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Universal Natural History and Theory of the Heavens by Immanuel Kant Translated by Ian Johnston
Using Isaac Newton’s mathematical principles and laws of motion and taking up an idea first suggested by Emanuel Swedenborg, Immanuel Kant, the greatest philosopher of the eighteenth century, in 1755 produced a detailed account of what has come to be known as the Nebular hypothesis, still considered the most plausible explanation for...
On the
Use and Abuse of History for Life
Translated by
Ian Johnston
“We wish to serve history only insofar as it serves living. But there is a degree of doing history and valuing it through which life atrophies and degenerates. To bring this phenomenon to light as a remarkable symptom of our time is now every bit as necessary as it may be painful.” With these words Friedrich Nietzsche, the revolutionary German philosopher, launches a frontal assault on the modern historical scholarship of his age...
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Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche
Translated by Ian Johnston
Largely unknown in Nietzsche’s day, Beyond Good and Evil has in the twentieth century played a central role in the development of a number of modern philosophies; its influence today extends beyond philosophy into any number of other areas. Ian Johnston’s new translation captures brilliantly Nietzsche’s extraordinary writing style, which has long been celebrated as a uniquely vital contribution to philosophical writing.
Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, In the Penal Colony and Other Stories Translated by Ian Johnston
Franz Kafka (1883-1924), whose writings attracted relatively little attention in his own lifetime, has long been recognized as one of the most famous, distinctive, and influential voices in modern world literature. His stories, which are famously enigmatic...
Discourse on the Revolutionary Upheavals on the Surface of the Earth
Translated by
Ian Johnston
Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) was a brilliant, influential, and powerful figure in natural science in the early nineteenth century, particularly famous for his work with the fossils of quadrupeds and his ability to reconstruct entire skeletal structures on the basis of a few fragments. Like many of his colleagues, Cuvier opposed evolution and yet, as a scientist, he could not ignore the evidence of past extinctions...
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Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music
Translated by Ian Johnston
Friedrich Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music, published in 1872, is not only the first major work of the most provocative voice in modern philosophy but also the most important study of Greek tragedy since Aristotle’s Poetics.
Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich
Nietzsche
Translated by
Ian Johnston
The Genealogy of Morals,
first published in 1887, is widely considered the most important work
written by the revolutionary and extraordinarily influential German
philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). The work consists of three
essays, each one examining some aspects of the historical development of
modern moral concepts. Nietzsche’s purpose here, as in his other works, is
to expose the falsity and deleterious effects of traditional morality,
especially the morality of Christianity.
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Discourse on the Method for Reasoning Well and for Seeking Truth in the
Sciences by René Descartes
Translated by Ian Johnston
Discourse on Method,
published in 1637, is one of the most important works in the history of
modern science. In this slim book, Descartes ostensibly sets out to
inform the reader, in a modest, informal, and very readable style, of
his own educational development and pursuit of knowledge. However, by
the end he has set down a revolutionary new program for investigating
the truth.....