Titoli in Coscienza e pensiero

In “Il sonno e i sogni”, Alfred Maury, pioniere della psicologia sperimentale nel XIX secolo, conduce un'indagine affascinante su ciò che accade quando la coscienza vacilla: genesi dei sogni, concatenazione delle immagini, ruolo dei ricordi, illusioni ipnagogiche, incubi, sonnambulismo, estasi, ipnotismo, ebbrezza, delirio… Nulla è lasciato al caso.

Meditaciones de Marco Aurelio es una obra filosófica que recoge una colección de apuntes y reflexiones personales del emperador romano. Es un testimonio íntimo de su incansable búsqueda de significado, conocimiento y virtud. A través de sus escritos, Marco Aurelio nos invita a explorar las profundidades de nuestra propia existencia, ofreciendo una guía que sigue siendo relevante en la actualidad por su tratamiento de temas universales.

Why do people with addiction use drugs self-destructively? Why don’t they quit out of self-concern? Why does the rat in the experiment, alone in a cage, press the lever again and again for cocaine—to the point of death? In this pathbreaking book, Hanna Pickard proposes a new paradigm for understanding the puzzle of addiction.

The Little Book of Stoic Wisdom is a classical primer for anyone wanting to understand true stoicism–and even though we’re living in drastically different times to the ancients, many of the lessons of Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius still stand today.

La tesis vertebral de la obra de Jacobo Grinberg, que desarrolla en su libro La teoría sintérgica,sostiene que la realidad perceptible resulta de la interacción de la activación cerebral y el espacio-tiempo (la lattice). Asentadas sus bases teóricas, Grinberg exploró dicha relacióna lo largo de varios libros, entre ellos La construcción de la realidad. En sus páginas explica que tanto el mundo externo y tangible como el interno conformado por los pensamientos y sueños son una descripción que depende de los individuos y sus historias de vida.

"Von der Kürze des Lebens" ist ein philosophisches Meisterwerk der Weltliteratur und eine der bedeutendsten Schriften Senecas. Als Teil seiner "Dialoge" gehört es zum Kernbestand der stoischen Philosophie. Mit eindringlicher Klarheit richtet sich der Text gegen Zeitverschwendung, Zerstreuung und den unreflektierten äußeren Lebenswandel. In seinem Appell zur Lebenskunst macht Seneca deutlich: Das Leben ist nicht zu kurz – es wird nur allzu oft falsch genutzt. Die Schrift lädt ein, innezuhalten, Prioritäten zu hinterfragen und sich auf das Wesentliche zu besinnen.

Part mind-bending medical mystery—part cutting-edge science—Hidden Guests uncovers the astonishing phenomenon of microchimerism: the presence of foreign cells inside our own bodies. The incredible story of how those cells got there—and what they do once they arrive—might change everything we know about the immune system, lineage, and identity.

If you’ve wrestled with life’s deepest questions and found traditional answers wanting, The Objectivist’s Guide to the Galaxy by Zoltan Cendes provides truth and clarity to the queries that have puzzled man for centuries. Inspired by Douglas Adams’s whimsical The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, this book goes further, offering a manifesto for rational thinking and providing scientific and philosophical answers to life’s ultimate questions.

Exciting new developments in brain science are continuing the debates on these issues, and the field has now expanded to include biologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers. This controversial book clarifies the potentially confusing arguments, and the major theories, while also outlining the amazing pace of discoveries in neuroscience. Covering areas such as the construction of self in the brain, mechanisms of attention, the neural correlates of consciousness, and the physiology of altered states of consciousness, Susan Blackmore highlights our latest findings.

The bestselling guide for yoga teachers and trainers, revised and updated—a comprehensive Yoga Alliance-aligned manual of asanas, breathing techniques, yogic foundations, and more. Revised and updated, Teaching Yoga by yoga expert Mark Stephens is one of the most popular resources for new and...

In the wake of a personal loss and the global upheaval of the pandemic, philosopher Justin Smith-Ruiu found himself at a California cannabis dispensary, pondering a simple yet profound question: Who am I, and how did I get here? This moment marked the beginning of a transformative journey for Smith-Ruiu, one that would take him deep into the realm of psychedelics and alter his perception of the world.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question, What makes a life worth living?...

Brought to you by Penguin. Can you resist everything except temptation? In a hedonistic age full of distractions, it's hard to possess willpower - or in fact even understand why we should need it. Yet it's actually the most important factor in achieving success and a happy life, shown to be more...

Jenseits des Lustprinzips gehört ohne Zweifel mit zu den originellsten, aber auch umstrittensten Schriften Sigmund Freuds. Mit ihr leitet Freud die Arbeiten seiner, wie er selbst sagt, letzten Jahre ein und lässt nun der sonst von ihm meist gezügelten Neigung zur Spekulation freien Lauf. Kern der vor allem von biologischen Überlegungen geleiteten Schrift ist die Annahme eines Todestriebs – eine Annahme, die in der Hypothese kulminiert, dass das Ziel allen Lebens der Tod, und zwar der spannungslose anorganische Zustand vor dem Leben sei.

A New York Times Editors' Choice A Washington Post Best Nonfiction Book of 2021 A New York Times Notable Book A bold new book reveals how we can tap the intelligence that exists beyond our brains—in our bodies, our surroundings, and our relationships Use your head. That’s what we tell...

Brought to you by Penguin. In the coming decades, the technology that enables virtual and augmented reality will improve beyond recognition. Within a century, world-renowned philosopher David J. Chalmers predicts, we will have virtual worlds that are impossible to distinguish from non-virtual...

What happens when we accept that everything we feel and think stems not from an immaterial spirit but from electrical and chemical activity in our brains? In this thought-provoking narrative - drawn from professional expertise as well as personal life experiences - trailblazing neurophilosopher Patricia S. Churchland grounds the philosophy of mind in the essential ingredients of biology. She reflects with humor on how she came to harmonize science and philosophy, the mind and the brain, abstract ideals and daily life.

Schopenhauer, el «filósofo del pesimismo», ve el mundo y nuestra vida en él como un mal chiste. Pero si bien el mundo es indiferente a nuestro destino, no es su propósito fastidiarnos adrede. La fachada del mundo se apoya en lo que Schopenhauer llama la voluntad...

It has been proclaimed many times, but perhaps never more convincingly than now, when every news cycle seems to deliver further confirmation of a world gone mad. Is this the endgame? Author Spencer Klavan is a classicist, with a Ph.D. from Oxford, and a deep understanding of the West. His analysis: The situation is dire. But every crisis we face today, we have faced before. And we can surmount each one. Klavan brings to the West’s defense the insights of Plato, Aristotle, the Bible, and the Founding Fathers to show that in the wisdom of the past lies hope for the future.

So unausbleiblich wie die Katze spinnt, wenn man sie streichelt, malt süße Wonne sich auf das Gesicht des Menschen, den man lobt und zwar in dem Felde seiner Prätension, sei das Lob auch handgreiflich lügenhaft. Oft trösten ihn über reales Unglück oder über die Kargheit, mit der für ihn die beiden, bis hier her abgehandelten Hauptquellen unseres Glückes fließen, die Zeichen des fremden Beifalls.