Wilhelm meisters

G.W. Leibniz's Monadology, one of the most important pieces of the Leibniz corpus, is at once one of the great classics of modern philosophy and one of its most puzzling productions. Because the essay is…

To stem the tide of foodborne illness, it is important to understand the source of the problem. This volume examines pathogenic bacteria, viruses, protozoan parasites, moulds, and mycotoxins in food. It also discusses…

The West's foremost translator of the I Ching, Richard Wilhelm thought deeply about how contemporary readers could benefit from this ancient work and its perennially valid insights into change and chance. For…

This book tells the story of two of the most important figures in the history of chemistry. Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742?1786) was the first to prepare oxygen and realise that air is a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen; he…

The reference to the Antichrist is not intended to refer to the biblical Antichrist but is rather an attack on the 'slave morality' and apathy of Western Christianity. Nietzsche's basic claim is that Christianity is a…

Beyond Good and Evil accuses past philosophers of lacking critical sense and blindly accepting dogmatic premises in their consideration of morality. He argues that past philosophers founded grand…

An English translation of Hegel?s introduction to his lectures on the philosophy of history, based directly on the standard German edition by Johannes Hoffmeister, first published in 1955. The previous English…