Filosofi & religion

Following up his international best-selling book, An Exorcist Tells His Story , Fr. Gabriele Amorth, the renowned chief exorcist of Rome, expands on some of the key topics of his previous book, covering important details about demonic or occult is...

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This classic work by the author of The Light (La Luce) teaches how to enter, and to understand, the spiritual reality behind space and time. Scaligero argues that space and time are immeasurable. To penetrate space and time, we must meditate on th...

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Embracing the web of multi-culturalism that has become a fact of contemporary life from New York to New Delhi, Eco argues that we are more connected to people of other traditions and customs than ever before, making tolerance the ultimate value in...

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An immersive and mesmerizing narrative that reimagines the Mesopotamian myth of the Great Flood A long time ago, the gods grew tired of humans and decided to send a flood to destroy them. But Ea, the god of fresh underground water, didn't agr...

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From the age of 14 until his death at the age of 82, Pope John XXIII kept what he called his Journal of a Soul, jotting down in school exercise books and on odd pieces of paper the record of his growth in holiness. Elected Pope at the age of 78 he...

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What has been the fate of Christianity since Nietzsche's famous announcement of the "death of God"? What is the possibility of religion, specifically Christianity, thriving in our postmodern era? In this provocative new book, Gianni...

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For more than forty years, Gianni Vattimo, one of Europe's most important and influential philosophers, has been a leading participant in the postwar turn that has brought Nietzsche back to the center of philosophical enquiry. In this collect...

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For more than forty years, Gianni Vattimo, one of Europe's most important and influential philosophers, has been a leading participant in the postwar turn that has brought Nietzsche back to the center of philosophical enquiry. In this collect...

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First collected in Italy in 1985, Art's Claim to Truth is considered by many philosophers to be one of Gianni Vattimo's most important works. Newly revised for English readers, the book begins with a challenge to Plato, Aristotle, Kant, ...

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First collected in Italy in 1985, Art's Claim to Truth is considered by many philosophers to be one of Gianni Vattimo's most important works. Newly revised for English readers, the book begins with a challenge to Plato, Aristotle, Kant, ...

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Contemporary philosopher-analytic as well as continental--tend to feel uneasy about Ernst Tugendhat, who, though he positions himself in the analytic field, poses questions in the Heideggerian style. Tugendhat was one of Martin Heidegger's la...

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Words like "terrorism" and "war" no longer encompass the scope of contemporary violence. With this explosive book, Adriana Cavarero, one of the world's most provocative feminist theorists and political philosophers, effect...

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Factory of Strategy is the last of Antonio Negri's major political works to be translated into English. Rigorous and accessible, it is both a systematic inquiry into the development of Lenin's thought and an encapsulation of a critical s...

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Gianni Vattimo, a leading philosopher of the continental school, has always resisted autobiography. But in this intimate memoir, the voice of Vattimo as thinker, political activist, and human being finds its expression on the page. With Piergiorgi...

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Gianni Vattimo, a leading philosopher of the continental school, has always resisted autobiography. But in this intimate memoir, the voice of Vattimo as thinker, political activist, and human being finds its expression on the page. With Piergiorgi...

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The debate over the place of religion in secular, democratic societies dominates philosophical and intellectual discourse. These arguments often polarize around simplistic reductions, making efforts at reconciliation impossible. Yet more rational ...

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Over the course of his career, Gianni Vattimo has assumed a number of public and private identities and has pursued multiple intellectual paths. He seems to embody several contradictions, at once defending and questioning religion and critiquing a...

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Over the course of his career, Gianni Vattimo has assumed a number of public and private identities and has pursued multiple intellectual paths. He seems to embody several contradictions, at once defending and questioning religion and critiquing a...

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With Western cultures becoming more pluralistic, the question of "truth" in politics has become a game of interpretations. Today, we face the demise of the very idea of truth as an objective description of facts, though many have yet to ...

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The twin crises of immigration and mass migration brought new urgency to the balance of power between progressive, humanitarian groups and their populist opponents. In the United States and many European countries, the outcome of this struggle is ...

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Marco Politi takes us deep inside the power struggle roiling the Roman Curia and the Catholic Church worldwide, beginning with Benedict XVI, the pope who famously resigned in 2013, and intensifying with the contested and unexpected election of Jor...

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We think we know how to appreciate winetrained connoisseurs take dainty sips in sterile rooms and provide ratings based on objective knowledge and technical expertise. In Epistenology, Nicola Perullo vigorously challenges this approach, arguing th...

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'A poetic, erudite exploration of history and myth' Financial Times An unforgettable journey through centuries and across cultures to the pivotal moment in evolution - when humans did something that no species had yet tried - when we bec...

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'A joy of a book - enriching, illuminating, eclectic and far from a conventional science read' Richard Webb, New Scientist Books of the Year 'Carlo Rovelli's imaginative rigour, his lively humour and his beautiful writing are i...

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Monomeri, decani, stelle fisse e costellazioni possono essere viste come una serie di immagini simboliche che rappresentano "tutte le specie di cose che si trovano nel mondo inferiore e le loro propriet" (Marsilio Ficino). tramite queste immagini ...

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Carissimo e paziente lettore, il libro che ti accingi a leggere ti vuole introdurre in quel ricco giardino rappresentato dalla Via Cardiaca. Troverai, dopo un'introduzione filosofica e simbolica, un'analisi delle seguenti pratiche spirituali: LA P...

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La Gita, chiamata anche il Vangelo Indiano, e ambientata in un quadro narrativo che vede il dialogo tra il principe di Pandava Arjuna e la sua guida e auriga Krishna . All'inizio del Dharma Yudhha (guerra giusta) tra Pandavas e Kaurava, Arjuna e p...

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Ogni anno il 17 gennaio il caratteristico centro storico di Macerata Campania si anima per i festeggiamenti in onore di Sant'Antonio Abate, Sant'Antuono per i maceratesi. Botti, tini e falci, trasportati su enormi carri per le strade del paese, so...

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La facolta conoscitiva dell'uomo puo essere rinforzata, rinvigorita, cosi come puo essere rinforzata la capacita visiva degli occhi. I mezzi pero che servono a rinvigorire la conoscenza sono di natura spirituale; sono processi interiori, puramente...

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Cos" l introduzione del Vangelo di Giovanni diventata qualcosa di molto difficile per i teologi, tinti di materialismo. La dottrina del Logos o del Verbo ha recato grandi difficolt^ alla gente. Essi dicono: Ci piacerebbe che tutto fosse sempl...

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