Orem Library

Represents Nietzsche's attempt to sum up his philosophy. In nine parts the book is designed to give the reader a comprehensive idea of Nietzsche's thought and style. With an inclusive index of subjects and persons.

El caminante y su sombra pretende ser, en palabras de su autor, una doctrina de la salud y una disciplina voluntaria. Nietzsche rechaza enérgicamente la actitud de quien expone sus dolores para suscitar compasión. La realización de semejante programa exie, sin uda, esfuerzo, un esfuerzo que a veces adquiere proporciones sobrehumanas.

Immanuel Kant is arguably the most influential modern philosopher, but is also one of the most difficult. In this illuminating Very Short Introduction, Roger Scruton--a well-known and controversial philosopher in his own right--tackles his exceptionally complex subject with a strong hand, exploring the background to Kant's work and showing why Critique of Pure Reason has proved so enduring.

"For Marx, freedom entailed release from commercial labour. In this highly engaging account, Eagleton outlines the relationship between production, labour and ownership which lie at the core of Marx's thinking. Marx's utopia was a place in which labour is increasingly automated, emancipating the wealth of sensuous individual development so that 'savouring a peach is an aspect of our self-actualisation as much as building dams or churning out coat-hangers'....