Plato's earthly life ended in the year 347 B. C. At the same time, however, began his posthumous life - a life of great influence and fame leaving its mark on aU eras of the history of European learning -lasting until present times. Plato's philosophy has taken root earlier or later in innumerable souls of others, it has matured and given birth to new ideas whose proliferation further dissemi nated the vital force of the original thoughts. It happened sometimes, of (...) course, that by various interpretations different and sometimes altogether contradictory thoughts were deduced from one and the same Platonic doctrine: this possibility is also characteristic of Plato's genius. Even though in the history of Platonism there were times less active and creative, the continuity of its tradition has never been completely interrupted and where there was no growth and progress, at least that what had been once accepted has been kept alive. When enquiring into Plato's influence on the development of learning, we shall above all consider the individual approach of various personalities to Plato's philosophy, personal Platonism, which at its best concerns itself with the literary heritage of Plato and though accessible was not always much sought for. (shrink)

Úspěšná kniha MUDr. Františka Koukolíka Mocenská posedlost se vrací na knižní trh v novém vydání, od základu přepracovaná a doplněná bohatou věcnou dokumentací. Fenomén moci od prvního vydání knihy (Karolinum 2011) zdá se posílil a více prorostl mnoha, prakticky všemi oblastmi života populace na planetě Zemi. Nové zpracování problému se opírá o čísla statistik, o interpretaci každodenních událostí ve světě, o výsledky anket a psychologických experimentů, nepomíjí ani autorovu doménu – neurovědu jako zdroj poznání nejniternějších lidských podnětů i úchylek. Metodou (...) pohledu je ovšem vždy kritický rozum. Skrze něj a v širokých souvislostech podává autor obraz světa, který je stále více varující. (shrink)

t. 1. Cheshskai︠a︡ i slovat︠s︡kai︠a︡ ėstetika XIX veka -- t. 2. Cheshskai︠a︡ i slovat︠s︡kai︠a︡ ėstetika XX veka.

Laughing with the Dead «Only one boy was capable of laughing while Derossi was declaiming the funeral oration of the king, and Franti laughed.» We must be aware of this: our remembrance of Umberto Eco risks bringing back Franti, who laughed at the funeral of another Umberto, killed in Monza by Gaetano Bresci. Of course, it’s not exactly the same thing, because Franti was laughing at the dead man, or at least at the obsequies, and maybe at (...) Derossi and his way of expressing them, while we are t... (shrink)