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Did you know that trees collaborate, communicate, and engage in chemical warfare? Or that humans are better at smelling rain than sharks are at smelling blood? Sometimes, life gets boring. Your sense of wonder often gets lost in a pile of chores, paperwork, and obligations. With tons of boredom-busting facts and mysteries about plants, animals, history, space travel, and everything in between, you have a set of fail-safe conversation starters up your sleeve.

Mysticism and Logic. The first essay, which gives its title to the volume, endeavors to define the respective spheres of logic and mysticism. Bertrand Russell describes this and the four essays that follow as “entirely popular”.

The Problems of Philosophy is a 1912 book by Bertrand Russell, in which the author attempts to create a brief and accessible guide to the problems of philosophy. Focusing on problems he believes will provoke positive and constructive discussion, Russell concentrates on knowledge rather than metaphysics: If it is uncertain that external objects exist, how can we then have knowledge of them but by probability.

In questo agile saggio Vera Gheno fa il punto sul dibattito che si è sviluppato in Italia intorno al linguaggio, con l'intento di aiutare il lettore a prendere una posizione, e accompagnarlo a riflettere proprio su quanto sia importante non dare mai nulla per scontato. Negli ultimi tempi, si parla in toni anche molto accesi di linguaggio inclusivo o ampio: che cos'è, come funziona, a chi e a cosa serve? Si tratta di un eccesso di politicamente corretto, oppure è un tema con cui, volenti o nolenti, dobbiamo fare i conti?

Are you tired of feeling overpowered in debates or conversations, even when you know you're right? Hit Them Like Hitchens is your ultimate guide to mastering the art of argument, inspired by Christopher Hitchens, one of the most formidable debaters of our time. This book isn't just about winning debates—it's about using truth, wit, and integrity to persuade effectively. Whether you're negotiating at work, engaging in a heated discussion at a social gathering, or debating online, this book will provide the tools to help you build stronger arguments, expose fallacies, and win over audiences.

En Spinoza en 90 minutos, Paul Strathern expone de manera clara y concisa la vida e ideas de uno de los grandes pensadores racionalistas del siglo XVII. El libro incluye una selección de sus escritos, una breve lista de lecturas sugeridas para aquellos que deseen profundizar en su pensamiento, y cronologías que sitúan a Spinoza en su época y en una sinopsis más amplia de la filosofía."

En estos tiempos en el que los nervios y las emociones se encuentran a flor de piel, este libro surge con un propósito filosófico-político: pensar con los lectores sobre cuestiones de cultura política que se viven día a día, de un modo abierto, sin caer en la jerga académica. El argumento principal es cómo pensar en un método o una postura que se contraponga al discurso del odio y a sus reflejos en la sociedad y en las redes sociales.

You are a powerful go-getter! But how do you know you are focusing on the most impactful efforts? Imagine turning challenges into opportunities, making decisions that drive you closer to your goals, and communicating your ideas with impact. Critical Thinking for Go-Getters is your ultimate guide to mastering critical, creative, and persuasive thinking skills to take control of your life.

An award-winning mathematician shows how we prove what’s true, and what to do when we can’t.

Un libro que retoma la filosofía antigua para enseñarnos qué hace a un buen líder y cómo podemos ser mejores personas. ¿Podemos convertirnos en mejores seres humanos y ayudar a otros a serlo? ¿Es posible lograr que los líderes de nuestra sociedad se preocupen por que la humanidad prospere no solo económica y materialmente, sino también espiritualmente? En el año 430 a. C., Sócrates quiso enseñar al vanidoso y ambicioso estadista Alcibíades cómo ser una buena persona, pero fracasó estrepitosamente.

Este es el inicio de La tabla esmeralda, uno de los textos más misteriosos y fascinantes de la historia humana. Pero, ¿quién es Thoth el Atlante? Existen incontables mitos sobre él: que fue el creador de la alquimia, el profeta que anunció el advenimiento de Cristo. Lo único cierto es que su nombre verdadero fue Hermes Trismegisto, «el tres veces grande», y que fue el autor de La tabla esmeralda.

"Die Kunst, Recht zu behalten": Schopenhauers Argumentationstechnik, die einzig dem Zweck dient, ohne Rücksicht auf die Wahrheit aus Streitgesprächen siegreich hervorzugehen. Arthur Schopenhauer: geboren am 22.2.1788 in Danzig; gestorben am 21.9.1860 in Frankfurt/Main, entstammte einer patristischen Kaufmannsfamilie. Die ungeliebte Kaufmannslehre in Hamburg brach er nach dem Tod des Vaters (1805) ab und übersiedelte zur Mutter nach Weimar, wo diese einen literarischen Salon führte und bald zur berühmten Schriftstellerin avancierte. Seit 1809 studierte er in Göttingen Naturwissenschaften, ab 1811 in Berlin Philosophie.

A guide to deprogramming yourself from thoughts.

Il 21 aprile 1966 Gregory Bateson – antropologo e padre dell’Ecologia della Mente - tenne un discorso alla conferenza “Two Worlds Symposium", presso lo State College di Sacramento, California. Quella che ascolterete è la trascrizione integrale di quell’intervento. Era iniziata proprio allora la mobilitazione degli studenti contro la guerra del Vietnam; quegli studenti erano parzialmente consapevoli di essere nati in un mondo impazzito ma disorientati e pieni di rabbia per non essere in grado di capirne le vere origini.

Throughout history philosophers have sought to define, understand, and delineate concepts important to human well-being. One such concept is "knowledge." Many philosophers believed that absolute, certain knowledge, is possible—that the physical world and ideas formulated about it could be given solid foundation unaffected by the varieties of mere opinion.

This book offers what may with reservations be described as a theory of the mind. But it does not give new information about minds. We possess already a wealth of information about minds, information which is neither derived from, nor upset by, the arguments of philosophers. The philosophical arguments which constitute this book are intended not to increase what we know about minds, but to rectify the logical geography of the knowledge which we already possess.

Why do we love to swear so much? Why do we get so offended when others do it? In this lively and amusing exploration of the various puzzles that surround swearing, philosopher Rebecca Roache argues that what makes swearing offensive is not really the words at all: the offensiveness lies in what we don't say. The unspoken—and usually unconscious—inferences that speakers and listeners make about each other are key to explaining swearwords' capacity to shock.

Während der Cola-Kriege in den 1980er-Jahren wetteiferten Coca-Cola und Pepsi darum, Amerikas beliebteste Limonade zu werden. Doch Coca-Cola nutzte diese Fähigkeit nicht zum richtigen Zeitpunkt und dieser Fehler hätte beinahe eines der ältesten und wertvollsten Unternehmen Amerikas in den Ruin getrieben.

Our Global Lingua Franca is an essential companion for both native and non-native English instructors navigating the challenges of sub-par language learning. It will validate your frustrations about learning and teaching under the conventional approach to EFL. Intelligent without being overly academic, it offers invaluable outside-the-box advice on reading, writing, listening, speaking, grammar, vocabulary, and pragmatics to help you impart conversational English fluency and beyond.

The human mind confines the realms of the possible. Many teachings suggest steps, instructions, patterns to follow, etc. I Am Who offers a fresh perspective on what it is to live at peace. No steps, no ordered lists, or the like. As the author suggests, everything one needs is within oneself.