This new and expanded update of the popular Thirty-five Oriental Philosophers is an accessible introduction to the most prominent figures in Eastern thought, from earliest times to the present day. From traditional philosophers such as Confucius and Zoroaster, to modern thinkers such as Fung Youlan and the present Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, the authors cover the development of each thinker's philosophy and analyze his essential ideas.
One in the "Thinkers" series for Key Stage 1 children, this title has been written to encourage children to see complex but familiar situations from a number of viewpoints. The stories contain thought-provoking real-life situations and questions for use both by parents as well as teachers.
What We Believe but Cannot Prove: Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty
The title's question was posed on Edge.org (an online intellectual clearing house), challenging more than 100 intellectuals of every stripe—from Richard Dawkins to Ian McEwan—to confess the personal theories they cannot demonstrate with certainty. The results, gathered by literary agent and editor Brockman, is a stimulating collection of micro-essays (mainly by scientists) divulging many of today's big unanswered questions reaching across the plane of human existence.
Hermione’s Group of Thinkers is a pleasingly gentle satire on the intellectual pretensions of a “High Society” American young woman, and her attempts to find a purpose in her life. In spite of having been written sometime during the First World War, these short tales (written in the first person by Hermione) remain remarkably sharp commentaries about how the world is put together, and the gap between rich and poor, and the mutual incomprehension on the part of the two groups.
This wide-ranging introduction to the study of philosophy in the ancient world surveys the period's developments and evaluates a comprehensive series of major thinkers, ranging from Pythagoras to Epicurus.
