The Wisdom Of Pleasures
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The Wisdom Of Pleasures
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Author : Julien Offray de la Mettrie
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2018-11-05
The Wisdom Of Pleasures written by Julien Offray de la Mettrie and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-05 with categories.
He's known for his audacious claim in 'Man a Machine' that humans can be reduced to their mechanism: but La Mettrie wrote other books too. In these hidden gems, the most radical of all Enlightenment thinkers lays bare his hedonistic ideas. In a godless universe that seems to be engineered only around pleasure and pain, how should we act? Should we just give in to all-out debauchery as our destiny, or is there a nobler path?This is the first-ever English translation of these books, which were originally published in 1747 and 1751.
The Pleasures Of Life
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Author : John Lubbock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-11
The Pleasures Of Life written by John Lubbock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11 with Philosophy categories.
The Delights Of Wisdom Concerning Conjugial Love After Which Follow The Pleasures Of Insanity Concerning Scortatory Love Translated From The Latin
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Author : Emanuel Swedenborg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1811
The Delights Of Wisdom Concerning Conjugial Love After Which Follow The Pleasures Of Insanity Concerning Scortatory Love Translated From The Latin written by Emanuel Swedenborg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1811 with categories.
The Book Of Pleasures
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1836
The Book Of Pleasures written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1836 with Hope categories.
The Pleasures Of Life Complete
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Author : John Lubbock
language : en
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Release Date : 2012-07
The Pleasures Of Life Complete written by John Lubbock and has been published by Rarebooksclub.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07 with categories.
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. A SONG OF BOOKS. l Oh for a booke and a shadie nooke, Eyther in doore or out; With the grene leaves whispering overhead Or the streete cryes all about. Where I maie reade all at my ease, Both of the newe and old; For a jollie goode booke whereon to looke, Is better to me than golde. Old English Song. OF all the privileges we enjoy in this nineteenth century there is none, perhaps, for which we ought to be more thankful than for the easier access to books. The debt we owe to books was well expressed by Richard de Bury, Bishop of Durham, author of Philobiblon, written as long ago as 1344, published in 1473, and the earliest English treatise on the delights of literature: ?These, he says, are the masters who instruct us without rods and ferules, without hard words and anger, without clothes or money. If you approach them, they are not asleep; if investigating you interrogate them, theyconceal nothing; if you mistake them, they never grumble; if you are ignorant, they cannot laugh at you. The library, therefore, of wisdom is more precious than all riches, and nothing that can be wished for is worthy to be compared with it. Whosoever therefore acknowledges himself to be a zealous follower of truth, of happiness, of wisdom, of science, or even of the faith, must of necessity make himself a lover of books. But if the debt were great then, how much more now. 1 Delivered at the Working Men's College. This feeling that books are real friends is constantly present to all who love reading. I have friends, said Petrarch, whose society is extremely agreeable to me; they are of all ages, and of every country. They have distinguished themselves both in the cabinet and in the field, and obtained high honors for their knowledge of the science...
Ideas To Save Your Life
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Author : Michael McGirr
language : en
Publisher: Text Publishing
Release Date : 2022-06-15
Ideas To Save Your Life written by Michael McGirr and has been published by Text Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-15 with Philosophy categories.
This book is about the quest for order in a perplexing world. Ideas to Save Your Life explores the wisdom of more than twenty eminent thinkers across history, from Pythagoras to the contemporary Australian philosopher Frank Jackson; from Mungo Woman to Martha Nussbaum, by way of Simone Weil and Iris Murdoch. It ranges widely across subjects to ask: from where do we draw a sense of life’s purpose? And how can philosophy make life better? Michael McGirr’s approach is warm and personal. Ideas to Save Your Life is often funny, but it is always serious about the task of philosophy. It makes the impenetrable accessible, the indescribable palpable, and invites you to change how you see the world.
The Delights Of Wisdom On The Subject Of Conjugial Love
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Author : Emanuel Swedenborg
language : en
Publisher: The Swedenborg Society
Release Date : 1996
The Delights Of Wisdom On The Subject Of Conjugial Love written by Emanuel Swedenborg and has been published by The Swedenborg Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Love categories.
Excerpt: ...the learned; for thereby we discover what influx is, and what it effects. By influx we mean all that which precedes, and constitutes what follows, and by things following in order constitutes what is last; as all that which precedes with a man, and constitutes his wisdom; or all that which precedes with a statesman, and constitutes his political skill; or all that which precedes with a theologian, and constitutes his erudition; in like manner all that which proceeds from infancy, and constitutes a man; also what proceeds in order from a seed and a twig, and makes a tree, and afterwards what proceeds from a blossom, and makes its fruit; in like manner all that which precedes and proceeds with a bridegroom and bride, and constitutes their marriage: this is the meaning of influx. That all those things which precede in minds form series, which collect together, one next to another, and one after another, and that these together compose a last or ultimate, is as yet unknown in the world; but as it is a truth from heaven, it is here adduced for it explains what influx effects, and what is the quality of the last or ultimate, in which the above-mentioned series successively formed co-exist. From these considerations it may be seen that the states of the minds of each of the parties proceeding in successive order flow into the state of marriage. But married partners after marriage are altogether ignorant of the successive things which are insinuated into, and exist in their minds (animis) from things antecedent; nevertheless it is those things which give form to conjugial love, and constitute the state of their minds; from which state they act the one with the other. The reason why one state is formed from one order with such as are spiritual, and from another with such as are natural, is, because the spiritual proceed in a just order, and the natural in an unjust order; for the spiritual look to the Lord, and the Lord provides and leads the order; whereas...
Garden Of Pleasure
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Author : Zhu Yang
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1912
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The Wisdom Of Frugality
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Author : Emrys Westacott
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2018-04-03
The Wisdom Of Frugality written by Emrys Westacott and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-03 with Philosophy categories.
Why philosophers have advocated simple living for 2,500 years—and why we ignore them at our peril From Socrates to Thoreau, most philosophers, moralists, and religious leaders have seen frugality as a virtue and have associated simple living with wisdom, integrity, and happiness. But why? And are they right? Is a taste for luxury fundamentally misguided? If one has the means to be a spendthrift, is it foolish or reprehensible to be extravagant? In this book, Emrys Westacott examines why, for more than two millennia, so many philosophers and people with a reputation for wisdom have been advocating frugality and simple living as the key to the good life. He also looks at why most people have ignored them, but argues that, in a world facing environmental crisis, it may finally be time to listen to the advocates of a simpler way of life. The Wisdom of Frugality explores what simplicity means, why it's supposed to make us better and happier, and why, despite its benefits, it has always been such a hard sell. The book looks not only at the arguments in favor of living frugally and simply, but also at the case that can be made for luxury and extravagance, including the idea that modern economies require lots of getting and spending. A philosophically informed reflection rather than a polemic, The Wisdom of Frugality ultimately argues that we will be better off—as individuals and as a society—if we move away from the materialistic individualism that currently rules.
Traces Of Wisdom
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Author : Louise Stoltzfus
language : en
Publisher: Hyperion
Release Date : 1998-05-13
Traces Of Wisdom written by Louise Stoltzfus and has been published by Hyperion this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-05-13 with Religion categories.
For the first time, a woman born and reared in the Amish way of life has collected together a book of wisdom and vignettes that bridges the Amish world with mainstream society. Here, Amish women share thoughts on friendship, beauty, marriage, family, the life of the community, and living a life of sincerity, common sense, compassion, and forgiveness. Line art.