On his death in 2007, Richard Rorty was heralded by the New York Times as ”one of the world’s most influential contemporary thinkers.” Controversial on the left and the right for his critiques of objectivity and political radicalism, Rorty experienced a renown denied to all but a handful of living philosophers. In this masterly biography, Neil Gross explores …
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Walking Trees: Portraits of Teachers and Children in the Culture of Schools
One September, Ralph Fletcher entered the world of the New York City public school as a staff developer for the Teachers College Writing Project. Walking Trees is the dramatic story of how he survived the wrenching highs and lows of that school year. Beautifully written, alternately funny and poignant, sad and angry, the book offers an authentic portrait …
En « El príncipe », de Maquiavelo, aflora la idea de que la legitimidad política se alcanza con el mero éxito y no mediante los rancios principios morales, los cuales no implican en modo alguno limitación o traba para las maniobras del gobernante hábil. Frente a la razón moral, se erige vencedora la razón de Estado. La bondad …
ERASMO, (1467-1536), nació en Rotterdam e ingresó en la orden de los Agustinos. Sin embargo, gracias a la protección del obispo de Cambrai, fue autorizado a salir del claustro y viajar por Europa. Sus principales obras fueron una edición en griego del Nuevo Testamento (1516), seguida de una paráfrasis en latín; el “Elogio de la locura” (1511) y …
American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau declares independence from society in this work in his spiritual discovery of self-reliance. Building a cabin in the woods near Walden Pond Thoreau looks at the state of society over two years from the edge of town. Living on land owned by his friend Ralph Waldo Emerson. Through simple and self sufficiency living …
LARGE PRINT EDITION! More at LargePrintLiberty.com Henry Hazlitt says that this book is “One of the most powerful and influential arguments for limited government, laissez faire and individualism ever written.” Spencer played a huge role in the history of ideas, one that contemporary sociologists have sadly neglected other than to dismiss him as “social Darwinist.” In …
Quilt University: Transforming Oral Learning Into Academic Knowledge
Quilt University crosses generic borders between memoir, literary criticism, and educational theory, with the intention of helping to transform the school experience for all those who have ever wondered if they belong in school and if they can succeed in school. Osbourne narrates her educational experiences, beginning with learning from family and community, and with attending segregated school …
A fundamental belief of so many of the world s philosophers comes down to this: Each of us wishes to be treated kindly, with empathy, fairly and honestly. Doesn t it follow that we should treat others kindly, with empathy, fairly and honestly? Do not do to others that which would anger you if others did it to …
Thomas Paine criticizes the institutionalized religion and challenges the legitimacy of the bible. Published in three parts at the turn of the 19th century being a bestseller in America. The British public received the writings with caution as the French Revolution is still fresh in their minds. Rejecting miracles and view the bible as an ordinary piece …