Results for 'albert camus'

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  1. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
    1. Milan , Kundera

    The Unbearable Lightness of Being

    In this novel - a story of irreconcilable loves and infidelities - Milan Kundera addresses himself to the nature of twentieth-century 'Being' In a world in which lives are shaped by irrevocable choices and by fortuitous events, a world in which everything occurs but once, existence seems to lose its substance, its weight. We feel, says the novelist, 'the unbearable lightness of being' - not only as the consequence of our private acts but also in the public sphere, and the two inevitably intertwine. Juxtaposing Prague, Geneva, Thailand and the United States, this masterly novel encompasses the extremes of comedy and tragedy, and embraces, it seems, all aspects of human existence. It offers a wide range of brilliant and amusing philosophical speculations and it descants on a variety of styles. In this classic novel Kundera draws together the Czechoslovakia of the Prague Spring and the Russian invasion, the philosophy of Nietzsche, and the love affairs of a number of heartbreakingly familiar characters.

    € 13,00
  2. The Plague
    1. Albert , Camus

    The Plague

    The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr Rieux, resist the terror.An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, The Plague is in part an allegory of France's suffering under the Nazi occupation, and a story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.

    € 13,00
  3. De mythe van Sisyphus
    1. Albert Camus

    De mythe van Sisyphus

    “Het absurde ontstaat uit de confrontatie van de mens die vraagt, en de wereld die op een onredelijke wijze zwijgt.” Hoe moet ik leven, als ik mij nergens op kan beroepen? Dat is de vraag die Albert Camus (1913-1960) ons voorlegt in De mythe van Sisyphus. Een vraag die ook nu nog even dringend is als in 1942 toen Camus dit boek publiceerde. De mythe van Sisyphus in een splinternieuwe, frisse vertaling van Elly Jaffé Prijs winnares Hannie Vermeer-Pardoen.

    € 20,50
  4. The Myth of Sisyphus
    1. Albert Camus

    The Myth of Sisyphus

    Albert Camus (1913-60) grew up in a working-class neighbourhood in Algiers. He studied philosophy at the University of Algiers, and became a journalist. His most important works include The Outsider, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Plague and The Fall. After the occupation of France by the Germans in 1941, Camus became one of the intellectual leaders of the Resistance movement. He was killed in a road accident, and his last unfinished novel, The First Man, appeared posthumously.

    € 10,95
  5. Nausea
    1. Jean-Paul Sartre

    Nausea

    A story of the troubled life of an introspective historian, Antoine Roquentin, and an exposition of one of the most influential and significant philosophical attitudes of modern times - existentialism. It chronicles Antoine's struggle with the realisation that he is an entirely free agent in a world devoid of meaning.

    € 14,95
  6. The Philosophy Prescription
    1. Jack Maden

    The Philosophy Prescription

    Lessons from Big Thinkers for Every Stage of Life

    This is a truly welcome addition to the popular-philosophy genre: deep, wise and wide in range, yet both accessible and strikingly relevant in what it draws from the rich tradition of philosophy's insights into life and its challenges. Greatly to be recommended.

    € 24,95
  7. Thus Spoke Zarathustra
    1. Friedrich Nietzsche

    Thus Spoke Zarathustra

    Describes how the ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from his solitude in the mountains to tell the world that God is dead and that the Superman, the human embodiment of divinity, is his successor. This title argues that the meaning of existence is not to be found in religious pieties or meek submission, but in a powerful life force.

    € 14,95
  8. Either/Or
    1. Søren Kierkegaard

    Either/Or

    A Fragment of Life

    Published in 1843, this is one of the earliest of Kierkegaard's major works. The author plays devil's advocate putting forward two opposing points of view challenging the reader to question the different alternatives. This book is written to provoke philosophical debate.

    € 20,95
  9. A Short Guide to Towns Without a Past
    1. Albert , Camus

    A Short Guide to Towns Without a Past

    90 Classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksBest known for his existentialist novel The Outsider, set in French-occupied Algeria, Albert Camus was profoundly influenced by the landscapes, towns and traditions of his youth. Selected here are some of his finest personal essays about Algeria and its environs, including the luminous 'Nuptials at Tipasa', one of his earliest works where he developed the themes that would inform his later philosophy: to thrive now, without hope for paradise, as mortal life alone can be worthwhile.

    € 8,00
  10. Le mythe de Sisyphe
    1. Albert , Camus

    Le mythe de Sisyphe

    € 14,00
  11. Society Must Be Defended
    1. Michel Foucault

    Society Must Be Defended

    Lectures at the Collège de France, 1975-76

    Michel Foucalt (1926-1984) was one of the leading intellectuals of the twentieth century and the most prominent thinker in postwar France. Foucault's work influenced disciplines as diverse as history, sociology, philosophy, sociology and literary criticism.

    € 17,95
  12. The Doors of Perception
    1. Aldous Huxley

    The Doors of Perception

    And Heaven and Hell

    In 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen. When he opened his eyes everything, from the flowers in a vase to the creases in his trousers, was transformed.

    € 13,95