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A Convex Mirror

Schopenhauer's Philosophy and the Sciences

By: Marco Segala,Professor of History of Philosophy Marco Segala

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A Convex Mirror

Schopenhauer's Philosophy and the Sciences

By: Marco Segala,Professor of History of Philosophy Marco Segala

Schopenhauer is most recognizable as "the philosopher of pessimism," the author of a system that teaches how art and morality can help human beings navigate life in "the worst of all possible worlds." This dominant image of Schopenhauer neglects a vital branch of his philosophy--the metaphysics of nature and its dialogue with contemporary science. The evolving relationship of Schopenhauer's philosophy to science provides a powerful interpretive tool, which A Convex Mirror uses to reflect the complexity of his philosophical system and shed light on its core concepts.

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Oxford University Press

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019759915X

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9780197599150

Francesco Robortello (1516-1567)

Architectural Genius of the Humanities

By: Marco Sgarbi

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Francesco Robortello (1516-1567)

Architectural Genius of the Humanities

By: Marco Sgarbi

This book explores the intellectual world of Francesco Robortello, one of the most prominent scholars of the Italian Renaissance. From poetics to rhetoric, philology to history, topics to ethics, Robortello revolutionised the field of humanities through innovative interpretations of ancient texts and with a genius that was architectural in scope. He was highly esteemed by his contemporaries for his acute wit, but also envied and disparaged for his many qualities. In comparison with other humanists of his time such as Carlo Sigonio and Pier Vettori, Robortello had a deeply philosophical vein, one that made him unique not only to Italy, but to Europe more generally. Robortello’s role in reforming the humanities makes him a constituent part of the long-fifteenth century. Robortello’s thought, however, unlike that of other fifteenth-century humanists, sprung from and was thoroughly imbued with a systematic, Aristotelian spirit without which his philosophy would never have emerged from the tumultuous years of the mid-Cinquecento. Francesco Robortello created a system for the humanities which was unique for his century: a perfect union of humanism and philosophy. This book represents the first fully fledged monograph on this adventurous intellectual life.

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277

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Routledge

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100069318X

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9781000693188

The Travels of Marco Polo (Complete)

By: Marco Polo da Pisa Rusticiano

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The Travels of Marco Polo (Complete)

By: Marco Polo da Pisa Rusticiano

“Of all that I have named, Ptolemy, as the latest, possessed the greatest extent of knowledge. Thus, towards the North, his knowledge carries him beyond the Caspian, and he is aware of its being shut in all round like a lake,—a fact which was unknown in the days of Strabo and Pliny, though the Romans were already lords of the world. But though his knowledge extends so far, a tract of 15 degrees beyond that sea he can describe only as Terra Incognita; and towards the South he is fain to apply the same character to all beyond the Equinoxial. In these unknown regions, as regards the South, the first to make discoveries have been the Portuguese captains of our own age; but as regards the North and North-East the discoverer was the Magnifico Messer Marco Polo, an honoured nobleman of Venice, nearly 300 years since, as may be read more fully in his own Book. And in truth it makes one marvel to consider the immense extent of the journeys made, first by the Father and Uncle of the said Messer Marco, when they proceeded continually towards the East-North-East, all the way to the Court of the Great Can and the Emperor of the Tartars; and afterwards again by the three of them when, on their return homeward, they traversed the Eastern and Indian Seas. Nor is that all, for one marvels also how the aforesaid gentleman was able to give such an orderly description of all that he had seen; seeing that such an accomplishment was possessed by very few in his day, and he had had a large part of his nurture among those uncultivated Tartars, without any regular training in the art of composition. His Book indeed, owing to the endless errors and inaccuracies that had crept into it, had come for many years to be regarded as fabulous; and the opinion prevailed that the names of cities and provinces contained therein were all fictitious and imaginary, without any ground in fact, or were (I might rather say) mere dreams. “Howbeit, during the last hundred years, persons acquainted with Persia have begun to recognise the existence of Cathay. Ramusio vindicates Polo’s Geography.The voyages of the Portuguese also towards the North-East, beyond the Golden Chersonese, have brought to knowledge many cities and provinces of India, and many islands likewise, with those very names which our Author applies to them; and again, on reaching the Land of China, they have ascertained from the people of that region (as we are told by Sign. John de Barros, a Portuguese gentleman, in his Geography) that Canton, one of the chief cities of that kingdom, is in 30⅔° of latitude, with the coast running N.E. and S.W.; that after a distance of 275 leagues the said coast turns towards the N.W.; and that there are three provinces along the sea-board, Mangi, Zanton, and Quinzai, the last of which is the principal city and the King’s Residence, standing in 46° of latitude. And proceeding yet further the coast attains to 50°. Seeing then how many particulars are in our day becoming known of that part of the world concerning which Messer Marco has written, I have deemed it reasonable to publish his book, with the aid of several copies written (as I judge) more than 200 years ago, in a perfectly accurate form, and one vastly more faithful than that in which it has been heretofore read. And thus the world shall not lose the fruit that may be gathered from so much diligence and industry expended upon so honourable a branch of knowledge.”

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1962

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Library of Alexandria

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1465503560

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9781465503565

A Convex Mirror

Schopenhauer's Philosophy and the Sciences

By: Marco Segala,Professor of History of Philosophy Marco Segala

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A Convex Mirror

Schopenhauer's Philosophy and the Sciences

By: Marco Segala,Professor of History of Philosophy Marco Segala

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Oxford University Press

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(I Wanna Live Like) Common People

By: Francesco Segala,Marco Rizzo,Lelio Bonaccorso

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(I Wanna Live Like) Common People

By: Francesco Segala,Marco Rizzo,Lelio Bonaccorso

Correre alla velocità della luce, arrampicarsi sulle pareti, volare, teletrasportarsi, leggere la mente altrui. In una società dove tutti possono avere super poteri grazie all’ultimo modello del chip iPower, cosa ne è di chi invece non li ha? E chi trae vantaggi e profitto da un mondo popolato da super esseri? Marco Rizzo e Lelio Bonaccorso (Salvezza, Peppino Impastato, The New Adventures of Spider-Man), pluripremiato duo del graphic journalism italiano, esplorano il mondo dei super eroi mescolando satira sociale, politica, grottesco e avventura.

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115

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Panini S.p.A.

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ISBN 13

9791221905076

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(I Wanna Live Like) Common People

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