Philosophical Essays

Over the past few years, Brianna Wiest has gained renown for her deeply moving, philosophical writing. This new compilation of her published work features pieces on why you should pursue purpose over passion, embrace negative thinking, see the wisdom in daily routine, and become aware of the cognitive biases that are creating the way you see your life. Some of these pieces have never been seen; others have been read by millions of people around the world. Regardless, each will leave you thinking: This idea changed my life.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. State-of-the-art voice generation technology, combined with careful human editing, has been employed in this production of "Essays on Philosophical Subjects" by Adam Smith in order to make these important texts more widely accessible to modern audiences...

Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace (1749-1827) is often described as the ‘French Newton’, though he lived a century later. His working life took him through the French Revolution, the Napoleonic era – during which he enjoyed various political positions – and afterwards, to the Bourbon...

A Classic Collection of Philosophical Essays: Spinoza, Immanuel Kant, Schopenhauer, Herbert Spencer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Bertrand Russell and Many Others by Will Durant offers an insightful and comprehensive anthology of essays on some of the most influential philosophers in Western thought. This collection captures the essence of each thinker's contributions to philosophy, making complex ideas accessible and engaging for a broad audience. Spinoza: Durant explores Spinoza's pantheism and his view of a universe governed by natural laws, presenting his ideas on ethics, politics, and the nature of reality.

James V. Schall is a treasure of the Catholic intellectual tradition. A prolific author and essayist, Schall readily connects with his readers on sundry topics from war to friendship, philosophy, politics, and to ordinary everyday living. In his newest work, The Mind That Is Catholic, he presents a retrospective collection of his academic and literary essays written in the past 50 years.

This annotated edition of Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich includes: • An original critical afterword, "Dying in the Third Person" • The philosophy: the syllogism of Caius and the fear of death • Tolstoy's own crisis, from A Confession to this novella • A biography of Tolstoy; the authorized Maude translation A volume in CLASSICS OF WORLD LITERATURE from Erato Press. "His life had been most simple and most ordinary — and therefore most terrible." A respected judge, a pleasant apartment, the right friends, a career climbed rung by careful rung — and then a small pain in his ...

A concise and illuminating book about the Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza, one of the early thinkers of the Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism. Spinoza's theoretical philosophy is one of the most radical attempts to construct a pure ontology with a single infinite substance. This book...

This annotated edition of Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground includes: • An original critical afterword, "The Mouse Beneath the Floor" • The philosophy: the Crystal Palace, free will, and 2 + 2 = 5 • Dostoevsky's war on reason, utopia, and the science of happiness • A biography of Dostoevsky; translated by Constance Garnett A volume in CLASSICS OF WORLD LITERATURE from Erato Press. "I am a sick man.... I am a spiteful man. I am an unattractive man." So begins the strangest confession in literature — and, many argue, the first truly modern voice. A nameless retired clerk, forty ...

From Jim Holt, New York Times bestselling author of Why Does the World Exist?, comes When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought, an entertaining and accessible audiobook guide to the most profound scientific and mathematical ideas of recent centuries Does time exist?...

Who needs philosophy? Ayn Rand's answer: Everyone. This collection of essays was the last work planned by Ayn Rand before her death in 1982. In it, she summarizes her view of philosophy and deals with a broad spectrum of topics. According to Ayn Rand, the choice we make is not whether to have a philosophy, but which one to have: a rational, conscious, and therefore practical one, or a contradictory, unidentified, and ultimately lethal one.

A poet infiltrates a secret council of European anarchists, each named for a day of the week, and is elected Thursday. One by one, as the chase across London and then across France accelerates into something closer to farce, each of the other six days turns out to be a police officer in disguise, recruited by the same unseen agency, hunting the others without knowing it. The book calls itself, in a subtitle almost nobody takes seriously, A Nightmare — and the ending, when it comes, does not resolve into a normal thriller's answer. This edition presents the complete 1908 text, including ...

What if the collapse isn’t coming; because it’s already here? In The Fall of the Empire: 100 Truths from the Edge of Collapse, Ali Muattar offers a searing, uncompromising series of reflections on the unraveling of global psychopathic empires; spiritually, politically, economically, and psychologically. Combining the fire of political dissent with the clarity of a philosopher’s lens, Muattar charts the long descent from colonial conquest to neoliberal decay, from genocides hidden by history to the rise of a psychopathic global order. This is not a call to panic, but to awaken. Through...

This annotated edition of Dostoevsky's The Idiot includes: • An original critical afterword, "The Impossible Christ" • Holbein's dead Christ and the crisis of faith behind the novel • Dostoevsky's epilepsy, and Myshkin's visions of harmony • A biography of Dostoevsky and a note on the 1915 translation A volume in CLASSICS OF WORLD LITERATURE from Erato Press. Dostoevsky set himself the hardest task a novelist can attempt: to portray a wholly good man. The result was Prince Myshkin — gentle, honest, incapable of malice, epileptic, and, in the eyes of St. Petersburg society, an ...

Metaphors We Live By: Book XIII Freedom, Discipline, & Constraint Freedom is commonly imagined as the absence of constraint. In practice, the absence of constraint is often the absence of traction. The blank page is not freedom. It is the occasion for all the anxieties that structure would have managed. The constraint that appears to limit is often the surface against which something real becomes possible. Metaphors We Live By: Freedom, Discipline, & Constraint is a collection of forty essays examining the relationship between limits and possibility, the difference between chosen and ...

Discover the quiet beauty of everyday life in Walking Without a Map: Quiet Reflections on Time, Observation, and Ordinary Days. This reflective and meditative book invites readers to slow down, step off the beaten path, and notice the subtle rhythms of ordinary days. Through fifteen thoughtfully crafted chapters, you’ll explore the gentle art of attention: the beauty of lingering in a moment, the significance of small details, the quiet lessons in habitual routines, and the wisdom hidden in silence. From ordinary mornings to unnoticed streets, from the passage of years to the fleeting ...

This book invites readers to rediscover philosophy not as abstraction, but as a lived pursuit of truth, meaning, and God. Drawing on Scripture, classical thinkers, and Catholic tradition, DeMarco shows how philosophy—grounded in common sense and love—opens the path to authentic wisdom. Through reflective essays and cultural commentary, this book challenges modern confusion and restores philosophy’s rightful role as a guide to faith, virtue, and human flourishing.

Bloomsbury presents A Political Philosophy by Roger Scruton, read by Kris Dyer. In this timely new edition of his classic book A Political Philosophy, celebrated conservative philosopher Roger Scruton interrogates contemporary values, virtues and morality. What principles should govern our...

Dreamthorp is a collection of twelve reflective essays by the Scottish poet Alexander Smith, first published in 1863. Taking its name from the quiet, imaginary village where Smith claims to have retired to write, the book blends memoir, literary criticism, and philosophical musing in a leisurely...

Metaphors We Live By: Book XV Language, Framing, & Thought The word that arrives first owns the conversation. Not because it is accurate. Because it establishes the frame, and the frame determines what questions can be asked, what answers feel satisfying, and what conclusions seem to follow naturally. The argument that follows is already organized before the first sentence is spoken. Language does not describe reality. It participates in constructing the reality people then respond to. Metaphors We Live By: Language, Framing, & Thought is a collection of forty essays examining how language ...

Book IX Metaphors We Live By: Influence, Persuasion, & Authority Influence rarely announces itself. It is already present when you enter the room. In the reputation that arrived before you. In the hierarchy the group established before you spoke. In the frame that surrounded the argument before you heard it. By the time persuasion begins, much of the work has already been done. Metaphors We Live By: Influence, Persuasion, & Authority is a collection of forty essays examining how authority forms without being declared, how trust accumulates into persuasive power, and what influence quietly ...