The work of Jeff Malpas is well-known for its contribution to contemporary thinking about place and space. In the Brightness of Place takes that contribution further, as Malpas develops it in new ways and in relation to new topics. At the same time, the volume also develops Malpas' distinctively topological approach to the work of Martin Heidegger. Not limited simply to a reading of the topological in Heidegger, In the Brightness of Place also takes...

Una cuidada selección de las Cartas a Lucilio sobre la vejez y la muerte que acerca el pensamiento de Séneca y la filosofía estoica al presente. ¿Cómo morir? La pregunta suena de mal agüero en nuestra frenética actualidad. Vivimos como si no fuéramos a morir. Y, sin embargo, hemos de afrontar el tema cuanto antes mejor, gracias a la ayuda de la filosofía. Frente al miedo a la muerte, el estoicismo nos propone una liberación: no miremos para...

Offering, for the first time, a full historicized accounting of philosophical archaeology, Ido Govrin delineates how this overarching method of historical inquiry has today become associated, to a large extent, with the work of Giorgio Agamben-and how it constitutes Agamben's philosophy of history in particular. As befits a book situated at an intellectual crossroads that brings together a range of discourses-philosophy, history, aesthetics, theology...

Under the patronage of the Medici family, Marsilio Ficino translated into Latin and commentated on the meaning and implications of key works by Plat-including 25 of Plat's dialogues and 12 letters ascribed to the philosopher. The 40 concise articles in this collection comprise the first English translation of Ficin's works and provide an insightful glimpse into the philosophy that contributed to the Renaissance.

L'influence exercée par la lecture de Hobbes (1588-1679) sur la pensée de Leibniz (1646-1716) est attestée par le philosophe allemand lui-même, qui déclare à son aîné, alors qu'il n'a que 24 ans : « Je crois avoir lu la plupart de vos œuvres publiées tantt séparément, tantt rassemblées, et je prétends en avoir tiré profit comme peu d'autres en notre siècle. » À notre connais­sance, Leibniz n'en dira jamais autant d'un autre de...

Western philosophy which is the philosophical thought of the western world is divided into four main sections; Ancient, Medieval, Modern and Contemporary. Each period have done a great impact towards the development of western philosophical thought. There are clear link of influence of greek throughout the western philosophy because it was a highly intellectual period. However, when it comes to medieval philosophy, there was a suppression of thought....

Plato said over 2,500 years ago that "an unexamined life for a man is not worth living." To examine one's life, on a regular basis, cannot but lead to a consideration of virtue, which in turn leads to a search for the Good, which both Plato and Plotinus say all men naturally seek. What we call a good informs the value system we live by, but a good can only reflect the Good, if it is good for our soul and the soul of our neighbor, any more than we...

El libro es una investigación sobre un aspecto poco difundido de la obra científica del filósofo René Descartes: la presencia de imágenes en sus tratados. Los estudiosos de su obra han omitido este particular: prácticamente no se ha dicho nada sobre ellas en casi 400 años. Las imágenes son utilizadas como ejemplos para las nuevas demostraciones que el filósofo propone, y este libro expone la complejidad de las referencias visuales que están...

In the early 1950s, German philosopher Martin Heidegger proclaimed the Austrian expressionist Georg Trakl to be the poet of his generation and of the hidden Occident. Trakl, a guilt-ridden lyricist who died of a cocaine overdose in the early days of World War I, thus became for Heidegger a redemptive successor to Hölderlin. Drawing on Derrida's “Geschlecht” series and substantial archival research, “Dialogue on the Threshold” explores the...

The human being stands at the center of the humanities and social sciences. In an age that some have dubbed the Anthropocene, this book addresses Heidegger's conception of the human being and its role in the world. Contributors discuss how Heidegger envisages and interprets the human being and what we can learn from his thought. Pluralistic in outlook, this volume covers a broad range of divergent views on Heidegger and his complex conception of the...