This inquiry is concerned with the themes of praxis and action in four philosophic movements: Marxism, existentialism, pragmatism, and analytic philosophy. It is rare that these four movements are considered in a single inquiry, for there are profound differences of emphasis, focus, terminology, and approach represented by these styles of thought. Many philosophers believe that similarities amo…
Kegiatan berpikir dan berbicara hanya dimiliki oleh manusia. Proses berpikir dan berbahasa itu oleh almarhum Anton H. Bakker, SJ., dibahas secara luas dan mendalam. Secara luas, karena merangkum dialog dengan para tokoh filsafat sejak zaman modern hingga kini. Mendalam, karena sang subjek manusia tidak puas dengan yang dangkal-artifisial belaka; ia menukik tajam dalam setiap usaha analisisnya. …
Buku ini membahas kebijaksanaan hidup yang digali dari wasiat dan petuah Ki Ageng Suryomentaram. Melalui buku ini pembaca akan diajak untuk mengenali dan kemudian mengalami kehidupan yang bebas, damai, bahagia, murni, bersih, dan benar. Sehingga kelak pembaca pun dapat memahami arti "manusia baru" yang hidup menurut atau sesuai dengan inti pribadinya dan segala tindakannya akan benar dan jitu.
What is the nature of the fundamental relation we have to ourselves that makes each of us a self? To answer this question, Charles Larmore develops a systematic theory of the self, challenging the widespread view that the self’s defining relation to itself is to have an immediate knowledge of its own thoughts. On the contrary, Larmore maintains, our essential relation to ourselves is practica…
The winning entry in a competition held by the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences, Schopenhauer's 1839 essay brought its author international recognition. Its brilliant and elegant treatments of free will and determinism elevated it to a classic of Western philosophy, and its penetrating reflections still remain relevant. Schopenhauer makes a distinction between freedom of acting (which he en…