Nietzsche contra Wagner
7 best books like Nietzsche contra Wagner (Friedrich Nietzsche): Man and His Symbols, The Undiscovered Self, A Letter Concerning Toleration, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Manfred, The Way of a Pilgrim, The Portable Machiavelli
Author | C.G. Jung |
ISBN | 0440351839 |
My university professors never introduced me to Carl Jung. I understand why, I guess, but it's a shame that I didn't read Jung's work until now. Jungian psychology is amazing. It addresses the unconscious and the "self"/"psyche" in a unique and enlightening way. And, unlike most other psychologists,...
Author | C.G. Jung |
ISBN | 0451217322 |
In his classic, provocative work, Dr. Carl Jung-one of psychiatry's greatest minds-argues that the future depends on our ability to resist society's mass movements. Only by understanding our unconscious inner nature-"the undiscovered self"-can we gain the self-knowledge that is antithetical...
Having read the text of the New Testament a fair number of times, I can see nothing that yields the conclusion that the purpose of Christianity is building theocratic nation states. A straightforward reading indicates Christianity occupies a subservient position to civil government while allowing...
Author | Lord Byron |
ISBN | 1406800112 |
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage is a long poem about a traveling young man who journeys across the world to combat his disillusionment with his own society. Since the title character is a "childe", it means he was a noble who forgoes his destiny back home for the exciting unknown. It's also eerily similar...
Author | Lord Byron |
ISBN | 1103516817 |
Manfred contains supernatural elements, in keeping with the popularity of the ghost story in England at the time. It is a typical example of a Romantic closet drama. Manfred was adapted musically by Robert Schumann in 1852, in a composition entitled Manfred: Dramatic Poem with music in Three Parts,...
Author | Anonymous |
ISBN | 1570622019 |
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Author | Niccolò Machiavelli |
ISBN | 0140150927 |
Edited and translated by Peter Bondanella and Mark Musa, "The Portable Machiavelli" not only gives the casual reader a chance to read different personal and professional works of Machiavelli, but also strives to do away with many of the myths that have plagued the man's posthumous fame. For example,...