author Nigel Calder.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

One of the major philosophical texts of the 20th century, Process and Reality is based on Alfred North Whitehead’s influential lectures that he delivered at the University of Edinburgh in the 1920s on process philosophy.Whitehead’s master work in philsophy, Process and Reality propounds a system of speculative philosophy, known as process philosophy, in which the various elements of reality into a consistent relation to each other. It is also an exploration of some of the preeminent thinkers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, such as Descartes, Newton, Locke, and Kant.The ultimate edition of Whitehead’s magnum opus, Process and Reality is a standard reference for scholars of all backgrounds.

در »ﺗﺎرﯾﺦ و ﻓﻠﺴﻔﮥ ﻋﻠﻢ« را ﺣﺴﯿﻦ ﻧﺠﻔﻰ زاده ﺑﻨﯿﺎد ﮔﺬارده اﺳﺖ. او دراﯾﻦ ﺑﺎره ﻣﻰ ﻧﻮﯾﺴﺪ : ».ﻫﺮﭼﻨﺪ از آﺷﻨﺎﯾﻰ اﯾﺮاﻧﯿﺎن ﺑﺎ ﻋﻠﻮم و ﻓﻨﻮن ﻏﺮب، و ﺷﺎﯾﺪ ﺑﺎ ﻓﺮﻫﻨﮓ آن، ﺑﯿﺶ از ﯾﮑﺼﺪوﭘﻨﺠﺎه ﺳﺎل ى راه را ّﻣ ﻰﮔﺬرد، ﺷﻤﺎر ﮐﺎرﻫﺎﯾﻰ ﮐﻪ ﺑﻪ ﻃﻮر ﺟﺪ ﺑﺮ اﯾﻦ آﺷﻨﺎﯾﻰ ﻣﻰ ﮔﺸﺎﯾﺪ، ﺷﺎﯾﺪ ﻫﻢ اﻣﺮوز اﻧﺪك و ﺑﺴﯿﺎر اﻧﺪك ﺑﺎﺷﺪ. و ﻫﺮﭼﻨﺪ اﯾﻦ ﺑ ﻰرﻏﺒﺘﻰ اﯾﺮاﻧﯿﺎن ﺑﻪ ﺷﻨﺎﺧﺖ آن ﻓﺮﻫﻨﮓ رﯾﺸ ﻪﻫﺎﯾﻰ ﺑﺴﯿﺎر ﺗﻨﻮﻣﻨﺪ در ﻓﺮﻫﻨﮓ اﯾﺮاﻧﻰ داﺷﺘﻪ ﺑﺎﺷﺪ، ﻣﺸﺎﻫﺪة ﻣﺎ از ﺑﺮﺗﺮى ﻋﻠﻮم و ﻓﻨﻮن ﻏﺮﺑﻰ در ﻣﯿﺪان ﻫﺎى رزم در ﻫﻤﺎن ﺳﺎل ﻫﺎ ﻫﻢ، ﻧﺘﻮاﻧﺴﺖ اﯾﻦ ﭘﺮﺳﺶ اﺻﻮﻟﻰ درﺑﺎرة ﭼﮕﻮﻧﮕﻰ دﺳﺘﯿﺎﺑﻰ ﻣﻐﺮب زﻣﯿﻦ ﺑﻪ داﻧﺶ ﻫﺎى ﻧﻮ را در ﻣﺎ ﺑﺮاﻧﮕﯿﺰد. و اﮔﺮ از زﻣﺎن دﮐﺎرت ﺗﺎﮐﻨﻮن ﻫﻢ ﺑﯿﺶ از ﺳﻪ ﺳﺪه ﻣ ﻰﮔﺬرد، ﻫﻨﻮزﻫﻢ ﻧﺰد ﻣﺎ، ﮐﺎرى ﮐﻪ ﺑ ﻪدرﺳﺘﻰ اﻓﮑﺎر او را ﺑﻪ ﻣﺎ ﺑﺸﻨﺎﺳﺎﻧﺪ، وﺟﻮد ﻧﺪارد؛ و ﻫﻢ ﭼﺸ ﻢﭘﻮﺷﻰ ﮐﻨﯿﻢ، اﯾﻦ وﺿﻊ درﺑﺎرة ﻣﻨﺎﺑﻊ ّاﮔﺮ از ﻓﯿﻠﺴﻮﻓﺎن ﺑﻪ ﻣﻌﻨﺎى اﺧﺺ ﻰ ّﻋﻠﻤﻰ اﺻﯿﻞ، و ﯾﺎ ﺷﺮ حﻫﺎﯾﻰ ﮐﻪ داﻧﺸﻤﻨﺪان ﻣﻐﺮب زﻣﯿﻦ ﺑﺮ ﮐﺎرﻫﺎى ﺗﺨﺼﺼ ﺧﻮد ﻣﻰ ﻧﻮﯾﺴﻨﺪ، ﺗﺎ ﺑﯿﺸﺘﺮ ﺟﻨﺒﻪ ﻫﺎى ﻣﻌﺮﻓ ﺖﺷﻨﺎﺧﺘﻰ آن ﻫﺎ را روﺷﻦ ﮐﻨﻨﺪ، و ﻓﻬﻢ از آن ﻫﺎ را ﺑﺮ ﻫﻤﮕﺎن آﺳﺎن ﺗﺮ، ﺑﺴﯿﺎر ﺑﺪﺗﺮ اﺳﺖ. اﮔﺮ از ﭼﻨﺪﮐﺎر درﺳﺖ، ﮐﻪ ﺑﺮﺧﻰ ﺑﻪ ﺳﺒﺐ دﻟﺒﺴﺘﮕﻰ ﺷﺨﺼﻰ اﻧﺠﺎم داد هاﻧﺪ، ﺻﺮ فﻧﻈﺮ ﮐﻨﯿﻢ، آﻧﭽﻪ ﻣﻰ ﻣﺎﻧﺪ در ﺗﺎرﯾﺦ ﭼﯿﺰى ﺟﺰ اﺧﺒﺎرى ﭘﺮاﮐﻨﺪه درﺑﺎرة اﯾ ﻦﮔﻮﻧﻪ ﮐﺎرﻫﺎ ﻧﯿﺴﺖ، ﮐﻪ ﻣﺎ ذﯾﻞ » « ﺑﻪ آﻧﻬﺎ ﻣﻰ ﻧﮕﺮﯾﻢ.« و ﻓﻠﺴﻔﮥ ﻋﻠﻢ ﺳﻠﺴﻠﻪ ﮐﺘﺎب ﻫﺎﯾﻰ در »ﮐﺘﺎب ﺣﺎﺿﺮ ﻫﻢ ﯾﮑﻰ از ﮐﺎرﻫﺎﯾﻰ اﺳﺖ ﮐﻪ ذﯾﻞﻣﻨﺘﺸﺮ ﻣﻰ ﺷﻮد

The Perennial Philosophy is defined by its author as "The metaphysic that recognizes a divine Reality substantial to the world of things and lives and minds." With great wit and stunning intellect, Aldous Huxley examines the spiritual beliefs of various religious traditions and explains them in terms that are personally meaningful.

A profoundly beautiful and uniquely insightful description of the universe, Benedict de Spinoza's Ethics is one of the masterpieces of Enlightenment-era philosophy.Published shortly after his death, the Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza's greatest work - an elegant, fully cohesive cosmology derived from first principles, providing a coherent picture of reality, and a guide to the meaning of an ethical life. Following a logical step-by-step format, it defines in turn the nature of God, the mind, the emotions, human bondage to the emotions, and the power of understanding - moving from a consideration of the eternal, to speculate upon humanity's place in the natural order, the nature of freedom and the path to attainable happiness. A powerful work of elegant simplicity, the Ethics is a brilliantly insightful consideration of the possibility of redemption through intense thought and philosophical reflection. The Ethics is presented in the standard translation of the work by Edwin Curley. This edition also includes an introduction by Stuart Hampshire, outlining Spinoza's philosophy and placing it in context.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar. When he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in Pavia, it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned. The Consolation was written in the period leading up to his brutal execution. It is a dialogue of alternating prose and verse between the ailing prisoner and his 'nurse' Philosophy. Her instruction on the nature of fortune and happiness, good and evil, fate and free will, restore his health and bring him to enlightenment. The Consolation was extremely popular throughout medieval Europe and his ideas were influential on the thought of Chaucer and Dante.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.