The Metaphysical Store - Philosophy Part 2

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	Avicenna and Medieval Muslim Philosophy For centuries, the works of Aristotle and other Greek thinkers were preserved in the Arabic world. Avicenna and Averroes produced philosophical systems that rival the greatest intellectual structures ever built. *» More Info*
	Baruch Spinoza Baruch Spinoza was a Portuguese Jew living in Holland. He was excommunicated because of the unorthodox view he took of God. *» More Info*
	Bertrand Russell and A.N. Whitehead Bertrand Russell and A. N. Whitehead co-authored a seminal work in logic entitled Principia Mathematica. Russell wrote on virtually every aspect of philosophy, while Whitehead developed one of the great philosophical systems of the century. *» More Info*
	Civility and Community Civility, which comes to us from the Latin word for citizen, includes not only the notions of courtesy and politeness, but also such matters as social relationships and proper conduct in human relationships. *» More Info*
	Confucius in 90 Minutes In Confucius in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Confucius' life and ideas and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. *» More Info*
	Confucius, Lao Tzu, and Chinese Philosophy China's two greatest philosophers, Confucius and Lao Tzu, were intensely interested in how we should live and how a good society is governed. The central concepts of Confucianism are li and zhen. *» More Info*
	David Hume Although he lived in the age of reason, David Hume had profound doubts about our ability to know anything in the world with certainty. *» More Info*

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"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."
-- Albert Einstein

"Come forth into the Light of things. Let Nature be your teacher."
-- William Wordsworth

"This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain and our heart is our temple. The philosophy is kindness."
-- Dalai Lama

"There is only one good...knowledge. There is only one evil... ignorance."
-- The Death of Socrates

"The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons."
-- Aristotle

"If we only do what is required of us, we are slaves. The moment we do more, we are free."
-- Cicero

"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
-- Albert Einstein

"If any man wish to write in a clear style let him be first clear in his thought and if any would write in a noble style let him first posess a noble soul."
-- Goethe

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
--Galileo Galilei

Avicenna and Medieval Muslim Philosophy

For centuries, the works of Aristotle and other Greek thinkers were preserved in the Arabic world.
Avicenna and Averroes produced philosophical systems that rival the greatest intellectual structures ever built. » More Info

Bertrand Russell and A.N. Whitehead

Bertrand Russell and A. N. Whitehead co-authored a seminal work in logic entitled Principia Mathematica. Russell wrote on virtually every aspect of philosophy, while Whitehead developed one of the great philosophical systems of the century. » More Info

Confucius in 90 Minutes
In Confucius in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Confucius' life and ideas and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. » More Info

Confucius, Lao Tzu, and Chinese Philosophy

China's two greatest philosophers, Confucius and Lao Tzu, were intensely interested in how we should live and how a good society is governed. The central concepts of Confucianism are li and zhen. » More Info

David Hume

Although he lived in the age of reason, David Hume had profound doubts about our ability to know anything in the world with certainty. » More Info

<< Previous 1 [2] 3 4 5 Next >>

Avicenna and Medieval Muslim Philosophy

For centuries, the works of Aristotle and other Greek thinkers were preserved in the Arabic world. Avicenna and Averroes produced philosophical systems that rival the greatest intellectual structures ever built. » More Info

Bertrand Russell and A.N. Whitehead

Bertrand Russell and A. N. Whitehead co-authored a seminal work in logic entitled Principia Mathematica. Russell wrote on virtually every aspect of philosophy, while Whitehead developed one of the great philosophical systems of the century. » More Info

Confucius in 90 MinutesIn Confucius in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Confucius' life and ideas and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. » More Info

Confucius, Lao Tzu, and Chinese Philosophy

China's two greatest philosophers, Confucius and Lao Tzu, were intensely interested in how we should live and how a good society is governed. The central concepts of Confucianism are li and zhen. » More Info

David Hume

Although he lived in the age of reason, David Hume had profound doubts about our ability to know anything in the world with certainty. » More Info

<< Previous 1 [2] 3 4 5 Next >>

For centuries, the works of Aristotle and other Greek thinkers were preserved in the Arabic world.
Avicenna and Averroes produced philosophical systems that rival the greatest intellectual structures ever built. » More Info

Confucius in 90 Minutes
In Confucius in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Confucius' life and ideas and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. » More Info