• Hans de Vries Te veel mens, te weinig dier

  leefadviezen voor intelligente mensen

  De auteur, psycholoog, beschrijft de problematiek van hoogbegaafde mensen die het leven en alle gebeurtenissen van dat leven proberen te begrijpen en te verklaren.

  Non-Fictie

  Nederlands, ePub2, 0,2 MB, Ambo, Amsterdam, 2011

  E-book

• Aristotle Aristotle’s Poetics

  Aristotle's Poetics is best known for its definition and analysis of tragedy and comedy, but it also applies to truth and beauty as they are manifested in the other arts. In our age, when the natural and social sciences have dominated the quest for truth, it is helpful to consider why Aristotle claimed: "poetry is more philosophical and more significant than history." Like so many other works by Aristotle, the Poetics has dominated the way we have thought about all forms of dramatic performance in...

  Engels, 1 uur 26 minuten (jpg, 2,4 MB), SAGA Egmont, København, 2021

  Luisterboek (digitaal)

• John Stuart Mill Mill’s On Liberty

  John Stuart Mill’s "On Liberty" was first published in 1859. In the 21st century this text confirms Socrates’ claim that "it is only the life of true philosophy that scorns the life of political ambition" (Plato’s Republic, 521). Mill’s thinking about freedom in civic and social life examines fundamental principles shared among conservative, liberal, and radical politicians. The life of true philosophy stands outside the political battles that are rampant in society and seeks the political wisdom...

  Engels, 6 uur 11 minuten (jpg, 2,4 MB), SAGA Egmont, København, 2021

  Luisterboek (digitaal)

• Jonathan Swift A Modest Proposal

  In a time when poor Irish families struggled to feed their children, Jonathan Swift wrote an essay, which he published anonymously, making a few suggestions. He called it `A Modest Proposal‘ (1729) or `A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to their Parents, or the Country, and for Making them Beneficial to the Publick.‘The solution was simple: Fatten up the undernourished children and sell them as food for the rich. Everybody wins! Though written in a serious...

  Engels, 25 minuten (jpg, 19 MB), SAGA Egmont, København, 2021

  Luisterboek (digitaal)

• Grahame Lock Political philosophy

  an audio course on Western political theory

  This audio course examines the major periods in the history of Western political thought and questions the political and social order. It considers the ways in which thinkers have responded to the particular political problems of their day, and the ways in which they contribute to a broader conversation about human goods and needs, justice, democracy, and the proper relationship of the individual to the state. One aim will be to understand the strengths and weaknesses of various regimes and philosophical...

  Engels, jpg, 2,7 MB, Home Academy Publishers, The Hague, 2008

  Luisterboek (digitaal)

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