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Basic Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals Author's name: Immanuel Kant “What is the moral basis of my behavior?” This is what Kant attempts to answer in this book, one of the foundational texts of his critical philosophy. The Metaphysics of Morals ranks alongside...

Why science? Author's Name: James Trefil Science is not merely the acquisition of scientific information or the mental possession of information and the physical possession of technology. Rather, science, which now represents the spirit of the age, is a method for understanding and studying...

Alone together Author Name: Sherry Turkle As people become increasingly connected through devices such as smartphones and social media, they have become more isolated and disconnected from one another. The author notes that while technology provides convenience and the illusion of connection, it often...

Ethics Author's Name: George Edward Moore This book represents a unique attempt in the field of ethics. The British philosopher George Edward Moore (1873-1958) sought to present us, in a focused manner, with a new approach to ethical issues. It is an attempt to...

The art of living Author's name: André Maurois André Maurois leaves no questions unanswered in this book: How to think? How to live? How to judge things? How to distinguish right from wrong? How to love? How to marry? How to work? How to...

The comprehensive and the comprehensive Author's name: Miskawayh, Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi The Book of Al-Hawamil and Al-Shawamil is in fact two books by two great authors: questions by Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi called “Al-Hawamil” and answers by Miskawayh called “Al-Shawamil.” The meaning of “Al-Hawamil” is...

Philosophy of Physical Science Author's Name: Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington Few scientists would dare to question a theory and reveal the philosophy behind it. Eddington is one of those few. The renowned astronomer, mathematician, and physicist was the first to prove Einstein's general theory...

Contemporary French Philosophy Part Seven Author's name: Mushir Bassil Aoun ‎‎ This volume includes the works of contemporary French Christian philosophers who insisted on creating a Christian religious philosophy that expresses their theoretical endeavors aimed at reconciling reason and faith. Most of these philosophers...

Contemporary French Philosophy Part Four Author's name: Mushir Bassil Aoun ‎‎ This fourth volume contains the conclusions of contemporary French philosophers who have been concerned with the history of Philosophical systems and ideas, and they worked hard to prove the trends that guided history....

Contemporary French Philosophy Part Three Author's name: Mushir Bassil Aoun After the publication of the first volume (Philosophies of Structuralism, Deconstruction and Difference) The second volume (Phenomenology, its branches, and philosophical interpretation) ) From the Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Philosophy, Volume 3 is published....

Contemporary French Philosophy Part Two Author's name: Mushir Bassil Aoun After the publication of the first volume of the Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Philosophy (Philosophies of Structuralism, Deconstruction and Difference), the second volume is published, containing research that addresses two basic trends in this...

Contemporary French Philosophy Part One Author's name: Mushir Bassil Aoun This encyclopedia is a Lebanese-Arab philosophical project that brings together researchers from Lebanon and various Arab countries in the spirit of high intellectual understanding and in accordance with the requirements of sound, objective scientific...

Bullying of intellectuals followed by the Great Culture Bazaar Author's name: Jamal Hussein Ali After author Jamal Hussein Ali described the problem of “hate” among intellectuals, and answered profound questions that many people have about the silent and blatant wars that rage among intellectuals…...

Articles on Metaphysics and Sufism Author's name: Immanuel Kant The texts that we are translating into Arabic in this book, for the first time in most of them, are found in contexts whose boundaries are barely discernible to the reader at first glance, nor...

Descartes' clocks Author's name: Nader Kazem To what extent does illness change us? In what sense is this sick, thin, pale, bedridden, speechless person unable even to move his lips to offer his relatives and friends a fleeting, even courteous, smile? In what sense...

Ibn Rushd or the Devil's Writer Author's name: Gilbert Sinoué Was I right? Was I wrong? Was I overly complacent? Did I go beyond Aristotle's ideas? Or did I fall short? Did the commentator serve the teacher or corrupt him? Basically, the answer isn't...

Biographical notes Author's name: Jorge Luis Borges In his biography of his father, Borges says, “My father, Jorge Guillermo Borges, was a lawyer, an anarchist philosopher, and, at the same time, a psychology teacher at the Modern Languages ​​Teachers’ Institute, where he gave his...

Exercises in admiration Author's name: Emil Cioran I only met her twice, which is a small amount, but the extraordinary cannot be measured by the standards of time. What immediately drew me to her was her absent and bewildering countenance, her whispers—she didn't speak,...

tango Author's name: Jorge Luis Borges Borges retraces the path of tango, brought to Paris by upper-class Argentine families, and soon spreading across the Old Continent. It also reached London, Rome, Vienna, Berlin, and St. Petersburg. Borges asserts that tango filled the places it...

Where are you Matthias? Followed by: soft, time Author's name: Agota Kristof Mark: To me, you're Lynn. Always. Lynn: To everyone, Caroline. Mark: I'm not everyone. You loved me. Lynn: Ten years ago. Mark: Yes, time... Lynn: Yes, time. I don't know your past,...

The event Author's name: Annie Ernaux Today I realize that I needed this ordeal and this sacrifice in order to generate within me the desire to have children, to accept the violence of this reproduction in my body, and to become, in turn, a...

Same Author's name: Agota Kristof Here you go, doctor. Yes, here. Yes, I'm on your phone. My husband had an accident. Yes, I think it was a serious accident. Very serious. We have to go upstairs. He's in our bedroom. This way. Excuse me,...

Mr. Gwen Author's name: Alessandro Baricco When a successful writer decides to rid himself of all the hypocrisy in the literary world, the list of things he doesn't have to do can be very long. Jasper Gwynne no longer wants to pretend, and to...

Instinct and Culture: Studies in Psychology Author's name: Sigmund Freud We have selected ten articles that address various topics such as sexual repression, childhood fantasies, parent-child relationships, children's perceptions, poetic imagination, and war and peace. We have translated them from their original language, and...

Saddam Hussein's world Author's name: Mahdi Haider This novel is not a historical text, but rather a work of fiction that exploits reality to construct a fictional world parallel to the real world, sometimes identical to it and sometimes different from it. Famous characters...

blue board Author's name: Gilbert Sinoué The setting of this novel is Spain, the time of its fall, the defeat of the Muslims, and their exodus from it. The novelist attempts, through reading the history of this period, to retrieve it with the sense...

Monastery Memorial Author's name: Jose Saramago The novel deconstructs history, calling for reinterpretation and rethinking of society, and supporting the reader's engagement in the search for another meaning of history, one less subject to elitist interpretations and more open to popular concepts. The novel...

Spirit of the Laws Author's name: Montesquieu No one studied law during the European Renaissance with such precision, clarity, boldness, and penetrating insight as Montesquieu. In his book, *The Spirit of the Laws*, he explained and criticized the known systems of government, distinguishing between...

Who killed Palomino Molero? Author's name: Mario Vargas Llosa A detective novel set in Latin America that investigates who killed Molero, a simple boy whose body was found horribly mutilated by a shepherd. What are the real reasons behind the murder of Molero, a...

hyperhuman Author's name: Friedrich Nietzsche The idealist is an irremediable character: cast out of his paradise, he makes an ideal world out of hell. Let him be disappointed, and we shall see! He will embrace frustration with no less ardent lust than he did...