本书分为上下篇：上篇是对西方现代哲学的习得；下篇是对西方文学艺术的阅读。两者几乎是语言与语境、对象与活动的关系。一种“不得其门而入”的感觉正是作者回归“现代汉语言”之路的不懈努力的写照，也是20世纪80年代的某一类人的某一种求学记实：“个人的真实性及其限度”，一个几近悖论式的生存两难。

在线阅读本书 When 14-year-old Sophie encounters a mysterious mentor who introduces her to philosophy, mysteries deepen in her own life. Why does she keep getting postcards addressed to another girl? Who is the other girl? And who, for that matter, is Sophie herself? To solve the riddle, she uses her new knowledge of philosophy, but the truth is far stranger than she could have imagined. A phenomenal worldwide bestseller, SOPHIE'S WORLD sets out to draw teenagers into the world of Socrates, Descartes, Spinoza, Hegel and all the great philosophers. A brilliantly original and fascinating story with many twists and turns, it raises profound questions about the meaning of life and the origin of the universe.

《苏菲的世界》一书以小说的形式，通过一名哲学导师向一个叫苏菲的女孩传授哲学知识的经过，揭示了西方哲学发展的历程。由前苏格拉底时代到萨特，以及亚里士多德、笛卡儿、黑格尔等人的思想都通过作者生动的笔触跃然纸上，并配以当时的历史背景加以解释，引人入胜。评论家认为，对于那些从未读过哲学课程的人而言，此书是最为合适的入门书，而对于那些以往读过一些哲学而已忘得一干二净的人士，也可起到温故知新的作用。 14岁的少女苏菲不断接到一些极不寻常的来信，世界像谜团一般在她眼前展开。在一位神秘导师的指引下，苏菲开始思索，她运用少女天生的悟性与后天知识，企图解开这些谜团。然而，事实真相远比她所想的更怪异、更离奇…… 《苏菲的世界》，是智慧的世界，梦的世界。它将会唤醒每个人内心深处对生命的赞叹与对人生终极意义的关怀与好奇。 Book Description A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Sophie’s World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: “Who are you?” and “Where does the world come from?” From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined. Amazon.com Wanting to understand the most fundamental questions of the universe isn't the province of ivory-tower intellectuals alone, as this book's enormous popularity has demonstrated. A young girl, Sophie, becomes embroiled in a discussion of philosophy with a faceless correspondent. At the same time, she must unravel a mystery involving another young girl, Hilde, by using everything she's learning. The truth is far more complicated than she could ever have imagined. From Publishers Weekly This long, dense novel, a bestseller in the author's native Norway, offers a summary history of philosophy embedded in a philosophical mystery disguised as a children's book-but only sophisticated young adults would be remotely interested. Sophie Amundsen is about to turn 15 when she receives a letter from one Alberto Knox, a philosopher who undertakes to educate her in his craft. Sections in which we read the text of Knox's lessons to Sophie about the pre-Socratics, Plato and St. Augustine alternate with those in which we find out about Sophie's life with her well-meaning mother. Soon, though, Sophie begins receiving other, stranger missives addressed to one Hilde Moller Knag from her absent father, Albert. As Alberto Knox's lessons approach this century, he and Sophie come to suspect that they are merely characters in a novel written by Albert for his daughter. Teacher and pupil hatch a plot to understand and possibly escape from their situation; and from there, matters get only weirder. Norwegian philosophy professor Gaarder's notion of making a history of philosophy accessible is a good one. Unfortunately, it's occasionally undermined by the dry language he uses to describe the works of various thinkers and by an idiosyncratic bias that gives one paragraph to Nietzsche but dozens to Sartre, breezing right by Wittgenstein and the most influential philosophy of this century, logical positivism. Many readers, regardless of their age, may be tempted to skip over the lessons, which aren't well integrated with the more interesting and unusual metafictional story line. Author tour. From School Library Journal YA?From the opening Goethe quotation to the closing discussion of the big bang theory, this is an extraordinary, exciting, provocative book that has been a bestseller in Europe. Gaarder presents a didactic history of philosophical thought as part of a fictional mystery story that both pulls readers along and breaks up the "heavy" explanations into manageable parts. Yet the plot is itself a philosophical conundrum, not resolved until the aftermath of a hilarious, disturbing garden party in celebration of both Midsummer's Eve and the 15th birthday of the protagonist, a suburban Norwegian teenager. And even then, the mystery, like the human mystery, is not really resolved, and leaves readers wanting to know more. Gaarder pulls off the difficult feat of blending philosophy and entertainment in a way that will capture YAs' interest and make them eager to explore further. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Judy McAloon, Potomac Library, Prince William County, VA From Library Journal This novel has already been a best seller in Scandinavia and Germany, and though it is markedly different from the prototypical American best seller, it should also do well here. The framework of the story is the receipt by a 14-year-old girl of mysterious letters that present her with a history of Western philosophy, from the pre-Socratics through Jean-Paul Sartre. After reading them, Sophie is prompted to ask questions and to think analytically. She also tries to discover their source and other manifestations, such as the puzzling postcards a Norwegian UN soldier in Lebanon sends to his nearly 15-year-old daughter. Adults and mature teens will appreciate the mystery as well as the philosophy lessons found in this first novel by a Norwegian high school philosophy teacher. Recommended for most collections. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Ann Irvine, Montgomery Cty. P.L., Md. From AudioFile Have you always wanted an overview of philosophy but never had the time to pursue it? SOPHIE'S WORLD is the answer. It contains an abbreviated survey of Western philosophy. Kitt Weagant reads 15-year-old Sophie's part in wonder-filled tones, sparkling with inquisitiveness. Jacob Needleman reads Alberto Knox, the philosophy teacher, who presents the philosophy in bit-sized pieces. His voice is slow and steady, phrasing the sentences for easy comprehension. The second tape contains music, which separates the story from the discourse and is often distracting. Nonetheless, SOPHIE'S WORLD will aid the listener in discovering the secrets of philosophical thought. M.B.K. From Kirkus Reviews What if we were all just characters from a book written by Major Albert Knag as a philosophical present for his daughter Hilde's 15th birthday? This is the question that Sophie Amundsen must ask as she tackles the history of philosophy in what begins as a personalized correspondence course for which she never signed up. Coming home from school one day, Sophie finds questions in her mailbox, followed by typewritten pages about philosophy. She also gets strange birthday cards apparently intended for a Hilde Mller Knag in Lillesand, whom she has never met. Through these unusual circumstances, Sophie embarks on the study of philosophy with Alberto Knox--a middle-aged mystery man in a beret--only to discover that she is nothing more than the fictional heroine of a novel (called Sophie's World) about the history of philosophy. Hilde, on the other hand, whom we meet halfway through the book, appears to be a real girl whose father has written a novel entitled Sophie's World. She in turn learns about philosophy by reading about Sophie's study of philosophy, never suspecting that she is merely a character in a book--Sophie's World--written by a philosophy teacher named Jostein Gaarder to teach teenagers the beauty of philosophical discourse. In this long, self- referential novel (to use the word loosely), Gaarder presents philosophy in a clear, cogent way, using Sophie's and Hilde's experiences to illustrate his points. The reader who is expecting something other than a creative textbook, however, will be disappointed. Maybe Gaarder can fool Norwegian youths into learning philosophy, but savvy American kids won't be so easily hoodwinked. Index. (Philosophy/Fiction. All ages) Midwest Book Review Sophie, a Norwegian schoolgirl, is anticipating her fifteenth birthday when a card arrives in the mail asking the question: Who are you? With her unorthodox and mysterious mentor Alberto Knox, Sophie ponders the great questions of Western philosophy (ranging from the pre-Socratic Greeks to Jean-Paul Sartre) in this fascinating, humorous work. Ideal listening for teens and adults of all ages. Book Dimension length: (cm)20.9 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)13.9 点击链接进入中文版： 苏菲的世界

语言哲学在20世纪一直是英语国家的哲学家的最重要研究领域。本书线索清楚，信息量大，我们可以较全面、准确地把握语言哲学的发展概貌、发展脉络及其当代取向。本书中的大部分论文国内以前均无译文。本书择选关于当代语言哲学的有代表性的重要论文35篇，并按内容题材分别纳入8个语言哲学专题。该文选在选编上有如直特点：不仅对全书有个总的引言，言简意赅地阐述了研究语言哲学的意义、语言哲学的主要研究领域和主要研究专题以及一系列有关的技术性预备知识，而且对各专题都各自有个引言。在入选文章的选择上，基本上做到了客观全面，内容新。立足于从当代眼光看历史，以质取文。各专题后面均附有进一步阅读的参考书目。

The best-selling author of How Proust Can Change Your Life and The Art of Travel revisits his utterly charming debut novel, On Love. The narrator is smitten by Chloe on a Paris–London flight, and by the time they’ve reached the luggage carousel he knows he is in love. He loves her chestnut hair, watery green eyes, the gap that makes her teeth Kantian and not Platonic, and her views on Heidegger’s Being and Time — but he hates her taste in shoes. Plotting the course of their affair from the initial delirium of infatuation to the depths of suicidal despair, through a fit of anhedonia — defined in medical texts as a disease resulting from the terror brought on by the threat of utter happiness — and finally through the terrorist tactics employed when the beloved begins, inexplicably, to drift away, On Love is filled with profound observations and useful diagrams, examining for all of us the pain and exhilaration of love.

美國前任總統柯林頓（Bill Clinton）、義大利男高音帕華洛帝（Luciano Pavarotti）、英國皇儲查理斯（Prinz Charles）、戴安娜王妃（Lady Di）、科學家愛因斯坦（Albert Einstein）、法國皇帝拿破侖、大文豪歌德（Goethe） 這短短的名人錄顯示了，人類的歷史是一部劈腿、偷情、不忠、外遇的歷史。（誰願意的話，還可以從自己的朋友圈中，對虛線部分進行補充，看看剩下的空間是否夠用。）不管社會階層或教育程度的高低，不管主導當時的道德、宗教或法律規範為何，每個時代都充斥著通姦罪和逾越當時禮儀規範、千奇百怪的性愛活動，即便是嚴刑峻法也無法遏止人們在這方面的發展。 以啟蒙與解釋世界為己任的哲學家們，對於劈腿、偷情、外遇、不忠，究竟有什麼看法呢？ 柏拉圖、康德、叔本華、齊克果或尼采，對此提出過什麼精闢見解？ 贊成和反對「忠貞」的理由何在？ 本書作者有系統地整理出從柏拉圖至康德、從尼采至黑格爾的相關文獻，一窺耐人尋味且多樣性的哲學思辨。兩位作者退居幕後，以哲學思想評註家的姿態出現，從大量的文獻中梳理出了忠貞和不忠的條件，匯集為精緻可口又容易消化的「小點心」，供讀者盡情享用。 這是一本風趣、睿智、探討人類情感的書籍，也是一種反思式的協助，是給直接或間接當事者的參考手冊。書中處處可見玩笑式的解釋，沒有道德說教，畢竟那不是哲學家提供各種不同思路的用意所在。至於如何在伴侶關係中建立一套適當的（不）忠貞哲學，有待讀者閱後自行決定了。

《非此即彼》（上下卷）是克尔凯郭尔作为自由思想家的真正的起步之作，它具有典型的复调结构，拥有多种解读的可能性。作者一反欧洲哲学从概念到概念、重注逻辑和推理的传统，摒弃了思辨哲学对于客观真理体系的追求，全书甚至没有真正的“作者”、没有最终结论，他创造性地通过提供“审美的”（上卷）和“伦理的”（下卷）两种不同生活样态的代言人的方式，让他们各自出场对其各自的生活样态进行描绘和展现。

An unauthorized look at the philosophical issues raised by one of today′s most popular television shows: House House is one of the top three television dramas on the air, pulling in more than 19 million viewers for each episode. This latest book in the popular Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series takes a deeper look at the characters and issues raised in this Emmy Award–winning medical drama, offering entertaining answers to the fascinating ethical questions viewers have about Dr. Gregory House and his medical team. Henry Jacoby (Goldsboro, NC) teaches philosophy at East Carolina University. He has published articles primarily on the philosophy of mind and was a contributor to South Park and Philosophy

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维特根斯坦作为哲学家极富思想独创性，其影响力远超出哲学本身的范围。本书力图将维特根斯坦的思想精华介绍给读者，说明其哲学观点的本质与影响，并对维特根斯坦在当代思想领域的持续影响给出新的评价。

Book Description Frankl's timeless memoir and meditation on finding meaning in the midst of suffering With a new Foreword by Harold S. Kushner and a new Biographical Afterword by William J. Winslade Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of others he treated later in his practice, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. Frankl's theory-known as logotherapy, from the Greek word logos ("meaning")-holds that our primary drive in life is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but the discovery and pursuit of what we personally find meaningful. At the time of Frankl's death in 1997, Man's Search for Meaning had sold more than 10 million copies in twenty-four languages. A 1991 reader survey for the Library of Congress that asked readers to name a "book that made a difference in your life" found Man's Search for Meaning among the ten most influential books in America. Beacon Press, the original English-language publisher of Man's Search for Meaning, is issuing this new paperback edition with a new Foreword, biographical Afterword, jacket, price, and classroom materials to reach new generations of readers. Book Dimension length: (cm)17.6 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)10.6

在经历了如此久的时光和如此多的毁灭之后，这部古典时代的著作几乎毫发无伤地留存于世，我们真要感谢上苍。 　　本书既致力于古希腊世界几乎所有重要思想家生平行迹的描述，又试图勾勒出希腊思辩的全息图。他对古希腊文献的丰富占有和熟悉，使他在上述两方面几乎接近了成功。此外，本书对希腊精神的还原方式，使我们得以亲近那个逝去的时代，感受希腊的光芒和人性欲求。总之，这部大约成书于古典时代晚期的著作，适时地开列整个古希腊时代的精神遗产清单，留存无比珍贵的文献资料，从这个意义上讲，它已足够配得上它在西方世界获得的荣耀。

Wittgenstein possessed one of the most acute philosophical minds of the 20th century. In this incisive portrait, Monk offers a unique insight into the life and work of a modern genius who radically redirected philosophical thought in our time.

哲学史旨在有联系地阐述那为解决存在问题或使人了解我们的经验世界而作的各种尝试。它是从古至今探源究理的人类思想的发展史；不仅按年代列举和解释各种哲学理论，而且研究各种哲学理论彼此的关系、产生的时期，以及提供哲学理论的思想家。每一种思想体系或多或少地有赖于其所由兴起的文明、以前各种思想体系的性质，及其创始者的个性；它又反过来对当代和后代的思想和制度发生很大的影响。所以哲学史必须力求把每一种宇宙观放在它适当的背景中，把它看作是一个有机整体的一部分，把它同它过去、现在和将来的文化的、政治的、道德的、社会的和宗教的因素联系起来。哲学史又必须试图追踪人类思辨历史上往前推进的线索：说明称为哲学的思想观点怎样产生，各种问题和提供的解答怎样引起新的问题和答案，各个时代对于达到最后的解决有哪些进展。 介绍各种体系时，我们将注意让作者摆出自己的观点，而不泛加品评。可以发现：哲学史在很大程度上是对哲学最好的评论者；某一体系由它的后继者所继承、演变、发挥或推翻，这就会暴露其中的错误和矛盾；这种体系又往往是新的思想倾向的起点。哲学史家在自己的研究中应当采取不偏不倚和客观的态度，并且尽可能避免在探讨中渗入自己的哲学理论。但是完全消除个人因素是不可能的，哲学史家先人为主的成见必然在一定程度上流露于他的著作中。其表现方式多种多样：重视某些哲学，表明什么是进步和衰退，甚至对各个思想家论述的篇幅也有所不同。所有这些都是无可避免的。不过，应当让每个哲学家有机会充分地表明自己的论点，而不要常常加以批驳，使他受到干扰。而且我们不能单从现在的成就方面着眼来批评一个体系，就是说，不能用今天的标准来衡量而贬低它。同近代理论相比较，古希腊的世界观似乎是朴素、幼稚和粗糙的，而嘲讽这种世界观却极不明智。从当时的观点来看，人类最初努力了解世界而形成的这种世界观，显然是划时代的事件。评价一种思想体系，必须着眼于它本身的目的和历史背景，着眼于同它直接的前身和后继的体系相比较，着眼于它的前因后果以及由它所引起的发展。因此，我们的研究方法是历史的和批判的。

历史哲学，ISBN：9787806784754，作者：（德）黑格尔 著，王造时 译

《仰望星空》是一本励志之书。作者用他理性的思考，对人生的各个方面，诸如幽默、旅行、羞怯、专长、平等、乐观、幸福、精神等都表达了自己独特的看法。本森告诉人们：人生最大的胜利，就是不论历经多少失败、几多失意，都能將希望长存于心底。 剑桥大学莫德林学院院长的人生箴言； 亚瑟•克里斯托弗•本森：超越时空的心灵对话。

尼采曾经是个让许多人十分痴迷的人。他精神上的高贵、类似自强不息的品性、看问题的透彻和真诚，使他在人们的心目中远远超越于一般的学者。相对而言，他的明显的偏执、狂妄等病态心理似乎不重要了；而且，好象是这样的个性配合他的灵感和天赋造就了他独特的人生体验。 　　这位伟大的思想家，他一生中写下很多不朽的著作。著名的《查拉斯图拉如是说》融 会了他毕生的精华，查拉斯图拉其实就是尼采本人的写照。《查拉斯图拉如是说》是尼采最成熟的作品。尼采假托古波斯琐罗亚德教创始人查拉斯图拉修行多年后下降人世传经布道的传奇故事，阐述了作者激越高迈的哲学思想，用如诗如歌的语言，道出了作者对人生、痛苦、欢乐、期许的深邃体悟。正是在本书中，尼采提出了诸如“上帝死了”“超人”等对后世思想界和社会影响深远的思想。 尼采的妹妹曾撰写过长文回忆尼采创作本书的过程，为了让读者更好地理解本书中的思想，我们特将该文选译出来，附在正文后，希望它能对大家阅读该书有所助益。

《尼采生存哲学》是一次走近大师的心灵之旅，或许会改变你的一生。哲学是人生观的学问，哲学是心灵的完善，哲学是生命的诗。

《伦理学简史》是为英美国家大学本科学生提供伦理学的历史背景和视野的伦理学史书，具有通俗性和研究性的双重特征。书中作者坚持历史主义和普遍主义的立场，简明地阐述了荷马、苏格拉底、柏拉图、亚里士多德、路德、霍布斯、休谟、康德以及现代西方的伦理思想。 《伦理学简史》不仅对当代哲人的思想研究有着它的特殊价值，更重要的是，它确是一部难得的有关伦理思想或者说哲学思想的史书，它是一部充满了哲学睿智的好书。《伦理学简史》不仅能使你获得哲学的知识，而且使你的思维得到训练。