Catalog Search Results
Showing Results using Keyword index
Author
Language
English
Description
How many of these famous Greek philosophers do you know? Each of these fifteen gave a great contribution to history. Not only did they work on numbers, they also molded societies, cultures, philosophies and beliefs. The philosophers may have died many years ago but their brilliance still shines until this day. Get to know these 15 famous Greek philosophers today!
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
An exploration of Maimonides, the medieval philosopher, physician, and religious thinker, author of The Guide of the Perplexed, from one of the world's foremost bibliophiles
Moses ben Maimon, or Maimonides (1138–1204), was born in Córdoba, Spain. The gifted son of a judge and mathematician, Maimonides fled Córdoba with his family when he was thirteen due to Almohad persecution of all non-Islamic faiths. Forced into a long exile, the family spent...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Baruch (Benedictus) Spinoza (1632-1677) was a radical freethinker who led a life guided by strong moral principles despite his disbelief in an all-seeing god. Seen by many--Christians as well as Jews--as Satan's disciple during his lifetime, Spinoza has been regarded as a secular saint since his death. Many contradictory beliefs have been attached to his name : rationalism or metaphysics, atheism or pantheism, liberalism or despotism, Jewishness...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Philosophy explores the deepest, most fundamental questions of realityand this accessible and entertaining chronology presents 250 milestones of the most important theories, events, and seminal publications in the field over the last 3,500 years. The brief, engaging entries cover a range of topics and cultures, from the Hindu Vedas and Platos theory of forms to Ockhams Razor, Pascals Wager, Humes A Treatise of Human Nature , existentialism, feminism,...
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
"A tiny, fastidiously dressed man emerged from Black Philadelphia around the turn of the century to mentor a generation of young artists including Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Jacob Lawrence and call them the New Negro--the creative African Americans whose art, literature, music, and drama would inspire Black people to greatness. In The New Negro : The Life of Alain Locke, Jeffrey C. Stewart offers the definitive biography of the father...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bart Schultz tells the colorful story of the lives and legacies of the founders of utilitarianism--one of the most influential yet misunderstood and maligned philosophies of the past two centuries. Best known for arguing that "it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong," utilitarianism was developed by the radical philosophers, critics, and social reformers William Godwin (the husband of Mary Wollstonecraft...
Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Main Library Alliance members might be available in other libraries across New Jersey. You can search JerseyCat and place a request for the item to be sent to your library.
If your library doesn't permit JerseyCat requests or the item can't be found, you can also contact your library for assistance.Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request