Great Ideas V the Perpetual Race of Achilles and the Tortoise
Great Ideas V the Perpetual Race of Achilles and the Tortoise

Author: Jorge Luis Borges

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2010-09-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0141192941

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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 the many translators of 1001 Nights. Varied and enthralling, these pieces examine the very nature of our lives, from cinema and books to history and religion. GREAT IDEAS. 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, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

Stolen Legacy
Stolen Legacy

Author: George G. M. James

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-04-08

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1627930159

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For centuries the world has been misled about the original source of the Arts and Sciences; for centuries Socrates, Plato and Aristotle have been falsely idolized as models of intellectual greatness; and for centuries the African continent has been called the Dark Continent, because Europe coveted the honor of transmitting to the world, the Arts and Sciences. It is indeed surprising how, for centuries, the Greeks have been praised by the Western World for intellectual accomplishments which belong without a doubt to the Egyptians or the peoples of North Africa.

The Motion Paradox
The Motion Paradox

Author: Joseph Mazur

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9780525949923

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Traces the epic history of Greek philosopher Zeno's yet-unsolved paradox of motion, citing the contributions of top minds to the scientific community's understanding of the elusive basic structure of time and space.

The World as Will and Representation, Vol. 1
The World as Will and Representation, Vol. 1

Author: Arthur Schopenhauer

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-04-24

Total Pages: 575

ISBN-13: 0486132781

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Volume 1 of the definitive English translation of one of the most important philosophical works of the 19th century, the basic statement in one important stream of post-Kantian thought.

Alarms and Discursions
Alarms and Discursions

Author: Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag

Published: 1927

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 3849677664

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If Mr. Chesterton had been permitted to have his own way this handful of papers would have been sent out under the title of "Gargoyles." Perhaps the publisher foresaw horror upon the faces of really unimaginative readers when once brought face to face with a "monster" title; so it was changed to "Alarms and discursions," as indefinite and capable of possibilities as one could wish. "Fragments of futile journalism or fleeting impressions," Mr. Chesterton calls his essays. "This row of shapeless and ungainly monsters . . . does not consist of separate idols cut out capriciously in lonely valleys or various islands. These monsters are meant for the gargoyles of a definite cathedral. I have to carve the gargoyles, because I can carve nothing else; I leave to others the angels and the arches and the spires." Forty essays, in which excellent common sense and brilliantly phrased wisdom mingle with sheer nonsense.

Jorge Luis Borges in Context
Jorge Luis Borges in Context

Author: Robin Fiddian

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-01-31

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9781108470445

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Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) is Argentina's most celebrated author. This volume brings together for the first time the numerous contexts in which he lived and worked; from the history of the Borges family and that of modern Argentina, through two world wars, to events including the Cuban Revolution, military dictatorship, and the Falklands War. Borges' distinctive responses to the Western tradition, Cervantes and Shakespeare, Kafka, and the European avant garde are explored, along with his appraisals of Sarmiento, gauchesque literature and other strands of the Argentine cultural tradition. Borges' polemical stance on Catholic integralism in early twentieth-century Argentina is accounted for, whilst chapters on Buddhism, Judaism and landmarks of Persian literature illustrate Borges's engagement with the East. Finally, his legacy is visible in the literatures of the Americas, in European countries such as Italy and Portugal, and in the novels of J. M. Coetzee, representing the Global South.

The Book of Imaginary Beings
The Book of Imaginary Beings

Author: Jorge Luis Borges

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 0099442639

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As we all know, there is a kind of lazy pleasure in useless and out-of-the-way erudition-The compilation and translation of this volume have given us a great deal of such pleasure; we hope the reader will share some of the fun we felt when ransacking the

An Essay on the Principle of Population
An Essay on the Principle of Population

Author: T. R. Malthus

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-03-13

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0486115771

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The first major study of population size and its tremendous importance to the character and quality of society, this classic examines the tendency of human numbers to outstrip their resources.