Hegel: Social and Political Thought Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) è uno dei più grandi pensatori sistematici nella storia della filosofia occidentale. Oltre a incarnare la filosofia idealista tedesca, Hegel affermò coraggiosamente che il suo sistema filosofico rappresentava il culmine storico di tutto il pensiero filosofico precedente. Il sistema enciclopedico complessivo di Hegel è diviso nella scienza della logica, la filosofia della Natura, and the philosophy

Sengzhao (Seng-Chao c. 378—413 C.E.) Sengzhao (Seng-Chao) was a Buddhist monk who lived during China’s “Period of Disunity” between the stability of the Han and Tang dynasties. His Zhaolun (Treatises of [Seng]zhao) is perhaps the most significant text for the study of early Mādhyamika (“middle-ist”) or Sanlun (“Three-Treatise”) Buddhism in China. His work may be the only extensive compilation of early Chinese Mādhyamika treatises available,

Platone: The Republic Since the mid-nineteenth century, the Republic has been Plato’s most famous and widely read dialogue. As in most other Platonic dialogues the main character is Socrates. It is generally accepted that the Republic belongs to the dialogues of Plato’s middle period. In Plato’s early dialogues, Socrates refutes the accounts of his interlocutors and the discussion ends with no satisfactory answer to the

Conspiracy Theories The term “conspiracy theory” refers to a theory or explanation that features a conspiracy among a group of agents as a central ingredient. Popular examples are the theory that the first moon landing was a hoax staged by NASA, or the theory that the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center were not (exclusively) conducted by al-Qaeda, but that the US government conspired