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Vence el estrés moderno y alcanza una serenidad radical aplicando la sabiduría del estoicismo a tus retos cotidianos. Si te sientes abrumado por las exigencias diarias o buscas un propósito claro, estas reflexiones filosóficas te ofrecen un refugio mental. Es una conversación íntima que...

Supera la insatisfacción cotidiana y encuentra la paz mental aplicando la filosofía antigua para una felicidad profunda. Cuando el éxito exterior y el consumo constante te dejan una sensación de vacío, este viaje reflexivo ofrece un refugio sereno. Es el acompañamiento ideal para tus...

Domina i dilemmi dell'esistenza umana e trasforma la complessa storia della filosofia in pura chiarezza intellettuale. Ideale per i momenti di riflessione o per accendere la mente nei tragitti quotidiani, questo ascolto evocativo ti allontana dalla fredda teoria per immergerti in una...

停滞した中世の価値観を打ち破り、人間自身の力で世界を描き直したルネサンスという思想の革命を、フィレンツェの石畳を歩くような没入感とともに解き明かす歴史入門。満員電車の喧騒から離れた通勤のひとときや、...

Transforma la ansiedad cotidiana en claridad mental usando filosofía práctica para resolver tus conflictos diarios. Aprovecha estas estrategias atemporales para navegar el estrés laboral y la incertidumbre moderna sin perder tu centro. Esta escucha reflexiva te invita a pausar y replantear de...

An updated and expanded edition of the book that launched a global phenomenon, The Daily Stoic 10th Anniversary Edition includes a new introduction and bonus chapters. Why have history's greatest minds—from George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson, along with today's top...

Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and Eudemian Ethics represent, in many ways, the Western classical springboard for the systematic study and implementation of ethics, the optimum behaviour of the individual. (By contrast, Aristotle’s Politics concerns the optimum blueprint for the city-state.)...

John Locke and his works - particularly An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - are regularly and rightly presented as foundations for the Age of Enlightenment. His primary epistemological message - that the mind at birth is a blank sheet waiting to be filled by the experiences of the senses -...

Born in Athens, Greece, acclaimed Yale-educated philosopher Samuel Loncar helps you discover how ancient Greek philosophy—or “love of wisdom”—forms powerful bridges between East and West as well as past and present. In this provocative audio course, you will explore Greek philosophy in...

Книга "О природе вещей" Тита Лукреция–это удивительное произведение, которое занимает свою особую нишу среди философских трактатов древности. В этом произведении Лукреций открывает перед нами философские и научные идеи о природе мира, человека и вселенной. Ключевым аспектом книги является исследование внутреннего мира человека. Лукреций погружается в сложности человеческих эмоций, желаний и страхов, рассуждая о природе счастья, любви и смерти.

This audiobook offers you an opportunity to explore the full breadth of Stoic philosophy, from practical advice to deeper contemplations on the nature of existence. Perfect for commutes, meditation sessions, or quiet moments of reflection, this collection will guide you on a journey towards inner strength, emotional resilience and a more purposeful life.

The title of this work does not refer to the biblical Antichrist but is a criticism of institutionalized religion and the priestly class. The book is an attack on what Nietzsche considered the "slave morality" and apathy of Western Christianity. Nietzsche argues that Christianity poisons western culture and perverts the words of and practice of Jesus.

Machiavelli has been among the most commented upon, criticized and feared thinkers of the modern world. Infamous for his support of brutality and repression as valid political instruments, he is often portrayed as the pantomime villain of political theorists. In this whirlwind tour of Machiavelli's writings and eventful life, Nederman highlights the complexities in his thought, showing that he actually advocated democracy as much as dictatorship, debate as much as violence.

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. In The Social Contract, Rousseau explores the concept of freedom and the political structures that may enable people to acquire it. He argues that the sovereign power of a state lies not in any one ruler but in the will of the general population. Rousseau argues that the ideal state would be a direct democracy where executive decision making is carried out by citizens who meet in assembly, as they would in the ancient city-state of Athens.

Here, in this second collection of Socratic Dialogues from Plato's Early Period, read by David Rintoul as Socrates with a full cast, are contrasting six works. Often, as with Gorgias, which opens the recording, Socrates combats the popular subjects of sophistry and rhetoric, in direct...

The author of the classic The Dream of Reason vividly explains the rise of modern thought from Descartes to Rousseau...

'Ingenious… a glorious portrait of the great 15th-century prince of learning' Daily Telegraph 'A deeply fascinating, sui generis book by a brilliant scholar-writer, which uses the life story of a Renaissance prodigy to summon an angel-host of ideas, people and stories, all circling the...

From self-realization and self-promotion to self-help and the selfie, the modern world encourages us to be self-obsessed. We are even told that finding ourselves is the key to happiness. Better to lose yourself! More than 2,500 years ago, the Buddha argued that the self is an illusion—and that our belief in it is the cause of most, if not all, of our suffering. How to Lose Yourself presents lively, accessible, and expert new translations of ancient Buddhist writings about the central, unique, and powerful Buddhist teaching of "no-self."

Embrace inner peace with timeless Stoic wisdom. 'The Enchiridion' by Epictetus guides you toward happiness, focusing on virtue, personal control, and accepting life's challenges with reason and grace.

In his authobiography, David Hume declared unequivocally that this work, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (1751) is ‘of all my writings, historical, philosophical, or literary, incomparably the best.’ In it, Hume takes the discussion away from traditional attitudes where either...