Produkty z tagiem 'GREAT IDEAS' - Polska Ksiegarnia Internetowa

On Suicide [Oprawa Miękka]
David Hume

One of the most important thinkers ever to write in English, the Empiricist David Hume liberated philosophy from the superstitious constraints of religion; here, he argues that all are free to choose

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The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduct.. [Oprawa Miękka]
Walter Benjamin

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

One of the most important works of cultural theory ever written, Walter Benjamin's groundbreaking essay explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedl

47,01 zł

Of Human Freedom [Oprawa Miękka]
Epictetus

In this personal and practical guide to moral self-improvement and living a good life, the second-century philosopher Epictetus tackles questions of freedom and imprisonment, stubbornness and fear, f

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Man Alone with Himself [Oprawa Miękka]
Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary thinkers in Western philosophy. Here he sets out his subversive views in a series of aphorisms on subjects ranging from art to arrogance, boredom

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On Art and Life [Oprawa Miękka]
John Ruskin

John Ruskin's insights into the need for individual artistic freedom, and his disdain for the mass-production art. of the Victorian era, radically altered society's perception of creative design and

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A Confession [Oprawa Miękka]
Leo Tolstoy

Describing Tolstoy's crisis of depression and estrangement from the world, A Confession is an autobiographical work of exceptional emotional honesty. It describes his search for 'a practical religion

36,31 zł

A Room of One"s Own [Oprawa Miękka]
Virginia Woolf

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened,

47,01 zł

Imperialism The Highest Stage of Capitalism [Oprawa Miękka]
Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin created this hugely significant Marxist text to explain fully the inevitable flaws and destructive power of Capitalism: that it would lead unavoidably to imperialism, monopolies and co

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The Sickness Unto Death [Oprawa Miękka]
Soren Kierkegaard

Influencing philosophers such as Sartre and Camus, and still strikingly modern in its psychological insights, Kierkegaard's The Sickness Unto Death explores the concept of 'despair' as a symptom of t

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Suffragette Manifestos [Oprawa Miękka]

'We women are roused. Now that we are roused, we will never be quiet again' Bringing together the voices of women who fought for equal rights and representation - from aristocrats and actresses to

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The Lamp of Memory [Oprawa Miękka]
John Ruskin

John Ruskin overturned Victorian society's ideas about art and architecture, arguing that ancient buildings must be conserved for their deep, mystical links with the past and that creative design is

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Days of Reading [Oprawa Miękka]
Marcel Proust

In these inspiring essays about why we read, Proust explores all the pleasures and trials that we take from books, as well as explaining the beauty of Ruskin and his work, and the joys of losing your

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The Tao of Nature [Oprawa Miękka]
Chuang Tzu

Chuang Tzu examines the nature of existence in these dialogues and essays, from the battle to grasp the purpose of life to the search for knowledge. A collection of some of the most absorbing and cha

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On Power [Oprawa Miękka]
William Shakespeare

These are Shakespeare's greatest writings on power in all its forms - in love, in war, in politics and in the family. From Macbeth's vaulting ambition to Richard II's fragile grip on authority, from

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The Perpetual Race of Achilles and the Tortoise [Oprawa Miękka]
Jorge Luis Borges

In this collection of wise, witty and fascinating essays, Borges discusses the existence (or non-existence) of Hell, the flaws in English literary detectives, the philosophy of contradictions, and th

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The Significance of the Frontier in American Histo.. [Oprawa Miękka]
Frederick Jackson Turner

The Significance of the Frontier in American History

This hugely influential work marked a turning point in US history and culture, arguing that the nation's expansion into the Great West was directly linked to its unique spirit: a rugged individualism

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The Gettysburg Address [Oprawa Miękka]
Abraham Lincoln

The Address was delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, during the American Civil War, four and a

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The Freedom to Be Free [Oprawa Miękka]
Hannah Arendt

People can only be free in relation to one another.' Three exhilarating and inspiring essays in which the great twentieth-century political philosopher argues that there can be no freedom without

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The State as a Work of Art [Oprawa Miękka]
Jacob Burckhardt

Pioneering art historian Jacob Burckhardt saw the Italian Renaissance as no less than the beginning of the modern world. In this hugely influential work he argues that the Renaissance's creativity, c

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Meditations [Oprawa Miękka]
Rene Descartes

Widely regarded as the father of modern Western philosophy, Descartes sought to look beyond established ideas and create a thought system based on reason. In this profound work he meditates on doubt,

41,01 zł

Consolation in the Face of Death [Oprawa Miękka]
Samuel Johnson

In his moving essay, Samuel Johnson offers wise words on confronting grief at the loss of a loved one. The other pieces here, ranging from art to marriage to morality, demonstrate the brilliance, per

26,47 zł

Why I am So Wise [Oprawa Miękka]
Friedrich Nietzsche

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened,

41,01 zł

The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion [Oprawa Miękka]
Arthur Schopenhauer

A fascinating examination of ethics, religion and psychology, this selection of Schopenhauer's works contains scathing attack on the nature and logic of religion, and an essay on ethics that ranges f

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Hosts of Living Forms [Oprawa Miękka]
Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin transformed our understanding of the world with the idea of natural selection, challenging the notion that species are fixed and unchanging. These writings from On the Origin of Specie

32,53 zł

The Decay of Lying [Oprawa Miękka]
Oscar Wilde

Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life' The two works brought together here, 'The Decay of Lying' and 'The Critic as Artist', are Oscar Wilde's wittiest and most profound writings on ae

41,01 zł

Vindication of the Rights of Woman [Oprawa Miękka]
Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft's passionate declaration of female independence shattered the stereotype of docile, decorative womanhood, anticipated a new era of equality and established her as the founder of m

39,80 zł

An Image of Africa [Oprawa Miękka]
Chinua Achebe

Beautifully written yet highly controversial, An Image of Africa asserts Achebe's belief in Joseph Conrad as a 'bloody racist' and his conviction that Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness only serves to

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In Consolation to His Wife [Oprawa Miękka]
Plutarch

From an intimate and moving letter to his grieving wife on the death of their daughter, to elegant writings on morality, happiness and the avoidance of anger, Plutarch's powerful words of consolation

32,53 zł

Useful Work versus Useless Toil [Oprawa Miękka]
William Morris

Visionary English Socialist and pioneer of the Arts and Crafts movement, William Morris argued that all work should be a source of pride and satisfaction, and that everyone should be entitled to beau

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The Evils of Revolution [Oprawa Miękka]

Written at a time when most of Europe supported the French Revolution, Edmund Burke’s prescient and, at the time, controversial denunciation of its mob rule predicted the Terror, began the modern con

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