Best of
Philosophy

1901

Logical Investigations, Volume 2


Edmund Husserl - 1901
    It had a decisive impact on twentieth century philosophy and is one of few works to have influenced both continental and analytic philosophy.This is the first time both volumes have been available in paperback. They include a new introduction by Dermot Moran, placing the Investigations in historical context and bringing out their contemporary philosophical importance.These editions include a new preface by Sir Michael Dummett.

The Will to Power


Friedrich Nietzsche - 1901
    The Will to Power, compiled from the notebooks, is one of the most famous books of the past hundred years, but few have studied it. Here, at last, is the first critical edition in any language.Down through the Nazi period The Will to Power was often mistakenly considered to be Nietzsche's crowning systematic labor; since World War II it has frequently been denigrated, just as fallaciously, as being not worth reading. In fact, it represents a stunning selection from Nietzsche's notebooks, in a topical arrangement that enables the reader to find what Nietzsche wrote on nihilism, art, morality, religion, the theory of knowledge, and whatever else interested him. But no previous edition—even in the original German—shows which notes Nietzsche utilized subsequently in his works, and which sections are not paralleled in the finished books. Nor has any previous edition furnished a commentary or index.Walter Kauffman, in collaboration with R.J. Hollingdale, brings to this volume his unsurpassed skills as a Nietzsche translator and scholar. Professor Kauffman has included the approximate date of each note. His running footnote commentary offers the information needed to follow Nietzsche's train of thought, and indicates, among other things, which notes were eventually superseded by later formulations, and where all German editions, including the very latest, depart from the manuscripts. The comprehensive index serves to guide the reader to the extraordinary riches of this book.

Essays on the Theory of Numbers


Richard Dedekind - 1901
    W. R. Dedekind. The first presents Dedekind's theory of the irrational number-the Dedekind cut idea-perhaps the most famous of several such theories created in the 19th century to give a precise meaning to irrational numbers, which had been used on an intuitive basis since Greek times. This paper provided a purely arithmetic and perfectly rigorous foundation for the irrational numbers and thereby a rigorous meaning of continuity in analysis.The second essay is an attempt to give a logical basis for transfinite numbers and properties of the natural numbers. It examines the notion of natural numbers, the distinction between finite and transfinite (infinite) whole numbers, and the logical validity of the type of proof called mathematical or complete induction.The contents of these essays belong to the foundations of mathematics and will be welcomed by those who are prepared to look into the somewhat subtle meanings of the elements of our number system. As a major work of an important mathematician, the book deserves a place in the personal library of every practicing mathematician and every teacher and historian of mathematics. Authorized translations by "Vooster " V. Beman.

The Way of Peace


James Allen - 1901
    In The Way of Peace he show how peace begins within us and inevitably manifests in the physical realm. Using concepts incorporated into the Law of Attraction and The Secret, this classic book is an essential resource for anyone interested in vitality, creativity, a peaceful life, and a peaceful world.

A History of Philosophy Vol. 1 Greek, Roman, and Medieval


Wilhelm Windelband - 1901
    Instead of enumerating the opinions of individual philosophers or the contrasting dogmas of philosophical schools, it shows in a brilliant way the life of philosophical thought from century to century, its connection with the social and intellectual situation of the different periods, its inner tensions, its growth and decay, and, above all, the fruits of philosophical endeavor for Western civilization in all its expressions."— PAUL TILLICH"One or another recent book may be breezier or more frolicsome. ButWindelband is a just and clear guide. And the reader of his History who decides to examine the original writings of the great philosophers themselves will be enriched for having been introduced to them by Windelband."— JUSTUS BUCHLER

A History of Philosophy Vol. 2 Renaissance, Enlightenment, Modern


Wilhelm Windelband - 1901
    If I were asked to name a book for a person who could read only one history of philosophy, I should select Windelband's. He combines conciseness with thoroughness in a quite extraordinary way. He is keenly aware of the relation between philosophic ideas and their historical environment."— JUSTUS BUCHLER"I can hardly imagine someone studying and absorbing Windelband's HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY without becoming a lover of philosophy, and perhaps even a philosopher himself."— PAUL TILLICH

The English works of Raja Rammohun Roy: Volume 1


Rammohun Roy - 1901
    Religious works